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[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

700+ NYC funding rounds, all in one place. 💰🗽

We track NYC funding announcements every day in our newsletter, and now we’ve put all of them from the past year into one searchable, sortable website.

If you’re fundraising, job searching, or just keeping tabs on the ecosystem, it’s a useful way to see:

✅ Who’s writing checks in NYC
✅ How much is being raised
✅ Which startups just raised (and are likely hiring)
✅ When it happened + links to the companies + lead investors

🤝 Get access here: https://t.co/hyNsRKFMhI

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

It’s our third year of tracking AI in New York with @Accenture, and there’s a lot to talk about!

Ahead of today’s Crain’s Tech Summit, we’re sharing a first look at our latest research in @CrainsNewYork.

A few findings that stand out:
• NYC job postings seeking AI skills nearly tripled to more than 55,000
• Nearly 80% of executives surveyed expect entry-level hiring to grow or hold steady
• 86% of executives believe AI will create more economic opportunity in NYC than it eliminates

There’s still plenty to learn about AI. But three years into this research, we see more and more reasons to be excited about New York’s future.

Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/A2xQZQggpY

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

One of the beauties of NYC is that your next investor is within walking distance (or a short subway ride)! #ObviouslyNYC

[Aaron Harris @harris]

19,937 funds invested in startups over the last 3 years.

We mapped each one, so the next time an investor cancels a coffee at the last minute in Flatiron, you can find the 54 other funds within a 4-minute walk.

https://t.co/2siMOfvw4p

(You’ll want to bookmark this post)

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Cheers to autumn in New York! 🍁

Tonight @TechNYC brought together friends from across New York tech for cocktails with a view (courtesy of @TwoTreesNY) and raised a glass to @JBrod, our new Chief Marketing Officer.

Welcome to the team, Jon! 🥂

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

$45M Series A for @HyphenateAI and the company was only founded in 2024! 🚀

Autonomous finance built in the finance capital of the world just makes sense. Congrats to founders Ramnandan Krishnamurthy, Ajay Krishna Amudan, & the Hyphenate team.
Who's next from NYC fintech x AI?

[Hyphenate @HyphenateAI]

Led by @nexusvp, with participation from @BCapitalGroup and returning investors @FoundationCap, @boldcap and Gaia Ventures, this round brings our total funding to $54M.

Finance teams carry a long list of work because somebody has to do it.

Hyphenate’s self-learning agents take responsibility for that work across the systems companies already run, with evidence behind every action and finance teams involved where judgment matters.

The results are already building:
→ 86x revenue growth
→ 11x customer growth in 12 months, including six public companies
→ 40% of customers expanding within their first year

This funding will help us take our agents deeper across the finance function and into strategic finance, giving teams more capacity for the decisions that move their businesses forward.

Thank you to our customers, team and investors for building this with us.

Read the Bloomberg coverage: https://t.co/XmGc1ejsjK

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Congrats to @TheKnotWW on opening its new headquarters in NYC!

Yesterday, Tech:NYC President & CEO @juliepsamuels joined TKWW CEO (and Tech:NYC board member!) Raina Moskowitz to cut the ribbon and celebrate helping businesses grow in New York.

Onward!

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Keeping kids safe online should not mean cutting them off from tools that help them learn and prepare for careers.

The bill @GovKathyHochul signed could restrict access to tutoring, homework help, coding assistants, and critical career platforms, while putting more children’s data at risk. Its vague language also raises serious First Amendment concerns.

New Yorkers deserve clear, workable safeguards. Read our full statement on S.9051B: https://t.co/OJx4TZS24o

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

New York is leading the nation on AI safety and taking action to protect our kids.

Join me live: https://t.co/6qFTIuW6fP

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Madison Avenue made NYC the capital of advertising. Now a new generation of NYC founders is rethinking how brands reach people.

We caught up with @KaitfromBrij of @brijforbrands, @sarahganz_ and @reganplek of @rediemco, and @OlallaLevi of WHYL for our adtech Companies to Watch: https://t.co/qfodmawXyK

[Brian Distelburger @bdistel]

@TechNYC @trywindmill We're proud to be building in NYC! 🗽🦾

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Getting someone to say yes to the job gets a lot of attention. What happens on Monday morning deserves just as much. Love seeing @bdistel and @trywindmill tackle this!

