2018 was a banner year for NYC-based startup funding. Below are five of the largest rounds of funding closed by NYC-based startups throughout 2018. UiPath – $265M Date: 11/15/18 Round: Series C Industry: Automation, Enterprise Software, Information Technology,…
December ended the year on a high-note for NYC startup funding. Several startups closed rounds of more than $100 million, with many more not far behind. Below are some of the largest rounds of NYC startup funding closed in…
It was announced recently, Altria Group - the owner of Philip Morris - will acquire a 35% in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs for $12.8 billion. The deal values Juul at $38 billion. A Controversial Deal The deal is not…
Video game chat platform Discord has reportedly raised $150 million in new funding at a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital and saw participation from Firstmark, Tencent, IVP, Index Ventures, and Technology Opportunity Partners. Discord:…
SoftBank is reportedly set to invest $1 billion from its Vision Fund into southeast Asian ride-hailing startup, Grab. Grab: The Southeast Asian 'Super-app' Currently, Grab's $11 billion valuation makes it the most valuable tech startup in southeast Asia. The…
Several of the world’s wealthiest people, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, have invested in a new energy storage company, Malta Inc. Malta Inc.’s New Way of Storing Electricity The company was created when secretive Google lab X moonshot,…
Josh Kaufman is the #1 best selling author of ‘The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business’ and 'The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything Fast'. In what has become one of the most viewed TED Talks of…
The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX is reportedly raising a $500 million round of funding at a $30.5 billion valuation. Funds to be Used in SpaceX's Starlink Program According to the Wall Street Journal report, the round of funding will go…
The Wall Street Journal recently reported Niantic Inc., the developer behind ‘Pokemon Go’, is currently raising a $200 million round of Series-C funding at a $3.9 billion valuation. A History of Large Rounds of Funding The round is reportedly…
Yesterday it was announced SoftBank has invested $400 million from its Vision Fund to lead the latest round of Series-C funding for biomaterial startup Zymergen. How Zymergen May Revolutionize Product Materials Zymergen is a five-year old California-based company that…