Armed with some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest NYC Startup seed rounds of 2017. I have included some additional information as well, such as year of date funding, industry, brief company description, and total equity funding raised to further the analysis. In order to maintain a focus on conventional tech startups, pharmaceutical and biotech companies were removed from the data.
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10. Voray $4,000,000
Round: Seed
Description: More authentic professional networking
Industry: Advertising, Event Management, Events, Marketplace, Professional Networking
Date of funding: 01/30
Total equity funding: $5,000,000
10. Amper Music $4,000,000
Round: Seed
Description: Amper is an AI-powered music composer that allows users to create and customize original music for their content.
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Apps, Music
Date of funding: 03/02
Total equity funding: $4,000,000
10. FANCHEST $4,000,000
Round: Seed
Description: FANCHEST is a Brooklyn-based company that curates and sends team-themed gift boxes as gift.
Industry: B2B, E-Commerce, Internet, Sporting Goods, Sports
Date of funding: 12/13
Total equity funding: $4,000,000
10. Homeis $4,000,000
Round: Seed
Description: Homeis is a culture network for local, foreign-born communities.
Industry: Communities, Private Social Networking, Social Network
Date of funding: 12/12
Total equity funding: $4,000,000
9. Storyhunter $4,200,000
Round: Seed
Description: Storyhunter is the world’s leading media and video production marketplace.
Industry: Communities, Marketplace, Media and Entertainment, News, Professional Networking, Video
Date of funding: 03/29
Total equity funding: $4,320,000
8. Burrow $4,300,000
Round: Seed
Description: Burrow is a sofa manufacturer that offers delivery services to its clients in the US.
Industry: Direct Sales, Furniture
Date of funding: 12/07
Total equity funding: $4,300,000
7. UVeye $4,500,000
Round: Seed
Description: UVeye is a computer vision company that specializes in the design and building of state-of-the-art camera inspection systems for vehicles.
Industry: Consumer Electronics, Security, Transportation
Date of funding: 07/05
Total equity funding: $4,500,000
6. Voodoo Manufacturing $5,000,000
Round: Seed
Description: Voodoo Manufacturing is building a virtualized manufacturing service on top of a networked cluster of low-end 3D printers.
Industry: 3D Printing, Manufacturing
Date of funding: 06/23
Total equity funding: $6,650,000
6. Minibar Delivery $5,000,000
Round: Seed
Description: Minibar Delivery provides on-demand delivery of wine, spirits, beer & mixers.
Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Location Based Services, Mobile, Wine And Spirits
Date of funding: 08/15
Total equity funding: $6,800,000
5. News Deeply $5,016,021
Round: Seed
Description: News Deeply builds single-subject information hubs, connecting experts and key decision makers in an interactive community platform.
Industry: Digital Media, Events, News
Date of funding: 07/18
Total equity funding: $5,016,021
4. Propel $5,239,942
Round: Seed
Description: Propel makes the social safety net more user-friendly
Industry: Apps, FinTech, Government, Internet, Social
Date of funding: 05/05
Total equity funding: $6,389,942
3. Square Roots Urban Growers $5,400,000
Round: Seed
Description: Square Roots Urban Growers is a farming accelerator that assists companies in creating local food businesses.
Industry: Farmers Market, Farming, Local
Date of funding: 08/23
Total equity funding: $5,400,000
2. NYIAX $5,600,000
Round: Seed
Description: NYIAX
Industry: Ad Exchange, Advertising, Marketing, Publishing
Date of funding: 10/19
Total equity funding: $5,600,000
1. Oden Technologies $5,900,000
Round: Seed
Description: Oden Technologies is a hardware and software solutions company for creating Smart factories.
Industry: Hardware, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Software
Date of funding: 05/08
Total equity funding: $5,900,000