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Looking at the largest NYC startup funding rounds from September 2026, leveraging AlleyWatch’s proprietary funding data, we’ve analyzed the most significant venture capital deals of the month. Beyond the raw funding numbers, this month’s analysis includes detailed information about each company’s industry focus, founding team, business model, and total funding history to provide deeper context about these high-growth ventures. SummitPoint OS is the operating system for venture, guided by Frank. Hand him the work. Venture runs on databases you search and spreadsheets you maintain. SummitPoint OS is one workspace for founders, investors and Industry Partners, and Frank, SummitPoint’s agentic AI analyst, does the work: builds the investor pipeline and writes the briefing on every name, screens the inbound deal against your thesis, watches every founder in your program, and shows you what he did. 13. Confido $55M Round: Series B Description: Confido provides an AI-enabled business platform for consumer packaged goods brands, bringing operations workflows into one system. Founded by Justin Hunter and Kara Holinski in 2022, Confido has now raised a total of $75M in total equity funding and is backed by Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Footwork, and BFG Partners. Investors in the round: Barrel Ventures, Footwork, Insight Partners, Trenches Capital, Watchfire Ventures, Y Combinator Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Process Automation (BPA), Consumer Software, Information Technology, Sales Automation, Software Founders: Justin Hunter, Kara Holinski Founding year: 2022 Total equity funding raised: $75M AlleyWatch’s exclusive coverage of this round: Confido Raises $55M to Scale Its AI Infrastructure Across the CPG Commercial Cycle 12. Inspiren $70M Round: Series C Description: Inspiren uses AI to help senior living providers to monitor patient care, track interactions, and improve clinical workflow management. Founded by Alex Hejnosz, Michael Wang, Paul Coyne, and Vincent Cocito in 2016, Inspiren has now raised a total of $212.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Primary Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Avenir, Story Ventures, and Scale Venture Partners. Investors in the round: Avenir, Camber Creek, Insight Partners, NewView Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners Industry: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Assisted Living, Elder Care, Health Care, Machine Learning Founders: Alex Hejnosz, Michael Wang, Paul Coyne, Vincent Cocito Founding year: 2016 Total equity funding raised: $212.8M 11. Sequen $90M Round: Series B Description: Sequen is an AI-native Behavior Design Engine and reinforcement-learning-driven platform that powers adaptive in-session relevance. Founded by Alexander Thom, Mo Afshar, and Zoe Weil in 2024, Sequen has now raised a total of $106M in total equity funding and is backed by Prysm Capital, Greycroft, Correlation Ventures, Threshold, and White Star Capital. Investors in the round: Greycroft, Prysm Capital, Threshold, White Star Capital Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Information Technology, Software Founders: Alexander Thom, Mo Afshar, Zoe Weil Founding year: 2024 Total equity funding raised: $106M 10. Savvy Wealth $100M Round: Series C Description: Savvy Wealth is a technology-enabled wealth management firm that provides a digital-first platform for financial advisors. Founded by Muller Zhang and Ritik Malhotra in 2021, Savvy Wealth has now raised a total of $205.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, BoxGroup, Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, and A*. Investors in the round: Allianz Life Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Canvas Prime, Euclidean Capital, Index Ventures, Industry Ventures, The Halo Fund, The House Fund, Thrive Capital, Vestigo Ventures Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Financial Services, FinTech, Wealth Management Founders: Muller Zhang, Ritik Malhotra Founding year: 2021 Total equity funding raised: $205.8M 9. Clay $115M Round: Series D Description: Clay is an AI go-to-market company building a self-learning revenue engine that helps businesses grow to their full potential. Founded by Kareem Amin, Nicolae Rusan, and Varun Anand in 2017, Clay has now raised a total of $317M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, BoxGroup, Wellington Management, Sequoia Capital, and Sapphire Ventures. Investors in the round: Andreessen Horowitz, Bloomberg Beta, boldstart ventures, BoxGroup, CapitalG, DST Global, Evolution Equity Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Perennial, Sahin Boydas, Sequoia Capital, StepStone Group, Wellington Management Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Collection and Labeling, Enterprise Software, Lead Generation, Marketing, Sales Automation Founders: Kareem Amin, Nicolae Rusan, Varun Anand Founding year: 2017 Total equity funding raised: $317M 8. Forus $150M Round: Series C Description: Forus is an AI-powered medication access platform that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharmaceutical companies. Founded by Sahir Jaggi in 2023, Forus has now raised a total of $310M in total equity funding and is backed by BoxGroup, Accel, General Catalyst, Pear VC, and SV Angel. Investors in the round: Accel, avra, Bain Capital Ventures, BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Human Capital, Neo, Pear VC, Redpoint, SV Angel, Thrive Capital, Vast Ventures Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Health Care, Medical, mHealth Founders: Sahir Jaggi Founding year: 2023 Total equity funding raised: $310M AlleyWatch’s exclusive coverage of this round: Forus Raises $150M to Close the Gap Between a Prescription and a First Dose 7. Rightway $155M Round: Series E Description: Rightway is a health technology company that provides simplified healthcare experience by lowering costs and improving outcomes. Founded by Jordan Feldman and Theodore Feldman in 2017, Rightway has now raised a total of $394.