Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 14 largest rounds in New York during the month of September. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in NYC. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate and biotech companies were excluded.
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14. Pymetrics $8,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Recruiting
Date of funding: 09/20
Investors in the round: Lead – Jazz Venture Partners, Randstad Innovation Fund, Khosla Ventures, BBG Ventures
13. Anchor $10,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Apps, Audio, Broadcasting, Internet, Podcast
Date of funding: 09/28
Investors in the round: Lead – GV, Accel Partners, The Chernin Group, Nir Eyal, Eniac Ventures, Betaworks, Craig Kallman, Homebrew
12. sp0n $12,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Consumer Applications, Public Safety, Software
Date of funding: 09/19
Investors in the round: Lead – Sequoia Capital, Slow Ventures
11. Pilot $17,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Hardware, Internet
Date of funding: 09/21
Investors in the round: RRE Ventures, Foundry Group, Union Square Ventures
10. Precision Health AI $20,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Hospital, Medical
Date of funding: 09/20
Investors in the round: SymphonyAI Group
10. MealPal $20,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Food and Beverage, Internet, Restaurants
Date of funding: 09/19
Investors in the round: Lead – Menlo Ventures
9. Skywire Networks $23,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Internet, ISP, Wireless
Date of funding: 09/12
Investors in the round: Lead – Metropolitan Partners Group
8. Call9 $24,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Emergency Medicine, Medical
Date of funding: 09/14
Investors in the round: Lead – Redmile Group, Moment Ventures, Index Ventures, Refactor Capital, Western Technology Investment, Y Combinator
7. KeyMe $25,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Mobile Apps, Retail, Robotics
Date of funding: 09/14
Investors in the round: Lead – Comcast Ventures, 7-Eleven, Ravin Gandhi, Michael Polsky, White Star Capital, RiverPark Ventures, Benefit Street Partners, QuestMark Partners, Battery Ventures
7. Truveris $25,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Health Care, SaaS, Wellness
Date of funding: 09/06
Investors in the round: Lead – McKesson Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, NAV.VC, New Leaf Venture Partners, Canaan Partners
5. Talkspace $31,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Consulting, Health Care, Therapeutics
Date of funding: 09/06
Investors in the round: Lead – Qumra Capital, FirstTime, Spark Capital, Compound, SoftBank, La Maison Compagnie d’Investissement, Norwest Venture Partners – NVP
4. Ellevest $34,600,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Women’s
Date of funding: 09/18
Investors in the round: Lead – Rethink Impact, Salesforce Ventures, Sonja Perkins, Ulu Ventures, Aspect Ventures, PSP Growth, Astia Angels, Nellie Levchin, Mellody Hobson, Morningstar, Contour Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund, Venus Williams, Mohamed El-Erian
3. mParticle $35,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Big Data, Enterprise Software, Mobile, Software
Date of funding: 09/20
Investors in the round: Lead – Harmony Partners, Social Capital, Bain Capital Ventures
3. Playbuzz $35,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: B2B, B2C, Content, Digital Media, Publishing, Video Editing
Date of funding: 09/27
Investors in the round: Lead – Viola Growth, Firstime Venture Capital, Oded Vardi, Carmel Ventures, 83North, The Walt Disney Company, Saban Ventures
2. Updater $45,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Internet, Real Estate, SaaS, Software
Date of funding: 09/07
1. letgo $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Date of funding: 09/28
Investors in the round: FJ Labs, Eight Roads Ventures, Accel Partners, Insight Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates