$8.8B raised by NYC startups in Q1 in the single-best quarter in NYC history. Here are some of the leading startups that are scaling fast and attracting new capital.
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The 13 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of March 2021
March 2021 was the single best month for NYC startup funding in history. These companies led the funding charge with 16 mega ($100M) rounds between them, raising $3.5B in aggregate during the month.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/22/21
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 3/20/21 featuring funding details for Docker, Shelf Engine, and twenty-five other rounds that you must know about.
Verbit Raises $60M for its AI-Powered Voice Transcription Tool Built for The Enterprise
Verbit is the AI-powered transcription and captioning platform that transcribes speech regardless of accent, domain-specific languages, background noises, echoes, and more. To ensure the accuracy and quality of transcriptions/captions, Verbit has a network of 22,000 human transcribers that validate the technology-produced dictations. AlleyWatch caught up with Tom Livne to learn more about Verbit’s technology and how this funding will help position it to be a leader in the global transcription market, which is more than $300B. Verbit has raised a total of $125M across four rounds and this latest round comes from investors that include Sapphire Ventures led our Series C round, Vertex Ventures, Stripes, HV Ventures, ClalTech, and Vertex Growth.
#NYCtech Week in Review: 11/15/20-11/21/20
NYC Tech News for the week ending 11/21 featuring news for Blacktag, Maude, and much more including how to get a pair of Beats Headphones from our featured partner…
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 11/20/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 11/20/2020 featuring funding details for Forter, TransfrVR, and much more.
The 13 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of January 2020
The 13 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of July 2019
Everything you need to need to know about the largest global startup funding rounds for July 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
McDonald’s Acquires Dynamic Yield for $300M+
AI-powered personalization platform Dynamic Yield has been acquired by McDonald’s. The terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed but sources with knowledge of the transaction have pegged the total amount to be north of $300M. “We started Dynamic Yield seven years ago with the premise that customer-centric brands must make personalization a core activity. We’re […]
#NYCtech Week in Review: 1/27/19-2/2/19
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 1/26 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Dadi, Better […]
These 20 NYC Startups Raised the Most Capital in Q3 of 2017
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 20 NYC startup largest rounds during the third quarter of 2017. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, date of funding, and investors in the round, to further the analysis. For the purposes of this analysis to maintain a focus on tech-enabled […]