TechNY Daily
December 7, 2020
Edition 523
TechNY15 Stock Index: 1,465.84 (+18.50) (record high)
Keeping the NYC Tech Industry Informed and Connected
1. NYC’s Current, a digital “challenger” bank, has raised $131 million in a Series C funding. NYC’s Tiger Global Management led the round and was joined by Sapphire Ventures, Avenir, Foundation Capital, Wellington Management Company and QED Investors. Current, which started as a teen debit card controlled by parents, now is offering digital banking services to more than two million members. (www.current.com) (TechCrunch)
2. NYC’s Materialize, an SQL database platform for streaming data, has raised $32 million in a Series B funding. Venerable Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation by Lightspeed Ventures. The company’s platform implements an SQL interface for streaming data. (www.materialize.com) (PR Newswire)
3. NYC’s Funnel (formerly, Nestio), a platform that helps landlords manage rental portfolios, has raised $14 million in a Series AA funding. RET Ventures led the round and was joined by Trinity Ventures and Camber Creek. Funnel’splatform is an inventory management tool for landlords which includes an AI-powered bot that responds to potential renters in real time. (www.funnelleasing.com) (The Real Deal)
4. NYC’s Hellosaurus, an e-learning video platform for kids, has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding. General Catalyst led the round with participation by GSV Ventures, Shrug Capital, Next 10 Ventures, BDMI, Runway Fund, GFC, as well as Dave Gilboa (Founder, Warby Parker), Neil Blumenthal (Founder, Warby Parker), Jeff Raider (Founder, Warby Parker, Harry’s), and Joey Zwillinger (Founder, Allbirds) through their Good Friends fund. The company’s app is a video platform for kids filled with episodes they can interactive with instead of just watch. (www.hellosaurus.com) (GlobeNewswire)
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5. NYC’s Forter, an commerce fraud prevention platform, has raised $125 million in a Series E funding at more than a $1.3 billion valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners and Felix Capital co-led the round and were joined by Capital, NewView Capital, Scale Venture Partners, March Capital Partners and Commerce Ventures. Forter’s platform uses machine learning to detect and prevent fraud in online retail transactions. (www.forter.com) (VentureBeat)
6. NYC’s Tapad, a provider digital identity solutions, has been acquired by Experian. The purchase price was $280 million. In 2016, Tapad was acquired by Norwegian telco Telenor for $360 million. (www.tapad.com) (Ad Exchanger)
7. Jersey City’s AvePoint, a data management platform for the Microsoft cloud, is being acquired by Apex Technology Acquisition, a Nasdaq-traded “SPAC” company formed for the purpose of acquiring a tech company. The deal values the combined companies at $2 billion. AvePoint had raised a total of $290 million from Sixth Street, Goldman Sachs and Summit Partners. (www.avepoint.com) (TechCrunch)
8. Brooklyn’s Minerva Knows, a process sharing platform, has raised $4 million in a seed round financing. Craft Ventures led the round with participation from GGV Capital, alongside previous pre-seed investors Max Ventures, Charge Ventures, Sagehill Capital, Bayes Ventures, New York Venture Partners and CapitalX. The company’s platform empowers users to effortlessly capture and share process knowledge, making screenshots and red arrows obsolete. (www.minervaknows.com) (Press Release)
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