Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, we broke down the largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York for the full year 2020. I have included some additional information such as industry, description, round type, total eQ1uity funding raised to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in NYC.
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13. Forter $125.0M
Round: Series E
Description: Forter offers a fraud solution that helps retailers grow sales, lower costs, and improve customer experience via its Decision as Service. Founded by Alon Shemesh, Liron Damri, and Michael Reitblat in 2013, Forter has now raised a total of $225.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Sequoia Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and NewView Capital.
Investors in the round: Bessemer Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Felix Capital, Itai Tsiddon, March Capital, NewView Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital Israel
Month of Funding: November
Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Fraud Detection, SaaS
Founders: Alon Shemesh, Liron Damri, Michael Reitblat
Founding year: 2013
Total equity funding raised: $225.0M
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12. Current $131.0M
Round: Series C
Description: Current is a leading U.S. challenger bank built to meet the needs of people who have been overlooked by the traditional banking industry. Founded by Stuart Sopp in 2015, Current has now raised a total of $182.4M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Foundation Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Wellington Management, and Cota Capital.
Investors in the round: Avenir Growth Capital, Foundation Capital, QED Investors, Sapphire Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Wellington Management
Month of Funding: November
Industry: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
Founders: Stuart Sopp
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $182.4M
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11. Pico $135.0M
Round: Series C
Description: Pico is a provider of technology services for the global financial markets community. Founded by Jarrod Yuster in 2009, Pico has now raised a total of $172.4M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Goldman Sachs, Alumni Ventures Group, Intel Capital, Wells Fargo, and Point72 Ventures.
Investors in the round: Alumni Ventures Group, Chicago Trading Company, CMT Capital Markets Trading, CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund, DRW Venture Capital, EDBI, Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, JP Morgan, Nomura, Simplex Investments, UBS, Wells Fargo
Month of Funding: December
Industry: Asset Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Communications Infrastructure, Financial Services, FinTech, Service Industry
Founders: Jarrod Yuster
Founding year: 2009
Total equity funding raised: $172.4M
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10. Bizzabo $138.0M
Round: Series E
Description: Bizzabo is a meeting and event planning platform for operating virtual or in-person conferences. Founded by Alon Alroy, Boaz Katz, and Eran Ben-Shushan in 2011, Bizzabo has now raised a total of $190.5M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include OurCrowd, Insight Partners, Next47, Viola Growth, and Mehrdad Piroozram.
Investors in the round: Insight Partners, Next47, OurCrowd, Viola Growth
Month of Funding: December
Industry: Event Management, Marketing, Meeting Software, SaaS, Software, Ticketing
Founders: Alon Alroy, Boaz Katz, Eran Ben-Shushan
Founding year: 2011
Total equity funding raised: $190.5M
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9. Oscar Health $140.0M
Round: Venture
Description: Oscar is a health insurance company that offers individual and family plans, medicare advantage, and small group products. Founded by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser in 2012, Oscar Health has now raised a total of $1.6B in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Goldman Sachs, Founders Fund, Fidelity, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.
Investors in the round: Baillie Gifford, Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Reinvent Capital, Tiger Global Management
Month of Funding: December
Industry: Health Care, Health Insurance, Insurance, InsurTech
Founders: Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, Mario Schlosser
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $1.6B
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8. Paxos $142.0M
Round: Series C
Description: Paxos is a regulated financial institution building infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets. Founded by Charles Cascarilla and Richmond Teo in 2012, Paxos has now raised a total of $235.3M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Alua Capital, Canaan Partners, Blockchain Capital, RRE Ventures, and Digital Currency Group.
Investors in the round: Alua Capital, Declaration Partners, Ken Moelis, Liberty City Ventures, Mithril Capital Management, PayPal Ventures, RIT Capital Partners, RRE Ventures, Senator Investment Group
Month of Funding: December
Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
Founders: Charles Cascarilla, Richmond Teo
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $235.3M
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7. iCapital Network $146.0M
Round: Venture
Description: iCapital Network connects advisors and their high net worth investors to leading alternative investment managers. Founded by Dan Vene, John Robertshaw, Nick Veronis, and Phil Pool in 2013, iCapital Network has now raised a total of $182.9M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Credit Suisse, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, and UBS.
Investors in the round: Affiliated Managers Group, BlackRock, Blackstone Group, BNY Mellon, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Hamilton Lane, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Ping An Global Voyager Fund, The Carlyle Group, UBS, WestCap
Month of Funding: March
Industry: Asset Management, Banking, Financial Services, FinTech
Founders: Dan Vene, John Robertshaw, Nick Veronis, Phil Pool
Founding year: 2013
Total equity funding raised: $182.9M
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6. Function of Beauty $150.0M
Round: Series B
Description: Function of Beauty offers personalized hair care products tailored to its customers’ specific hair profile and goals. Founded by Hien Nguyen, Joshua Maciejewski, and Zahir Dossa in 2015, Function of Beauty has now raised a total of $162.2M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital, Y Combinator, L Catterton, and Bullish.
Investors in the round: L Catterton
Month of Funding: December
Industry: Beauty, Consumer Goods, Health Care
Founders: Hien Nguyen, Joshua Maciejewski, Zahir Dossa
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $162.2M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
5. Cityblock Health $160.0M
Round: Series C
Description: Cityblock is a healthcare company that address the root causes of health for underserved urban populations. Founded by Bay Gross, Iyah Romm, Mat Balez, and Toyin Ajayi in 2017, Cityblock Health has now raised a total of $299.3M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include General Catalyst, StartUp Health, 8VC, Wellington Management, and Redpoint.
