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February 2020 Newsletter

Hello NY Techies, 

 It’s certainly been a mild winter, but NYC’s tech ecosystem continues to heat up with spring on the horizon, and we have some great announcements and tech events for you to check out!

 Questions? Contact [email protected]

Best,  

Andy + the NY Tech Alliance Team

UPCOMING NY TECH ALLIANCE EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

****VC UPDATE 2020: MARKET OUTLOOK & STRATEGIES FOR GETTING TO A TERM SHEET – FEBRUARY 27****

Join us for our first event of our Foundations of Entrepreneurship series of 2020! We will be presenting our 2020 update on the venture capital financing market for early-stage companies. The panel will feature representatives from some of the top funds and organizations, both large and small. Together, they will be addressing the outlook for early-stage VC financing for the coming year, as well as providing attendees with practical advice on identifying and connecting with VCs.

 GET YOUR TICKETS AT: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vc-update-2020-market-outlook-strategies-for-getting-to-a-term-sheet-tickets-91339634305?discount=NYTECH2020

****MARCH 2020 NY TECH MEETUP - MARCH 3****

Join us for NYC's most famous and longest running monthly tech event! You'll see a fantastic lineup of New York tech companies presenting live demos of their products, followed by an afterparty where you can network with the community and meet our demoers and sponsors.

 GET YOUR TICKETS AT: http://bit.ly/mar2020nytm

****NY TECH MEETUP: CLEANTECH DEMO NIGHT EVENT – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS****

On Tuesday April 7, NY Tech Meetup will be partnering with NYSERDA to spotlight tech companies who are focused on creating new sustainable technologies in the clean energy sector. Applications are now open, with the submission deadline being Friday, February 28. Applicants will be notified on whether they have been selected by Monday, March 9. Good luck, and we hope to see you at the event to show your support for sustainability and a greener future!

 Apply today at https://forms.gle/1zoaE9WFqxygkXpR9

****NY TECH ALLIANCE CEO ROUNDTABLE - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS****

CALLING ALL CEOs! NY Tech Alliance is currently accepting applications for a limited number of spaces for our CEO Roundtable Program. This small group of committed CEOs from growing technology companies meets monthly to discuss issues each is facing in their day-to-day. Conversations are kept confidential and participating CEOs are selected to ensure non-competitive participation.

 Meets Monthly on Monday Evenings

Midtown Manhattan Location

6:00-9:00 pm

 Apply today at https://goo.gl/forms/FdtmC3OqNC40ejiw2, or email [email protected] with any questions.

****STAY CONNECTED WITH NY TECH ALLIANCE*****

To better help our members stay connected before, during, and following our events, we have incorporated Hio into our ecosystem.

 DOWNLOAD Hio

During our events, use Hio and connect with other attendees by checking-in and sharing contact info across all social media platforms!

Download Hio today at https://hiosocial.app.link/2vqxMnML71 and sign into the NY Tech Meetup events with the passcode: nytech.

  UPCOMING PARTNER EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

****Black Women Talk Tech: 2020 Roadmap to Billions Conference – February 27-29****

Roadmap to Billions is for self-identified black women founders with scalable businesses and technology companies, investors, tech evangelists and their allies. The immersive three-day tech conference, designed by black women founders for black women founders, includes keynote speakers, panel discussions, networking, and more!

 Use the code RTB-DXE3EP3M for a 25% registration discount!

For more info and to register: https://www.blackwomentalktech.com/

****LYLAS Labs: Open Data Hack on Pay Parity - March 1****

Submitted by: Margaret Smiley

LYLAS Labs is uniting with 50+ New Yorkers across industries on Sunday, March 1 to develop open data solutions to advance pay parity.

The day-long hackathon will engage interdisciplinary teams to propose creative technical solutions to the gender pay gap as part of NYC's annual Open Data Week.

LYLAS Labs hackathons are open to all participants, regardless of technical experience or subject matter expertise.

 Use the code lylaspartner for a 20% registration discount!

