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 5/11 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Journey Meditation, VTS, Noom, and much more…
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Commercial real estate leasing platform VTS has raised $90M in Series D funding to become the newest member of NYC’s unicorn club. The investment comes from investors that include Brookfield Asset Management and Tishman Speyer. Founded by Brandon Weber, Karl Baum, Niall Smart, Nicholas Romito, and Ryan Masiello in 2011, VTS has now raised a total of $187.4M in reported equity funding.
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Noom, the mobile health coaching app, has raised $58M in Series E funding from investors that include Sequoia Capital, Samsung Ventures, and Aglae Ventures. Founded by Artem Petakov and Saeju Jeong in 2008, Noom has now raised a total of $114.7M in reported equity funding.
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LetsGetChecked, the service for in-home lab testing, has raised $30M in Series B funding from investors that include Qiming Venture Partners, Optum Ventures, and Leerink Transformation Partners. Founded by Peter Foley in 2014, LetsGetChecked has now raised a total of $42M in reported equity funding.
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Mint House (previously Farrow Lane) is the hospitality startup that’s creating the latest form of luxury and comfort for business traveling. William Lucas created this company back in 2017 and it raised $15M in Series A funding led by Revolution (D.C. based VC firm) and including participation from NextView Ventures, Carl Sparks, Robert Stewart, Thomas Mangas, Philippe Bourguignon, and Kerry Hatch.
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Direct-to-consumer shaving startup Harry’s has agreed to be acquired by Edgewell Personal Care, the parent company to Schick and other personal care brands that include Edge, Wilkinson Sword, Banana Boat, Playtex, Stayfree, and Hawaiian Tropic. Full coverage: Harry’s Acquired for $1.37B by Edgewell, the Parent Company to Schick
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EasyKnock, the sale-leaseback platform for residential properties, has raised $12M in Series A funding from investors that include 500 Startups, FJ Labs, Correlation Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Montage Ventures, and Kairos. Founded by Ben Black and Jarred Kessler in 2016, EasyKnock has now raised a total of $16.7M in reported equity funding.
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Over $1.4B invested in NYC startups in April! We broke down where the money went. The AlleyWatch April 2019 New York Venture Capital Funding Report
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rOcean is the sleek, water filtration device built for the home and it can carbonate and flavor drinks as well. It was founded by Mohini Boparai and Sunjay Guleria in 2017, and it raised $6M in a round led by Blue (Swedish, family investing office) and including participation from Reshma Saunjani, John Legend, Peter Carlsson, and Rohan Oza.
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Intello, the SaaS operations management and compliance platform, has raised $2.5M in Seed funding from investors that include Harrison Metal, Resolute Ventures, Tanguy Chau, Zane Lackey, Chris Smoak, Nico Berardi, and Zach Sherman. Founded by Barak Kaufman and Shlomo Dalezman in 2017, Intello has now raised a total of $3.8M in reported equity funding.
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Journey Meditation, the meditation app, has raised $2.4M in Seed funding from investors that include Canaan Partners, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Betaworks, BDMI, The Fund, Nelstone Ventures, and New York Venture Partners. Founded by Stephen Sokoler in 2015, Journey Meditation has now raised a total of $2.6M in reported equity funding. Learn all about the round and the business in our exclusive interview with Sokoler on Journey Meditation’s seed round.
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ExpoIQ, the platform for connecting exhibitors and IT event organizers, has raised $1.33M in Seed funding. ExpoIQ was founded by Ula Dzhuraboev and Val Tsanev in 2019. Learn all about the round and the business in our exclusive interview with Tsanev on ExpoIQ’s seed round.
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