The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/20/2020 featuring funding details for Klara, BlockFi, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Klara — $15M – Series A
Klara, the telemedicine, communications, and digital health platform, has raised $15M in Series A funding from investors that include Lerer Hippeau, FirstMark, Gradient Ventures, Nat Turner, Stage 2 Capital, and Frist Cressey Ventures. Founded by Simon Bolz and Simon Lorenz in 2013, Klara has now raised a total of $32M in reported equity funding.
BlockFi — $50M – Series C
BlockFi, the crypto lending platform, has raised $50M in Series C funding from investors that include Winklevoss Capital, Valar Ventures, Kenetic, Purple Arch Ventures, HashKey Capital, CMT Digital Ventures LLC, SCB 10X, Castle Island Ventures, Morgan Creek Digital, Avon Ventures, and Matthew Dellavedova. BlockFi was founded by Flori Marquez and Zac Prince in 2017.
Trellus Health — $5M – Seed
Trellus Health, the connected care platform for chronic conditions, has raised $5M in Seed funding from investors that include Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) and EKF Diagnostics. Trellus Health was founded by Marla Dubinsky, MD, and Laurie Keefer, PhD.
