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 for the week ending 4/20 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Bizzabo, Kindbody, Unqork, and much more…
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LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Event management platform Bizzabo has raised $27M in Series D funding from investors that include Next47, Viola Growth, and Pilot Growth Equity. Founded by Alon Alroy, Boaz Katz, and Eran Ben-Shushan in 2011, Bizzabo has now raised a total of $56.5M in reported equity funding. We’ll have full coverage of the round publishing on Monday.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Digital identity authentication platform Payfone has raised $24M in Series G funding from investors that include Wellington Management, MassMutual Ventures, TransUnion, and Synchrony Financial. Founded by Mike Brody and Rodger Desai in 2008, Payfone has now raised a total of $112.1M in reported equity funding.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
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Unqork, the no-code sales enablement platform for the financial services and insurance industries, has raised $22M in Series A funding from investors that include Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments, Summerfield Capital Management, and Broadridge. Founded by Gary Hoberman in 2017, Unqork has now raised a total of $27.2M in reported equity funding.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Text-mining AI platform Amenity Analytics has raised $18M in Series B funding from investors that include Intel Capital, State of Mind Ventures, Starr Companies, and Allstate Enterprise Consulting. Founded by Hedva Feldman, Nathaniel Storch, Prof. Ronen Feldman in 2015, Amenity Analytics has now raised a total of $25.6M in reported equity funding.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Kindbody, the provider of fertility treatments for women, has raised $15M in Series A funding from investors that include RRE Ventures and Perceptive Advisors. Founded by Cynthia Hudson, Gina Bartasi, and Joanne Schneider in 2018, Kindbody has now raised a total of $21.3M in reported equity funding.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Project Verte, the e-commerce solution built on the blockchain, has raised an additional $12M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the were six investors in the round. Project Verte was founded by Julian Kahlon in 2017.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Digital credentialing platform Credly has raised $11.1M in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $13.35M and there were eight participants in this close. Founded by Jonathan Finkelstein in 2012, Credly had previously raised $7.6M in reported equity funding from investors that include University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, Lumina Foundation, City & Guilds Group, and Lion Brothers Company.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
According to a recent SEC filing, home security solution Kangaroo has raised an additional $10.3M in funding of which $4.3M represents the conversion of the company’s convertible note. The filing indicates that ten investors took part in the round. Founded by Dhruv Garg, James Xu, Maximus Yaney, and Victor Meng in 2018, Kangaroo previously raised $4.4M in reported funding. AlleyWatch covered the company’s launch in the fall – This NYC Startup Launched The Most Customizable Security System Ever
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Workforce enterprise management platform Nowsta has raised $7.6M in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were thirty-seven investors in this close. Founded by Armand Patella in 2017, Nowsta previously raised $3.6M in reported debt funding and investors in previous rounds include Jonathan Keidan, Flat World Partners, and Anna-Marie Wascher.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Co-Star, the AI-powered astrology app, has raised $5M in Seed funding from investors that include Maveron and Aspect Ventures. Co-Star was founded by Anna Kopp, Banu Guler, and Ben Weitzman in 2017.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
According to a recent SEC filing, Dubsmash, the video messaging app that allows users to lip sync over popular content, has raised an additional $4.7M in funding. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $6.7M and that five investors participated in this close. Founded by Daniel Taschik, Jonas Drupel, Roland Grenke, and Tim Specht in 2014, Dubsmash previously raised a total of $15.4M in reported equity funding. Investors in previous rounds include Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, Lowercase Capital, Eniac Ventures, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Raine Ventures, and Riccardo Zacconi.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
According to a recent SEC filing, State Space Labs, the eSports analytics platform, has raised $4M in funding. The filing indicates that the thirteen investors participated in the round. State Space Labs was founded by two PhDs – Wayne Mackey and Jay Fuller in 2017.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Native, the platform for on-demand local data collection, has raised $2.5M in Seed funding. Native was founded by Matt McNabb and Steve Kashishian in 2017.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Astorian, the online marketplace for the building industry, has raised $2.145M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. Investors in the company include First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Keith Wasserman, and Damian Langere. Astorian was founded by Victor Hunt, Aaron Resnick, and Matthew Kim in 2017.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!
Homevest, the fractional ownership platform for residential real estate, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding according to a recent SEC feling. The filing indicates that there were forty-six investors in the round. Homevest was founded by Michael Wong in 2017.
LAST CHANCE: Nominations for AlleyWatch’s 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers are now open AlleyWatch. Please submit your nominations here – 2019 NYC FinTech Influencers. Deadline this week 4/23!