This week, I take a look at the 20 companies that have raised the largest startup funding rounds in New York City in 2015 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. In addition to dollar amount, I have included industry, round, and investors in the round to further the analysis. As I know that all of these companies are hiring, I have included the number of open positions that are available at each as of the time of this writing, according to their respective websites. I am hopeful that this will be useful for the job seekers out there and I am sure that the service providers will use this information for their own benefit. Lastly, in order to maintain a focus on conventional tech startups, pharmaceutical, biotech, real estate, and lending companies were removed from the data.
Quick Findings:
The 20 largest funding rounds in NYC in 2015 total over $2.48B Tweet this
The total funding raised in NYC in 2015 was $7.3B Tweet this
There were 784 startup funding rounds in NYC in 2015 Tweet this
The top 20 rounds comprise 34% of the total $ amount raised in NYC in 2015 Tweet this
21% of the largest startup rounds in NYC in 2015 were for companies founded by at least 1 woman Tweet this
17% of the largest startup rounds in NYC in 2015 were for companies with a single founder Tweet this
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 20 COMPANIES THAT RAISED THE LARGEST ROUNDS IN 2015
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littleBits $46.7M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Hardware + Software
Investors in the Round:
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
Grishin Robotics
Wamda Capital
Foundry Group
True Ventures
VegasTechFund
Two Sigma Ventures
Khosla Ventures
DFJ Growth
Total Capital raised:
$62.34M
# of current job openings:
10
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Refinery29 $50M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Fashion
Investors in the Round:
Scripps Networks Interactive
WPP
Total Capital raised:
$80.4M
# of current job openings:
38
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Payoneer $50M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Payments
Investors in the Round:
Susquehanna Growth Equity
Wellington Management
Carmel Ventures
Greylock Partners
Nyca Partners
Ping An
Total Capital raised:
$90M
# of current job openings:
NA
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Handy $50M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Home Services
Investors in the Round:
Fidelity Investments
Revolution Growth
Highland Capital Partners
General Catalyst Partners
TPG Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$110.73M
# of current job openings:
29
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Gilt Groupe $50M
Round: Series F
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
General Atlantic
Total Capital raised:
$271M
# of current job openings:
39
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Thrillist Media Group $54M
Round: Venture
Industry:
News, Lifestyle
Investors in the Round:
Axel Springer
Total Capital raised:
$54M
# of current job openings:
32
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Vroom $50M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Automotive, Cars, E-Commerce
Investors in the Round:
General Catalyst Partners
Catterton Partners
Jeffery Boyd
Bob Mylod
John Elway
- Rowe Price
Total Capital raised:
$168M
# of current job openings:
12
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Casper $55M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Finance, Investment Management
Investors in the Round:
Alexandre Mars
blisce/
IVP
New Enterprise Associates
Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Norwest Venture Partners – NVP
Vaizra Investments
SV Angel
Slow Ventures
QueensBridge Venture Partners
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobey Maguire
Scooter Braun
Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Adam Levine
Correlation Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$69.95M
# of current job openings:
29
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ShopKeep $60M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Enterprise Software, Point of Sale, Retail, SaaS, Cloud Computing
Investors in the Round:
Contour Venture Partners
TTV Capital
Tribeca Venture Partners
Thayer Street Partners
Canaan Partners
Activant Capital
Total Capital raised:
$97.2M
# of current job openings:
18
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Moda Operandi $60M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Fashion
Investors in the Round:
Fidelity Investments
New Enterprise Associates
Advance Publications
NAV.VC
RRE Ventures
LVMH
Total Capital raised:
$138.41M
# of current job openings:
9
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Kobalt $60M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Digital Rights Management, Independent Music Labels, Music Services, Technology
Investors in the Round:
GV
Michael Dell
Total Capital raised:
$116M
# of current job openings:
11
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Betterment $60M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Finance, Investment Management
Investors in the Round:
Francisco Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners
