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 a few of things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 3/23 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for two freshly minted NYC unicorns, Splice, Fetcher, and much more…
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Rent the Runway has raised an additional $125M to become NYC’s latest unicorn. The funding is co-led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures with additional participation from funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Hamilton Lane Advisors, on behalf of New York State Common Retirement Fund. That’s right – anyone with NYS pension is now an indirect investor in Rent the Runway. Founded in 2009 by Jennifer Fleiss and Jennifer Hyman, Rent the Runway has now raised a total of $341.2M in reported equity funding with an additional $200M in debt financing from Temasek.
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Direct-to-consumer beauty company Glossier has raised an additional $100M. This round comes at a reported $1.2B post-money valuation and was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Tiger Global Management, Spark Capital, and existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Thrive Capital, IVP, and Index Ventures. Founded by Emily Weiss in 2014, Glossier has now raised a total of $186.4M in reported equity funding.
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Splice, the marketplace and community for musicians, has raised an additional $57.5M in Series C funding from investors that include Union Square Ventures, True Ventures, DFJ Growth, Flybridge, Lerer Hippeau, Liontree, Founders Circle Capital and Matt Pincus. Founded in 2013 by Matt Aimonetti and Steve Martocci (Blade and GroupMe), Splice has now raised a total of $105.22M in reported equity funding.
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Unite Us, the care coordination platform focused on connecting healthcare and social service providers, has raised $35M in Series B funding from investors that include Scout Ventures, Oak HC/FT, New York Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, Define Ventures, and Luminate Group. Founded by Andrew Price, Daniel Brillman, Kareem Elsirafy, and Taylor Justice in 2013, Unite Us has now raised a total of $45.3M in reported equity funding.
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Enterprise content marketing platform Percolate has raised $32M in Series D funding from investors that include Sequoia Capital, GGV Capital, Lightspeed, Capital IP Investment Partners. Founded by James Gross and Noah Brier in 2011, Percolate has now raised a total of $106.5M in reported equity funding.
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Marketing optimization platform Marketing Evolution has raised $26.1M in funding from investors that include Insight Venture Partners, Zetta Venture Partners, and Energy Impact Partners. Founded by Ethan Rapp and Rex Briggs in 2000, Marketing Evolution has now raised a total of $50.7M in reported equity funding.
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Alternative financial data platform Thinknum has raised $11.6M in Series A funding from investors that include Green Visor Capital. Founded by Gregory Ugwi and Justin Zhen in 2013, Thinknum has now raised a total of $12.6M in reported equity funding.
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Short term hospitality staffing platform Jitjatjo has raised $11M in Series A funding from investors led by Morningside Technology Ventures. Founded by Ron McCulloch and Tim Chatfield in 2016, Jitjatjo has now raised a total of $17.9M in reported equity funding.
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Thirstie, the e-commerce infrastructure platform for the alcohol industry, has raised $7M in Series A funding led by Queens Court Capital. Founded by Devaraj Southworth and Maxim Razmakhin in 2013, Thirstie has now raised a total of $12M in reported equity funding. Full exclusive coverage of Thirstie’s Series A round.
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Recruitment platform Fetcher has raised $5.4M in Seed funding from investors that include Accomplice, Slow Ventures, Picus, Revel Partners, Paul English, and James Joaquin. Founded by Andres Blank, Chris Calmeyn, and Genevieve Lydstone in 2015, Fetcher has now raised a total of $6.8M in reported equity funding. Full exclusive coverage of Fetcher’s Seed round.
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Small Door Veterinary is a high-end veterinary care startup that will be launching in NYC soon. It was founded by Josh Guttman (Partner at SoftBank) and Florent Peyre (Cofounder of Placemeter which was acquired by Netgear). Small Door has reportedly raised $3.5M in funding led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and including participation from Primary Ventures, Brand Foundry and Lee Fixel of Tiger Global Management.
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Maude is the Brooklyn based, personal care and wellness brand selling massage candles, personal massagers, latex condoms and more. It raised $1.5M in Seed funding led by Tune House Capital and was joined by other participants that include: RRE Ventures, CASSIUS Family, Outbound Ventures, Shrug Capital, and Pico Alto Ventures. Maude was founded in 2017 byDina Epstein and Eva Goicochea, and it has now raised $2.1M across two rounds.
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Social emotion learning platform Move This World has raised $1.1M in additional funding from investors that include New Media Investment Group and Schwartzberg Cos. Founded by Sara LaHayne in 2010, Move This World has now raised a total of $2.1M in reported equity funding.
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According to a recent SEC filing, Podia, the platform that allows people to sell online courses, memberships, and digital downloads to their audiences, has raised an additional $1M in funding. The filing indicates that there were five participants in the round. Podia, which was founded by Spencer Fry in 2014, had previously raised $1.6M in reported equity funding and counts Notation Capital as one of its investors.
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FLEXX, a newly formed entity from Trace VFX cofounders Jonathan Mason and Varun Parange, has raised $685K in financing in the form of a SAFE note according to a recent SEC filing.
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According to a recent SEC filing, Good Uncle, the food delivery app focused on the college market, has raised $637K in additional funding in what appears to be a convertible note. The filing indicates that there were five participants in this close and the total offering is for $1.5M. Good Uncle previously closed $11.2M in equity funding over two rounds (2017 and 2016) and a debt round of $2.1M in 2016. Good Uncle was founded by Wiley Cerrilli and Matt Doumar in 2015. Investors in previous rounds include First Round Capital, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Brainchild Holdings, Melo7 Tech Partners, Jason Finger, Charge Ventures, and Armory Square Ventures.
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A newly formed entity called Chronosphere has closed $335K in funding in what appears to be a convertible note according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were seven participants in the round, which is fully closed, and lists Martin Chen Mao and Robert James Skillington as Executives. Skillington is listed on as having worked on several patents for a medical device company called CliniCloud.
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