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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Thrive Agritech, the manufacturer of lighting fixtures for indoor growing founded by Brian Bennett in 2014, has raised $2.2M in funding led by Rose Capital. The company is a graduate of Y Combinator and this funding round brings its total raised to $3.1M over two funding rounds.
Birchbox, the discovery commerce platform offering a personalized method for discovering products in the market, raised $15M in a Venture round of funding from Viking Global Investors. Founded by Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp the company has raised $101M to date.
BounceX, the company enabling clients to transform their web traffic, raised $37M from Primary Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Contour Venture Partners and Cross Creek Advisors. The company has raised $74M over 4 rounds. Full coverage here – This NYC Startup Raised $37M to Unlock Behavioral Automation
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Quovo, the Startup compiling financial accounts into a single space, raised $4.8M by Portag3 Ventures. To date, the company has raised $20M over 4 rounds.
Zola, the fastest growing wedding company in the country, raised $100M in Series D funding by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Thrive Capital, Comcast and Balyasny Asset Management. This is Zola’s fifth funding round and in total have raised $140.8M.
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