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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HomePolish, the interior designers, have announced a $21.5M Equity Financing round. This is founders Will Nathan and Noa Santos’ first round of funding.
MetaProp, the real estate accelerator held its inaugural demo day this past week. Here is our full coverage – The 5 NYC Real Estate Startups That Hit The Stage At MetaProp Demo Day
Tictail, the platform to discover independent brands, has raised an undisclosed amount from German Startups Group. The company has raised $32.57M over 6 rounds of funding.
This week, we went unicorn hunting in NYC and here is what we found – These are the 13 NYC Unicorns You Need to Know About
Architizer, the one stop shop for architects, has raised a $7M Venture. CEO Marc Kushner has raised $10.5M over 4 rounds.
After looking at the unicorns in NYC this week, we decided to scrutinize them a bit and here’s what we found – The Anatomy of a NYC Unicorn
The cognitive computing company, CustomerMatrix, has announced a Series B funding of $10.5M led by HSBC, with support from Aster Capital, Newfund and True Global Ventures. To date, the company has risen $19.5M
Leading NYC Fintech startups Moven and CommonBond announced a partnership this week where Moven customers who become CommonBond customers will receive a $200 credit to their Moven account and a 25 basis point discount on their loan payments when paying via the Moven platform.
David Klein, CEO & Co-Founder of CommonBond, said, “At CommonBond, we are dedicated to transforming the student lending experience for our customers through greater savings, tech-enabled simplicity and superior customer service. We’re proud to partner with Moven to further enable our joint customer base to simplify and improve their financial wellbeing by saving them over $14,000, on average, on their student loans.”
Authorea, the academic typewriter for your research paper, has raised $1.5M in a Seed round with funding from New York Angels, ff Venture Capital, Knight Foundation Enterprise Fund and Lux Capital. This is the second round for founders Alberto Pepe and Nathan Jenkins.
SprinkleBit, the social investing platform, has raised a $10M Venture from GTC. This is founder Alexander Wallin’s 7th round of funding, raising $13.7M.
Earlier this week, in typical AlleyWatch fashion, we unceremoniously celebrated our third anniversary. It has been a pleasure to work with the NYC startup ecosystem and all that it has to offer over the last 156 weeks. We look forward to what the future will bring.
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The Cyber Security company, Fireglass, has raised a $20M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVP and SingTel Innov8, with support from Mickey Boodaei and Rakesh K. Loonkar.
panOpen, the WordPress for higher education, has raised a Venture of $4.5M led by Zen Group. Founder Brian Jacobs has raised $11.2M over 6 rounds.
Cadre, the more efficient real estate company, has raised $50M in their Series B round. Founder Ryan Williams has raised $68.3M over just 2 rounds of funding.
Vestorly, the leading content marketing firm, has raised $4.1M in a Series A round funded by Sigma Prime Ventures. Founders Justin Wisz and Ralph Pahlmeyer have now raised their 2nd round and $6.1M.
