Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 14 largest rounds in New York during the month of October. 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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10 . SelfMade $ 8,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Internet
Date of funding: 10/17
Investors in the round: Lead – FirstMark, Founder Collective, BoxGroup, GGV Capital, Marc Benioff, CrunchFund
Read the full story about the funding here
10 . Bespoke Post $ 8,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Lifestyle, Men’s, Consumer Goods
Date of funding: 10/18
Investors in the round: KiwiVenture Partners, Walden Venture Capital, Scout Ventures, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
10 . HYPR Corp. $ 8,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: IT Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Mobile, Internet of Things, Biometrics, Security
Date of funding: 10/03
Investors in the round: Boldstart Ventures, Mesh Ventures, RTP Ventures, Lead – RRE Ventures
Read the full story about the funding here
9 . Slice Labs $ 11,600,000
Round: Series A
Industry: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance, Mobile Apps, Information Technology
Date of funding: 10/05
Investors in the round: Lead – XL Innovate, Munich Re / HSB Ventures, Plug and Play Insurtech, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Horizons Ventures
8 . Honest Buildings $ 13,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Construction, Commercial Real Estate
Date of funding: 10/11
Investors in the round: RiverPark Ventures, Navitas Capital, Bienville Capital Management , Circle Ventures, Brookfield Property Partners, C-III Capital Partners , Thrive Capital, The Westly Group, RockPort Capital, Greensoil Building Innovation Fund, Rudin Ventures
7 . Kobalt $ 14,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Marketing, Independent Music, Music
Date of funding: 10/12
Investors in the round: Lead – Section 32
6 . CoverWallet $ 18,500,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Insurance, FinTech
Date of funding: 10/12
Investors in the round: C.V. Starr & Co, Union Square Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Index Ventures, Lead – Foundation Capital
Read the full story about the funding here
5 . Frame.io $ 20,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Video, iOS, Media and Entertainment
Date of funding: 10/02
Investors in the round: Lead – FirstMark, Accel Partners, SignalFire, Shasta Ventures
4 . SecurityScorecard Inc. $ 27,500,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Security, Risk Management, Information Technology, Cyber Security
Date of funding: 10/12
Investors in the round: Moody’s Investors Service, GV, Two Sigma Ventures, Intel Capital, AXA Strategic Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Boldstart Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lead – Nokia Growth Partners (NGP)
Read the full story about the funding here
3 . ActionIQ $ 30,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Big Data, Marketing Automation, Analytics
Date of funding: 10/23
Investors in the round: Lead – Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Shutterstock, FirstMark
2 . Bluecore $ 35,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Software, Brand Marketing, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Advertising
Date of funding: 10/04
Investors in the round: Lead – Norwest Venture Partners – NVP, Scott Beechuk, Georgian Partners, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark
1 . Digital Asset $ 40,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Finance, Risk Management, Financial Services, FinTech
Date of funding: 10/16
Investors in the round: Lead – Jefferson River Capital
1 . Andela $ 40,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Recruiting, Training, Software
Date of funding: 10/10
Investors in the round: Salesforce Ventures, VentureSouq, Amplo , Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, DBL Partners, TLcom Capital Partners, Aera VC, Spark Capital, GV, Lead – CRE Venture Capital