Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest rounds in New York during the month of April. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in NYC. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate companies were excluded.
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- RapidSOS $14M
Round: Series A
Industry: GovTech, mHealth, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Public Safety
Date of funding: 4/25
Investors in the round: Lead – Highland Capital Partners, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Responder Ventures, Dennis Patrick, The Westly Group, Two Sigma Ventures, A3-Ventures, Julius Genachowski, Tom Wheeler
- CLEAR $15M
Round: Venture
Industry: Security, Tourism, Travel
Date of funding: 4/18
Investors in the round: Lead – T. Rowe Price
- Establishment Labs $18M
Round: Venture
Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Date of funding: 4/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Kilowatt Capital LLC, Lead – Florence Capital Advisors
- Mic Network $21M
Round: Series C
Industry: Media and Entertainment, Millennials, News, Young Adults
Date of funding: 4/7
Investors in the round: Lead – Lightspeed Venture Partners, kyu Collective, You & Mr Jones Brandtech Ventures, Time Warner Investments
- WorkMarket $25M
Round: Series D
Industry: Enterprise Software, Freelance, SaaS
Date of funding: 4/25
Investors in the round: Lead – Accenture, Lead – Foundry Group
- MakeSpace $30M
Round: Series C
Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Self-Storage
Date of funding: 4/20
Investors in the round: Upfront Ventures, Harmony Partners, Summit Action, Nasir “Nas” Jones, 8VC, Carmelo Anthony
- Luminar Technologies $36M
Round: Seed
Industry: Autonomous Vehicles, Information Technology, Sensor
Date of funding: 4/14
Investors in the round: GVA capital, 1517 Fund, Canvas Ventures
- SeatGeek $57M
Round: Series D
Industry: Concerts, Search Engine, Sports, Ticketing, Vertical Search
Date of funding: 4/18
Investors in the round: Lead – Glynn Capital Management, Haystack Partners, Causeway Media Partners, TCV, ACCEL, Mousse Partners
- Blink Health $90M
Round: Series B
Industry: Biopharma, Medical, Pharmaceutical
Date of funding: 4/12
Investors in the round: Lead – 8VC
- Zeta Global $115M
Round: Series F
Industry: Advertising, Information Services, Marketing
Date of funding: 4/27
Investors in the round: Lead – GPI Capital, GSO Capital Partners, Franklin Square Capital Partners, Blackstone