With so much going on in the city’s thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 9/20/26 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for Profound, Stuut, and Evvy, and much, much more.
Profound – $180M
AI / Marketing Technology
Profound, an AI marketing platform that helps brands measure and optimize their visibility across AI-powered search engines, has raised $180M in Series D funding led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures. Founded by James Cadwallader, Dylan Babbs in 2024, Profound has now raised a total of $335M in reported equity funding.
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Stuut – $67.6M
AI / FinTech
Stuut, an AI platform that automates accounts receivable work for companies, has raised $67.6M in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that there were eleven investors in this round. Founded by Tarek Alaruri, Ben Winter, Miraj Mohsin in 2023, Stuut has now raised a total of $103.1M in reported equity funding.
Evvy – $40M
FemTech / Precision Medicine
Evvy, a precision medicine company that provides vaginal microbiome testing, AI-powered diagnostics, and personalized care for women’s health, has raised $40M in Series B funding led by Catalio Capital Management with participation from Rethink Impact, Muse Capital, Alumni Ventures, LabCorp Venture Fund, General Catalyst, Left Lane Capital, BBG Ventures, Amboy Street Ventures, Ingeborg, Foreground Capital, and Flywheel Ventures. Founded by Priyanka Jain, Laine Bruzek, Pita Navarro in 2021, Evvy has now raised a total of $59M in reported equity funding.
Highstock – $30M
B2B Marketplace / E-Commerce
Highstock, an AI-powered B2B marketplace that connects consumer brands with vetted global wholesale buyers to discreetly sell excess inventory without relying on traditional liquidation channels, has raised $30M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Greylock Partners, Abstract, Daybreak ventures, Max Mullen, Lenny Rachitsky, and JJ Zhuang. Founded by Camille van Horne, Sean Cashin in 2024, Highstock has now raised a total of $35.5M in reported equity funding.
Rogo – $30M
AI / FinTech
Rogo, a generative AI platform purpose-built for financial institutions that automates research, workflows, and document creation across investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and asset management, has raised $30M in Venture funding from investors that include Barclays, Opera Tech Ventures, Citi Ventures, MUFG Innovation Partners, Societe Generale S.A., and Joshua Easterly. Founded by Gabriel Stengel, John Willett, Tumas Rackaitis in 2021, Rogo has now raised a total of $344M in reported equity funding.
Adaptive – $30M
Construction Tech / FinTech
Adaptive, an agentic accounting platform that automates job costing, AP, billing, WIP, payments, and compliance workflows for construction finance teams, has raised $30M in Series B funding led by Tidemark with participation from Emergence Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Pathlight, Definition, and 3KVC. Founded by Matthew Calvano, Henry Bradlow, and Francisco Enriquez in 2021, Adaptive has now raised a total of $57M in reported equity funding.
Footprint – $25M
Compliance / Identity / FinTech
Footprint, an AI-native compliance and identity platform that provides KYC, KYB, AML, and secure data vaulting for financial institutions, has raised $25M in Series B funding led by QED Investors with participation from MUFG, Commerce Ventures, LightBank, Alumni Ventures, Index Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, BoxGroup, Operator Partners, and Animal Capital. Founded by Eli Wachs, Alex Grinman in 2022, Footprint has now raised a total of $45M in reported equity funding.
Fin.com – $20M
FinTech / Payments
Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company that provides a unified network for global cross-border money movement, has raised $20M in Seed funding led by Expa with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Tenet Fund, Second Sight Ventures, and Bam Azizi. Fin.com was founded by Nabeel Alamgir, Mustafa Dar in 2025.
Polyphron – $20M
Biotech / Drug Development
Polyphron, a biotech company that manufactures and simulates living human tissue to create a physical verification layer for AI-driven drug development, has raised $20M in Seed funding led by Quiet Capital with participation from Gradient, Haystack, and Compound. Polyphron was founded by Matthew Osman, Fabio Boniolo, and Vinh Q. Tran in 2024.
UrgentIQ – $15M
HealthTech / EMR
UrgentIQ, an AI-native electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical operating platform purpose-built for urgent care centers, has raised $15M in Series A funding led by Five Elms Capital. Founded by Nat Gibbs, Eric Slater in 2022, UrgentIQ has now raised a total of $24.5M in reported equity funding.
Pave Finance – $15M
FinTech / Wealth Management
Pave Finance, an AI-powered portfolio management platform that enables registered investment advisors to customize, personalize, and automate portfolio construction and management at scale, has raised $15M in Series A funding from former executive officers and board members of leading financial services firms in the U.S. and company insiders. Founded by Pascal Cevaer-Corey, Peter Corey, Stephen Evans in 2020, Pave Finance has now raised a total of $29M in reported equity funding.
Liquid Compute – $15M
AI Infrastructure / Marketplace
Liquid Compute, a marketplace company that builds regulated venues for trading AI compute infrastructure as a commodity, has raised $15M in Seed funding co-led by FirstMark and Chemistry with participation from K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings, and Dmitry Balyasny. Liquid Compute was founded by Ronit Jain, Aarav Patel in 2024.
Tare – $13.25M
FinTech / Credit
Tare, a credit marketplace that provides end-to-end infrastructure for originating, managing, and financing private credit assets, has raised $13.25M in Seed funding led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Strobe Ventures, Janus Henderson, Apollo Global Management, The Venture Dept, Neoclassic Capital, and the Avalanche Foundation. Tare was founded by Kevin Miao, Keerthi Moudgal, Lucas Vogelsang in 2025.
BoomerangHR – $12.7M
HR Tech / AI
BoomerangHR, an AI-powered platform that automates employee offboarding and transforms former employees into an active alumni talent network, has raised $12.7M in Seed funding led by Kalos Ventures and Album Ventures with participation from Monta Vista Capital, Capital Eleven, and Strada Education Foundation. BoomerangHR was founded by Jeff Wald, Kanish Raajkumar, Andrei Tulai, Mallory Meiser in 2023.
Notes.fm – $5M
Music Tech / Creator Economy
Notes.fm, a music royalty collection platform that unifies royalty discovery, distribution, and publishing administration into a single system for independent artists, has raised $5M in Venture funding from investors that include Benny Blanco, Zach Bryan, Stefan Max, Danny Kang, Tainy, Blake Slatkin, Matt Quinn, Ari Emanuel, Sam Hendel, Julie Greenwald, Foundations, Mick Management, Twenty Ten Management, Triple 8, KMGMT, Good Boy, Mexican Summer, and Breakaway. Notes.fm was founded by Tim Luckow and Derek Davies.
Kickback Soccer Media – $1M
Sports Media
Kickback Soccer Media, a soccer media company that produces digital content and supports independent outlets covering MLS, NWSL, and U.S. soccer, has raised $1M in Seed funding from investors that include Garret Drexler, Anant Singh, and Alejandro Bedoya. Kickback Soccer Media was founded by John Parker, David Gass in 2025.
ScoringFactory – $500K
AI / HR Tech
ScoringFactory, an AI-powered scoring engine that helps venture teams and hiring managers evaluate founders and candidates against customized, evidence-backed rubrics, has raised $500K in additional funding according to a recent SEC filing. The filing indicates that the total offering is for $999.9K and there was one investor in this close. ScoringFactory was founded by Matthew McLeod, Henri Pierre-Jacques in 2026.
