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 for the week ending 10/20 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for SAM.AI, vertoe, Seva, Axio, Chief, Exenta, and much more…
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WhiteSource, the cybersecurity platform focused on securing applications built using open source components, has raised $35M in Series C funding from investors that include 83North and Susquehanna Growth Equity. Founded by Azi Cohen, Rami Sass, Ron Rymon, and Roni Einavi in 2011, WhiteSource has now raised a total of $46M in funding over three rounds.
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Direct-to-consumer healthcare brand Thirty Madison, which operates Keeps, a treatment for men suffering from baldness, and a soon to be launched treatment solution for migraine sufferers called Cove, has raised $15.25M in funding.
Full coverage: This NYC Startup Just Raised $15.25M to Expand its Focus on Healthcare Solutions for the Most Common Chronic Conditions
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According to a recent SEC filing, TG-17, a Machine learning and AI-focused startup operating with this codename until launch, has raised $34.7M in funding. The filing lists Doron Kempel and an Executive and Director as well Erel Margalit and Todor Tashev of Omidyar Technology Ventures as Directors. The filing also indicates that the total offering amount is for $41.7M and there have been 19 investors in this first close.
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According to a recent SEC filing, early-stage venture fund IA Ventures has filed a $160M offering for its fourth fund. There has not yet been a closing for this fund. Fund III was also a $160M fund, which closed in 2015.
IA Ventures was founded in 2009 by Brad Gillespie and Roger Ehrenberg and has made over 100+ investments. Portfolio companies include MemSQL, TransferWise, Hometeam, Datadog x,ai, and Kinsa. Successful exits include Flatiron Health, The Trade Desk, BillGuard, Next Big Sound, and DataPop.
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Home security hardware provider Canary has raised $25M in investment from Dublin-based strategic investor Smartfrog. With this round, Smartfrog now has a controlling stake in Canary, which was founded by Adam Sager, Chris Rill, and Jon Troutman in 2012. Smartfrog had not previously invested in the company. Canary had raised a total of $66.2M and will continue to operate under its own brand, for now.
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Vertoe, a short-term luggage storage service catered towards travelers has raised $1.85M in Seed funding. Full coverage: This NYC Startup Just Raised $1.85M to Solve This Nightmare for Travelers
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CitiXSys, the provider of omnichannel retail management software, has raised $20M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. This is the first reported round of funding for CitiXsys which was founded by Kamal Karmakar in 2002. Mark Hilderbrand of Housatonic Partners and Nicolas Massard of Abry Partners are listed as Directors in the filing. The filing also indicates that there were three investors in the round.
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In our Inside the Mind of a NYC VC series, we sat down with Ryan Darnell of Max Ventures, an early stage NYC venture firm founded in 2013 that’s currently investing out of its second fund, the firm has over 35 investments in companies including Ollie, Drone Racing League, Button, Boxed, and Raden.
Read the full interview: Inside the Mind of a NYC VC: Ryan Darnell of Max Ventures
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Paperspace, the cloud computing platform specifically designed for next-generation applications like AI and machine learning, has raised $13M in Series A funding from investors that include Intel Capital, Battery Ventures, Initialized Capital, Sorenson Capital, and SineWave Ventures. Founded by Daniel Kobran and Dillon Erb in 2014, Paperspace has now raised a total of $21.5M in funding across six funding rounds.
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Hero, a connected pill dispenser and platform for adherence for medications founded by Kal Vepuri of Brainchild Holdings (150+ investments) and Kut Akdogan, has raised $12M in Series A funding from investors that include BoxGroup, Naval Ravikant, Brainchild Holdings, Third Kind Venture Capital, and Refactor Capital.
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HR Tech communications platform Convey IQ, which was founded as Take the Interview, has raised $5.5M in additional funding from investors that include StarVest Partners, 3TS Capital Partners, and SC Ventures. Founded by Anthony Cintron, Danielle Weinblatt, and Ty Abernethy in 2010, ConveyIQ has now raised a total of $19.6M in funding over nine funding rounds.
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Fourpost, the provider of shared turnkey retail space for brands and technology to scale their businesses, has raised $5M in Seed funding from investors that include Social Capital, Blumberg Capital, Ludlow Ventures, Susa Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, T5 Capital, David Gilboa, Clark Valberg, Supernode Ventures, Collaborative Ventures, and Bipul Sinha. Fourpost was founded by Mark Ghermezian, who cofounded Braze and whose family owns and operates malls, earlier this year.
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Investment management platform FundGuard, which focuses helps asset managers by providing an operating system powered by AI to streamlining their operations, has raised $4M in Seed funding from investors that include Blumberg Capital and LionBird.
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Exenta, the supply chain management SaaS platform focused on fashion and soft goods, has raised an additional $3.6M in funding using a combination of equity and debt according to a recent SEC filing. Founded in 2007, Exenta has previously raised $5M. L Capital Partners is a previous investor in the company.
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Chief, a newly founded private network for executive women founded by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan, has raised $3M in seed investment from investors that include Accel, Flybridge Capital Partners, BoxGroup, Primary Venture Partners, BBG Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Silas Capital, Alexa von Tobel, and Able Partners.
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Axio Global, the cybersecurity risk evaluation platform, has raised an additional $2.75M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. Founded by David White in 2013, Axio Global had previously raised $3.8M. The filing indicates that there were fifteen participants in the round.
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Seva, a search and collaboration platform for teams across organizations to centralize information contained in various SaaS products founded by Sanjay Jain in 2017, has raised $2.4M in Seed funding from investors that include Techstars, Right Side Capital Management, Avalon Ventures, Techstars New York City Accelerator, Studio VC, and Olivier Pomel.
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According to a recent SEC filing, SAM.AI, the data science-powered sales and marketing growth platform has raised $506K in funding. The offering indicates that there were two participants in the round and that the full offering amount is for $900K. The company is a past graduate of NVP Labs.
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