1776, the D.C.-based incubator and seed fund, is coming to New York City. The move is the latest in a series of expansions for 1776, which has also set up campuses in San Francisco and Dubai. 1776 will be the anchor tenant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77, which is a new space that New York City has invested over $100 million in building out.
We asked six local professionals who sit on the product team at their companies to give us some insight into what it was that attracted them to their roles.
Investors include Ubisoft, Riot Games and PUBG creator Krafton. The funding will be used to make new hires, integrate more popular multiplayer games and grow the app’s already ballooning user base.
We checked in with leaders across NYC tech to learn how they and their teams are faring, how they’ve adapted and what advice they have to share with other leaders in the New York City area.
