For this month’s Companies to Watch, we talked with some of the New York-based recipients of the Black Founders Fund on what they’re building and how the sector can better support entrepreneurs of color.

To mark another successful — albeit very different — year of our Companies to Watch series, we’ve compiled key insights into how New York founders navigated the pandemic.

Tech:NYC Executive Director Julie Samuels released a statement on the future of the organization’s leadership.

To close out Pride Month, we spoke to a couple of LGBT+ New York founders about growing their businesses and how they celebrate Pride

NYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is the nation’s largest youth employment program, historically connecting NYC youth between the ages of 14 and 24 with career exploration opportunities and paid work experience each summer.

For this month’s Companies to Watch, we’re celebrating Earth Day by speaking to five NYC founders building tools that advance climate and sustainability goals at home and across the globe.

On April 8, Tech:NYC and Warby Parker, together with other leading NYC tech companies, hosted a forum with leading mayoral candidates to discuss their plans to support the tech sector and city at large. Here’s a recap of the conversation.

For this month’s Companies to Watch, we spoke to four female founders about the tools they’re building, what it’s been like to build a company during a pandemic, and what more the tech sector can do to support a more diverse ecosystem of entrepreneurs.