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 9/26 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Common, Attentive, and much more…
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Attentive, the personalized mobile messaging platform, has raised $230M in Series D funding from investors that include Coatue, Tiger Global, Wellington Management Company, D1 Capital Partners, Atomico, Sozo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia, Sequoia Capital Global Equities, Coatue, IVP, Eniac Ventures, NextView Ventures, High Alpha, and Sapphire Ventures. Founded by Andrew Jones, Brian Long, and Ethan Lo in 2016, Attentive has now raised a total of $394M in reported equity funding.
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including having prominent brand placement in a high-visibility piece like this, which will be read by the vast majority of key influencers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
Common Living, the operator of co-living spaces, has raised $50M in Series D funding from investors that include Kinnevik, Norwest Venture Partners, 8VC, and Maveron. Founded by Brad Hargreaves in 2015, Common Living has now raised a total of $113.4M in reported equity funding.
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including having prominent brand placement in a high-visibility piece like this, which will be read by the vast majority of key influencers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
Epidemics have shaped the development of urban settings – the plague in Athens, the Black Death in Rome, and Cholera outbreaks in the 1800s in London and New York. We chat with Miguel Gamino Jr., Executive Vice President for Global Cities at Mastercard, where he leads Global Cities and City Possible, connecting academia, government, and industry to foster inclusive sustainable urban development that’s reshaping the world we live in today and setting the foundation for tomorrow. He was kind enough to join us to provide some candid insight into the meaningful work that Mastercard is doing in New York and globally to address some of the challenges that cities face through partnerships, innovation, and data.
READ MORE – Inside the Mind of Miguel Gamino Jr. of Mastercard, Executive Vice President for Global Cities
Laika, the compliance-as-a-service platform to simplify compliance and audits, has raised $10M in Series A funding from investors that include Third Prime and Canapi Ventures. Founded by Austin Ogilvie, Eva Pittas, and Sam Li in 2019, Laika has now raised a total of $13M in reported equity funding.
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including having prominent brand placement in a high-visibility piece like this, which will be read by the vast majority of key influencers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
Conjure furniture rental marketplace raised $9M in Seed funding from Pillar VC, RiverPark Ventures, and Coventure. Check out our exclusive interview with Aditya Khilnani.
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including having prominent brand placement in a high-visibility piece like this, which will be read by the vast majority of key influencers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
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Clearview AI, the company behind the controversial facial recognition platform that’s used by law enforcement agencies, has raised $8.6M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The company was initially backed by Peter Thiel and Naval Ravikant and scraped photos from several internet sites to build its database.
The filing does not indicate a total offering amount but indicates that there were twenty-six investors in this close. Clearview AI was founded by Hoan Ton-That in 2017.
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including having prominent brand placement in a high-visibility piece like this, which will be read by the vast majority of key influencers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
