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 11/17 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Dia&Co, OnsiteIQ, Portal, Checkmate, Building Intelligence, and much more…
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Plus size brand Dia&Co has raised $40M in Series C funding from investors that include Union Square Ventures and Sequoia Capital. The company has also announced that it had previously raised $30M last year in an unreported round. Total funding now stands at $95M over three rounds. Dia&Co was founded by Lydia Gilbert and Nadia Boujarwah in 2014.
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Heyday, the startup that provides facials to bring skincare to the masses has raised an additional $8M in funding.
Full coverage: This NYC Startup Just Raised Another $8M for the Most Personalized Facial Available
We also caught up with Heyday’s lead investor Brendan Wallace of Fifth Wall for a short video interview.
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Syndio is the platform that enables companies to use data to identify pay gaps for minorities and women. It raised $5.2M in Seed funding from investors that include Sirius Partners, Contour Venture Partners, and Frontier Venture Capital.
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Amazon officially announced that they will be opening up HQ in Long Island City. We took an in-depth data-driven look at what this means for NYC Tech – The Truth About What Amazon in New York Means for NYC Tech
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Building security platform Building Intelligence has raised an additional $4.1M in Series A funding led by Founders Equity. The company had previously raised $4M earlier this year.
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We took a look at the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the first half of November 2018 featuring must know news from Teamworthy Ventures and TECHU. If you have NYC venture capital firm news to submit, please send us an email at vc@alleywatch.com. The NYC Venture Capital News Digest: 11/15/18
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Ezra, the startup that’s reimagining the way that cancer is detected, has raised $4M in Seed funding.
Full coverage: Ezra Raises $4M To Bring Annual Memberships for Cancer Screenings.
We also caught up with Ezra’s lead investor Sarah Downey of Accomplice for a short video interview. You can see Sarah’s thoughts on why she invested in the company below:
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BOU creates healthy bouillon cubes and ready to eat soups, and it raised $4M including participation from FounderMade, Andrew Gellert, Nebari Ventures, Shelly Stein, and Robert Jakobi. BOU has now raised a total of $5.4M across two rounds.
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Recommendation platform MASSE has raised an additional $3.5M in funding.
Full coverage: This NYC Startup Just Raised $3.5M to be the Ultimate Recommendation Engine Powered By Your Friends
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CodeStream is the platform to help software developers collaborate on code, so they can accelerate their development cycles. Founded by James Price and Peter Pezaris, this startup raised $3.2M led by S28 Capital and including participation from Y Combinator, PJC, and David Carlick of Adventure Capital.
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Checkmate, the restaurant tech platform that streamlines online orders by integration into a restaurant’s existing POS systems, has raised $3M in Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management, which has been extremely active in the restaurant space with recent investments in Toast and Postmates. Checkmate was founded by Vishal Agarwal in the summer of 2016.
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The sustainable t-shirt company, For Days, that will refurbish your old t-shirts raised $2.8M. This Seed round was led by Rosecliff Ventures and included participation from Collaborative Fund, Third Prime, Bleu Capital, Ride Ventures, Congruent Ventures, The Gramercy Fund, and Closed Loop Ventures. For Days was founded back in 2017 by Kristy Caylor and Mary Saunders.
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Portal, the ad-free video platform that allows viewers to directly send payments to creators, has raised $2.6M in Seed funding from investors that include Mark Cuban, Day One Ventures, and Miki Agrawal. Founded by Jonathan Swerdlin and Jourdan Urbach in 2014, Portal has now raised a total of $4.2M in funding over two rounds.
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The travel platform, Noken, that curates personal travel itinerary called “blueprints” raised $2.5M led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Founded by Emily Brockway and Marc Escapa, this is the second funding round for Noken and it has now raised a total of $3M across two rounds.
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The biomaterials company, AlgiKnit, that integrates science and design into textile production- think kelp and seaweed being turned into fiber. This NYC based startup raised $2.2M led by Horizons Ventures and including participation from SOSV.
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According to a recent SEC filing, OnSiteIQ, the construction data visualization platform, has raised an additional $2M in new funding. OnSiteIQ was founded by Ardalan Khosrowpou and John Mollis in 2017. The filing lists Matthew Jones as a Director, and it indicates that there were 10 participants in the round, the includes the conversion of $782K in a previous convertible, and that there is another $531K remaining in the offering.
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