The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 1/6/2026 featuring funding details for Marketecture, Pluto, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Pluto – $8.6M Seed
FINTECH
Pluto, an AI-powered lending platform purpose built to bring liquidity to private market investors, has raised $8.6M in Seed funding led by Motive Ventures, with participation from Portage, Apollo, and Hamilton Lane. Pluto was founded by Neel Ganu in 2025.
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HeyMilo – $3.9M
HR TECH
HeyMilo, an AI-powered candidate screening and management platform for employers, has raised $3.9M in funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $4.5M and there were seven investors in this close. Founded by Ramie Raufdeen and Sabashan Ragavan in 2023, HeyMilo has now raised a total of $6M in reported equity funding.
Marketecture – $1M Seed
B2B MEDIA
Marketecture, a business-to-business podcasting, content, community and events platform, has raised $1M in Seed funding led by AperiamVentures, with participation from Jim Payne, David Hertog, David Rosenblatt, Rob Norman, Momentum, Scott Messer, and Phil Fresen. Marketecture was founded by Ari Paparo, Zach Rodgers, and Jeremy Bloom in 2022.
