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 3/2 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Eden Health, TheGuarantors, 2019 NYC Tech Influencers, and much more…
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Alternative investment platform YieldStreet has raised an additional $62M in Series B funding from investors that include Edison Partners, Greenspring Associates, and Raine Ventures. Founded by Dennis Shields, Michael Weisz, and Milind Mehere in 2015, YieldStreet has now raised a total of $78.5M in equity funding.
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We shined a spotlight on the top funding rounds for NYC startups in February – These are the 14 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of February 2019
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Enterprise data storage infrastructure provider VAST Data has raised an additional $40M in Series B funding from investors that include TPG Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, 83 North, and Goldman Sachs. Founded by Jeff Denworth, Renen Hallak, and Shachar Fienblit in 2016, VAST Data has now raised a total of $80M in reported equity funding over three rounds.
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Identify verification and fraud prevention startup Socure has raised $30M in Series C funding from investors that include Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony, and Sorenson Capital. Founded by Johnny Ayers and Sunil Madhu in 2012, Socure has now raised a total of $57.5M in funding.
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Leaders in the NYC business community including Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal, USV’s Fred Wilson, Per Scholas’ Plinio Ayala, and Collecitive[i]’s Heidi Messer have sent an open letter in the form of a full-page ad in the New York Times to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asking him to reconsider the company’s recent decision to not open HQ2 in Long Island City, after some vocal opposition by a small minority who did not see the benefits of bringing the single largest job creation initiative in the history to the city. Despite Amazon’s withdrawal last month, the Governor has been working tirelessly to restore the relationship with Amazon and is committed to bringing the 25,000+ jobs to the city/state and billions in tax revenue.
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Women’s activewear brand Bandier has raised an additional $27.4M in funding from investors that include C Ventures and Eurazeo. Founded by Jennifer Bandier in 2014, the company previously raised $7M.
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Botify offers a suite of applications to help companies optimize their SEO and online presence, and it raised $20M in Series B funding led by Idinvest Partners and including participation from Ventech. Botify was founded by Adrien Menard, Stephane Chauvin, and Thomas Grange, and it has now raised a total of $27.2M across two rounds.
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Childrenswear brand Rockets of Awesome has raised an additional $19.5M in funding. Check out the full details of the funding in our exclusive interview with Rockets of Awesome CEO and Founder Rachel Blumenthal.
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Insurtech platform The Guarantors, which provides alternative rental deposit solutions, has raised $15M in Series B funding from investors that include Global Founders Capital, White Star Capital, Silvertech Ventures Alven Capital, and Partech. Founded in 2014 by Clement Miglietti and Julien Bonneville, The Guarantors has now raised a total of $26.7M in funding over three rounds. Check out the full details of the funding in our exclusive interview with The Guarantors CEO and Cofounder Julien Bonneville
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According to a recent SEC filing, LittleBits, the makers of kits for students to learn more about electronics, has raised an additional $14.3M in funding. The filing indicates that there were twelve participants in this round and that the total offering is for $15.1M. LittleBits was founded by Ayah Bdeir in 2011 and had previously raised $62M in funding from investors that include Foundry Group, Khosla Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Joanne Wilson.
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Content creation platform Ceros has raised $14M in funding from investors that include Greenspring Associates, Grotech Ventures, CNF Investments, Sigma Prime Ventures, StarVest Partners, and Greycroft. Founded by Simon Berg and Dominic Duffy in 2007, Ceros has now raised a total of $31.5M. According to Inc, Ceros did $8.8M in revenue in 2017.
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Career coaching platform Landit has raised an additional $13M in funding from investors that include WeWork, New Enterprise Associates, Valo Ventures, Workday Ventures, Gingerbread Capital, Cue Ball Capital, XFund, Female Founders Fund, Morgan Stanley, Uprising Investor Fund, Costanoa Ventures, Yard Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Connectivity Partners, and Sofia Fund. Founded by Lisa Skeete Tatum and Sheila Marcelo in 2014, Landit has now raised a total of $17.6M in funding over three rounds.
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Eden Health is the personal healthcare platform that companies can offer to their employees. This platform provides 24/7 digital care and allows employees to get immediate diagnosis on most general health inquiries. Founded by Matt McCambridge and Scott L. Sansovich, Jr, this healthcare company raised $10M in a Series A round led by Greycroft and including participation from Aspect Ventures, PJC, 645 Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Max Ventures, and Convene. It has now raised a total of $14M throughout two rounds. Full coverage coming up this week in an exclusive interview with the founding team. Stay tuned!
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Healthcare expenditure navigation platform Rightway Health has raised $8M in Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management. Cofounded by Jordan Feldman in 2017, Rightway Health had previously raised $2M and we covered that round back in 2017 – This NYC Startup Just Raised $2M To Redefine How You Interact With Healthcare.
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Data marketplace Narrative has raised an additional $3M in funding from investors that include XSeed Capital, Revel Partners, Tuhaye Venture Partners, and Glasswing Ventures. Founded by Nick Jordan in 2016, Narrative had previously raised $2.3M in reported funding.
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Coterie delivers you an entire set of matching party supplies and decor directly to users’ doorsteps, The company raised $2.75M led by Female Founders Fund and Canaan Partners.
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Digital document management and e-signature platform Realster has raised $2.7M in additional funding. Founded by brothers Parham Alizadeh and Pierce Alizadeh in 2015, Realster previously raised $700K.
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Mockingbird, the direct-to-consumer baby brand founded by Eric Osman, has launched with $1.6M in funding from investors that incude Firstmark’s Rick Heitzmann, the founders of Hubble, and the founders of InVision.
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According to a recent SEC filing, ProDeal, the real estate tech platform for deal management, has closed an additional $1.4M in funding. The filing indicates that there were fifty-two participants in the round.
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Assurely, the insurtech startup whose signature product CrowdProtector that provides insurance protection for issues and investors in crowdfunding and security token offerings, has raised $750K in funding led by Scout Ventures. Assurely was founded by David Carpentier, John Ryu, and Ty Sagalow in 2017.
The 2019 NYC Tech Influencers is now live on AlleyWatch. Join us in celebrating 50 individuals that are driving progress and innovation in New York – 2019 NYC Tech Influencers.
