Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 8 NYC startup largest rounds during the first quarter of 2017. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, date of funding, and investors in the round, to further the analysis. For the purposes of this analysis to maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate companies and biotechnology companies were excluded.
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- EVRYTHNG $24,800,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Big Data, Cloud Data Services, Internet of Things, Software
Date of Funding: 3/14/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Generation Ventures, Lead – Bloc Ventures, Lead – Sway Ventures, Advance Vixeid Partners, Cisco Investments, BHLP, Dawn Capital, Samsung Ventures, Atomico
- Whistle Sports $27,500,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Media and Entertainment, Sports, Video Streaming
Date of Funding: 1/23/17
Investors in the round: Lead – NBC Sports Ventures, Beringea, Emil Capital Partners, Tegna, Sky
- Knock $32,500,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Marketplace, Property Management, Real Estate
Date of Funding: 1/31/17
Investors in the round: Lead – RRE Ventures, Correlation Ventures, FJ Labs, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Redpoint, Corazon Capital, Greycroft Partners
- WorkFusion $35,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Robotics
Date of Funding: 1/26/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Georgian Partners, iNovia Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Greycroft Partners, RTP Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners (NGP)
- The Players’ Tribune $40,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Digital Media, Gaming, Social Media, Sports
Date of Funding: 1/19/17
Investors in the round: Lead – IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), GenTrust, Bryant Stibel Investments, New Enterprise Associates, GV, Thomas Tull
- Collibra $50,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Enterprise Software, Information Services, SaaS
Date of Funding: 1/18/17
Investors in the round: Lead – ICONIQ Capital, Dawn Capital, Index Ventures, Battery Ventures, Newion Investments
- Namely $50,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Software
Date of Funding: 1/05/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Altimeter Capital, Lead – Scale Venture Partners, Four Rivers Group, Sequoia Capital, Greenspring Associates, Matrix Partners, True Ventures
- letgo $175,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Date of Funding: 1/17/17
Investors in the round: Mangrove Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Insight Venture Partners, 14W, Eight Roads Ventures, Naspers, Accel Partners, FJ Labs
