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.
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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.
