Tech:NYC Digest: June 30

Tech:NYC Digest: June 30

June 30, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Friday, June 30, 2023 

We’re bringing you an early edition of the digest, with our favorite Friday Five highlights in New York tech this week. The digest will take a break on Monday and Tuesday in observance of the July 4th holiday. Have a great long weekend!

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Here’s how one New Yorker got his first tech job in NYC and how the nonprofit who trained him is hoping to expand (amNewYork)

  • Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised Jovanni Luna went from having no coding experience just a few years ago to a six-figure software engineering job at Foursquare. How? A fellowship with Pursuit. The nonprofit's four-year training and mentorship program has helped its graduates often triple their income, and its leaders are doubling down their efforts to work with the City Council to reach more New Yorkers. 

Fintech firm Capchase has provided $100M to women- and minority-led startups (Crain's New York Business)

  • NYC-based startup Capchase has provided $100 million in non-dilutive capital to women- and minority-led businesses, two years after setting a goal to reach that total. The idea is that a more accountable data-driven approach to funding decisions can remove unconscious biases in investment. “The big difference is that we didn’t really care about the market size or the founders, we only cared about the metrics,” co-founder and CEO Miguel Fernandez told Crain's. 

Clean Air Startups Are Scaling Up (Crunchbase News) 

  • We’ve all been thinking a lot more about the quality of the air we breathe this month, but there’s a whole class of startups that have been working on measuring and improving air quality for far longer, including NYC-headquartered companies like Air Company and Aclima. Now seems like exactly the right time to tap their solutions.

NYC Ferry floats more service to Rockaway this summer (Gothamist) 

  • If a waterfront trip is in the cards for your long weekend, you’re in luck: Starting tomorrow, the NYC Ferry will launch improvements to its weekend and holiday Rockaway service, as well as new ways to reserve ferry tickets in advance. Additionally, the Rockaway Rocket is back!

33 Eating Adventures: A summer itinerary for truly intrepid food lovers (New York Magazine) 

  • The Tech:NYC team is deadlocked on what sounds more exciting: A Turkish feast among jet-skiers in Sheepshead Bay, dosas worth a drive to Jersey, or carnitas in someone’s Woodside backyard.

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