Weekly Refresh: FireHydrant Raised $8M, Vroom Filed for IPO, and More

Read our weekly refresh for trending NYC tech news.

Written by Anna Holmquist
Published on May. 26, 2020
Weekly Refresh: FireHydrant Raised $8M, Vroom Filed for IPO, and More
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MakeSpace raised $55M. The company offers hands-off storage solutions. Iron Mountain provided the financing. [Built In NYC]

Contentsquare closed on $190M. The startup helps brands understand how customers interact with their websites by analyzing digital interactions. BlackRock’s Private Equity Partners team led the Series D. [Built In NYC]

FireHydrant made $8M. It offers systems management tools and frameworks for the most sophisticated and complex cloud technology systems. Menlo Ventures led the Series A. [Yahoo Finance]

Electric gained an additional $7M. It offers IT services through a chat-based interface. 01 Advisors, the Slack Fund and other investors contributed, adding to the $14.5 million the company raised in March. [Built In NYC]

Vroom filed for IPO. The startup offers an online marketplace for used cars. Though it’s seen a 15 percent decrease in e-commerce revenue because of the pandemic, some experts are predicting a rise in personal car usage. [Axios]

Unqork announced partnership with HERE to HERE’s CareerWise New York initiative. Together, they launched Unqork Forward, a program designed to enable small and medium businesses. They are accepting applications from businesses to get access to their platform and other technical resources. [PRNewswire]

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