[Brian Distelburger @bdistel]

Growing companies think their biggest problem is hiring, but they are wrong. It’s only half the story.

In reality even the best candidates will fail if they are not set up for success from the start.

I experienced this at @yext across a team of 2,500, and today, with the pull of our growing customer base, Windmill is launching the system I always wanted

An agentic onboarding system to give every new hire the best chance of being successful as quickly as possible.

@trywindmill now has over 250 customers and many of them growing faster than any companies before in human history. Our customers feel this pain viscerally. You spend millions on recruiting and closing candidates only for them to show up to an onboarding based off a couple slides and a Notion doc.

Onboarding is one of the most important things a company does. It’s a new hire’s introduction to the company culture and how it runs. And in today’s rapidly changing world, it’s harder than it’s ever been before.

Effective onboarding isn't about teaching people everything. It's about getting them to real contribution as fast as possible, with clear goals, regular feedback, and a manager who stays in the loop.

Windmill puts an AI agent in charge of making that happen for every new hire, and holds everyone accountable along the way.

We’re currently live with amazing customers like @Etched (among others) and it’s incredible to see the results. Every one of our customers I’ve shared this with has raised their hands and we’re including it as part of their subscription.

If this is something your team struggles with, we’d love to show you the system that’s helped customers around the globe onboard and ramp their teams 3x faster.

[Julie Samuels @juliepsamuels]

The rooftop wine on a warm NYC October evening, after a great afternoon with the Tech:NYC board. Literally perfect. No notes.

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Capped off our board meeting today with a toast to 10 years of Tech:NYC on the beautiful @alley_corp roof!🥂

Thanks to @MarkLevineNYC for helping us celebrate, and to @kevinryan & @alley_corp for hosting.

Here’s to the next 10 years!

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

$70M Series B, $110M total, and just 2 years old. Congrats to @neviswealth! Building AI agents for wealth management is about as NYC as it gets. 🗽

[2logics @2logics]

Nevis, a New York-based startup building #AIagents for wealth management firms, says it has raised a $70 million Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total funding to $110 million two years after it was founded.

The Charles Schwab Corporation and QuantumLight, the fund of Revolut founder and CEO Nik Storonsky, joined as new strategic investors, and existing backers Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ and Ribbit Capital expanded their commitments, the company said. Carolina Brochado, partner and head of EQT Ventures, will join the #Nevis board. The company's announcement did not include a valuation.

Nevis said its platform brings together CRM, meeting intelligence, financial planning and custodial workflows, with AI agents that handle operational work end to end. It said assets on the platform grew from $50 billion to $700 billion in 2026 and revenue grew more than 25 times, without disclosing absolute revenue, and that its agents have completed more than 100,000 operational tasks. Customers include Focus Financial Partners, IEQ Capital and United Capital. Nevis, founded by former Revolut executives Mark Swan, Philipp Burda and Ivan Chalov, said it will use the funding to expand agent capabilities, deepen integrations and grow its product and go-to-market teams.

"AI should empower financial advisors, not replace them," wrote Mark Swan, Nevis' chief executive, in a blog post announcing the round.

Why it matters: Swan wrote that "the true potential of AI lies in agents that execute complex workflows end-to-end, not simply assist with individual tasks."

Sources: Nevis blog, "Nevis Raises $70M Series B Led by EQT Ventures," Oct. 26, 2026; Nevis press release via Business Wire, "Nevis Raises $70 Million Series B to Grow its AI Operating System for Wealth Management," Oct. 26, 2026. Image: Nevis blog, Oct. 26, 2026.

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

We caught up with @LererHippeau's @Isabellevop to talk about her career, the NYC advantage, the tech that excites her the most, and — as always — the best 🍕 in town (her choice may surprise you).

