Tech:NYC Digest: April 19

Tech:NYC Digest: April 19

April 19, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

In today’s digest, more curbside EV chargers come to Brooklyn, tech companies step in to train CUNY students in the cloud, and Tech:NYC’s jobs board is already helping New Yorkers land jobs in tech.

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  • Brooklyn-based EV charging startup itselectric is adding to the city’s burgeoning EV infrastructure by announcing a partnership with Hyundai to pilot its first curbside charging stations at two sites this spring. The chargers will be compatible with any model of EV. (Forbes)

  • A new collaboration between the city, Queensborough Community College, and a coalition of some of the city’s largest tech and finance companies are launching a new initiative to train CUNY students in the cloud. The program will develop skills-based curricula to pair with existing associate’s degree programs. (Crain’s New York)

  • NYC will begin tracking the carbon footprint created by household food consumption, which Mayor Eric Adams says accounts for 20% of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. (Gothamist) The city will also set a target for NYC agencies to reduce their food-based emissions by 33% by 2023.

  • And both Little Island and Lincoln Center announced their summer lineups of (free!) performances this year. Grab your tickets! 

In other reading:

  • Here They Are, the Best 100 Restaurants in NYC, Ranked. (New York Times)

  • Where will New York’s renewable energy come from? (City & State)

  • The City Gets Set to Dig Up a Booming Restaurant Row — Literally (Grub Street)

ICYMI: A month ago, Tech:NYC launched the first citywide jobs board dedicated to New York tech jobs.

  • We debuted the board with 3,800 open roles. Since then, 1,000+ more have been added and today, nearly 4,600 are available.

  • The board interacts directly with companies' own recruitment platforms to automatically update 24 hours with new roles as they come online (and when they go offline when applications close).

Jobs in software engineering and product have seen the most activity so far, but non-technical functions, like marketing and communications, are also logging significant interest from jobseekers.

The bigger picture: As Brad Svrluga, Primary Venture Partners’ general partner, recently told Axios, jobs and talent have reinforced New York’s competitive edge:

  • “People move here on spec because they can — they know there are jobs and great companies, and it just wasn't the case before,” he says, adding he sees a much richer local market for startup and tech jobs.

What’s next: For now, the board includes open roles at every Tech:NYC member company — about 800 companies. But new additions are coming online every day, so you can imagine just how much demand there would be if (when!) we're able to onboard open roles at all 25,000 startups in NYC.

In other reading:

  • Cure, a NYC-based functional hydration brand, raised $5.6 million in Series A funding. Lerer Hippeau led the round and was joined by Valedor Partners, Simple Food Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Joyance Partners, Silas Capital, and others..

  • Odeko, a NYC-based operations software for independent cafés and other shops, raised $53 million in Series D funding. B Capital led the round and was joined by insiders GGV Capital and Tiger Global Management, as well as Amex Ventures, KSV Global, and FJ Labs.

  • Trullion, a NYC-based provider of corporate accounting software, raised $15 million in additional Series A funding. Stepstone Group led the round and was joined by insiders Aleph, Third Point Ventures, and Greycroft.

  • April 20: Virtual: #notapitch: Unofficial Feedback on Your Idea/Prototype from a VC, with Brooklyn Bridge Ventures partner Charlie O’Donnell. Register here.

  • April 25: In-person: Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg speaker series, featuring Ramp co-founder and CEO Eric Glyman. Hosted by Tech:NYC, Bloomberg, and Cornell Tech. Register here.

  • April 27: In-person: Exploring Generative AI in NYC. Hosted by Drive Capital and Company Ventures. Register here. 

  • April 27: Virtual: Mock Term Sheet Negotiation, with Culina Health co-founders Vanessa Rissetto and Steven Kuyan, Goodwin partner Jesse Nevarez, Graham & Walker CEO Leslie Feinzaig, and others. Hosted by the NYU Tandon Data Future Lab. Register here.

  • May 3: In-person: How to Validate Your MVP, with Interplay partner Phuong Ireland, Work-Bench investor Daniel Chesley, and Innovatemap CEO Mike Reynolds. Hosted by Innovatemap. Register here.

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