#NYCtech Week in Review: 1/11/26 – 1/17/26
Summary
This weekly NYC Tech roundup summarizes notable startup funding activity for the week ending 1/17. It highlights Rain's $250M Series C, Proxima's $80M seed, WithCoverage's $42M Series B, and Flip CX's $20M Series A, along with smaller rounds and SEC-filed financings for GiveCard, Noise Labs, Blank Slate Technologies, Tivara, and Orchestra Health. The piece focuses on capital flows across fintech, insurtech, biotech, and AI-driven startups in the NYC ecosystem. Read it to quickly scan which startups secured funding and the lead investors behind each round.
Funding
Amount
$250.0M
Total raised
Date
January 13, 2026
Announcement date
Investors
Ridge Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Day One Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Sequoia Capital, Kholsa Ventures, Y Combinator, Paradigm, DCVC
Lead investors
Company
rain.com
Funded company
Classifications
industries
HealthTech
applications
Accounting and Taxes
AskAI Classifications
Labels
Software Development
SaaS
Cognitive Readiness Software
Linked Companies
Blank Slate Technologies Inc.
up to $1M
Orchestra Health
$1M to $5M
GiveCard
$5M to $10M
Tivara
up to $1M
Flip CX, Inc.
$1M to $5M
WithCoverage
$5M to $10M