According to data from our friends at Crunchbase, there were 409 acquisitions of New York companies in 2018, up from 354 in 2017. Today, I shine a spotlight on 25 of these notable transactions involving NYC startups that were acquired in during 2018. I have included the acquiree, the acquirer, transaction amount (when available), as well […]
Mark Cuban
#NYCtech Week in Review: 11/11/18-11/17/18
NYC Tech News for the week ending 11/17 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Dia&Co, OnsiteIQ, Portal, Checkmate, Building Intelligence, and much more…
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 11/13/18
The latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 11/13/18 featuring funding details for MASSE, Heyday, For Days, and Portal.
#NYCtech Week in Review: 7/1/18-7/7/18
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 of 7/1/18 to 7/7/18 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events. CLICK HERE […]
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/6/18
Here are the latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 7/6/18. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Sports Tank: Making Deals through Opportunity
While the temperature in the room slowly climbed on an unseasonably warm April night, the action behind the scenes at the third annual Sports Tank sports tech pitch event produced by TPG Sports Group was about to heat up in a big way. Although Sports Tank’s name is an ode to the “Made for TV” […]
This Founder Didn’t Know a Single NYC VC and Just Raised $3.2M
Not only did ZergNet close their Series A: they’re working with some of the top VCs in town. How did they do it? First, by providing a new way for publishers to grow their sites and monetize their traffic without showing a bunch of terrible sponsored ads. Having publishing partners like Conde Nast, Time, NBC, […]
Yes, You Can Become a Better Entrepreneur: Here Is How
If you ever took an entrepreneurship course in business school, chances are you’ve heard your professor ask, “Can entrepreneurship be learned, or is it something you are born with?” As a fourth-generation entrepreneur, I used to be adamant that entrepreneurship was a trait that certain people were born with. What I’ve since noticed is that […]
How This Ad Network You Have Never Heard of Bootstrapped Itself to Multi-Million Dollar Success
“It takes money to make money.” You can bet that phrase originated with an investment banker, not an entrepreneur. If you’re passionate about building a successful business, it’s possible to do so with little or no capital–as long as you understand a few important concepts up front. In 2007 my beautiful girlfriend (now my wife) […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Andrew Chang
A New York VC Spotlight: Andrew Chang Andrew Chang is a founding partner of Liberty City Ventures (founded 2012), which invests in early stage startups that are innovating at the cross-sections of technology, media and commerce. LCV commit a percentage of each partner’s time to providing value-added services to their portfolio companies, using their expertise […]
Horses For Courses on Social Media: Short-Form vs. Long-Form Content
Mark Cuban had an interesting blog post in which he said he hardly uses Google anymore. If he wants to know something that’s urgent and happening now (like a sports score), he goes to Twitter. If he wants to know about what’s happening at an event, he goes to Instagram. Google is great, but it’s […]