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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FundingGatesAR Platform, the receivables solutions manager, has raised $2.26M in a Round of Debt Financing. The company has raised $5.92M over their 3 rounds.
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This week, we took a look at startup funding across the US and NYC during the month of May. It was a notable month for both regions –The May 2016 NYC and US Venture Capital and Early Stage Startup Funding Report
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BarcroftMedia, the leading content creators has raised their first round, which was led by Channel4. This is the first round for Sam Barcroft, the CEO of the company.
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ER Accelerator announced its summer class of 12 promising startups. Get an inside look – 12 NYC Startups That You Need to Know About This Summer From ERA’s Latest Class
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Payfully, the company that pays you in advance for your AirBnB services, raised a Convertible Note of $300K. This is the company’s first round of funding for the young company looking to take advantage of the house-sharing market.
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Hardwired NYC is the manufacturing Meetup, organized by FirstMark Capital. This Meetup is the creation of Matt Turck, Managing Director of FirstMark. Four or Five presenters get 10 to 15 minutes each to discuss or demonstrate their products. This month’s meetup covered drones, wearables, VR, musical instruments, and 3-D manufacturing products.
The audience is international; a smart combination of VC investors, people looking for funding, people looking for work, people looking to hire, technical evangelists, established companies and people in search of team. Presenters come from New York and Silicon Valley, Connecticut, Utah, Germany, France, Ireland, South Africa, and Austin…
Coverage of Hardwired NYC provided by Eugene Young.
Image credit: @PensaLabs
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Speakable, the Brooklyn-based startup that is focused on inspiring social action founded by Jordan Hewson, the daughter of U2 legend Bono, has raised a Venture Round of $2M.
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New York Fashion Tech Lab held its demo day for its 2016 class. Learn all about these hot fashion tech startups – These 8 Startups Hit The Runway at New York Fashion Tech Lab’s Demo Day
Image credit: Fashion Business
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Citelighter, the tool that allows you to find and cite the internet seamlessly, has raised a Convertible Note of $2.1M from Baltimore Angels, Harvard Law School Angels as well as New York Angels. Founders Saad Alam and Lee Jokl have raised $6.55M over 6 rounds.
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SundaySky, the SmartVideo player, has raised $30M in Series D Funding led by Viola Private Equity, with assistance from NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners – NVP, Globespan Capital Partners and Carmel Ventures. Founders Shmulik Weller and Yaniv Axen have raised $67M to date.
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Switch, the swipe-to-apply app for jobs, has raised $4M in Series A funding from lead investor SEEK, with participation from Colle Capital Partners, Metamorphic Ventures, Rhodium, Marker and Draper Frontier. Founder Yarden Tadmor has now raised his second successful round.
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Primary, the ecommerce site for essential children clothing, has raised $8M in Series Funding led by U.S Venture Partners with participation from Harrison Metal, Homebrew, and Grace Beauty Capital. This was the company’s first round of funding.
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Nuxeo, the company enabling you to run content focused apps, has raised $10M in a Venture round led by Kennet Partners. The founder Stefane Fermigier has now raised their total amount funded to $19.86M over their 5 rounds.
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