The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 5/15/2020 featuring funding details for Digital Ocean, Immunai, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Digital Ocean — $50M – Series C
Digital Ocean, the cloud services provider, has raised $50M in Series C funding to becomes NYC’s newest unicorn. The round comes from investors that include Andreessen Horowitz and Access Industries at a $1.1B pre-money valuation. Founded by Alec Hartman, Ben Uretsky, Jeff Carr, Mitch Wainer, Moisey Uretsky in 2011, Digital Ocean has now raised a total of $275.4M in reported equity funding. The company is on track to do $300M ARR and 2/3 of its customer base is located outside of the United States.
Immunai — $20M
Immunai, the biotech platform focused on mapping the immune system with single-cell biology and Ai, has raised $20M in funding from investors that include TLV Partners and Viola Group,. Immunai was founded by Ansuman Satpathy, Dan Littman, Daniel Wells, Luis F Voloch, and Noam Solomon in 2019.
Queen of Raw — $1.5M – funding according to a recent SEC filing
Queen of Raw, the online marketplace for unused textile sourcing, has raised $1.5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing funding. The filing indicates that this round comes from fourteen investors. Investors in previous rounds include Techstars and Right Side Capital Management. Founded by Phil Derasmo and Stephanie Benedetto in 2014, Queen of Raw has now raised a total of $2M in reported equity funding.
PickUp — $1.48M – funding according to a recent SEC filing
PickUp, a sports media platform that seeks to quantify fan sentiment to make it playable or be able to bet on, has raised $1.48M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $1.98M and that there were nineteen investors in the close. Brooklyn-based PickUp was founded by Chris Meisner, Dan Healy, and Joe Donenfeld in 2018.
Declare — $565K – funding according to a recent SEC filing
Declare (fka Parity Partners), the business community for women to promote diverse leadership and gender equality has raised $565K in funding. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $1M and that there were eight investors in the close. Declare was founded by Beth Haggerty, Caryn Effron, Claudia Iannazzo, and <a href="http://nyc.alleywatch.com/hilary-gosher-insight-venture-partners.html"Hilary Gosher in 2016.
