TechNY Daily
April 7, 2021
Edition 566
TechNY15 Stock Index:1,599.89 (-0.76) (-0.%)
Keeping the NYC Tech Industry Connected and Informed
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1. NYC’s Harry’s, a direct to consumer razor brand, has raised $155 million in a Series E funding, valuing the company at $1.7 billion. Bain Capital and Macquarie Capital led the round. Just over a year ago, Edgewell’s planned $1.4 billion acquisition of Harry’s was called off after the Federal Trade Commission objected. (www.harrys.com) (Marketing Dive)
2. NYC’s Squarespace has acquired Chicago’s Tock, a restaurant reservation platform. The purchase price was $400 million in a mix of cash and stock. (www.squarespace.com) (www.exploretock.com) (PR Newswire)
3. NYC’s Lukka, a crypto portfolio management platform for financial institutions, has raised $53 million in a Series D funding round. Investors included Soros Fund Management, S&P Global and CPA.com (a subsidiary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). Lukka is focused on developing institutional-grade crypto asset software and data products for financial institutions. (www.lukka.tech) (BusinessWire)
4. NYC’s Zoomin, a platform that uses AI to help organize technical documentation and provide customer support, has raised $52 million in a Series C funding. General Atlantic led the round and was joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures and Viola Growth. Zoomin’s customers include Dell, Automation Anywhere and McAfee. (www.zoominsoftware.com) (Crunchbase News)
5. NYC’s Spiral, a banking app for charitable causes, has raised $14 million in a venture funding round. Team8 led the round and was joined by Communitas Capital, Phoenix, Nidoco AB and MTVO. Spiral’s “ethical banking” platform allows customers to support charitable causes while earning rewards and monthly cash bonuses on their deposits. (www.spiral.us) (PR Web)
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6. NYC’s Compass raised $450 million in its initial public offering last week valuing the company at $7 billion. Compass’ shares began trading last Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol COMP. (www.compass.com) (Bloomberg)
7. NYC’s Komodo Health, a healthcare ‘map maker’, has raised $220 million in a Series E funding. NYC’s Tiger Global Management led the round with participation by Casdin Capital, ICONIQ Growth, Andreessen Horowitz and SVB Capital. The company’s platform compiles de-identified healthcare data from 325 million individual patients to offer a real-time view into patient healthcare journeys. (www.komodohealth.com) (Fierce Healthcare)
8. NYC’s Team Whistle, a sports media startup, is being acquired by Eleven Sports, a European sports media platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Team Whistle had previously raised $141 million from investors including Touchdown Ventures, WndrCo, Liberty Media, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Emil Capital Partners, Aser Media, Manatt Venture Fund, NBC Sports Ventures and Beringea. (www.teamwhistle.com) (www.elevensports.com) (Variety)
9. NYC’s Cyware, a cybersecurity platform, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding. Advent International and Ten Eleven Ventures co-led the round and were joined by Prelude Fund, Emerald Development Managers, Great Road Holdings and Zscaler. The company’s Virtual Cyber Fusion platform provides organizations with the ability to share threat intelligence and orchestrate threat responses. (www.cyware.com) (TechCrunch)
10. NYC’s Lolli, a platform that rewards shoppers with bitcoin, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round. Investors included Seven Seven Six, Night Media, Serena William’s Serena Ventures and various angel investors. Lolli rewards online shoppers with bitcoin when they shop at over 1,000 retailers including Kroger, Microsoft and Booking.com. (www.lolli.com) (The Block Crypto)
11. NYC’s Lev, a commercial real estate financing platform, has raised $10 million in a seed funding. NFX led the round and was joined by Canaan Partners and JLL Spark. The company’s platform handled over $100 million in transactions over the last 12 months and expects to increase its volume ten fold this year (www.levcapital.com) (Real Estate Weekly)
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