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 the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 2/1 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Policygenius, Moda Operandi, Spring Health, and much more…
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Policygenius, the insurance comparison marketplace, has raised $100M in Series D funding from investors that include KKR, Norwest Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures, Susa Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, MassMutual Ventures and Transamerica Ventures. Founded by Francois de Lame and Jennifer Fitzgerald in 2014, Policygenius has now raised a total of $151.1M in reported equity funding. Learn more in our exclusive interview with Fitzgerland on Policygenius’ Series D funding
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Attentive, the mobile messaging platform, has raised an additional $70M in Series C funding from investors that include Sequoia Capital, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Eniac Ventures, and NextView Ventures. This comes only months after Attentive’s $40M Series B round in August. Founded by Andrew Jones, Brian Long, and Ethan Lo in 2016, Attentive has now raised a total of $123M in reported equity funding.
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Moda Operandi, the online marketplace for high-end fashion, has raised $51M in venture funding from investors that include New Enterprise Associates, Apax Digital, and Triple Point Technology. Founded by Aslaug Magnusdottir and Lauren Santo Domingo in 2010, Moda Operandi has now raised a total of $345M in reported equity funding. The company also raised an additional $49M in debt as a part of this round.
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Justworks has raised $50M in Series E funding from investors that include Union Square Ventures, Firstmark, Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital, and Thrive Capital. Founded by Iris Ramos and Isaac Oates in 2012, Justworks has now raised a total of $143M in reported equity funding.
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Luxury hotel collective, SIXTY hotels, raised $35M in funding led by The Silverstone Companies. SIXTY currently has two hotels in New York, along with a hotel in Beverly Hills. Jason Pomeranac, the hotelier and developer, reports that SIXTY is creating a spin-off brand called Civilian Hotels, with its first location Miami Beach.
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Spring Health, the platform for employers to address mental health issues in and outside of the workplace, has raised $22M in Series A funding from investors that include Northzone, Equinox Ventures, Able Partners, Rethink Impact, Work-Bench, RRE, Sempervirens, and Warren Foundation. Founded in 2016 by Abhishek Chandra, Adam Chekroud, and April Koh, Spring Health has now raised a total of$30M in reported equity funding.
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Bond, the last-mile delivery company utilizing electronic tricycles, has raised $15M in Series A funding from investors that include Lightspeed Venture Partners, TLV Partners, and MizMaa Ventures. Bond was founded by Asaf Hachmon, May Shochat, Michael Osadon in 2019.
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The College of Staten Island in partnership with the NYC Small Business Services is participating in NYC’s Tech Talent Pipeline –2X Initiative. CUNY 2X Tech is a new initiative to double, by 2022, the number of CUNY students graduating annually with a tech-related bachelor’s degree prepared to launch careers in the NYC tech ecosystem.
We are hiring a Program Manager, responsible for the direct implementation of the TTP residency, and a Career Coach, who will provide direct support to TTP residents/internships. #JointheMovement
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Spatial, the augmented workplace and collaboration platform, has raised $14M in Series A funding from investors that include Lerer Hippeau, Inovia Capital, Samsung NEXT, Kakao Ventures, Baidu Ventures, White Star Capital, Mark Pincus, Expa, Leaders Fund, Mike Krieger, and Andy Hertzfeld. Founded by Anand Agarawala and Jinha Lee in 2016, Spatial has now raised a total of $22.3M in reported equity funding.
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CredSimple, the credential platform, has raised $11M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. There were two simultaneous filings for this round of $9M and $2M respectively. Confirmed investors in previous rounds include Bowery Capital and Primary Venture Partners. Founded by Mike Simmons and Sam Meyer in 2013, CredSimple has now raised a total of $24.5M in reported equity funding.
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ADAY, the direct-to-consumer clothing brand, has raised $8.25M in Series A funding from investors that include Downing Ventures, Venrex Investment Management, H&M CO:LAB, and Elizabeth Street Ventures. Founded by Meg He and Nina Faulhaber in 2015, ADAY has now raised a total of $10.3M in reported equity funding.
