The latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 1/4/19 featuring funding details for Daivergent and Augustus Intelligence. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Daivergent — $1.7M
Daivergent, the crowdsourced microtask platform that empowers people with autism and disabilities, has raised $950K in funding from investors that include Western Technology Investment, Kapor Capital, New York Angels, Esther Dyson, HBS Alumni Angels, Brian Jacobs, Marc Weill, Ron Lascoe, Ozgen Dogan, and Fiona Dogan. Founded by Byran Dai and Rahul Mahida in 2017, Daivergent has now raised a total of $1.1M in funding. The company is a graduate of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator program.
Augustus Intelligence — $1.1M
According to a recent SEC filing, Augustus Intelligence has raised $1.1M in funding out of a total offering of $80M. This first tranche comes from two investors. The filing lists Wolfgang Haupt as an Executive and LinkedIn lists ex-Bertelsmann Music executive Kirsten Glueck as a Founding Partner. The company is described as “Aiming to understand and shape the 4th industrial revolution by leveraging transformational technologies with a sound sense of responsibility”.
