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BBG Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in consumer tech startups with at least one female founder. BBG, spun out of AOL in 2014, is one of the earliest NYC firms to identify that gender-diverse teams provide outsized returns in venture. The firm is presently investing out of its recently-closed $50M third fund, its first institutional fund. BBG’s portfolio companies are led by founders that have a deep and unique understanding of their markets and include Spoon University, HopSkipDrive, Spring Health, Winky Lux, Zola, Shine, goTenna, LOLA, Goby, Mighty Networks, and GLAMSQUAD.
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Twitter
Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets. Founded by Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Noah Glass in 2006, Twitter is backed by investors that include DST Global, Morgan Stanley, Spark Capital, T. Rowe Price, and CRV and is headquartered in San Francisco.
FOUNDED:Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass
INDUSTRY:Blogging Platforms, Messaging, SMS, Social Media
FOUNDERS:Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass
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Zhuanzhuan
Zhuanzhuan is an online marketplace on which users can buy and sell secondhand goods. Founded in 2015, Zhuanzhuan is backed by investors that include 58.com and Tencent Holdings and is headquartered in Beijing.
INDUSTRY:Consumer, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Marketplace
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Swiggy
Bangalore-based Swiggy is a food ordering and delivery company that provides food service solutions for restaurants. Founded in 2014 by Nandan Reddy, Rahul Jaimini, and Sriharsha Majety, Swiggy is backed by investors that include DST Global, Meituan-Dianping, Naspers, Norwest Venture Partners, and Tencent Holdings.
FOUNDED:2014
FOUNDERS:Nandan Reddy, Rahul Jaimini, Sriharsha Majety
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of December. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, a brief description of the company, and total equity funding raised for the company to further the analysis. Interested in the top NYC fundings? The Largest […]
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Timescale
New York-based TimescaleDB is an open-source time-series database optimized for fast ingest and complex queries. Founded by Ajay Kulkarni and Michael Freedman in 2015, Timescale is backed by investors that include Benchmark, Icon Ventures, Matthew Prince, New Enterprise Associates, and Two Sigma Ventures.
FOUNDED:2015
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 5/5/2021 featuring funding details for Timescale, Recount Media, and much more.
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 for the week ending 1/26 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC Tech events including news for Dadi, Better […]