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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LightSail Education, the K-12 literacy solution, has raised $11M in Series B funding from the Bezos Family Foundation and Scott Cook. Founder Gideon Stein has now raised $23.9M over 3 rounds.
, the video platform for physical therapy, has raised a Seed round of $108.7K for founder Aoife Ní Mhuirí’s first round of funding.
, the company converting wind into energy, has raised $8M in a Series B round. The investors, Statoil and Forum Equity Partners, have helped the company raise $210M in total.
, the news and media company targeted towards millennials, has acquired the video magazine, , at undisclosed terms.
, the insurance management platform, has raised a Seed round of $2M from Founder Collective, Highland Capital Partners and Two Sigma Ventures.
, the content recommendation platform for enterprise applications, raised a Series C round of $4.2M. Founder Ryan Terpstra has raised $12.22M to date.
The HR company, , raised a $33M Series C round from Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The company has now raised a total of $53M.
Whistle Sports, the cross platform entertainment platform, has raised a $20M Series C round led by NBC Sports Ventures and participation from Sky, Emil Capital Partners, and Tegna. The company has now raised $73M over 5 rounds.
Bustle, the women’s lifestyle and fashion website, has raised $11.5M in Series D funding led by Saban Capital Group with additional participation from Social Capital, Time Warner Investments, General Catalyst Partners and GGV Capital. Founder Bryan Goldberg has raised $38.5M to date.
Confide, the messenger app that takes you off record has raised a Seed round of $1.6M. Investors included Howard Lerman, Marker, Crunch Fund, SV Angel, First Round and WGI Group.
