The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 6/25/2019 featuring funding details for Chief, Button, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Chief — $22M – Series A
Chief, the private networking club for women, has raised $22M in Series A funding from investors that include General Catalyst and Inspired Capital. Founded by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan in 2018, Chief has now raised a total of $25M in reported equity funding. We profiled Chief shortly after its launch earlier this year – This NYC Startup is the Private Membership Club for Women in Leadership Roles
Button — $30M – Series C
Mobile commerce app Button has raised $30M in Series C funding from investors that include Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint, DCM Ventures, and Icon Ventures. Founded by Chris Maddern, Michael Jaconi, Mike Dudas, Siddhartha Dabral, Stephen Milbank, and Tanner Hackett in 2014, Button has now raised a total of $64.6M in reported equity funding.
Free Agency — $2.35M
Free Agency, a yet-to-launch startup which dubs itself as a new type of talent agency, has raised $2.35M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were fifteen investors in the round. Free Agency was founded by Alex Rothberg and Sherveen Mashayekhi in March of this year.
