The latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/16/19 featuring funding details for Amenity Analytics, Dubsmash, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Amenity Analytics — $18M – Series B
Text-mining AI platform Amenity Analytics has raised $18M in Series B funding from investors that include Intel Capital, State of Mind Ventures, Starr Companies, and Allstate Enterprise Consulting. Founded by Hedva Feldman, Nathaniel Storch, Prof. Ronen Feldman in 2015, Amenity Analytics has now raised a total of $25.6M in reported equity funding.
Dubsmash — $4.7M –
According to a recent SEC filing, Dubsmash, the video messaging app that allows users to lip sync over popular content, has raised an additional $4.7M in funding. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $6.7M and that five investors participated in this close. Founded by Daniel Taschik, Jonas Drupel, Roland Grenke, and Tim Specht in 2014, Dubsmash previously raised a total of $15.4M in reported equity funding. Investors in previous rounds include Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, Lowercase Capital, Eniac Ventures, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Raine Ventures, and Riccardo Zacconi.
Kangaroo — $10.3M –
According to a recent SEC filing, home security solution Kangaroo has raised an additional $10.3M in funding of which $4.3M represents the conversion of the company’s convertible note. The filing indicates that ten investors took part in the round. Founded by Dhruv Garg, James Xu, Maximus Yaney, and Victor Meng in 2018, Kangaroo previously raised $4.4M in reported funding. AlleyWatch covered the company’s launch in the fall – This NYC Startup Launched The Most Customizable Security System Ever