Read our full interview: https://t.co/uZ621g6TPp

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

One of our favorite combinations: Halloween + NYC + tech 🎃

[Michelle @mhui1109]

best nyc tech x cultures this Halloweek-end worth your time (10/26):

wed 10/28:
- @automattic dev/ai talk with @dens Dennis Crowley (founder of foursquare, dodgeball, hopscotch - who wrote amazing substack on FSQ acquisition)

thu 10/29:
- @EdisonSci fdes in science

- Halloween @ new museum (largest art & tech museum in nyc, live jazz @ oberon)

- @AllTechIsHuman responsible ai policy summit (w/ chief security office @github and other stacked speakers)

fri 10/30:
- @NousResearch nous con

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

🗣️🗣️🗣️

[nihal @nihalmehta]

-*- ATTENTION NYC FOUNDERS -*-

“Thanks, you made me look forward to failing!”

Best feedback I’ve ever gotten on a talk.

Every year for 10+ years, I give the "Failure" Keynote to the @startlead NYC cohort. I told them about losing a million dollars and filing for Chapter 7 in my early twenties, my first startup.

One fellow wrote back: “If you project just strength to your team, the moment you show vulnerability, they leave.”

That’s the whole job.

The founders in the SLP room aren’t there to take notes. They’re building. They ask what went wrong and what you’d do differently. You can’t find that anywhere else.

SLP is recruiting the Class of 2027 now. Info session is TOMORROW Tuesday, Oct 27.

Founders, or anyone who knows one, sign up 👇🏾

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

LH Partner @isabellevop spoke with @TechNYC about her front-row seat to the New York tech ecosystem's growth over her years as an investor and operator.

Isabelle covered the following, among other topics:
- Why some of the biggest companies of the next 5 years will look more like services businesses than software companies
- How AI enables small teams to deliver full business outcomes, not just sell tools
- How NYC’s density of enterprise buyers creates an unfair advantage for startups
- And, what sets non-consensus founders apart in pitches

Read the full interview via link in comments.

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

Congrats to the Alta team on the $20M Series A! NYC has always been the fashion capital, and now it's building the AI that dresses you too.

Who else is building at the intersection of fashion & AI here?

(Spoiler: https://t.co/2UMXgv1yCq)

[Traded: Venture Capital @TradedVC]

Alta, the NYC-based AI styling and avatar app, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Forerunner Ventures, with participation from returning investors Menlo Ventures, Aglaé Ventures and Benchstrength, alongside notable angel investors including Nico Rosberg and Kelvin Beachum Jr. Led by CEO Jenny Wang and CTO Joon Kim, Alta began as an AI-powered digital closet and has evolved into a platform where users generate millions of outfits daily and create at least one Alta Avatar every second. The company will use the new funding to advance its in-house computer vision models and personalized recommendation algorithms, while expanding into new commerce categories.

LEADERS: Jenny Wang & Joon Kim

INVESTORS: Forerunner Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Aglae Ventures, Benchstrength, Nico Rosberg, Kelvin Beachum Jr, Jasmine Tookes, Keltie Knight, Meredith Koop, Karlie Kloss, Zita D’Hauteville, Meena Harris, Paris Johnson Jr & Rylee Martell, Manish Chandra

ROUND: Series A
AMOUNT: $20,000,000

HQ: New York City, New York

#VentureCapital #Alta #TradedPartner #TradedVC

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

This morning, we brought together State Senator @jamaaltbailey, tech policy leaders and nonprofits from our Decoded Futures community to talk about AI, New York’s next legislative session and how technology can expand opportunity in the Bronx and beyond.

Leaders from @HourChildren, @mouse_org and @Bronxtechhub shared how they’re putting AI to work and helping more New Yorkers build digital skills.

Thanks to @metropolisio, @runpensar, @OpenAI, @Meta, @Salesforce, @Amazon, @DoorDash, @Grubhub, @Waymo, @justworks, @Google, @wonder and @AT&T for bringing their perspectives to the conversation, and to @Instacart for hosting us.

We appreciate Senator Bailey making time to connect with New York’s tech and nonprofit communities!

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

How do you build a brand that lasts?

Join @RedSeaVentures' Consumer Brand Summit this Weds, Oct. 28 to hear from @sweetgreen's Nic Jammet, @siggisdairy's Siggi Hilmarsson, @seedhealth's Ara Katz, and more on building and scaling brands.

Register ➡️ https://t.co/iXyb7O8HXX