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 8/10 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for TickPick, LeafLink, Pattern, and much more…
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Cockroach Labs, the company behind the open-source SQL database CockroachDB, has raised $55M in Series C funding from investors that include Altimeter Capital, Tiger Global, GV, Benchmark, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, FirstMark Capital and Work-Bench. Founded by Ben Darnell, Peter Mattis, and Spencer Kimball in 2015, Cockroach Labs has now raised a total of $108.5M in reported equity funding. Read our exclusive interview with Kimball on Cockroach Labs’ Series C round.
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Ticket marketplace TickPick has raised $40M in funding from PWP Growth Equity. This is the first institutional round of funding for TickPick, which was founded by Brett Goldberg and Chris O’Brien in 2011.
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Good Uncle, the on-demand food delivery service serving college campuses, has been acquired by food service titan Aramark. Read our exclusive coverage Good Uncle Gobbled Up by Aramark
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LeafLink, the wholesale management platform for the cannabis industry, has raised $35M in Series B funding from investors that include Lerer Hippeau, Thrive Capital, TIA Ventures, Wisdom VC, Nosara Capital, and L2 Ventures. Founded by Ryan Smith and Zach Silverman in 2015, LeafLink has now raised a total of $51M in reported equity fundin52
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We took a look at the top global startup funding rounds from July
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Pattern, a family of D2C brands founded by digital agency vets Nick Ling and Emmett Shine in 2018 has raised $14M in funding. The company’s first company is Equal Parts, a kitchenware brand. The funding comes from investors that include Primary Venture Partners, RRE, and Nextview Ventures.
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PromoteIQ, the automated vendor marketing platform for retailers and brands, has been acquired by Microsoft. Read our exclusive coverage – PromoteIQ Acquired by Microsoft
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Mortgage marketplace Morty has raised $8.5M in Series A funding from investors that include Lerer Hippeau, Thrive Capital, and Prudence Holdings. Founded by Adam Rothblatt, Brian Faux, Nora Apsel, and Sarah Thomas in 2015, Morty has now raised a total of $11.5M in reported equity funding.
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We took a look at the largest US startup funding rounds from July – These are the 14 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of July 2019
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Ramp Financial is a new startup that is offering credit to other startups. Ramp raised $7M from investors that include Founders Fund, BoxGroup, and Coatue Management.
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Capsule8, the cybersecurity platform focused on zero day attacks, has raised $6.5M in Series C funding led by Intel Capital. Founded by Brandon Edwards, Dino Dai Zovi, John Viega, and Pete Markowsky in 2016, Capsule8 has now raised a total of $30M in reported equity funding.
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CodeStream, the collaborative development platform, has raised $5.5M in Seed funding from investors that include Y Combinator, PJC, S28 Capital, and Bright Stone. Founded by Claudio Pinkus, David Hersh, James Price, Michael Gersh, and Peter Pezaris in 2017, CodeStream has now raised a total of $8.8M in reported equity funding. Here is our exclusive overage of CodeStream’s Seed round.
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Male fertility-focused startup Dadi has raised $5M in a Seed extension round led by TCG. Founded by Tom Smith, Mackey Saturday, and Gordon von Steiner in 2018, Dadi has now raised a total of $7M in reported equity funding. Read all about this seed extension round in an exclusive interview with CEO and Founder Tom Smith.
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FinMkt, the B2B solutions to make companies operations more efficient- raised $5M led by FINTOP Capital. Founded by Luan Cox and Srikanth Goteti, FinMkt has raised a total of $11.9M across three rounds.
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Software QA testing service Ultranauts, which was previously known as ULTRA Testing, has raised $3.5M in Series A funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that forty-six investors participated in this close. Founded by Rajesh Anandan in 2012, Ultranauts previously raised a total of $1.8M in reported equity funding.
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Ready, the game development platform that allows game developers to compete and earn cash, has raised $3.4M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $5M and that there were five investors in this close. Founded by David S. Bennahum and Jonathan Slimak in 2016, Ready had previously raised a total of $3.5M in reported equity funding.
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Smylen, the name your price platform for dentistry, has raised $2.5M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $3M and that there were five investors in this close. Smylen was founded by Derek Giddon and Dan Horowitz in 2017.
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Argyle, the platform for accessing and using workforce data, has raised $2.1M in Seed funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were two investors in the close. Founded by Audrius Zujus, Chris Hansen, and Shmulik Fishman in 2018, Argyle has now raised a total of $2.34M in reported equity funding.
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Tactual Labs, the company working on near-range radio-frequency sensing applications, has raised an additional $2.1M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $10M and that there were five investors in this close. Founded by Steven Sanders in 2012, Tactual Labs had previously raised a total of $10M in reported funding.
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Curated, the platform for hiring boutique distributed teams, has raised $785K in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $1.1M. Curated was founded by George Raptis in 2017.
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