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AlleyWatch is the oldest and most trusted publication focused on fostering startups, entrepreneurship, and technology in New York and beyond #nyctech

New York, NY
Joined September 2011
A team knows a fan bought a ticket. It rarely knows what that fan ate, who they came with, or whether they will be back next season. @TouTix__ built a fan data layer that teams own, not their ticketing vendor. Here is how the founders pivoted from anti-scalping tickets to fan intelligence: alleywatch.com/2026/11/touti…
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AI agents now write code, touch sensitive data, and act on production systems, and many security teams cannot see any of it. @asymptotelabs built an open-source tool that captures what agents do across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 20+ other harnesses. We talked to @jqdsouza, Cofounder and CEO, to learn more... alleywatch.com/2026/10/asymp…
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NYC startup @KalepaInsurance just raised $75M in Series B funding, led by Updata Partners with continued backing from IA Ventures and Inspired Capital. We spoke with CEO and Founder Paul Monasterio about the AI platform insurers use to underwrite, price, and manage risk. Read the story: alleywatch.com/2026/11/kalep…
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Before he built his company, Chetan Reddy spent 15 months working the front offices of medical practices across the U.S. What he saw there led him to build AI agents that finish the work instead of just answering the phone. Confido Health now runs those agents for about 3,200 providers, and it just raised $12.5M, bringing total funding to $25.5M. Find out why private equity firms keep asking for it at every portfolio company they own. alleywatch.com/2026/10/confi…
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With today's $1B announcement for Kalshi's latest round, October 2026 become the single largest month for startup funding in NYC history!
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NYC EXIT ALERT: Ferring Pharmaceuticals is acquiring fertility biotech Gameto in a deal worth up to $1.38B. The startup raised $127M from Two Sigma Ventures, Insight Partners, RA Capital and more to reinvent how eggs mature for IVF. alleywatch.com/2026/10/ferri…
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