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 3/16 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for WealthFeed, Roar Games,, and much, much more.
Empathy – $47M
Empathy, a support platform that helps people with grief and the loss of a loved one, has raised $47M in Series B funding led by Index Ventures . Founded by Ron Gura and Yonatan Bergman in 2021, Empathy has now raised a total of $90M in reported equity funding.
Prosentry – $3.2M
Prosentry, a real-time residential and commercial building monitoring platform, has raised $3.2M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that this round comes from sixty-eight investors. Prosentry was founded by 2019 in .
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WealthFeed – $2M
WealthFeed, an AI-powered growth marketing platform for financial advisors, has raised $2M in Venture funding led by Thicket Ventures. WealthFeed was founded by Sam Kendree, Brian Scott, Matt Mossbarger, and Rylan Folts in 2023.
Residua AI – $1.7M
Residua AI, an AI platform to access LLMs without a chatbox interface or engineering prompts, has raised $1.7M in funding from investors that include led by Union Square Ventures. Residua AI was founded by Carmen Gutierrez and Jon Morales in 2024.
Roar Games – $1.5M
Roar Games, an independent gaming studio, has raised $1.5M in Venture funding from investors that include led by The Games Fund. Roar Games was founded by Artem Shcherbakov in 2023.
Songbird – $1.5M
Songbird, a stealth startup, has raised $1.5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing funding from investors that include . The filing indicates that the total offering is for $2.5M and there were two investors in this close. Songbird was founded by Santiago Danino in 2023.
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