Bowery Farming's $50 million financing tops recent funding news in New York

The round brings total funding raised by New York companies in food and beverage over the past month to $55 million. They are currently focused on the recreational market (motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, personal watercrafts, boats, RVs and snowmobiles). Meanwhile, cloud data services and recruiting company Papaya Global raised $45 million in Series A funding, announced on Nov. 5. Papaya Globals automated platform helps companies hire, onboard, manage and pay people in more than 100 countries. SquareFoot provides a seamless experience supported by easy-to-use technology and a highly responsive team of real estate professionals working to match specific client needs with a strong knowledge of what the market has to offer at any given moment."