But they can, and often do, recruit students selectively, decline to admit students mid-year (after they get their enrollment -
based city funding in early October), and counsel students out who struggle academically or behaviorally.
Not exact matches
The youngest successful founders were those who had received
funding from New York
City -
based venture capital firms, although even then their average age was 38.7 — old enough to have been Mark Zuckerberg's parent when he started Facebook from his dorm room at 19.
• Blockdaemon, a New York
City -
based blockchain deployment facilitator, raised approximately $ 3.3 million in
funding.
• SaltStack, a Salt Lake
City, Utah -
based intelligent automation platform for a «software - defined world,» raised $ 15.5 million in Series A
funding.
• Quentis Therapeutics, a New York
City -
based biotech company that focuses on treating cancer patients, raised $ 48 million in Series A
funding.
• CommonBond, a New York
City -
based online student lender, raised $ 50 million in Series D
funding.
• Pilotworks, New York
City -
based a community of food entrepreneurs formerly known as FoodWorks, raised $ 13 million in Series A
funding led by Techstars Ventures and Acre Venture Partners.
In addition to
funding the Brooklyn -
based NYC Web Development Fellowship, the
city gave Flatiron $ 250,000 to help it move downtown to the Financial District.
• Great Jones, a New York
City -
based residential property management company, raised $ 8 million in Series A
funding.
• Tentrr, a New York
City -
based camping marketplace, raised $ 8 million Series A
funding.
• Lynq, a New York
City -
based location technology startup, raised $ 19 million in seed
funding.
Despite the fact that the company launched in the midst of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in
funding from investors such as New York
City -
based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch of the eponymous, global entrepreneurship support network.
• Linear Health Sciences, an Oklahoma
City -
based developer of safety solutions for medical tubing, raised $ 1.538 million in
funding.
• Lastline, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based malware protection platform developer, raised $ 28.5 million in Series C
funding.
• Clubhouse Software, a New York
City -
based maker of a modern project management platform for software development teams, raised $ 10 million in Series A
funding.
• Collective Medical, a Salt Lake
City, Utah -
based network for care collaboration, raised $ 47.5 million in Series A
funding.
• SevenRooms, a New York
City -
based reservation, seating and guest management software for restaurants, hotels and nightlife, secured $ 8 million in
funding.
• LogicBio Therapeutics, a Foster
City, Calif. -
based gene therapy company, raised $ 45 million in Series B
funding.
• Anonyome Labs, a Salt Lake
City, Utah -
based consumer privacy startup, raised $ 20.4 million in Series B
funding.
The belief that venture capital performance has been poor, and a desire to diversify internationally, have prompted many institutional investors to move their money out of the asset class, leaving «fewer and fewer venture
funds with less and less to invest,» says Steve Hurwitz, a Boston -
based lawyer and co-founder of an annual venture capital conference in Quebec
City.
• KeyMe, a New York
City -
based provider of solutions for people to access and manage their keys, raised $ 25 million in Series D
funding.
• Workboard, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based provider of active strategy management software, raised $ 9.3 million in Series A
funding.
• Clinch, a New York
City -
based video ad personalization firm, raised $ 3 million in Series A
funding.
• Leavitt Equity Partners, a Salt Lake
City, Utah -
based private equity firm, is seeking to raise $ 125 million for its second
fund.
New York
City -
based Casper is known for delivering fluffy mattresses in boxes the size of golf bags, and has raised $ 70 million in venture capital
funding since launching in 2014.
Today, Jumpstart not only helps Cleveland -
based entrepreneurs get their businesses
funded and supported, it also advises other communities around the country, says Jumpstart chief executive officer, Ray Leach, working with 18 different
cities on how they too can create their own thriving entrepreneurial economies.
In November 2012, the company raised a $ 1 million seed round of
funding from Expansion Venture Capital,
based in New York
City.
• Y - mAbs Therapeutics Inc, a New York
City and Denmark -
based developer of cancer treatments, raised $ 30 million in
funding.
• Thrive Global, a New York
City -
based behavior change media and technology company, raised $ 30 million in Series B
funding.
• Intello, a New York
City -
based provider of intelligent SaaS optimization, raised $ 1.3 million in
funding.
• Empiric Health, a Salt Lake
City, Utah -
based healthcare startup, raised $ 3 million in
funding.
A report from the Kansas
City, Mo. -
based entrepreneurship organization The Kauffman Foundation released two years ago called «We Have Met The Enemy... And He Is Us,» slammed the VC market for being dysfunctional and suggested that Kauffman would itself invest in smaller VC
funds going forward.
The real estate investment trust,
based in Jersey
City, New Jersey, said it had
funds from operations of $ 50.7 million, or 50 cents per share, in the period.
• Meural, a New York
City -
based creator of a digital art frame, raised $ 5 million in Series A
funding.
The New York
City -
based startup raised $ 7 million in Series A
funding in 2014.
• Plexchat, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based developer of a communication platform for mobile gamers, raised $ 7 million in seed
funding.
• TouchBistro, a New York
City -
based iPad point of sale solutions provider, raised C$ 16.3 million ($ 12.1 million) in Series C
funding.
, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based digital brand for kids, raised $ 8 million in Series C
funding.
• Highfive, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based video conferencing company, raised $ 32 million in Series C
funding.
• Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a Salt Lake
City, Utah -
based biotechnology company that combines biological science with artificial intelligence, raised $ 60 million in Series B
funding.
• MedMen, a Culver
City, Calif. -
based company providing management services to licensed cannabis operators, raised $ 60 million for its cannabis - focused MedMen Opportunity
Fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
According to The New York Times, American Express led a $ 19 million strategic
funding round, along with two other companies, for Payfone, a mobile payment start - up
based in New York
City.
• Bowery, a New York
City -
based farming startup, raised $ 20 million in Series A
funding co-led by General Catalyst and GGV Capital with additional investment from GV.
• Huddle, a New York
City -
based video -
based peer - to - peer support app, raised $ 1.2 million in seed
funding.
Most of the tax revenue goes to the state's general
fund, and the remainder is distributed to
cities and counties
based on population.
• Poshmark, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based online service for buying and selling second - hand clothing, is in talks to raise more than $ 50 million in a
funding round that could value the startup at roughly $ 600 million, according to Reuters.
Those are some of the findings from the latest research conducted by the Female Founders
Fund, an early - stage, New York City - based fund that invests only in women entreprene
Fund, an early - stage, New York
City -
based fund that invests only in women entreprene
fund that invests only in women entrepreneurs.
• Split, a Redwood
City, Calif. -
based feature experimentation platform, raised $ 17 million in Series B
funding.
Button, a New York
City -
based partnership platform for mobile commerce, said it gives employees a $ 1,000 vacation allowance for families ($ 500 for individuals), and encourages them to use those
funds during the holidays.
• Petasense, a Foster
City, Calif. -
based industrial internet of things startup, raised $ 1.8 million in seed
funding.