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 the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 5/30 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Cloud9, Ezra, NEOU, and much more…
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TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Automation platform has raised an additional $60M in Series C funding from investors that include Bessemer Venture Partners, Stripes, FirstMark Capital, Battery Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Gaingels, Penna & Company, and 3KVC. Founded in 2014 by Krasimir Marinov, Peter Brodsky, and Vladimir Tzankov, Hyperscience has now raised a total of $111M in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Everything you need to need to know about the largest NYC startup funding rounds of May 2020; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more – The 15 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of May 2020
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Cancer detection startup Ezra has raised $18M in Series A funding from investors that include Seedcamp, FirstMark, Accomplice, Esther Dyson, Credo Ventures, Dave McClure, Founders Future, and LDV Capital. Founded by Diego Cantor and Emi Gal in 2018, Ezra has now raised a total of $22M in reported equity funding. AlleyWatch spoke with Gal in the fall of 2018 after Ezra’s Seed funding round.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Cloud9 Technologies, the cloud communications service provider that delivers high-performance voice and collaboration services for financial firms and institutional traders, has raised $17.5M in Series B funding from investors that include JP Morgan Chase, Barclays Investment Bank, and UBS Investment Bank. Founded by Gerald Starr, Leo Papadopoulos, and Stephen J. Kammerer in 2013, Cloud9 Technologies has now raised a total of $61.5M in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Nearly $1B injected into NYC startups in May despite the pandemic! Aggregate statistics for all NYC funding deals by stage of funding (Early, Series A, Series B, and Late) including mention of notable rounds for May 2020 – The AlleyWatch May 2020 New York Venture Capital Funding Report
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Lili, the banking app catered towards freelancers, has raised $10M in funding from investors that include , , Group 11, AltaIR Capital, and Foundation Capital. Founded by Lilac Bar David and Liran Zelkha in 2018, Lili has now raised a total of in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
NEOU, the fitness studio, has raised an additional $5M in funding from investors that include Mike Arougheti and David Flannery. Founded by Nathan Forster in 2018, NEOU has now raised a total of $21M in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Vetty, the background check and verification platform, has raised $4M in Seed funding led by 3Lines. Vetty was founded by Mike Cerrone and Subrat Nayak in 2016.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the second half of May 2020 featuring must-know news including news for Founder Collective, Apeira Capital, and much more – The NYC Venture Capital Firm News Digest: 6/1/2020
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Benepass, the benefits platform for small business and their employees to participate in tax-advantaged programs, has raised $2.5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were fifteen investors in the round and the include Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, Amino Capital, AltaIR, Elysium Ventures, and Polymath. Benepass was founded by Jaclyn Chen, Kabir Soorya, and Mark Fischer in 2019 and recently completed Y Combinator’s W20 program.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Todyl, the cloud-based cybersecurity platform, has raised $2.25M in funding according to a recent SEC filing funding. Founded by John Nellen in 2015, Todyl has now raised a total of $2.3M in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Ethena, the workplace anti-harassment software platform, has raised $2M in Seed funding from investors that include Homebrew, Village Global, and GSV Ventures. Ethena was founded by Anne Solmssen and Roxanne Bras Petraeus in 2019.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Hip, the tech-enabled commuting bus solution from the suburbs into cities, has raised $2M in funding according to a recent SEC filing funding. The filing indicates that the funding comes from three investors. NFX had previously invested in the company. Founded by Amiad Solomon and Itay Ovits in 2018, Hip has now raised a total of $2.5M in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Propagate Ventures, the investment and project development platform for agriculture ventures, has raised $1.5M in Seed funding from investors that include Neglected Climate Opportunities. Propagate Ventures was founded by Ethan Steinberg, Harrison Greene, and Jeremy Kaufman in 2017.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
Gesture, the on-demand gifting platform, has raised $715K in funding structured as a SAFE note according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $930K and that there were twenty investors in this close. Founded by Ben Labra and Daniel Sosunov in 2017, Gesture has now raised a total of $1.8M in reported equity funding.
TKS Talk with Shaloo Garg President, United Nations Women USA | Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups
On June 20th @ 1pm EST, The Knowledge Society (TKS) will be hosting an invite-only talk with Shaloo Garg, Managing Director @ Microsoft! (spoiler, you’re invited!) Register here!
Garg is also the President of the United Nations Women in Silicon Valley and Director of Strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the past 15 years, she has been an executive at multi-billion dollar companies and is now on a mission to solve some of our world’s toughest problems using emerging technologies. During her talk, she will discuss how startups are playing an increasingly important role to rapidly disrupt old industries as well as how Microsoft will contribute in the coming years.
As always, there is no cost to attend. Here’s the link for details and registration.
