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 News this week including the fundings, exits, and events.
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Roam, the platform to discover new work environments, raised $3.4M in Seed funding led by CRV with help from Collaborative Fund, NextView Ventures.
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Shine, the service that motivates you daily via texting, raised a Seed round of funding led by Flybridge Ventures as well as participation from Comcast Ventures and BBG Ventures. They are hoping you get at least one text a day you actually value.
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Congratulations to Fred Wilson and Tim Armstrong on the launch of Tech:NYC. The organization is a non profit advocacy group that addresses the needs of city’s fast growing entrepreneurial and tech community. By focusing on civic engagement, the organization strives to have a voice within city and state government policies and plans. Membership in the organization, which is led by Julie Samuels, is open to all companies in NYC.
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VTS, the company providing asset managers and leasing teams a platform to track deals, has raised $55M in a Series C round led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from Trinity Ventures and OpenView. This round marks the largest single round in CRE tech history.
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This week we took a look at the funding activity in the month of April in NYC and the US at a round and aggregate level – The April 2016 NYC and US Venture Capital and Angel Funding Report
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Appboy, the mobile marketing automation platform, has raised a Series C round of $20M from lead investor Battery Ventures for the company’s fifth round of funding. Founders Mark Ghermezian, Bill Magnuson and Jon Hyman have raised $42.5M to date.
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Speakaboos, the NYC edtech company that promotes children’s learning through interactive media has announced that their animated stories and content will be available to Delta passengers through the airline’s inflight entertainment platform.
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Rebagg, the easiest way to sell your designer bags, has raised $8M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from Big Sur Ventures, Founder Collective, FJ Labs, Crosslink Capital and Metamorphic Ventures. The company has now raised $12M over 3 rounds.
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Here’s a list of the NYC startups that raised the most amount of capital during the month of April – These are the 10 NYC Startups That Raised the Most Amount of Capital in April
These are the 10 NYC Startups That Raised the Most Amount of Capital in April
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Troops, the slackbot for sales teams, has raised $2.6M in Seed funding from the following investors: Pierre Valade, Kenny Herman, Ken Landis, Joshua Schachter, Jaspar Weir, Jason Finger, Jack Groetzinger, Gokul Rajaram, Bryce Maddock, David Yaffe, Brian Distelburger, Andy Monfried, Wiley Cerilli, Zach Weinberg, Nat Turner, Andrew Levy, Gokul Rajaram, Vast Ventures, Chicago Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, NextView Ventures, Founder Collective and First Round.
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Flip, the peer-to-peer leasing marketplace, has raised $250K in Seed funding.
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Here are the US startups that raised the most amount of capital in April – These are the 10 US Startups That Raised the Most Amount of Capital in April
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Teachable, the platform for teacher entrepreneurs to sell their online classes, has raised $2.5M in a Seed round led by Accomplice with participation from Learn Capital and Naval Ravikant.
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YieldStreet, the creators of the innovative crowdfunding platform, has raised a Seed round of $3.7M led by Saturn Partners and Expansion Venture Capital. This is the first round of funding for founders Milind Mehere, Michael Weisz and Dennis Shields.
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WTRMLN WTR, the makers of cold pressed watermelon water, raised their Seed round CAVU Venture Partner and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter for Jody Levy’s first round of funding.
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The Farmer’s Dog, the direct to consumer healthy pet food, raised $2M Seed round from SV Angel, Collaborative Fund and Forerunner Ventures. This is founder Jonathan Regev’s first round of funding.
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The ridesharing app, Via, raised $100M in Series C funding led by Pitango Venture Capital. Other investors included Expansion Venture Capital, Ervington Investments, 83North, Hearst Ventures, C4 Ventures and Poalim Capital Markets (PCM). Via has now raised $137.1M over 3 rounds.
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