The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 5/4/24 featuring funding details for Ansa, Altruist, Island, and fifteen other deals representing $1.2B in new funding that you need to know about. Airstack – $4.0M Miami Beach-based Airstack is an artificial intelligence-powered platform that allows on-chain data across projects and blockchains. Founded by Deepesh Kumar Nath, Ignas Peciura, Jason Goldberg ..read more

Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and early-stage funding for April 2024 in New York. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Early-stage [Pre-Seed, Seed], Series A, Series B, and Late Stage [Series C+]) including mention of notable rounds.  To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, this analysis does not include rounds for biotech, real estate, lending startups as well as debt financings. The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovati ..read more

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York for April 2024. I have included some additional information such as industry, description, round type, and total equity funding raised to further the analysis of the state of venture capital in NYC. The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations an ..read more

Investment analysis involves synthesizing large amounts of text, video, and audio.  The use of AI enables financial professionals to expand the universe of data that they can incorporate into their analysis and workflows. AgentSmyth is a financial automation platform built specifically for the finance industry that serves as a powerful AI-powered assistant for financial analysis.  The platform handles both qualitative research and in-depth quantitative analysis, saving countless hours. For example, AgentSmyth can provide a robust pre-market open macro summary for the markets in less ..read more

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 4/27/24 featuring funding details for ThreatLocker, Midi Health, and ten other deals representing $4999M in new funding that you need to know about. Perplexity AI – $63.0M San Francisco-based Perplexity AI is an AI-chat-based conversational search engine that delivers answers to questions using language models. Founded by Andy Konwinski, Aravind Srinivas, D ..read more

Drone Racing League, the drone racing e-sports league for elite pilots, has been acquired by Infinite Reality, a technology and entertainment platform focused on immersive experiences for $250M. “We created the Drone Racing League to bring the sport from the future to millions of fans who weren’t as excited about traditional sports from the past. The DRL team advanced the technology, media capture, and race competition to deliver a sport of constant innovation, cultural relevance, and thrilling action. Today, we are incredibly excited to join Infinite Reality, a company that has the vision and ..read more

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest global startup funding rounds for March 2024. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, a brief description of the company, investors in the round, company location, and total equity funding raised for the company to further the analysis. Interested in the top NYC Startup Fundings? – The Largest NYC Startup Funding Rounds of March 2024 Interested in the top London Startup Funding? – The Largest London Startups Funding Rounds of March 2024 Interested in the top US Startup Funding? – The ..read more

In the world of SaaS, there are typically two billing structures, seat-based subscriptions or session-based subscriptions.  To complicate things, organizations may start with a single seat and grow to thousands of seats while requiring different types of authorizations for different users.  For SaaS companies, offering the capabilities to service this type of demand can detract from building their core offering.  UserHub is a user-based infrastructure platform that handles all aspects of the full account lifecycle including users, subscriptions, and pricing for SaaS companies.&n ..read more

Obesity is a pressing health concern affecting 42% of Americans, and its impact reverberates across every state in the union, where at least 20% of the population grapples with this condition. The staggering cost of chronic illnesses linked to obesity—such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and certain cancers—surpasses an astronomical $1.76T annually. In the healthcare space, there’s been a growing trend towards value-based care focused on delivering preventative, rather than reactive care. This leads to improved patient outcomes, increased quality of care, and optimized spending.  Ilan ..read more

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 4/20/24 featuring funding details for Ecotrak, Loft Labs, Two Chairs, and eleven other deals representing $529M in new funding that you need to know about. Kontakt.io – $47.5M New York-based Kontakt.io utilizes cloud, AI, and IoT (RTLS) technology to provide inpatient and indoor customer journey analytics. Founded by Philipp von Gilsa and Szymon Niemczura i ..read more