TechNY Daily
April 23, 2021
Edition 574
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1. NYC’s UiPath, a robotic process automation platform, raised $1.3 billion in its Initial Public Offering on Wednesday. The company is now valued at $29 billion. The IPO was the third-biggest ever for a U.S. software company. UiPath generated revenue of about $608 million in 2020. (www.uipath.com) (CNBC)
2. NYC’s DoubleVerify, an advertising verification platform, raised $233.9 million in its Initial Public Offering on Wednesday. Shares opened at $35, up from its IPO price of $27, to reach a market cap of $5.3 billion. DoubleVerify generated revenue of about $244 million in 2020. (www.doubleverify.com) (CNBC)
3. Bird, Lime and VeoRide have been selected to participate in NYC’s e-scooter pilot program. The companies are expected to begin operations in the Bronx this summer with 1,000 scooters each. It is expected that most scooter rides will cost less than $5. (The Verge)
4. NYC’s Rally, a bus charter platform that groups like-minded individuals and NYC’s Ourbus, a marketplace for regional bus travel, have merged. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rally has raised a total of $6.5 million from investors including Daimler, Avalancha Ventures and Alpana Ventures. Ourbus has raised a total of $2 million. (www.rally.co) (www.ourbus.com) (PR Newswire)
5. NYC’s Kumospace, an immersive spatial video chat platform, has raised $3 million in a seed funding. NYC’s Boldstart Ventures led the round and was joined by investors including Lightspeed. Kumospace’s chat, which operates entirely within a web browser without a separate application, is used at over 2,000 companies including Google, Facebook and Shopify. (www.kumospace.com) (Venture Capital Journal)
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6. Peloton users have received an “urgent warning” from the Consumer Product Safety Commission after 39 accidents have been reported involving the Treadmill+ including the death of a child. In a strongly worded response, Peloton claimed the federal agency’s notice is “inaccurate and misleading” and that there’s “no reason” to stop using the machine if safety instructions are followed, such as correctly using its safety key. (www.onepeloton.com) (CNN)
7. NYC’s Tend, a tech heavy dental studio launched by the former CEO of Smile Direct Club, has raised $125 million in a Series C funding. Addition led the round and was joined by GV (Google Ventures), Juxtapose, Redpoint and Zigg Capital. Tend is attempting to reinvent the dental industry by opening dental studios that prioritize patient comfort. (www.hellotend.com) (PR Newswire)
8. NYC’s Orum, a platform that speeds money transfers, has raised $21 million in a Series A funding. Bain Capital led the round with participation from Inspired Capital, Homebrew, Acrew, NYC’s Primary Venture Partners, Clocktower, NYC’s Box Group, Amex Ventures and SVB Capital. Orum’s platform, which went live in September 2020, is processing tens of millions of dollars in transactions a month. (www.orum.io) (Forbes)
9. NYC’s DoControl, an automated data access controls platform, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding. RTP Global led the round with participation from StageOne Ventures, Cardumen Capital and CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund. The company’s platform provides data access monitoring for SaaS applications such as Google Drive, Box, Microsoft OneDrive, Salesforce and Slack. (www.docontrol.io) (PR Newswire)
10. Brooklyn’s Pico, a CRM and monetization platform for creators, has raised $6.5 million in a funding round. Bullpen Capital led the round and was joined by Precursor Ventures, Stripe, BloombergBeta and Village Global. Pico’s platform provides a variety of tools such as landing pages, pop-ups to collect email addresses, subscription paywalls, tiered membership programs, donations and video revenue tools. (www.trypico.com) (TechCrunch)
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