The start of 2015 has been amazing in NYC, when you look at the velocity of VC funding activity.  I haven’t done a full analysis, but this is likely the most active month EVER in terms of big VC rounds being announced.  The impressive thing is the diversity in terms of sub-sectors being represented (some people still think this is a adtech & content town only).  I understand that VC financings is not the end game, but money does help in growing your company and getting to an exit.  Here is a list of $10M+ VC rounds that were announced in January 2015 (used CBInsights to get the data).

1. Business Insider – $25M
2. Datadog – $31M
3. Giphy – $17M
4. Mashable – $17M
5. Earnest – $17M
6. Button – $12M
7. Persado – $21M
8. Work Market – $20M
9. Stack Exchange – $40M
10. Taykey – $15M
11. ClassPass – $40M
12. Schweiger – $12M
13. IRX Therapeutics – $32M
14. Boxed – $25M
15. Whistle – $28M
16. Defense Mobile – $20M
17. MongoDB – $80M
18. Noom – $15M
19. Reonomy – $13M