According to Crunchbase here are the top 10 investments in 2022:
1. Epic Games, $2B, gaming: The metaverse is going to be epic โ at least that is what both Sony and KIRKBI โ the family-owned holding and investment company behind The LEGO Group โ are betting on. Both invested $1 billion in North Carolina-based Epic Games, valuing the gaming giant at $31.5 billion.
2. SpaceX, $1.7B, space travel: Elon Musk was everywhere this year โ including here. Along with the seemingly never-ending Twitter purchase, his SpaceX company made headlines after it raised $1.68 billion in June. It was reported that the raise values the Hawthorne, California-based company at around $125 billion. SpaceX raised $1.9 billion in funding in April 2020 and has raised a total of $7.8 billion in funding
2. (tied) Lineage Logistics, $1.7B, logistics: Logistics were big this year with the supply chain still supremely mucked up. Novi, Michigan-based Lineage Logistics rode that interest to a huge $1.7 billion private equity round led by D1 Capital Partners in January.
4. (tied) Anduril Industries, $1.5B, defense: Costa Mesa, California-based Anduril locked up a Series E worth nearly $1.5 billion in December that valued the company at $8.5 billion.
4. (tied) Fanatics, Inc., $1.5B, retail: Jacksonville, Florida-based Fanatics raised $1.5 billion in a funding round that values the sports platform company at $27 billion. The company has exclusive licensing deals with most U.S.-based professional sports leagues.
6. Cruise, $1.35B, autonomous cars: General Motors acquired SoftBankโs equity ownership stake in Cruise for $2.1 billion and made the startup whole on the round.
7. Citadel Securities, $1.15B, financial services: Miami-based market-maker Citadel Securities locked up a $1.15 billion minority investment led by Sequoia.
8. (tied) TeraWatt Infrastructure, $1B, electric vehicles: San Francisco-based charging startup TeraWatt Infrastructure landed a huge Series A of more than $1 billion back in September.
8. (tied) Securonix, $1B, cybersecurity: No cybersecurity company raised a round larger than this Lone Star State cyber company. The $1 billion-plus round was led by Vista Equity Partners.
8. (tied) Verily, $1B, health care: Google and its parent, Alphabet, have been active healthcare investors.
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