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 this week including the fundings, exits, and events.
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Karhoo, the 10-month old mobile app for booking a cab, has raised $250M in a Private Equity from unknown investors. In the next 18 months they plan to raise another Billion.
Zype, the business cloud based video platform, has announced a Seed round of $1.6M from Michael Kassan, Evan G. Greenberg, Gordon Paddison, Todd Barrish, Michael Barrett, Geoff Judge, Brian Fitzgerald, John Maloney, Entrepreneurs Investment Fund and Revel Partners.
Kickoff, the Latin America dating app, has raised a $1.6M Seed round from Monashees Capital. This is Clayton Spencer, Alanna Phelan and Jonathan Kieliszak’s first round.
TruMid, the electric corporate bond trading marketplace, has raised a Venture of $25M by George Soros and Peter Thiel. This is CEO Ronnie Mateo’s first round of funding.
.@alldaydaoyi@byMAXWELL & @hectormuelas on main stage right now talking to @DecodedLiz about the @dkny woman #DFNYCpic.twitter.com/OgOS5YHCNa
— Decoded Fashion (@DecodedFashion) October 29, 2015
Our friends at Decoded Fashion held their annual summit this week in NYC with two full days of non stop programming focused on the intersection of fashion and technology that is driving innovation.
Paddle8, the online auction house, has raised $34M in a Series C round by Rolf Sachs, David Zwirner, Edgar Berger, Eric Fellner, Stavros Niarchos, Jay Jopling, Damien Hirst and Mousse Partners.
Digital Currency Group, the company buiding up the bitcoin industry, has raised an undisclosed amount from Solon Mack Capital, New York Life Investment Management, MasterCard, FirstMark Capital, Transamerica Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures.
NightOwl, your local bar locator, has raised $806.9K Venture from undisclosed investors. Cofounders Kevin Madden and Haig Didizian have raised a total of 2 rounds.
Adaptly, the media tech company focused on advertising on social platforms, announced that Kelley Gott joined the team as Vice President, Head of Strategic Accounts. “Kelley is a proven leader in advertising, media and ad technology across mediums/platforms, including digital, social, traditional media, sponsorships and events,” says Nikhil Sethi, Adaptly’s cofounder, and to whom Ms Gott will report. “We know she will leverage her strong relationships nationwide with brands and agencies so that they understand the extraordinary opportunity that social media platforms give brands to understand and reach their audiences at significant scale.”
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Pay with Privacy, the company that lets you pay safely, has raised $1.2M in a Seed Round from Andy Roth and Jim Messina.
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HYPR, the company changing the how we interact with influencers, has raised $5M in their Seed round from lead investors Edgewater Capital Investors and Silvertech Ventures, with help from Klingenstein, Fields & Co., L.L.C. and Star Farm Ventures.
#Pivotcon @AP_Interactive @pcheung630 @dianebrady discuss potential of #VirtualReality as #journalism/reporting tool pic.twitter.com/UDV8euUx8A
— STEFFEN A. KAPLAN (@SKaplanphotos) October 29, 2015
The Pivot conference came to town last week.
Here’s our curated list of a few NYC startup events for this week.
On November 5th and 6th, join Microsoft for the Cloud Roadshow. 2 days of technical training and programming targeted to learn the benefits of building infrastructure in the cloud. Breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks, and beverages provided for free – Microsoft Cloud Roadshow at Javits Center.
On Tuesday evening, the world’s largest tech meetup gets together for its monthly gathering featuring an evening of demos – November 2015 New York Tech Meetup at Skirball Center.
On Wednesday evening, join Jerry Colonna, founding partner at Union Square Ventures for an important discussion around mental health and entrepreneurship – Mental Health and Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Jerry Colonna at LMHQ.
On Thursday afternoon, join the Applications Developers Alliance as they host a workshop on the strategies needed for a successful app which goes beyond the build stage – App Strategy Workshop at Standard Downtown.
ON THE HORIZON:
On November 17th, join Empire Angels for an evening of discussion around bootstrapping and avoiding external financing. Tze Chun, founder of Uprise Art, and Will Nathan, co-founder of Homepolish, will engage in a fireside chat on building sustainable businesses with creative financing – Empire Angels Event Series – Bootstrapping 101 at Samsung.
On November 18th, 1500 of the world’s technology leaders will assemble in New York for a full day of programming at the TNW Conference NYC at Manhattan Center.
For a full listing of upcoming events for the NYC startup and tech community, please visit the AlleyWatch NYC Tech and Startup Event Calendar.
