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

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.

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.

Just in time for the holidays, we spoke with four NYC-based founders building gifting, e-commerce, and experiential access platforms that are redefining how people give, buy, and sell.

This month, as Thanksgiving brings food to the forefront, we spoke with four NYC-based foodtech founders who are reshaping how food is produced, delivered, and experienced. 

This month, we spoke with four NYC-based founders who are innovating to disrupt the sports industry and continue to make New York a sports destination.

With Climate Week NYC underway, we spoke with four founders of NYC-based climate tech companies who are innovating to help NYC — and the globe — go green.

As we kick off New York Fashion Week, we spoke with four founders of NYC-based fashion tech startups who are innovating to spruce up the city’s looks and keep us ahead of the next fashion trend.

As travel (and the weather) heats up in the dog days of summer, we spoke with five founders who are innovating to improve travel and hospitality across the globe and doing anything but slowing down.

We know there’s still work to be done when it comes to supporting entrepreneurs who identify as LGBTQ+. That’s why this month, we’re excited to showcase five LGBTQ+ founders who are making waves in NYC and innovating to disrupt industries.

As graduation season hits full swing, we’re excited to spotlight five New York student-founders who are successfully running companies all while managing to balance the full-time job of being a student. 

We spoke with 10 founders from five EdTech startups who are transforming education and shaping the future of learning.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with seven female founders from five startups who are innovating to improve construction payroll systems, maternity care, family management, consumer sales, and targeted marketing solutions.

In honor of Black History Month, we caught up with five Black founders who are shaping the NYC tech ecosystem and innovating to improve health, HR, prison communications, digital accessibility, and athletic platforms.

To kick off 2025, we caught up with six founders from four companies who are innovating in the GovTech space to improve civic engagement and government efficiency and effectiveness through public-private partnerships.

We caught up with founders from four companies who are innovating in the e-commerce space and transforming the way we pay and purchase.

We caught up with six founders from the inaugural SEEN 50 list who are innovating in the proptech and real estate space and addressing inequities in the proptech ecosystem.

We caught up with four more founders from the Startup:NYC cohort who are innovating in specific sectors of the health and wellness space.

We caught up with a few founders who are part of our inaugural Startup:NYC cohort and addressing inequities within the health and wellness tech sector.