Gartner recently named Security Ratings a top priority for CIOs for 2019, and one of the platforms that all major companies want a gold star from is SecurityScoreboard: the leading security ratings platform. In a matter of minutes, this platform can instantly and non-intrusively measure the security of any company in the world. Its rating […]
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HealthTech Takes Top Billing at the LDV Vision Summit
The annual LDV Vision Summit, now in its sixth year, which focuses on new technologies using computer vision featured startups tackling various uses cases with the application of novel vision technologies and AI. But it was healthcare that seemed to garner the most attention from general audience members and investors alike, with VCs declaring it […]
Inside the Mind of a NYC VC: Marcos Martinez-Villalba of Revel Partners
Welcome back to Inside the Mind of an NYC VC, a highly acclaimed series at AlleyWatch in which we speak with New York City-based Venture Capitalists. In the hot seat today is Marcos Martinez-Villalba, a Venture Investor at Revel Partners, a founder-first B2B venture firm focused on investments in the US and Europe that was cofounded by four successful […]
Bond Vet Raises $6M for Urgent Care for Pets
New Yorkers are serious about many things – like brunch, pizza, and bagels but it’s not outlandish to say that New Yorkers are most serious about their pets. That’s why Bond Vet has launched the first NYC urgent care and walk-in veterinary clinic. Offering the convenience of late hours and walk-in immediate access, Bond Vet […]
Fireblocks Raises $16M To Bring World Class Security to the Transfer of Digital Assets
The anonymity of blockchain is one of its biggest selling points but at the same time, it also causes one of the largest problems – security. In order for widespread adoption to occur, everyone needs to feel certain that their assets will be protected and the tales of losing millions of dollars worth of […]
This NYC Startup Brings Direct-to-Consumer to the Stroller Industry
There are an estimated 4M babies born in the US every year, and many of these new parents are millennials, a demographic characterized by their consumer savviness and brand loyalty. A tried and true marketing tactic to push parents to purchase the most expensive products is reliant on new parents’ anxiety and uncertainty. Mockingbird changes […]
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Onna Raises Another $11M To Bring A Unified Search Across Enterprise Apps
Finding the right information, at the right time, siloed across all the different enterprise apps your company is using becomes tedious. Onna has built an advanced enterprise-wide search to help companies and their employees solve this challenge. The platform’s framework has multiple use cases and its eDiscovery function can be used across over 20 integrations that […]
Mixlab Raises $8.5M for its Modern Pet Pharmacy
Pet parents don’t have to feel helpless when they have to give their pets medicine, now that Mixlab is around. This modern pet pharmacy schedules same-day or next-day delivery of medicine with a few clicks. The company also has built expertise in compounding allowing them to provide medicine that is customized and tailored to your […]
Smart Cities New York Explores The Circular Economy
At the recent Smart Cities Conference in NYC, individuals and organizations that are spearheading the Smart Cities movement discussed the circular economy. The circular economy aims to minimize waste and make the most of resources. In other words, the circular economy represents everything that your disposable coffee cup does not. The individuals that led this […]
The AlleyWatch May 2019 New York Venture Capital Funding Report
Another $1B+ pumped into New York City startups in May! Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and angel funding during the month of May in New York. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Seed, Series A, Series […]