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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 10, 2025

New Edtech Unicorn Newsela Raises $100M to Replace Paper Textbooks

This funding caps off a year of tremendous growth for Newsela, and will be used to further develop its catalog of digital-first educational content. The company is also hiring, with more than 60 open tech positions at is NYC HQ.

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Updated on April 10, 2025

NYC tech roundup: Undertone bought for $180M, Peloton spins up $75M and more

Israeli digital marketing company Perion bought Undertone for $180 million cash.

Olivia McClure Olivia McClure
Updated on April 10, 2025

At Contentsquare, Growth Takes Many Forms

Three of the company’s leaders describe the organization’s plans to increase its headcount, refine its culture and position itself as a leader in its field.

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 10, 2025

Frontify Raises $22.3M for Its Brand Management Platform

Over 2,500 companies use Frontify’s tools, including Facebook, Dyson, Lufthansa and Vodafone.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 10, 2025

Outlier.org Raises $30M to Make Higher Education ‘Accessible for Everyone’

Outlier.org offers online college courses for a fraction of what the average university charges. Using “cutting edge learning techniques” taken from educational psychology research and game design, the classes are meant to keep students engaged, even in a remote environment.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 10, 2025

SevenFifty Raises $23M to Digitize Alcohol Sales, Plans to Double Headcount

SevenFifty aims to digitally connect all alcohol buyers, distributors and retailers through its online wholesale marketplace. The company has experienced massive growth in the last year, hitting nearly $1 billion in sales.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 10, 2025

NYC’s 5 Largest Tech Funding Rounds Totaled $2.7B+ in January

These local standouts started 2022 strong with some massive rounds of funding, and hit even bigger valuations while they were at it.

Updated on April 10, 2025

Make your own luck: These 7 awesome companies are hiring in March 

MARCH 2016: Sure, it's still cold outside, but it's March none-the-less, and that means it's time to clean house. Clean out your closet, dig out your Spring clothes and find yourself a job at someplace that is as amazing as you are. Here are seven awesome companies hiring in March.

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