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Khosla Ventures, Francisco Partners, Thrive Capital, Vine Ventures, and Tiger Global Management. Investors in the round: Francisco Partners, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital Industry: Health Care, Medical Founders: Jordan Feldman, Theodore Feldman Founding year: 2017 Total equity funding raised: $394.3M SummitPoint OS is the operating system for venture, guided by Frank. Hand him the work. Venture runs on databases you search and spreadsheets you maintain. SummitPoint OS is one workspace for founders, investors and Industry Partners, and Frank, SummitPoint’s agentic AI analyst, does the work: builds the investor pipeline and writes the briefing on every name, screens the inbound deal against your thesis, watches every founder in your program, and shows you what he did. 6. Profound $180M Round: Series D Description: Profound is an AI visibility and content optimization platform that helps brands optimize their visibility in generative AI search. Founded by Dylan Babbs and James Cadwallader in 2024, Profound has now raised a total of $334.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, and SV Angel. Investors in the round: Evantic Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Saga Ventures, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons Industry: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), E-Commerce, Generative AI, Search Engine, SEO Founders: Dylan Babbs, James Cadwallader Founding year: 2024 Total equity funding raised: $334.5M 5. General Intuition $220M Round: Series B Description: General Intuition is a frontier research lab focused on teaching machines to learn and adapt through play. Founded by Moritz Baier-Lentz and Pim de Witte in 2025, General Intuition has now raised a total of $673.7M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, General Catalyst, and Atreides Management. Investors in the round: Alumni Ventures, Atreides Management, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Point72, Seven Seven Six, Valor Equity Partners Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Foundational AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning Founders: Moritz Baier-Lentz, Pim de Witte Founding year: 2025 Total equity funding raised: $673.7M 3. Precision Neuroscience $250M Round: Series D Description: Precision Neuroscience is a neurotech company developing high-bandwidth, minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces for paralysis care. Founded by Benjamin Rapoport, Demetrios Papageorgiou, Mark Hettick, and Michael Mager in 2021, Precision Neuroscience has now raised a total of $405M in total equity funding and is backed by Alumni Ventures, B Capital, Draper Associates, Invus, and ARK Investment Management. Investors in the round: Ackman Oxman Institute, Alumni Ventures, ARK Investment Management, B Capital, Duquesne Family Office, Hitachi Ventures, Invus, JSL Health Capital, Korea Investment Partners, Mirae Asset Capital, Mubadala Capital, Pershing Square Inc. Industry: Medical, Medical Device, Neuroscience, Product Research Founders: Benjamin Rapoport, Demetrios Papageorgiou, Mark Hettick, Michael Mager Founding year: 2021 Total equity funding raised: $405M 3. Medici Brands $250M Round: Series B Description: Medici Brands is a consumer packaged goods company that builds and scales food and beverage brands. Founded by Peter Rahal in 2025, Medici Brands has now raised a total of $325M in total equity funding and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, Greenoaks, ICONIQ Capital, Imaginary Ventures, and Peter Rahal. Investors in the round: Greenoaks, ICONIQ Capital, Imaginary Ventures, Peter Rahal, Valor Equity Partners Industry: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Nutrition Founders: Peter Rahal Founding year: 2025 Total equity funding raised: $325M 2. EliseAI $350M Round: Series F Description: EliseAI is an AI-driven company that offers automation, streamlining workflows, and unique needs of housing and healthcare operations. Founded by Carrie Murphy, Minna Song, and Stoyan Stoyanov in 2017, EliseAI has now raised a total of $741.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Invus, Sapphire Ventures, and Navitas Capital. Investors in the round: Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Navitas Capital, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventures Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Intelligence, Health Care, Machine Learning, Property Management, PropTech, Real Estate Founders: Carrie Murphy, Minna Song, Stoyan Stoyanov Founding year: 2017 Total equity funding raised: $741.9M 1. Cyera $400M Round: Series G Description: Cyera is an AI-native data security platform that helps enterprises discover, classify, govern, and protect sensitive data. Founded by Haffiz Bachok, Tamar Bar-Ilan, Yonatan Itai, and Yotam Segev in 2021, Cyera has now raised a total of $2.7B in total equity funding and is backed by Temasek, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Sequoia Capital, and Cyera. Investors in the round: Evolution Equity Partners, Giant Ventures, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Data Services, Compliance, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Identity Management, Network Security Founders: Haffiz Bachok, Tamar Bar-Ilan, Yonatan Itai, Yotam Segev Founding year: 2021 Total equity funding raised: $2.7B SummitPoint OS is the operating system for venture, guided by Frank. Hand him the work. Venture runs on databases you search and spreadsheets you maintain. SummitPoint OS is one workspace for founders, investors and Industry Partners, and Frank, SummitPoint’s agentic AI analyst, does the work: builds the investor pipeline and writes the briefing on every name, screens the inbound deal against your thesis, watches every founder in your program, and shows you what he did.
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