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Super-sized ambitions

How $100M-plus A rounds are bringing in new sources of capital

August 10, 2018 1:37 AM UTC

A trend toward super-sized initial financings is attracting a new set of deep-pocketed investors to the early stage space. These new players are making earlier commitments with hopes of guaranteeing larger ownership positions at an IPO, particularly in companies that could have multibillion dollar market cap potential.

Venture rounds in general have been breaking the $100 million barrier with some regularity since at least 2000. But until 2014 it was rare to see a series A round of that size. ...