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Tech:NYC issued the following statement on Lisa Gelobter’s appointment as New York City’s Chief Technology Officer.

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.

To kick off the year, and as a new mayoral administration gets underway, we caught up with founders from five NYC-based govtech companies who are helping cities engage residents, modernize systems, and turn emerging technologies into tools governments can actually use.

We caught up with B Capital’s Allen Duan to discuss his career, what’s in his tech stack, the top resources he recommends for early-stage founders, and much more.