The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/6/2019 featuring funding details for Cockroach Labs, TickPick, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Cockroach Labs — $55M – Series C
Cockroach Labs, the company behind the open-source SQL database CockroachDB, has raised $55M in Series C funding from investors that include Altimeter Capital, Tiger Global, GV, Benchmark, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, FirstMark Capital and Work-Bench. Founded by Ben Darnell, Peter Mattis, and Spencer Kimball in 2015, Cockroach Labs has now raised a total of $108.5M in reported equity funding. AlleyWatch sat down with Kimball back in 2017 to discuss Cockroach Labs’ Series B round.
TickPick — $40M
Ticket marketplace TickPick has raised $40M in funding from PWP Growth Equity. This is the first institutional round of funding for TickPick, which was founded by Brett Goldberg and Chris O’Brien in 2011.
Ultranauts — $3.5M – Series A
Software QA testing service Ultranauts, which was previously known as ULTRA Testing, has raised $3.5M in Series A funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that forty-six investors participated in this close. Founded by Rajesh Anandan in 2012, Ultranauts previously raised a total of $1.8M in reported equity funding.
Pattern Brands — $14M
Pattern, a family of D2C brands founded by digital agency vets Nick Ling and Emmett Shine in 2018 has raised $14M in funding. The company’s first company is Equal Parts, a kitchenware brand. The funding comes from investors that include Primary Venture Partners, RRE, and Nextview Ventures.