Investors in the round: General Catalyst, Kinnevik AB, Maverick Ventures, Redpoint, Thrive Capital, Wellington Management
Month of Funding: December
Industry: Fitness, Health Care, Wellness
Founders: Bay Gross, Iyah Romm, Mat Balez, Toyin Ajayi
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: $299.3M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
4. Better.com $200.0M
Round: Series D
Description: Better.com is a comprehensive homeownership journey platform that utilizes technology to change the way people buy and own a home. Founded by Eric Wilson, Erik Bernhardsson, Shawn Low, Viral Shah, and Vishal Garg in 2016, Better.com has now raised a total of $405.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, L Catterton, and IA Ventures.
Investors in the round: 9Yards Capital, Activant Capital, Ally Financial, American Express Ventures, L Catterton, Ping An Global Voyager Fund
Month of Funding: November
Industry: Banking, Consumer Lending, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Lending, Marketplace, Real Estate
Founders: Eric Wilson, Erik Bernhardsson, Shawn Low, Viral Shah, Vishal Garg
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $405.0M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
4. Trumid $200.0M
Round: Series E
Description: Trumid is a financial technology company bringing efficiency to credit trading through data, technology, and innovative products. Founded by Ronnie Mateo in 2014, Trumid has now raised a total of $402.3M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include BlackRock, Peter Thiel, Dragoneer Investment Group, Founders Fund, and TPG.
Investors in the round: BlackRock, Dragoneer Investment Group, T. Rowe Price, TPG
Month of Funding: August
Industry: Banking, Electronics, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Trading Platform
Founders: Ronnie Mateo
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $402.3M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
4. Ro $200.0M
Round: Series C
Description: Ro is a telehealth startup that operates digital health clinics for men’s and women’s health, along with smoking cessation. Founded by Rob Schutz, Saman Rahmanian, and Zachariah Reitano in 2017, Ro has now raised a total of $376.1M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include General Catalyst, Initialized Capital, Slow Ventures, BoxGroup, and SignalFire.
Investors in the round: 3L Capital, BoxGroup, FirstMark, General Catalyst, Initialized Capital, SignalFire, The Chernin Group, Torch Capital, TQ Ventures
Month of Funding: July
Industry: Fitness, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Hospital, Wellness
Founders: Rob Schutz, Saman Rahmanian, Zachariah Reitano
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: $376.1M
AlleyWatch’s exclusive coverage of this funding round: Ro Raises $200M to Become NYC’s Newest Unicorn
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
4. Via $200.0M
Round: Series E
Description: Via develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions. Founded by Daniel Ramot and Oren Shoval in 2012, Via has now raised a total of $587.1M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Shell Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital, Millhouse LLC, Kapor Capital, and Hearst Ventures.
Investors in the round: 83North, Broadscale, Counterpart Advisors, Ervington Investments, EXOR N.V., Hearst Ventures, Macquarie Capital, Mori Trust, Pitango Venture Capital, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Shell Ventures
Month of Funding: March
Industry: Automotive, Mobile Apps, Real Time, Ride Sharing, Transportation, Travel
Founders: Daniel Ramot, Oren Shoval
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $587.1M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
3. Unqork $207.0M
Round: Series C
Description: Unqork is a no-code enterprise application platform that helps companies build, deploy, and manage complex applications. Founded by Ben Voltz, Bruce Buchanan, and Justin Viles in 2017, Unqork has now raised a total of $365.2M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Aquiline Technology Growth, BlackRock, Broadridge, CapitalG, Eldridge, Fin Venture Capital, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, Summerfield Capital Management, Sunley House Capital Management, World Innovation Lab (WiL).
Investors in the round: Aquiline Technology Growth, BlackRock, Broadridge, CapitalG, Eldridge, Fin Venture Capital, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, Summerfield Capital Management, Sunley House Capital Management, World Innovation Lab (WiL)
Month of Funding: October
Industry: Enterprise, Enterprise Applications, Financial Services, Insurance, Productivity Tools, SaaS, Software
Founders: Gary Hoberman
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: $365.2M
AlleyWatch’s exclusive coverage of this round: Unqork Pulls in Another $207M for its No-Code Platform to Build Enterprise Solutions
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
2. Attentive $230.0M
Round: Series D
Description: Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform for innovative brands and organizations. Founded by Andrew Jones, Brian Long, and Ethan Lo in 2016, Attentive has now raised a total of $393.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management, Eniac Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and Coatue.
Investors in the round: Atomico, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Eniac Ventures, Frontline Ventures, High Alpha, IVP, NextView Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sozo Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Wellington Management
Month of Funding: September
Industry: Advertising, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Messaging, Mobile, Personalization, SaaS, Software
Founders: Andrew Jones, Brian Long, Ethan Lo
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $393.0M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
1. ClassPass $285.0M
Round: Series E
Description: ClassPass is the world’s most flexible fitness and wellness membership, which gives you access to 30,000 gyms, studios, wellness partners. Founded by Mary Biggins, Payal Kadakia, and Sanjiv Sanghavi in 2013, ClassPass has now raised a total of $549.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Techstars, General Catalyst, L Catterton, WME, and BAM Ventures.
Investors in the round: Apax Digital, L Catterton, Temasek Holdings, True Capital Management
Month of Funding: January
Industry: Consumer Applications, Fitness, Health Care, Subscription Service, Wellness
Founders: Mary Biggins, Payal Kadakia, Sanjiv Sanghavi
Founding year: 2011
Total equity funding raised: $549.1M
The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. 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, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Find out more here.
