NYC Tech News for the week of 7/15/18 to 7/22/18 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events.
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The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/19/18
Here are the latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 7/19/18. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 5/7/18
Here are the latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 5/7/18. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
13 NYC Startup Acquisitions in 2017 You Need to Know About
According to data from our friends at Crunchbase, there were 354 acquisitions of New York companies in 2017, up from 238 in 2016. Today, I shine a spotlight on 13 of these notable transactions involving NYC startups that were acquired in during 2017. I have included the acquiree, the acquirer, transaction amount (when available), as […]
#NYCtech Week in Review: 12/31/17 – 1/6/18
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 this week including the fundings, exits, and events. CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN NYC […]
Meetup Acquired by WeWork
According to a recent Crunchbase post, Meetup, the NYC-based events platform, founded in 2002 by Brendan McGovern, Matt Meeker, Peter Kamali, and Scott Heiferman has been acquired by coworking behemoth WeWork. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This marks a continuation of WeWork’s acquisition spree. Last month, the company announced its acquisition of coding academy, Flatiron School. Prior to […]
This NYC Startup Just Raised $7.5M to Ensure Diversity in Hiring
Diverse teams outperform non diverse ones by 35%. African Americans are 16% less likely to get invited to job interviews. The largest search engine in the world only employs 1% African Americans in its tech staff and only 2% of that tech staff is Hispanic. Yet, 57% of employees think their companies should be more […]
#NYCtech Week in Review: 9/24/17 – 9/30/17
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 this week including the fundings, exits, and events. CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN NYC […]
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 9/25/17
Here are the latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 9/25/17. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Meetup Surpasses 100,000,000 RSVPs…and Climbing Fast
They boast over 13 million members in 196 countries. There are 126,000+ meetup groups, well over a quarter of a million monthly meetups and last week Meetup announced that they had surpassed over 100 million RSVPs. Scott Heiferman started Meetup in the aftermath of 9/11. He observed random people coming together as a result […]