Tech:NYC Digest: September 6

Tech:NYC Digest: September 6

September 06, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

In today’s digest, how tech is tackling subway surfing, making electric car chargers work on a New Yorker's schedule, your invite to our 2023 Tech Summit.

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  • City and state leaders are working with Meta, TikTok, and other social media platforms, as well as a “Subway Squad” of local high schools students, to launch a campaign to deter New Yorkers from subway surfing. (City & State)

  • Health experts are warning New Yorkers not to skip updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall (even if you’ve had COVID before and didn’t feel too bad, newer variants mean you could have different reactions since your bivalent booster last year). Here’s the latest on what to know.

  • Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills today aimed at protecting employees in the workplace, including measures on free speech and injury compensation. (Spectrum News)

In other reading:

  • Making Electric Car Chargers Faster (and Making Them Fit in Manhattan) (New York Times)

  • Here are the most commonly spoken languages in every NYC neighborhood (TimeOut New York)

  • The Most Exciting Restaurant Openings in NYC This Fall (Eater NY)

Today, a short plug for an event we’re excited about: The 2023 Tech Summit, co-presented by Tech:NYC and Crain’s New York Business, returns on October 11! 

  • Tech:NYC began partnering on these summits in 2018 as a unique way to track the growth of the NYC tech ecosystem. The summit was paused during the pandemic, of course, but it’s a perfect moment to relaunch it  — we have a lot of headlines to discuss about the industry's resilience (as well as the challenges we've seen this year), and what top NYC tech leaders are planning for 2024.

  • We’re also excited to unveil some fresh data on local hiring and industry trends.

We’ll be joined by a group of New York founders, investors, and policymakers, including:

  • CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman Becker, Esusu co-CEO Wemimo Abbey, Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo, BBG Ventures managing partner Susan Lyne, and others.

  • Plus, US Senator Kristen Gillibrand, New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, and NYC Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez.

More speakers will be announced soon, but to take advantage of early-bird ticket rates, register here by Sept. 15. 

In other reading:

  • Back in the office? Fine. But not from 9 to 5. (Washington Post)

  • Return-to-Office Is a $1.3 Trillion Problem Few Have Figured Out (Bloomberg)

  • When Your Vacation Wasn’t Exactly Relaxing: What to do when you return to work more exhausted than when you left (Harvard Business Review)

  • Blooming Health, a NYC-based platform for aging care providers, patients, and their caregivers, raised $4.2 million in seed funding. Afore Capital and Crossbeam Venture Partners co-led the round and were joined by Metrodora and Evan Moore.

  • Point.me, a NYC-based metasearch engine for flights using loyalty program reward points, raised $10 million in Series A funding. Thayer Ventures led the round and was joined by PAR Capital Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and MoreThanCapital.

  • September 12: In-person: Entrepreneurs Roundtable, with Eniac Ventures co-founder and general partner Hadley Harris. Hosted by ERA. Register here.

  • September 13: In-person: The Founder’s Guide to Product Market Fit, with Innovatemap principal Katie Lukes. Hosted by Innovatemap and Industrious. Register here.

  • September 20: In-person: Fundraising in Today’s Market When You Don’t Fit the Traditional Mold, with New Age Capital managing partner Ivan Alo, One Way Ventures partner Lex Zhao, Vesey Ventures founding partner Julia Huang, and Zeal Capital Partners investor Evelysse Vargas. Hosted by FirstGen and Free Agency. Register here.

  • September 21: In-person: New Climate Futures, with Revel CEO Frank Reig, Brooklyn Navy Yard CEO Lindsay Greene, Activate co-founder Matt Price, and more. Hosted by Newlab. Register here.

  • September 29: In-person: AcceleratorCON 2023, with The Muse founder Kathryn Minshew, Founders Village CEO Yasmeen Butt, and others. Use code “AC23013%” for 30% off tickets by registering here.

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