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 4/6 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Managed by Q, Betaworks, Vestwell, and much more…
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Hair loss startup Nutrafol has raised $35M in Series B funding from investors that include L Catterton and Unilever Ventures. Nutrafol was founded by Giorgos Tsetis C.E. and Roland Peralta in 2014.
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The We Company, which we all know as WeWork, has agreed to acquire Managed by Q, the platform for office management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but sources indicate that the deal is a combination of equity and cash. Reports peg the acquisition price to be in the neighborhood of $200M to $250M. Read our full coverage – WeWork Acquires Managed by Q.
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On-demand storage solution MakeSpace has raised $30M in funding from investors that include Upfront Ventures, 8VC, Iron Mountain, and Carmelo Anthony. Founded by Adam LeVasseur, Rahul Gandhi, and Sam Rosen in 2013, MakeSpace has now raised a total of $117.6M in reported equity funding.
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We took a look at the top 15 NYC startup funding rounds from the first quarter of 2019, where NYC’s startups raised more than $2.5B in funding.
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Retirement platform Vestwell has raised $30M in Series B funding from investors that include Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments (PSI), Point72 Ventures, Nationwide, Allianz Life Ventures, BNY Mellon, Franklin Templeton, F-Prime Capital, FinTech Collective, Primary Venture Partners, and Commerce Ventures. Founded by Aaron Schumm in 2016, Vestwell has now raised a total of $42.5M in reported equity funding.
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As AlleyWatch opens up nominations for the 2019 NYC Fintech Influencers feature, we took a look at the 14 largest FinTech startup funding rounds in NYC history.
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Perch, the buying and selling platform for dual trackers (people that own property and are looking to sell, while simultaneously buying a new property), has raised an additional $20M in Series B funding from investors that include FirstMark, Accomplice, and Juxtapose. Founded by Court Cunningham and Phil DeGisi in 2017, Perch has raised a total of $30M in reported equity funding.
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We took a look at all the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the second half of March featuring must know news including news for Betaworks, Urban Us, and much more. The NYC Venture Capital News Digest: 4/1/19
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Do-it-yourself home improvement platform and community Hometalk has raised $15M in funding from investors that include AltaIR Capital, NFX, and Adam Neumann. Hometalk was founded by Celeste Kumelos, Miriam Illions, and Yaron Ben Shaul in 2011.
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We took a look at the 10 largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York during the month of March 2019, a month in which NYC startups raised over $1B in funding – These are the 10 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of March 2019
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Slice, the business management platform for pizzerias, has raised an additional $14M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. Founded by Ilir Sela in 2009, Slice has now raised a total of $32.5M in reported equity funding. Learn more about Slice in our exclusive interview with Sela.
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Visual shoppable commerce technology TRILL Travel was acquired by Lonely Planet. Full coverage – LonelyPlanet Acquires NYC Startup TRILL Travel to Unlock Influencer Marketing
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Nautilus Labs, the startup focused on optimizing ocean freight through the use of technology, has raised $11M in Series A funding from investors that include M12, Root Ventures, Trail Mix Ventures, Quiet Capital, and Amplifier. Founded by Anthony DiMare and Brian O’Clair in 2016, Nautilus Labs has raised a total of $13M in reported equity funding.
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Payment solution provider Boost Payment Solutions has raised $7M in Series B funding from investors that include North Atlantic Capital and Mosaik Partners. Boost was founded by Dean Leavitt in 2009 and previously raised an undisclosed sum in 2017.
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Good Dog has raised $6.7M in Seed funding. Read the full details in our exclusive interview with CEO and cofounder Josh Wais on Good Dog’s launch and funding.
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We analyzed all venture capital fundings in New York for the month of April in our AlleyWatch February 2019 New York Venture Capital Funding Report
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Rental property management platform UpTop has raised $5.5M in funding led by KAL Investments. UpTop was founded by Brad Marder and Francis Barletta in 2016. Read more about this funding in our interview with Francis Barletta.
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Digital banking platform Novo has raised an additional $4.8M in funding from investors that include RRE Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Red Sea Ventures, Hack VC, Rainfall Ventures, and Stanford Law School. Founded by Michael Rangel and Tyler McIntyre in 2016, Novo has now raised a total of $5.8M in reported equity funding.
Cinch, the dynamic pricing network for local commerce, has raised an additional $3.7M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $5M and there were eleven participants in this close. Cinch was founded by Jack Elaad, Marc Liebmann, and Maya Komerov in 2017 and has previously raised $1M in equity funding in 2017.
Blockdaemon, the blockchain deployment facilitator, has raised an additional $2.35M in funding led by Lerer Hippeau. Founded by Arunram Kalaiselvan and Konstantin Richter in 2017, Blockdaemon has raised a total of $6M in reported equity funding.
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iFundWomen is a holistic approach to crowdfunding and gives female entrepreneurs expert tools to create the best crowdfunding campaigns. Founded by Karen Cahn, Sarah Sommers, and Kate Anderson iFundWomen raised $1.8M led by Dan Schulman and including participation from Baltimore Angels, Zach Weinberg (cofounder of Flatiron Health), Able Partners, Grit Capital Partners, Fran Hauser, Sallie Krawcheck, Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Divya Gugnani, Rebecca Minkoff, Medha Vedaprakash, Andav Capital LLC, Hannah Bronfman, and Claire Broido Johnson.
FireHydrant, the enterprise-level IT incident management and prevention platform, has raised $1.5M in Seed funding led by Work-Bench. FireHydrant was founded by Bobby Ross, Daniel Condomitti, and Dylan Nielsen.
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YourGuru, the booking platform for health, wellness, and fitness experts, has raised $1.45M in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were five participants in the round and lists Ntiedo Michael Etuk and Andril Zavadetskyi as Executives. YourGuru previously raised $450K back in 2013.
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Trusty.care, the benefits management platform for retirees, has raised an additional $1.3M in funding. Founded by Gerard Carey and Jo Schneier in 2018, Trusty.care has now raised a total of $2.1M in reported equity funding.
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Coin Out, the mobile application that allows you to earn digital cash back, has raised an additional $800K according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were fifteen participants in the round. The company previously raised $1.2M in 2018 and $650K in 2016, in a round led by Intuit and Apple veteran Bill Campbell. Coin Out was founded by Andy Pliszka and Jeffrey Witten in 2015.
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Brooklyn-based Brightest, the platform for discovering volunteering opportunities, has raised $450K in what appears to be a convertible note according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $750K and there was a sole participant in this close. Brightest was founded by Chris Bolman in 2018.
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According to a recent SEC filing, Alpha Vertex, the analytical solution that uses AI and machine learning to provide insights to finance professionals on investment opportunities, has raised $200K in what appears to be a convertible note. The total offering amount is for $500K with two investors participating in this close. The filing lists Michael Bishop, John Frankel of ff Venture Capital, and Jennifer Litorja of CryptoOracle as Directors in the company. Alpha Vertex was founded by Mutisya Ndunda in 2015.
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