NY is second, trailing California, in funds received in February 2010, according to Form-D’s filed with the SEC, with $150M involved.
Most companies who received funding are web-based startups, and Instant Information, Inc. raised the most with just under $120 million. Instant Information owns InfoNgen, a real-time discovery engine for business, finance, and information professionals. Other New York companies receiving funding included Yodle, a local online advertising provider, Fynanz, a private student lending platform, Energy Hub, which produces cost-effective energy management tools, and Tunesat, which tracks the use of music on broadcast television.
Also on the list: WebCollage, Kaltura, AlmondNet, Cellufun, Kamida (owner of Socialight), Magnify, Women on the Net, Really Simple, and Iconology.
(hat tip to @dlifson, who is apparently tweeting with on Grand Jury duty?)