#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/29/19-10/5/19

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 10/5 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Refinery29, Food52, HYPR, and much more…

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Unqork, the platform that allows companies to build codeless applications for use in the enterprise, has raised $80M in Series B funding from investors that include BlackRock, CapitalG, and Summerfield Capital Management. Founded by Gary Hoberman in 2017, Unqork has now raised a total of $107.2M in reported equity funding. We had an exclusive interview with Gary Hoberman and Unqork in July.

Brightfield, the workforce data network and analytics platform, has raised $53M in Series A funding from investors that include Sapphire Ventures, MissionOG, CapitalOne Growth Ventures, and Telescope Partners. Brightfield was founded by Christopher Minnick and Jason Ezratty in 2006. In the SEC filing, which listed a total offering of $118.8M, it indicates it reveals the company received $65.6M worth of stock in a nameless company in exchange for stock.

NS1, the DNS and internet traffic management solution, has raised $33M in Series C funding from investors that include GGV Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments, Cisco Investments, Two Sigma Ventures, Entre Capital, Telstra Ventures, Sigma Prime Ventures, and Mango Capital. Founded by Alex Vayl, Jonathan Sullivan, and Kris Beevers in 2013, NS1 has now raised a total of $78.4M in reported equity funding.

Food52, the content and commerce destination for those interested in cooking and food that has an active community of over 16M, has been acquired by TCG Capital Management, an affiliate of The Chernin Group, the media holding company founded by broadcast executive Peter Chernin in 2009.

Rhino, the insurtech product that serves as an alternative to rental security deposits, has raised $21M in Series A funding from investors that include led by Kairos and Lakestar. Founded by Benjamin Lantos, Bryan Woods, and Paraag Sarva in 2017, Rhino has now raised a total of $22.9M in reported equity funding.

Everything you need to need to know about the largest NYC startup funding rounds for Q3 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more – These 15 NYC Startups Raised the Most Capital in Q3 2019

HYPR, the enterprise solution for password-less secure authentication, has raised $18.3M in Series B funding from investors that include RRE Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Allen & Company, Samsung NEXT, .406 Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, and Triphammer Ventures. Founded by Bojan Simic, George Avetisov, James Barcia, and Roman Kadinsky in 2014, HYPR has now raised a total of $32.1M in reported equity funding. We’ll have an exclusive interview with CEO George Avetisov about the funding – HYPR Raises Another $18.3M for its Password-less Authentication Solution for the Enterprise

We sat down with Heather Hartnett of Human Venture in our latest installment of Inside the Mind of a NYC VC – Inside the Mind of a NYC VC: Heather Hartnett of Human Ventures

Atom Finance, the investment research platform, has raised $10.6M in Series A funding from investors that include led by General Catalyst with participation from Global Founders Capital, Untitled Investments, Mail.ru, Lachy Groom, Lee Fixel, and Zach Weinberg & Nat Turner. Founded by Eric Shoykhet in 2018, Atom Finance has now raised a total of $12.6M in reported equity funding.

Everything you need to need to know about the largest NYC startup funding rounds during September of 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more – These are the 9 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of September 2019

ChartHop, the startup that dubs itself as the world’s first org optimizer that’s currently in private beta, has raised $4.5M in Seed funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that thirteen investors participated in this round with a total offering of $5M. ChartHop was founded by Ian White in 2018. White is a cofounder of Sailthru, which he left in 2015.

Saturn Cloud, the data science platform for the enterprise, has raised $4M in Seed funding led by SignalFire. Saturn Cloud was founded by Hugo Shi and Sebastian Metti in 2018. Here is our exclusive interview with the founding team on the funding – Saturn Cloud Raises $4M to Give Data Scientists The Enterprise Tools They Need

LEX Markets, the marketplace for commercial real estate securities, has raised $4M in Seed funding from investors that include Greycroft, Kesha Ventures, and Thor Equities. LEX Markets was founded by Dean Sterrett, Drew Sterrett, and Jesse Daugherty in 2017.

Fraud.net, the fraud prevention platform, has raised $2.3M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $7.8M and this close comes from seven investors. Founded by Whitney Anderson and Cathy Ross in 2013, Fraud.net had previously raised a total of $2.2M in reported equity funding.

Vitally, the customer success management platform, has raised $1M in funding in the form of a convertible note according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were two participants in this round. Investors in previous rounds include Techstars and Right Side Capital Management. Founded by Jamie Davidson and Patrick Vatterott in 2017, Vitally has now raised a total of $1.1M in reported equity funding.

Refinery29 has agreed to be acquired by Vice. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but it’s been reported that the transaction value is around $400M in a combination of stock and cash.

Refinery29 was founded by Christene Barberich, Justin Stefano, Philippe von Borries, and Piera Gelardi in 2005 and had raised a total of $133.4M. Refinery29 had raised it’s last round at a valuation exceeding $450M. Investors in Refinery29 include First Round Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Floodgate, WPP Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Stripes Group, Quixotic Ventures, Hearst Communications, Scripps Networks, Turner Broadcasting, Ramesh Haridas, Eastern Capital, Eigenvalue, and Jim Yang.

#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/29/19-10/5/19

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