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Kangaroo, the electronics company focused on home security solutions, has raised $6.05M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $10M and that there were eleven investors in this close. Investors in previous rounds include Greycroft and Lerer Hippeau. Founded by Dhruv Garg, James Xu, Maximus Yaney, and Victor Meng in 2018, Kangaroo has now raised a total of $20.65M in reported equity funding.
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The Financial Gym is the coach-like service for financial education and it raised $6M in Series A led by VanEck, along with Alpine Meridian Ventures and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. AlleyWatch interviewed Shannon McLay back in 2019. The Financial Gym has a total funding amount of $8.1M across two rounds.
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Lynq, the location data software that is not reliant on infrastructure or existing networks, has raised $6M in Seed funding from investors that include ff Venture Capital, Sony Innovation Fund, Chetrit Ventures, and Plus Eight Equity Partners. Lynq was founded by Dave Shor, Jonathan Murray, Justin Lange, and Matthew Misbin in 2014. Learn more in our exclusive interview with Schor on Lynq’s Seed funding
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TalentHack, the career resource for the fitness industry, has raised $4.4M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $5.4M, $1.4M on the funding raised was for conversion of a previous convertible note, and that there were twenty-three investors in this close. TalentHack was founded by Alexandra Bonetti (founder of Bari Studio) in 2020.
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Viaphoton has raised $2.6M in funding according to a recent SEC filing funding. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $4M and that this close comes from five investors. Founded by Syed Abbas and Wasif Khan in 2019, Viaphoton had previously raised a total of $105K in reported equity funding.
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Yogi, the customer feedback analytics platform for product insights, has raised $2.3M in Seed funding from investors that include RTP Ventures, Felton Group, and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. Founded by Chad Becker and Gautam Kanumuru in 2017, Yogi has now raised a total of $2.4M in reported equity funding. Learn more in our exclusive interview with Kanumuru on Yogi’s seed funding
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HeyMama, the resource for working moms, has closed $2M in Seed funding from investors that include Rebecca Minkoff, Keith Belling, Divya Gugnani, Karen Cahn, Alison Wyatt, Sari Azout, Kathryn Moos, Janna Meyrowitz Turner, Kymberly Marciano, and Kori Estrada in a round that we first exclusively reported in November. HeyMama was founded by Katya Libin and Amri Kibbler in 2014.
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Crown Affair, a haircare beauty brand, raised $1.7M in funding from Brand Foundry, Amplifyher Ventures, and angel investors, including Heidi Zak (Thirdlove cofounder) and Brian Spaly (TrunkClub cofounder). Crown Affair was founded by Dianna Cohen.
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Axle Payments, the factoring solution for the freight industry, has raised $1.4M in Pre-Seed funding from investors that include Trucks Venture Capital, Plug and Play Ventures, 37 Angels, Fontinalis Partners, and Techstars. Founded by Bharath Krishnamoorthy and Shawn Vo in 2016, Axle Payments has now raised a total of $1.5M in reported equity funding.
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KAIGO, the medically-driven personalized nutritional meal plan provider, has raised $1.4M in Angel funding from investors that include Micromanagement Ventures and Mike Lee. KAIGO was founded by Uzochukwu Chima in 2014. Stay tuned as we’ll have an exclusive interview with Chima publishing.
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Greenville API, a yet to launch startup, has raised $750K in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $1M and that this close comes from four investors. Stuart Ellman of RRE Ventures is listed as a Director. Greenville API was founded by Adam Kalamchi (RRE, BCG Digital Ventures, Thrive Market) in 2019.
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Ai4, the artificial intelligence conference series, has raised $250K in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that this round comes from a sole investor. Ai4 was founded by Michael Weiss, Madeline Jecklin, and Marcus Jecklin in 2018.
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