Series A: A Series — June 2026
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One year ago, we launched Series A: A Series to spotlight the next generation of NYC startups reaching one of venture’s biggest milestones. Twelve months later, the momentum has only accelerated.
In June 2026, 26 New York City startups announced Series A rounds — the second-largest cohort we’ve tracked since launching the series — and together they’re already hiring for 150+ NYC-based jobs across engineering, product, GTM, operations, and AI.
But June’s biggest story is the size of the capital flowing into New York.
This year’s June cohort raised nearly $1.4 billion in Series A funding alone, with more than $1.7 billion raised across all funding rounds.
That’s a dramatic increase from June 2025's $414.2 million in Series A funding and $596 million in total funding.
The average Series A round also jumped from $18 million in June 2025 to $52.8 million this year.
These figures are admittedly skewed by Flourish Labs’ remarkable $500 million Series A, but even excluding that outlier, June reflects one of the strongest months we’ve seen for institutional investment in NYC startups.
So where did investors place their bets?
Healthcare continues to attract serious capital: Healthcare was June’s biggest winner, accounting for $645 million in Series A funding — nearly half of every dollar invested this month.
While Flourish Labs' blockbuster raise drove much of that total, it wasn’t the only healthcare company attracting investor attention.
Companies including Prosper AI, Novellia, Hera, Adaptive, and Fesarius Therapeutics are tackling everything from healthcare administration and home health to tissue engineering and AI-powered coaching.
Together, they reflect a familiar trend we’ve seen throughout the past year of NYC founders continuing to build healthcare infrastructure, rather than just healthcare apps.
The city’s unique concentration of hospitals, research institutions, insurers, and healthcare talent continues to make it fertile ground for ambitious healthtech companies.
AI infrastructure becomes the default: If previous months showed AI entering enterprise workflows, June shows it becoming the infrastructure underneath them.
AI and enterprise infrastructure startups accounted for another $487.6 million in Series A funding, representing roughly 35% of the month’s total.
Companies like Runlayer, Jedify, Minerva, Lama AI, Adaptive, and Sandstone are building the systems that help organizations deploy, govern, and operationalize AI across finance, healthcare, legal, and enterprise software.
Meanwhile, Probook automates dispatch for home services, Airspeed helps revenue teams sell more effectively, and General Intuition is pushing the frontier of machine learning research itself.
Rather than building standalone AI products, these founders are creating the connective tissue that allows AI to operate inside real businesses.
Financial infrastructure keeps evolving: Finance remains one of New York’s defining startup strengths, but the category continues shifting toward infrastructure. Financial infrastructure startups raised nearly $200 million in June, continuing one of New York’s longest-running strengths.
This month’s cohort includes Taxwire, Trovy, Niural, GrailPay, Tetrix, Arca, and EDGE Markets, companies modernizing tax compliance, payroll, payments, lending, wealth management, and alternative markets.
It’s a pattern we’ve seen month after month — that founders are rebuilding the systems that power financial services behind the scenes.
AI reaches the physical economy: One of the most interesting themes this month is how AI is moving into physical industries.
Podium Automation brings no-code automation to manufacturing floors.
Probook modernizes dispatch operations for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors.
Board reimagines tabletop gaming with interactive hardware.
It’s another reminder that NYC’s startup ecosystem is increasingly spans manufacturing, logistics, industrial automation, and hardware-enabled experiences.
The bigger picture
June’s numbers underscore just how much investor confidence has grown in New York’s startup ecosystem. Even accounting for one outsized financing, the city continues producing companies capable of raising meaningful institutional rounds across a remarkably diverse set of industries.
That's exactly what we’ve hoped to showcase since launching this project a year ago.
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The map below features raises from June 2025 - June 2026.
The sheet below is sorted by most recent raise date.