If you’re thinking about investing in non-traditional asset classes, fine art should be high on your list of options to explore. Over a span of several decades, fine art’s favorable investment characteristics, such as its ability to act as a store of wealth to hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, have made it an increasingly […]
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The AlleyWatch June 2018 New York Venture Capital Funding Report
Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and angel funding during the month of June 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 B, and Series C+) including mention of notable rounds. One […]
These are the 15 Largest NYC Startup Funding Rounds of May 2018
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 15 largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York during the month of May. I have included some additional information such as industry, brief company description, round type, total equity founding raised, and date of funding to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in […]
This NYC Startup Just Raised $14M To Help Both Parents and Babies Get Sleep
There are millions of books instructing parents on how to raise a newborn and understand what a baby’s crying and fussing really means. But what if there was a more concrete and measurable way enhanced with technology to understand why your baby is waking up and crying at 3am every night? Nanit has reinvented the baby […]
Ocrolus Raises $4M to Automate Financial Analysis and Verification Using AI
According to a recent McKinsey study, one large bank estimates that 85% of its back office operations could be at least partially automated. The same bank also estimates that less 50% of these processes were automated at all. Banks often lack the internal capabilities to introduce these automated processes. Ocrolus steps in to solve this […]
This NYC Startup Raised $1.7M Because We Love Watching Wedding Videos
Planning a wedding can be one of the most exciting experiences or it can be extremely stressful. Drawing inspiration from others through wedding videos has become the secret weapon to planning an amazing wedding. Love Stories TV understands this and has built a media platform around wedding videos to provide you with fresh ideas from […]
This NYC Startup Just Raised $20.5M To Use AI To Predict Disease
Detection can be the difference between getting cured or succumbing to disease in many cases. As health records and diagnostics all go digital, a wealth of data is being created and recorded that can be used to prevent disease. Prognos sits at the center of this growing market and application. Leveraging AI and a number […]
This NYC Startup Just Raised $7M To Power Value-Based Healthcare
Irrespective of which side of the aisle you sit on, we can all agree that healthcare, in its current state, is broken. Entrepreneurs and startups are lining up to bring innovation to the forefront to mend this broken system. One such example is VirtualHealth. The NYC startup ingests a full spectrum of patient data providing continuous, uniform, […]
The 10 Largest NYC Startup Funding Rounds of November 2017
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 14 largest rounds in New York during the month of November. I have included some additional information such as industry, brief company description, round type, total equity founding raised, and date of funding to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in NYC. […]
This NYC Startup Raised $8M to Decentralize Your Protected Data
The fall out from Equifax’s recent data breach will be felt for years to come. Relying on a third party to safely store your personal information is no longer a given in an era where hackers wait to exploit any vulnerability. HYPR Corp is the enterprise-facing security and usability solution that decentralizes your personal […]
NYC Startup Anchor Just Raised $10M To Truly Bring Podcasts to the Digital Era
57M Americans listen to podcasts per month, up 23% year-over-year according to Edison Research. Yet, the podcasting experience hasn’t changed much since its early days. It’s been a typical, unidirectional broadcast similar to radio that doesn’t embrace technology – think square peg in round hole. Anchor is changing that. Launched in 2015, the NYC startup is […]