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 12/11/21 featuring funding details for CometChat, Genesys, Heap, and twenty-five other rounds that you need to know about.
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Betterment Raises $60M for its Digital Investment Platform for Employers, Customers, and Advisors
Robo-advisory investment firms nearly control just shy of a $500B as of 2020. With millennials and Gen Z building significant investable assets, the assets under management are expected to triple by 2025. Betterment is a digital investment adviser that offers its advisory and management services catered towards three segments – retail investors, businesses through 401Ks, and financial advisors. Using algorithms that match appropriate investments to a customer’s short-term and long-term financial needs, the platform is able to offer tax-advantaged investment management for a fraction of the fees charged by traditional investment advisors. The company, founded in 2008, now has $32B AUM across 700,000 clients. AlleyWatch caught up with Betterment CEO Sarah Levy to learn more about the company’s growth, expansion plans, latest round of funding from investors that include Treasury, Kinnevik, Bessemer Venture Partners, Francisco Partners, Menlo Ventures, Anthemis Group, Globespan Capital Partners, Citi Ventures, and The Private Shares Fund, Aflac Ventures, and ID8 Investments.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 1/11/21
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 1/9/21 featuring funding details for Pax8, Kyte, Dremio, and eighteen other rounds that you must know about.
The 11 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of August 2020
Each of these companies raised over $100M last month! Everything you need to need to know about the largest US startup funding rounds of August 2020; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 8/31/20
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 fundings for the week ending 8/29/20 featuring funding details for Luminar, Restream, Warby Parker, and much much more.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/15/20
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 6/13/20 featuring funding details for NS8, Patient Ping, Squire, and much much more.
The 15 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of August 2019
Everything you need to need to know about the largest global startup funding rounds for August 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
These are the 15 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of August 2019
Everything you need to need to know about the largest US startup funding rounds for August of 2019; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 8/19/19
The notable startup fundings for the week ending 8/17/19 featuring funding details for Nurx, UrbanStems, Mason, and much much more.
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 […]
These are the 10 Largest US Startup Funding Rounds of July 2017
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest rounds in the US during the month of July. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, location of the startup, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real […]