With so much going on in the city’s thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of a few of things that you may have missed in NYC Tech this week including the fundings, exits, and events.
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Outbrain, one of the early “native ads” companies, filed confidentially with the SEC earlier this month. The company has raised nearly $100M to date. Investors include Rhodium, GlenRock Israel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Carmel Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Gemini Israel Ventures, and Index Ventures.
This week we took a look at the folks in NYC shaping the content game. You can see it here – 21 People in NYC Content You Must Know About .
Eloquii, a year-old, an ecommerce fashion destination focused on fashionable plus-sized, women, has raised $6 million in Series A funding in a round led by Greycroft Partners, with participation from Daher Capital, Bassett Investment Group, Western Technology Investment, Female Founders Fund and individuals including Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin and Ben Sun.
We crunched the November startup funding numbers for NYC and nationally – The November 2014 NYC and US Venture Capital and Early Stage Funding Report
Clothes Horse, an online shopping recommendation tool that went through DreamIt Ventures’ New York accelerator program and the NY Fashion Tech Lab, has been acquired by London-based competitor Fits.me for undisclosed terms.
Bonusly, online platform that helps companies reward and motivate employees by using peer-to-peer bonuses, allowing companies to find out who their top performers really are, has raised $1 million in seed funding from Bloomberg Beta and FirstMark Capital.
Quote of the Week :
Michael Kaufman provided the chuckle of the week at the New York Tech Meetup Tuesday evening.
Prong, whose accessories keep smartphones charged, has raised $1.6 million in Series A funding from Oak Investment Partners. Prong’s flagship product –PocketPlug– is the world’s first mobile phone case with integrated A/C charging plugs, giving new meaning to the term, ‘more power to ya!’
Nick Sinai, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer since January 2013, has left the White House to joined New York-based Insight Venture Partners, a full service venture capital firm specializing tech startup investment. Sinai was the point man on President Barack Obama’s Open Data and Open Government initiatives, and helped draft the National Broadband Plan while at the Federal Communications Commission.
This marks a return to the world of venture capital for Sinai, who had previously worked at Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and San Francisco-based Polaris Partners.
Image credit: CC by Center for Data Innovation
Nestio, a platform for residential real estate professionals to manage and communicate their information in real-time and from one place, has raised a $1.6 million in Series A funding from investors Freestyle Capital, RiverPark Ventures, Scout Ventures, David Cohen, Joanne Wilson and Jerry Colonna.
Rachel Haot, former NYC Chief Digital Officer and current Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Secretary for Technology for New York State, unveiled the state’s new website at the New York Tech Meetup this past week.
Yes, these are before and after pictures. The website hadn’t been overhauled since 1998. Not that much has changed in tech in New York since then. Yeah, right.
Return Path, an email marketing solution that works on both the sending and receiving sides of email in order to help commercial email senders get more email delivered to the inbox, has raised $35 million in growth equity funding led by Vista Equity Partners.
Cartonomy, a collaborative retail platform that makes online shopping carts shareable with friends, family, and co-workers in order to simplify group purchasing, has raised $1M in funding.
The platform is currently in open beta.
