Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York during the month of August 2019. I have included some additional information such as industry, description, round type, total equity funding raised to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in NYC.
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Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
13. Something Navy $10M
Round: Venture
Description: Something Navy as a fashion blog and has since become a leader in the influencer space. Founded by Arielle Charnas in 2009, Something Navy has now raised a total of $10M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include BoxGroup, Jennifer Fleiss, M3 Ventures, Michael Kors, and Tommy Hilfiger.
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Founders: Arielle Charnas
Founding year: 2009
Total equity funding raised: $10M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
13. Helbiz $10M
Round: Venture
Description: Helbiz gives you access to fleets of electric vehicles at your fingertips. Founded by Salvatore Palella in 2015, Helbiz has now raised a total of $12.35M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Global Equities and Salvatore Palella.
Industry: Car Sharing, Electric Vehicle, Last Mile Transportation, Peer to Peer
Founders: Salvatore Palella
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $12.35M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
12. Fund That Flip $11M
Round: Series A
Description: Fund That Flip provides fast, convenient, and affordable capital for experienced real estate investors. Founded by Dan Morena and Matt Rodak in 2014, Fund That Flip has now raised a total of $13.04M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Edison Partners, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Fintech Ventures Fund, and SoundBoard Venture Fund.
Industry: Crowdfunding, FinTech, Lending, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Residential
Founders: Dan Morena, Matt Rodak
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $13.04M
Exclusive AlleyWatch coverage of the round: Fund that Flip’s Series A round
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
11. Homeis $12M
Round: Series A
Description: Homeis develops a software platform that builds a better Internet for immigrants. Founded by Hanan Lashover and Ran Harnevo in 2017, Homeis has now raised a total of $16M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Abstract Ventures, Canaan Partners, Samsung NEXT, Spark Capital, and Tim Armstrong.
Industry: Communities, Private Social Networking, Social Network
Founders: Hanan Lashover, Ran Harnevo
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: $16M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
10. DemystData $12.5M
Round: Series C
Description: DemystData helps financial institutions harness the explosive growth of data to serve more customers. Founded by Kevin Denberg, Mark Hookey, and Oliver Meyrick in 2010, DemystData has now raised a total of $31.5M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Accion Venture Lab, Arbor Ventures, MissionOG, Notion, and Singtel Innov8.
Industry: Analytics, Big Data, Financial Services
Founders: Kevin Denberg, Mark Hookey, Oliver Meyrick
Founding year: 2010
Total equity funding raised: $31.5M
Exclusive AlleyWatch coverage of the round: Demyst Data’s Series C round
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
9. Pattern $14M
Round: Series A
Description: Pattern is a family of brands with one common goal: to enjoy daily life Founded by Emmett Shine and Nicholas Ling in 2018, Pattern has now raised a total of $14M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Equal Ventures, Katie Shea, Kleiner Perkins, Primary Venture Partners, and RRE Ventures.
Industry: Lifestyle
Founders: Emmett Shine, Nicholas Ling
Founding year: 2018
Total equity funding raised: $14M
Exclusive AlleyWatch coverage of the round: Pattern’s Series A round
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
8. Stylitics $15M
Round: Series B
Description: Stylitics is the leading cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers to automate & distribute visual content at scale Founded by Rohan Deuskar and Zach Davis in 2011, Stylitics has now raised a total of $20.61M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include HDS Capital, Lighter Capital, PeakSpan Capital, and Trestle LP.
Industry: Analytics, Content Creators, Enterprise Software, Fashion, Retail, Retail Technology, SaaS
Founders: Rohan Deuskar, Zach Davis
Founding year: 2011
Total equity funding raised: $20.61M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
8. Landis $15M
Round: Venture
Description: Landis is an innovative online selling and buying platform helping renters become homeowners. Founded by Cyril Berdugo and Tom Petit in 2017, Landis has now raised a total of $17M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Graph Ventures, Kima Ventures, Radical Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, and Signia Venture Partners.
Industry: Commercial, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Residential
Founders: Cyril Berdugo, Tom Petit
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: $17M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
6. Simon Data $30M
Round: Series C
Description: Simon Data enables businesses to effectively leverage all of their data to drive personalization and value for their customers Founded by Frank Harris, Jason Davis, Joshua Neckes, and Matt Walker in 2014, Simon Data has now raised a total of $59M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include .406 Ventures, Commerce Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Polaris Partners, and Slow Ventures.
Industry: Advertising, Analytics, Big Data, Data Integration, Marketing, Marketing Automation
Founders: Frank Harris, Jason Davis, Joshua Neckes, Matt Walker
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $61.8M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
5. LeafLink $35M
Round: Series B
Description: LeafLink is a wholesale management platform for the cannabis industry. Founded by Ryan Smith and Zach Silverman in 2015, LeafLink has now raised a total of $49M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Casa Verde Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Nosara Capital, Thrive Capital, and TIA Ventures.
Industry: B2B, Cannabis, SaaS, Supply Chain Management, Wholesale
Founders: Ryan Smith, Zach Silverman
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $49M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
4. Figure8 $40M
Round: Series A
Description: Figure8, creator of the Museum of Ice Cream, is an experience-first development company. Founded by Manish Vora and Maryellis Bunn in 2016, Figure8 has now raised a total of $40M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Elizabeth Street Ventures, Maywic Select Investments, and OCV.
Industry: Brand Marketing, Food and Beverage, Product Design
Founders: Manish Vora, Maryellis Bunn
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $40M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
4. Attentive $40M
Round: Series B
Description: Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform that helps e-commerce and retail brands connect with customers. Founded by Andrew Jones, Brian Long, and Ethan Lo in 2016, Attentive has now raised a total of $53M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Bain Capital Ventures, High Alpha, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), NextView Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.
Industry: Advertising, E-Commerce, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Messaging, Mobile, Personalization, SaaS, Software
Founders: Andrew Jones, Brian Long, Ethan Lo
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $53M
Exclusive AlleyWatch coverage of the round: Attentive’s Series B round
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
3. Cockroach Labs $55M
Round: Series C
Description: Cockroach Labs is the company behind CockroachDB, an open source, distributed SQL database. Founded by Ben Darnell, Peter Mattis, and Spencer Kimball in 2015, Cockroach Labs has now raised a total of $108.5M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Benchmark, Index Ventures, Redpoint, Sequoia Capital, and Tiger Global Management.
Industry: Database, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software
Founders: Ben Darnell, Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $108.5M
Exclusive AlleyWatch coverage of the round: Cockroach Lab’s Series C round
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
2. Latch $56M
Round: Series B
Description: Latch specializes in keyless entry security systems to open and manage every door in an apartment building from a smartphone. Founded by Brian Jones, Luke Schoenfelder, and Thomas Meyerhoffer in 2014, Latch has now raised a total of $152M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Brookfield Asset Management, Lux Capital, PCH International, RRE Ventures, and Techstars.
Industry: Apps, Hardware, Security, Smart Home, Software
Founders: Brian Jones, Luke Schoenfelder, Thomas Meyerhoffer
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $152M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
1. Wheels Up $128M
Round: Series D
Description: Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing upfront cost to fly privately. Founded by Bill Allard, Gary Spitalnik, Justin Firestone, and Kenny Dichter in 2013, Wheels Up has now raised a total of $416.2M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Alumni Ventures Group, Franklin Templeton Investments, New Enterprise Associates, T. Rowe Price, and Total Access Fund.
Industry: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Travel
Founders: Bill Allard, Gary Spitalnik, Justin Firestone, Kenny Dichter
Founding year: 2013
Total equity funding raised: $416.2M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
