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 8/17 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Wheels Up, Attentive, and much more…
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Private aviation subscription startup Wheels Up has raised $128M in additional funding from investors that include T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Management and Research Company, and Franklin Templeton Investments. Founded by Bill Allard, Justin Firestone, and Kenny Dichter in 2013, Wheels Up has now raised a total of $416.1M in reported equity funding.
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Experience-first development company, Figure8, raised $40M in Series A funding led by William McClelland from Elizabeth Street Ventures and Maywic Select Investments, along with participation from OCV. Figure8, creator of the Museum of Ice Cream, was founded by Manish Vora and Maryellis Bunn.
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We exposed the revenues of a number of NYC startups – The Revenues of 33 NYC Startups EXPOSED: 2019 Edition
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Attentive, the mobile messaging platform for brands to engage customers, has raised $40M in Series B funding from investors that include Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Eniac Ventures, NextView Ventures, and High Alpha. Founded by Andrew Jones, Brian Long, and Ethan Lo in 2016, Attentive has now raised a total of $53M in reported equity funding.
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CLI Studios, the online platform that connects dance studios with top choreographers, has raised an additional $7.5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were nine investors in the round. Founded by Teddy Forance, tWitch, Allison Holker, Jon Arpino, Caitlin Kinney, and Justin Rucker in 2014, CLI Studios previously raised a total of $1.96M in reported equity funding.
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The Financial Gym, the company that has pioneered the fitness approach to managing personal finances for women, has raised $5.6M in venture funding according to a recent SEC filing. The total offering is for $7.5M and $1.5 of this represents the conversion of a convertible note. This close comes from thirteen investors and confirmed investors in previous rounds include Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Alpine Meridian Ventures, and Secocha Ventures. Founded in 2015, The Financial Gym has now raised a total of $7.7M in reported equity funding. We had an exclusive interview with The Financial Gym Founder and CEO Shannon McLay in the spring.
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We took a glance at NYC venture firm news for the first half of August – The NYC Venture Capital News Digest: 8/15/19
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Live Rosier, a stealth startup, has raised $4.5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing lists Nick Taranto (founder of Plated – exited), Heather Hartnett of Human Ventures, and Robert Code as Executives. Twenty-six investors participated in the round and this amount includes conversion of a previous convertible note.
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Air, the team photo and video collaboration, has raised $4.5M in venture funding according to a recent SEC filing. Founded by Shane Hegde and Tyler Strand in 2017, Air has now raised a total of $6.2M in reported equity funding.
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GoServiceOne, a startup formed earlier this year, has raised $2.7M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The total offering is for $3.2M and sixteen investors participated in this close. Listed in the filing as an Executive is Andrew Wang along with Ilan Stern and Brian McGrath as Directors.
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Statespace, the analytics and training for gamers in the eSports industry, has raised $2.5M in Seed funding from investors that include FirstMark, Lux Capital, Expa, and WndrCo. Statespace was founded by Jay Fuller and Wayne Mackey in 2017.
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Under Technologies, a startup operating in stealth, has raised $2.5M in venture funding according to a recent SEC filing. The round comes from a sole investor. Listed as Directors in the filing are Everett Cook, Peter Damian Kimmelman, Garth Alexander, and John Wheldon. Under Technologies has now raised a total of $4.7M since being founded in 2018.
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Concertio, the application performance optimization platform, has raised $2.2M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were five investors in this close and the total offering is for $3M. Concertio was founded by Tomer Morad in 2016.
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Gerry, the platform for securing long-term care coverage, has raised $2M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The total offering is for $3M and there were two investors that participated in this close. The filing lists Kathleen Utecht of Core Innovation Capital as a Director. Gerry was founded by Farron Blanc, Ajay Rajani in 2018.
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PathSpot, the scanning system that detects pathogens that cause foodborne illness for food service businesses, has raised $2M in Venture funding from investors that include Walden Venture Capital and Fika Ventures. Founded by Dutch Waanders and Christine Schindler in 2017, PathSpot has now raised a total of $4M in reported equity funding. The company is a graduate of Techstars NYC.
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