BlueConic gained $13M. The company built a customer data platform for marketing purposes that centralizes information from multiple sources. The company plans to double its employee count with this Series B round. [Built In Boston]
DraftKings to go public. Rather than through a traditional IPO process, the sports gaming company announced a $3.3 billion merger deal with Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. and SBTech. The deal will become official in the first half of 2020. [Built In Boston]
Boston startups did well in 2019. The top 10 funding rounds for the year totaled over $1.8 billion. Ginkgo Bioworks took the number one spot with a $290 million round. [Built In Boston]
Skinary raised a pre-seed round. The health tracking mobile app for your skin gained an undisclosed amount of funding on January 1. The app launches in early 2020. [Crunchbase]
