New study documents dramatic growth of women entrepreneurs in New York City
This week, the Center for an Urban Future published a groundbreaking new study that revealed a dramatic surge in women entrepreneurs in New York City, showing that the number of women-owned businesses grew four times as fast as male-owned businesses during the past five years. The comprehensive report states that the number of women-owned businesses in New York between 2002 and 2012 grew by 65 percent (or 45 new businesses per day.) This added more than 56,000 jobs and $3 billion in payroll to the city’s economy. [PR Newswire]
Hungryroot raises $3.7 million Series A
After demonstrating rapid growth,
Blippar raises $54 million to infiltrate the physical world
Augmented reality company,
, has raised $54 million in funding to power the future of visual discovery. The round was led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the investment fund of the Malaysian government, and comes nearly one year after Blippar raised $45 million. [VentureBeat]
Tribeca Venture Partners closes its second NY-focused fund
Tribeca Venture Partners, a New York-based early-stage venture firm founded in 2011, announced it closed its second fund with $107 million — significantly more than its $65 million debut fund. [TechCrunch]
Tech Incubator at Cornell's Roosevelt Island Campus Tops Out
There’s news from the Cornell Tech campus in the middle of the East River. The building dubbed "The Bridge" topped out Tuesday on Roosevelt Island. The building is billed as a "first-of-its-kind building that will house an ecosystem of companies, researchers and entrepreneurs who are focused on catalyzing innovation and the commercialization of new products and technologies, driving economic growth for New York." [Curbed]
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