Menlo Ventures
Northwestern Mutual
Anthemis Group
Total Capital raised:
$105M
# of current job openings:
22
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SeatGeek $62M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Search, Ticketing, Concerts, Sports, Vertical Search
Investors in the Round:
Technology Crossover Ventures
Mousse Partners
Accel
Causeway Media Partners
Fabrice Grinda
Jose Marin
Sean Black
Jason Finger
Total Capital raised:
$102.97M
# of current job openings:
21
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AppNexus $62.67M
Round: Series F
Industry:
Advertising, Internet, Internet Marketing
Investors in the Round:
N/A
Total Capital raised:
$288.17M
# of current job openings:
64
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General Assembly $70M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Education, Startups, EdTech
Investors in the Round:
Advance Publications
Wellington Management
Total Capital raised:
$119.3M
# of current job openings:
184
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Harry’s $75.6M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Fashion, Lifestyle, Social Commerce, Price Comparison
Investors in the Round:
Alexandre Mars
Blisce/
Wellington Management
Total Capital raised:
$287.1M
# of current job openings:
21
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MongoDB $80M
Round: Series G
Industry:
Software, Cloud Computing, PaaS, Databases, Open Source
Investors in the Round:
Sequoia Capital
Goldman Sachs
Altimeter Capital
New Enterprise Associates
- Rowe Price
Total Capital raised:
$311.1M
# of current job openings:
90
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Digital Ocean $83M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Web Hosting, Cloud Computing, Networking, Virtualization, Finance
Investors in the Round:
Access Industries
Andreessen Horowitz
Total Capital raised:
$123.21M
# of current job openings:
27
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Checkmarx $84M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Security
Investors in the Round:
Insight Venture Partners
Total Capital raised:
$92M
# of current job openings:
NA
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Vroom $95M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Automotive, Cars, E-Commerce
Investors in the Round:
Allen & Company
- Rowe Price
General Catalyst Partners
Catterton Partners
Total Capital raised:
$168M
# of current job openings:
12
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Saavn $100M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Music, Entertainment Industry, Video Streaming, Mobile, Internet
Investors in the Round:
Tiger Global Management
Steadview Capital
Liberty Media
Mousse Partners
Bertelsmann
Total Capital raised:
$110M
# of current job openings:
54
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Delos $108M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Health Care Information Technology, Health and Wellness, Technology
Investors in the Round:
Sino-Ocean Land
Jeffrey Vinik
Cascade Investment
Total Capital raised:
$108M
# of current job openings:
NA
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Taboola $117M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Content, Advertising, Video, Content Discovery, Curated Web
Investors in the Round:
Comcast Ventures
Fidelity Management & Research
Advance Publications
Carlo de Benedetti
Groupe Arnault
Yahoo! JAPAN
Marker
Total Capital raised:
$160M
# of current job openings:
34
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Dataminr $130M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Analytics
Investors in the Round:
IVP
Fidelity
Wellington Management
Credit Suisse
John Mack
Vikram Pandit
Tom Glocer
Noam Gottesman
Nicolas Berggruen
Venrock
Fabrice Grinda
Jose Marin
Total Capital raised:
$179.57M
# of current job openings:
34
4. ZocDoc $130M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Health and Wellness, Doctors, Dental, Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Atomico
Baillie Gifford
Founders Fund
Total Capital raised:
$223M
# of current job openings:
73
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Blue Apron $135M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Hospitality, E-Commerce, Cooking, Delivery
Investors in the Round:
Fidelity Investments
Stripes Group
Bessemer Venture Partners
BoxGroup
Jason Finger
Peak Opportunity Partners
First Round
Aspiration Growth
Total Capital raised:
$193M
# of current job openings:
111
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Oscar $145M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Health and Wellness, Insurance
Investors in the Round:
Google Capital
Total Capital raised:
$327.5M
# of current job openings:
48
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FanDuel $275M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Sports, Fantasy Sports
Investors in the Round:
Alexandre Mars
blisce/
Tusk Ventures
HDS Capital
KKR & Co. (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.)
Google Capital
Time Warner Investments
Shamrock Capital Advisors
NBC Sports Ventures
Comcast Ventures
Bullpen Capital
Pentech Ventures
Piton Capital
Total Capital raised:
$361.2M
# of current job openings:
20
