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 10/27 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Jackpocket, H1, Kinetic, SevenRooms, and much more…
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CitiXsys helps the retail and hospitality industries optimize business operations, specifically customer engagement and retail trends. Founded by Kamal Karmakar in 2002, this sixteen-year-old company raised $20M in Series B funding from investors that include Havaianas, The AI Muhaidib Group, Circle K Corporation, Crabtree & Evelyn, Samsonite, ASICS Ventures Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA, and Houstanoic Partners. This is the second funding for CitiXsys and it has now raised a total of $45M.
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Nominations are now open for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC Tech Influencers feature. Know someone amazing who belongs on this list? Nominate them today here. Nominations open until 12/15.
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Lottery app Jackpocket has secured its Series B round. Full coverage: This NYC Startup Just Raised Another $16M to Make Lottery Tickets Accessible Via Your Phone.
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We took a look at the NYC startup that raised the most capital during October.
Full coverage: The 10 Largest NYC Startup Fundings of October 2018
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The predictive analytic platform built for the entertainment and advertising industry, Edo, raised $12M in funding led by Breyer Capital. Other participants in this round included Robert Smith and Brian Sheth of Vista Equity, as well as WGI Group. This NYC startup was founded by Daniel Nadler and Edward Norton.
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In this week’s installment of Inside the Mind of a NYC VC, we sat down with Lauren Jupiter, Managing Partner at AccelFoods, a NYC venture firm focused on investments in the food and beverage space that was launched in 2014. Initially launched as an accelerator, AccelFoods transitioned to a venture fund in 2016 that is currently investing out of its second fund ($35M).
Full coverage: Inside the Mind of a NYC VC: Lauren Jupiter of AccelFoods
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This NYC startup pulls data from various search engines and content sites that consumers are reviewing before making a purchase. H1, the data platform that allows medical research to be synthesized efficiently and quickly using AI, has raised $6M in funding from Shore Group. H1 was founded by Ariel Katz and Zachary Feuerstein in 2017.
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We took a look at the key VC firm news from the last two weeks featuring lots of new drypowder for funds that include Thrive Capital, Laconia Capital Group, Work-Bench, and much much more.
Full coverage: The NYC Venture Capital News Digest: 11/1/18
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According to a recent SEC filing, SevenRooms has raised an additional $5.1M in funding. The filing indicates that there were 11 participants in the round and the total offering amount is $7M. SevenRooms was founded by Allison Page, Joel Montaniel, and Kinesh Patel in 2011 and has now raised a total of $21.5M in reported funding.
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Kinetic, the startup focused on workplace safety through wearables, has raised $4.5M in funding led by Primary Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital. While this round was announced via a press release today, we covered it back in June. Founded by Aditya Bansal and Haytham Elhawary in 2014, Kinetic has now raised a total of $6.2M in funding.
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FundGuard is the AI and cloud-based investment fund platform to help administer various investments like mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, and pension. Founded by Lior Yogev, Uri Katz, and Yaniv Zecharya, this NYC startup raised $4M led by Blumberg Capital and LionBird.
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We took an in-depth look at all startup funding in NYC broken down by stage. Overall, there was closed to $600M pumped into the city’s startup with weakness in the late stages.
Full coverage: The AlleyWatch October 2018 New York Venture Capital Funding Report
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According to a recent SEC filing, SpotFront, the automated marketing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised an additional $3.4M in funding. Founded by Alex Founded by Sherman and Peter Schwartz in 2012, Fetcher has now raised a total of $6.5M in total funding over two rounds. The filing lists Dominic Endicott of Nauta Capital as a Director and indicates that there were nine participants in the round, which has a total offering amount of $4M.
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Titan, the retail investment platform that uses algorithmic trading to replicate hedge fund strategies, has raised $2.5M in Seed funding from investors that include Y Combinator, BoxGroup, Maverick Ventures, and Liquid 2 Ventures. The company launched earlier this year out of Y Combinator and is founded by Clayton Gardner, Joe Percoco, and Max Bernardy.
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According to a recent SEC filing, fuel delivery service Gas It Up which delivers to cars Brooklyn and Queens presently, has raised $250K in a SAFE note financing. The total offering is for $5M and four investors participated in this initial close. The filing lists Gregory Wilder, Victor Rodriguez, and Kimberly Rashmi Prabhu as Executives and Directors and Prisco Panza, Stephen Olyha, and Dennis Cagan as Directors.
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Know someone amazing who belongs on this list? Nominate them today here. Nominations open until 12/15. Looking to drive targeted response from the NYC Tech community at scale, learn more about partnering with AlleyWatch on this initiative here.
