With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look back at all of the local tech news you may have missed in between trips to the grocery store, road trips to visit your in-laws and turkey-induced naps on the couch. Keep reading for the latest tech scene developments, including an LGBTQ+ banking platform that wants to help couples navigate the challenges of starting a family in their state. This is the Built In NYC Weekly Refresh.
Taktile gained $20M. Taktile allows risk management experts at fintech startups to design data-driven decision flows without any coding required by a software engineer. Taktile has offices in New York, Berlin and London. The company will use its Series A round to expand its presence in the U.S., where it has quadrupled its client base since the end of last year. [TechCrunch]
Daylight landed $15M. Founded in 2020, the NYC-based challenger bank said its product was designed for the LGBTQIA+ community in mind, allowing users to, for example, bank under a chosen name instead of their legal name. This fresh funding will be used to launch a new subscription service that helps LGBTQIA+ couples navigate the financial, legal and logistical requirements of starting a family in their state. The service, called Daylight Grow, is expected to launch early next year. [Built In NYC]
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Capitol scored $10M. This new NYC startup uses artificial intelligence technology to generate data insights and present the information in a way that business teams can understand without the help of data scientists. The platform is originally aimed at helping health insurance companies combat fraud, identify cost savings and improve the quality of care for their customers. Capitol is led by Shaun Modi, one of the founding designers of Airbnb who helped design that platform’s user experience. [Built In NYC]
Amagi acquired Streamwise. Amagi, a NYC-based media technology unicorn that offers AI-driven personalization, advertising and live-streaming solutions, announced last week that it acquired Streamwise, a data aggregation and reporting platform that specializes in automating and standardizing the collection of data across streaming platforms. Amagi plans to use Streamwise’s technology to integrate the data from its THUNDERSTORM product with third-party data to provide content brands with a more comprehensive view of their analytics. [Amagi]
