These NYC Startups Raised the 20 Largest Funding Rounds in 2017
Reza Chowdhury
Entrepreneur, CEO/Founder of AlleyWatch, Technologist, and Advocate for Entrepreneurship
Today, I take a look at the 20 companies that have raised the largest startup funding rounds in New York City in 2017 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. In addition to dollar amount, I have included industry, round, date of funding, total equity funding raised, founding year, and a brief description. Lastly, in order to maintain a focus on conventional tech-enabled startups, pharmaceutical, financing, real estate, and biotech companies were removed from the data.
Quick Findings:
- The 20 largest funding rounds in NYC in 2017 total $2.4B Tweet this
- The total funding raised in NYC in 2017 was over $6.6B Tweet this
- The top 20 rounds comprise 36% of the total $ amount raised in NYC in 2017 Tweet this
- 20.83% of the largest startup rounds in NYC in 2017 were for companies founded by at least 1 woman Tweet this
- 8.33% of the largest startup rounds in NYC in 2017 were for companies with a single founder Tweet this
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