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Venture Round

EquityNeeds attention
Raised
$18M
Date
1993-1997
Company
Lead Investor
Sequoia Capital
Notes

Follow-on venture funding from Sequoia Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures totaling $18M additional (on top of the initial $2M seed), bringing total VC raised to ~$20M. Also includes a $5M strategic investment from Sega in 1996 to fund development of the RIVA 128 GPU.

Other Rounds by NVIDIA

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RoundRaisedValuationLead InvestorDate
Post-IPO Equity(equity)$4BSoftBank Vision FundMay 2017
DARPA PERFECT Grant(grant)$20MDARPADec 2012
DARPA UHPC Grant(grant)$25MDARPAAug 2010
IPO(equity)$42M$600MJan 1999
Seed(equity)$2M$6MSequoia Capital1993