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The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 4/2/19

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The latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/2/19 featuring funding details for Vestwell, Good Dog, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.

Good Dog
$6.7M - Seed


Good Dog has raised $6.7M in Seed funding. Read the full details in our exclusive interview with CEO and cofounder Josh Wais on Good Dog's launch and funding.
Vestwell
$30M - Series B


Retirement platform Vestwell has raised $30M in Series B funding from investors that include Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments (PSI), Point72 Ventures, Nationwide, Allianz Life Ventures, BNY Mellon, Franklin Templeton, F-Prime Capital, FinTech Collective, Primary Venture Partners, and Commerce Ventures. Founded by Aaron Schumm in 2016, Vestwell has now raised a total of $42.5M in reported equity funding.
Brightest
$450K


Brooklyn-based Brightest, the platform for discovering volunteering opportunities, has raised $450K in what appears to be a convertible note according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $750K and there was a sole participant in this close. Brightest was founded by Chris Bolman in 2018.
YourGuru
$1.45M


YourGuru, the booking platform for health, wellness, and fitness experts, has raised $1.45M in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were five participants in the round and lists Ntiedo Michael Etuk and Andril Zavadetskyi as Executives. YourGuru previously raised $450K back in 2013.
FireHydrant
$1.5M - Seed
FireHydrant, the enterprise-level IT incident management and prevention platform, has raised $1.5M in Seed funding led by Work-Bench. FireHydrant was founded by Bobby Ross, Daniel Condomitti, and Dylan Nielsen.
Nutrafol
$35M - Series B
Hair loss startup Nutrafol has raised $35M in Series B funding from investors that include L Catterton and Unilever Ventures. Nutrafol was founded by Giorgos Tsetis C.E. and Roland Peralta in 2014.

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