New York, which saw a total of $7.65 billion invested across 775 deals in 2015, had some of the largest funding rounds in the U.S. The amount of capital exceeded 2014— a breakout year in its own right— when investors put about $4.5 billion into NYC startups. In both scenarios, the deals were mostly internet and mobile plays. By comparison, N.Y.C. is still second to the San Francisco Bay Area, which — according to PitchBook — has a whopping $34 billion invested across 1,900 California companies. New York Business Journal perused the largest funding rounds of 2015.
