As fintech founders, investors, and operators gather across the city next week for New York Fintech Week, we caught up with four builders shaping the future of finance to find out where the sector goes next.

In this series, we spotlight the latest NYC-headquartered startups to raise Series A rounds — those crucial early wins that help founders grow their teams, build out their products, and get serious about scale.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with four female founders building standout companies and helping shape the future of NYC tech. 

Tech:NYC issued the following statement on Governor Hochul’s launch of the FutureWorks Commission to build a vibrant AI ecosystem in New York.  

We caught up with Cherryrock Capital’s Adrianna Samaniego to discuss her career, how the industry can better unlock funding pathways for underinvested founders at scale, her tech stack, and much more.

This month, more than halfway through the program that’s building a pipeline of tech leaders who understand how our city runs, the Grid Fellows traveled to Washington, D.C for a deep dive into how policy decisions at every level of government affect New York’s innovation economy and beyond.

In honor of Black History Month, we caught up with seven Black founders from five startups who are shaping the NYC tech ecosystem and innovating to improve health, ecommerce, retail, and more.

We caught up with AlleyCorp’s Susannah Shipton to discuss her career, how her years working in operations have shaped her investment philosophy, her tech stack, and much more.