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title: "New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/new-york-based-ai-marketing-startup-profound-raised-a-180m-series-d-a3f490c1
published: 2026-09-15T12:10:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-15 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/new-york-based-ai-marketing-startup-profound-raised-a-180m-series-d-a3f490c1

Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg : New York-based AI marketing startup Profound raised a $180M Series D led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8B valuation, taking its total funding to $335M+ — The artificial intelligence marketing startup Profound has raised $180 million at a $1.8 billion valuation in its Series D fundraising round …

In this story: [Sequoia](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/sequoia), [Kleiner Perkins](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/kleiner-perkins)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260915/p17#a260915p17)

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