The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 9/28/2020 featuring funding details for lowercase.digital, Pypestream, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
lowercase.digital — $1M – Pre-Seed
lowercase.digital, the company behind HAGS, a virtual yearbook and community app, has raised $1M in Pre-Seed funding from investors that include BoxGroup and Google Ventures. lowercase.digital was founded by Jameel Shivji, James Dale, and Suraya Shivji in 2020.
Pypestream — $5M – funding according to a recent SEC filing
Pypestream, the conversational AI platform powering smart chatbots, has raised $5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $9.5M and that this close comes from a sole investor. Investors in previous rounds include Plug and Play Insurtech, Jonah Goodhart, Michael Walrath, W. R. Berkley, Richard Braddock, The Chatterjee Group, Michael LaJoie, SouthWinston, Trevor Harris, Jim Ellsworth, Tim Calveley, and Rick Sirvaitis. Founded by Richard Smullen in 2015, Pypestream has now raised a total of $43.5M in reported equity funding.
Koneska Health — $16M – Series B
Koneska, the healthcare data analytics startup focused on incorporating data from emerging technologies into clinical studies, has raised $9M in Series B funding from investors that include Spring Mountain Capital, McKesson Ventures, Novartis Pharma AG, MBX Capital, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, and Waterline Ventures Founded in 2013 by Chris Benko and Robert Ellis, Koneska has now raised a total of $25.9M in reported equity funding.
