# C3 IoT funding: rounds and investors

> C3 IoT has raised $170M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include TPG, InterWest Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/c3-iot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *C3 IoT*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Big Data & Analytics Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$170M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 3 sources

**$70M** Series D **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $100M Jan 2018
- **Step-up i:** 1.4×
- **Investors:** 5 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2017 2018

**$70M** Series D

**$100M** Round

- **First round:** Series D, $70M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Between rounds:** 17 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2018** Round **$100M** *1 returning* [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Reported by Reuters SEC filing: $106M sold, first sale Jan 2018
- **Sept 2016** Series D **$70M** *5 new* [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Lead [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Sutter Hill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sutter-hill-ventures) [Makena Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makena-capital-management-llc) Constellation Technology Ventures Reported by FinSMEs and 1 other

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Ed M. Abbo** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Paul M. Phillips** Executive Officer i
- **Thomas M. Siebel** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Bruce M. Sewell* *Condoleeza G. Rice* *Michael G. McCaffery* *Nehal M. Raj* *Patricia M. House* *Richard C. Levin* *S. Shankar Sastry* *Spencer M. Abraham* *Stephen M. Ward*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series D** 2016 **Round** 2018 [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) L [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Sutter Hill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sutter-hill-ventures) [Makena Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makena-capital-management-llc) Constellation Technology Ventures

## Everyone who backed them

[TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Private equity **2** rounds, led 1

[InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Sutter Hill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sutter-hill-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Makena Capital Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makena-capital-management-llc) Asset manager **1** round

Constellation Technology Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about C3 IoT

### Who invested in C3 IoT?

C3 IoT's investors include TPG, InterWest Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Makena Capital Management, LLC and Constellation Technology Ventures.

### How much has C3 IoT raised?

C3 IoT has raised $170M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did C3 IoT last raise?

C3 IoT's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $100M in Jan 2018.

### What was C3 IoT's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $100M in Jan 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed C3 IoT first?

C3 IoT's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by TPG, InterWest Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures and 2 others.

### What stage is C3 IoT at?

C3 IoT's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2018.

### Where is C3 IoT based?

C3 IoT is based in the United States.

### Who led C3 IoT's rounds?

TPG led the Series D in 2016.

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