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Keeping the NYC Tech Industry Informed
August 19, 2019

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1. NYC’s Attentive, a personalized mobile messaging platform for brands, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding. Sequoia led the round, and was joined by Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures, NextView Ventures, IVP and High Alpha. The company’s messaging platform is used by more than than 400 customers, including Sephora, Urban Outfitters, Coach and Jack in the Box. (www.attentivemobile.com) (TechCrunch)

2. NYC’s TickPick, an online ticket marketplace, has raised $40 million in an investment round. PWP Growth Equity was the sole investor. TickPick began as a secondary marketplace for tickets, but has since expanded into primary ticketing, working directly with the likes of Firefly Music Festival and Riot Fest. (www.tickpick.com) (Billboard)

3. NYC’s LeafLink, a B2B cannabis marketplace, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding. NYC’s Thrive Capital led the round with participation from Nosara Capital, NYC’s Lerer Hippeau, Wisdom VC and Thought Into Action Ventures. LeafLink’s wholesale marketplace processes over $1 billion in orders annually. (www.leaflink.com) (Benzinger)

4. NYC’s BlockFi, a non-bank lender that offers cryptoasset-backed loans, has raised $18.3 million in a Series A funding. Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures led the round, and was joined by Galaxy Digital Ventures LLC, NYC’s Winklevoss Capital, Morgan Creek Digital, Brooklyn’s ConsenSys Ventures and Akuna Capital. The company makes cash loans to borrowers using Bitcoin or Etherum as collateral. (www.blockfi.com)(TechCrunch)

5. NYC venture capital firm Corigin Ventures has raised $32.5 million toward a target of $50 million for its second fund. According to an SEC fling, 45 limited partners have committed to the fund. Corigin Ventures is focused on seed round investments. (www.coriginventures.com) (PE Hub)

6. NYC-based Wheels Up has become NYC’s newest Unicorn after raising $128 million in a Series D financing. The investment, done at a $1.1 billion valuation, was led by mutual fund company T. Rowe Price and joined by Fidelity Management and Franklin Templeton. Wheels Up is a membership-based private jet company and offers aircraft with guaranteed availability on its private fleet of new Beechcraft and Citation aircraft. (www.wheelsup.com) (CNBC)

7. NYC’s Verizon has sold NYC’s Tumblr to Automatic, the company behind WordPress. The purchase price was reportedly around just $2 million. Verizon acquired Tumblr as part of its 2017 acquisition of Yahoo. Yahoo had bought Tumblr in 2013 for $1.1 billion (www.tumblr.com) (Vox)

8. NYC’s FinMkt, a B2B fintech solutions provider, has raised $5 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by FINTOP Capital with participation from existing investors ManchesterStory Group and West Loop Ventures. The company’s platform facilitates online loan requests and the delivery of pre-qualified loan offers for the home improvement and retail services industries. (www.finmkt.io) (Finmes)

9. Brooklyn’s Capsule8, a Linux security startup has raised approximately $6.5 million in a Series C financing. Intel Capital was the sole investor. The company’s platform detects and prevents network exploits in real time. (www.capsule8.com) (VentureBeat)
 
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