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Updated on April 10, 2025

Bilt Rewards Secures $200M to Reward Consumers for Paying Rent

The capital raise from lead investor General Catalyst values Bilt at $3.1 billion.

Miranda Perez Miranda Perez
Updated on April 10, 2025

Venus Williams Secures $2M for Her Plant-Based Protein Startup Happy Viking

Top-athletes, celebrities and influencers contributed to the round.

Updated on April 10, 2025

3 acquisitions, 3 days: See which NYC tech companies merged this week

See which deals everyone’s been talking about this week.

Updated on April 10, 2025

NYC tech neighborhood guide: Chelsea

Chelsea is a neighborhood in Manhattan that stretches west from 6th Avenue to the Hudson, and north from 14th Street to 34th Street.

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Updated on April 10, 2025

These NYC Companies Made the Inc. 5000

Inc. Magazine just published its annual Inc. 5000 list, and 274 New York companies made the list.

Avery Komlofske Avery Komlofske
Updated on April 10, 2025

CMOs: The Generals of a Marketing Army

Marketing teams need CMOs to keep the long-term plan in motion.

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Updated on April 10, 2025

What comes after Y Combinator? These 21 startups opted for NYC instead of Silicon Valley

3,000 miles away from Manhattan, nestled in the center of Mountain View, CA, Y Combinator makes its home as (arguably) the most prestigious startup incubator in the world. This group of YC alumni migrated away from tech’s occidental promised land, and ventured east to New York City. Here are the Silicon Alley startups who started out as carefully-selected Y Combinator bets.

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