#NYCtech Week in Review: 8/18/19-8/24/19

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 8/24 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Simon Data, Datadog, Demyst Data, and much more…

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Simon Data, the customer data platform for marketers, has raised $30M in Series C funding from investors that include Polaris Partners, F-Prime Capital, and .406 Ventures. Founded by Frank Harris, Jason Davis, Joshua Neckes, and Matt Walker in 2014, Simon Data has now raised a total of $63.8M in reported equity funding. Last summer, we covered Simon Data’s Series B round.

Happify, the behavioral science platform, has raised $20.2M in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $23.5M and that there twenty-seven investors in this close. Founded by Andy Parsons, Ofer Leidner, and Tomer Ben-Kiki in 2012, Happify had previously raised a total of $25.5M in reported equity funding.

Ai Cure, the visual data platform for healthcare that uses AI to understand and manage clinical progress, has raised $16.8M in venture funding according to a recent SEC filing. The total offering amount is $21.2M and there were twenty-five investors in this close. Confirmed investors in previous rounds include Pritzker Group Venture Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners, Baird Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Biomatics Capital Partners. Founded by Adam Hanina and Laura Shafner in 2010, Ai Cure had previously raised a total of $27.3M in reported equity funding.

Cloud monitoring-as-a-service startup Datadog has filed its S-1 to go public. Founded by Alexis Le-Quoc (~8%) and Oliver Pomel (~14% ownership) in 2010, Datadog has raised a total of $147.9M in funding over six funding rounds, with its latest funding a $94.5M Series D round in 2016. Investors in the company include Index Ventures (~)20%, RRE Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, IA Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners (~16%), ICONIQ Capital ($11.3%), Contour Venture Partners, Amplify Partners, Neu Venture Capital, NYC Seed, RTP Ventures (~8%), and Bob Pasker.

The company did close to $200M in revenue in 2018 and is on pace to exceed $300M in 2019 with over 8000 customers. The company is expecting to raise ~$100M in this offering.

DemystData, the marketplace for third-party and alternative data, has raised $12.5M in Series C funding from investors that include Notion, Singtel Innov8, and MissionOG. Founded by Kevin Denberg, Mark Hookey, and Oliver Meyrick in 2010, DemystData has now raised a total of $31.5M in reported equity funding.

Homeis, the social network for immigrants in local communities, has raised $12M in Series A funding from investors that include Canaan Partners, Spark Capital, Alexis Ohanian, and Tim Armstrong. Founded by Hanan Lashover and Ran Harnevo in 2017, Homeis has now raised a total of $16M in reported equity funding.

Fund That Flip, the lending marketplace for real estate loans, has raised $11M in venture funding from investors that include led by Edison Partners. Founded by Matt Rodak in 2014, Fund That Flip has now raised a total of $13M in reported equity funding. AlleyWatch spoke with Rodak in an exclusive interview about Fund That Flip’s Seed round in 2016.

Something Navy, the fashion and lifestyle brand, has raised $10M in venture funding from investors that include BoxGroup, Third Kind Venture Capital, M3 Ventures, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, and Jennifer Fleiss. Something Navy was founded by Arielle Charnas in 2009.

Sense Education, the edtech solution that uses AI to allows professors and teachers to introduce efficiencies to their workflows, has raised $5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $6.5M with nineteen investors participating in this close. Sense Education was founded by Ronen Tal-Botzer in 2016.

Livelike, the sports streaming media company, has raised $1.5M in venture funding according to a recent SEC filing. This funding comes as a part of a $2.4M total offering with fifteen investors in this close. Founded by Andre Lorenceau, Fabrice Lorenceau, Jérémie Lasnier, Miheer Walavalkar, and Saswat Panda in 2015, Livelike had previously raised a total of $14.7M in reported equity funding. In 2016, we covered LiveLike’s Series A round.

Tastemakers Africa, the travel experiences marketplace focused on Africa, has raised $1.4M in Seed funding from investors that include Precursor Ventures. Founded by Cherae Robinson and Jeremiah Myers in 2016, Tastemakers Africa has now raised a total of $2.4M in reported equity funding.

Enable My Child, the platform for pediatric therapy services, has raised $1.2M in Seed funding led by CMI Ventures. AlleyWatch had an exclusive chat with CEO and Founder Syed Mohammed about Enable My Child’s seed round.

Huron, the direct-to-consumer skincare startup for men, has raised $1M in Seed funding from investors that include Peter Rahal, Jared Smith, Paul Munford, and CXT Investments. Huron was founded by Matt Mullenax (previously at Bonobos) in 2018.

Redshare, the portable charging solution, has raised $500K in Seed funding. Founded by Hao Zhang, Pengqian Ma, Quanda Wan, Yi Huang, and Ze Yu in 2018, Redshare has now raised a total of $750K in reported equity funding.

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