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lylas-labs-open-data-hack-on-pay-parity-tickets-91444550111

****SportTechie's State of the Industry - March 26-27****

Submitted by: Dan Kaufman

SportTechie's State of the Industry is the world's premier conference on how technology is changing the way we play, consume, produce and train for sports. We will focus on the following tracks, which include keynote conversations, TED-talk style presentations, and panels, all at Barclays Center in Brooklyn:

- Athlete Performance Tech

- Sports Venue Tech

- Sports Media Tech

- Sports Sponsorship Tech

 Use the code SOTI_NYTECH for a 10% registration discount!

For more info and to register: https://events.sporttechie.com/SOTI

****The Emotion AI Conference - March 30****

Submitted by: Seth Grimes

The Emotion AI Conference offers an industry perspective on affective technologies, taking place March 30 in New York. Research speakers from tech firms, industry, and academia will speak on use of natural language processing, voice tech, facial coding, and neuro methods to detect and apply emotion in and via social and online media, in-vehicle and in-lab, and conversational interfaces.

Use the code NYTECH for a 20% registration discount!

http://emotionai20.com

****Veritonic Job Opportunities****

Veritonic is looking to hire for both a Director of Business Development, and a Sales Development Representative. Please use the following links to apply!

Director of Business Development 

Sales Development Representative

 Veritonic is the audio intelligence platform, empowering marketers to understand and quantify the most effective way to use sound.  We help platforms like Pandora and brands like Visa win the audio renaissance.

    THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Annual Premier Sponsors:   Xandr

Annual Sustaining Sponsors:  

EisnerAmper EY

NYIT Work Better

 

Annual Supporting Sponsors:

Accenture

Propeller Industries

Sabety+associates Withum

Annual Contributing Sponsors:

Corsis

Crown Castle

DWT Digital Counsel

Google  

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HOW TO REACH NY Tech Alliance and NY Tech Meetup 

Website: nytech.org 

Page for Applying to Demo: https://nytech.org/about/apply-to-demo 

Site for Tickets:  https://nytech.org/monthly_meetup 

Newsletter Submissions: https://nytech.org/events 

E-Mail: Andy Saldaña, Executive Director: [email protected]

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NY Tech Alliance: COVID-19, Resources, Virtual Events

To our tech community,

Like everyone, the NY Tech Alliance is closely monitoring both the local and global situations regarding COVID-19. We have decided in the name of caution and safety to suspend all of our in-person events for the time being. Stay tuned for updates regarding virtual events and other online programming supporting our amazing community.  

We ask that you all do your part to stay in good health. Use information from reliable and verified sources only. Stay cautious, but do not panic, and remember that we each play a role in making this incredible tech ecosystem the best in the world!

In the meantime, here are helpful resources both general and specific to the NYC tech community.

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Official Information:

CDC COVID-19

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/

NYS Department of Health

https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/coronavirus/

Assistance & Guidance for Businesses Impacted Due to Novel Coronavirus

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/sbs/businesses/covid19-business-outreach.page

Text 'COVID' to 692-692 to receive COVID-19 updates and information from

NotifyNYC

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Updates and Resources from our Partners:

Our friends at Tech:NYC have put together a great resource kit and daily newsletter specific to the tech community. 

Tech:NYC Daily COVID-19 Update - https://www.technyc.org/covid-digest

Tech:NYC COVID-19 Tech Resource Guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/12KbEKMrLrZf-nUvuHoFtLPHAARIDEc7kcWTUwBnI8dw/preview#

Our partners at Civic Hall have put together a ton of great resources listed in the last few newsletters. They contain great reads, tech tools, and upcoming useful webinars. Check them out at https://civichall.org/

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Virtual Events from Our Community

As we move from in-person to virtual events, many organizations in the community have already programmed a number of interesting virtual events. If you have a virtual event you would like to share with the community, please submit them to https://nytech.org/events.

Building a Wellness Startup - Webinar

Wellness is indisputably having an impact on culture, in addition to how we think about health. The wellness landscape has been full of emerging opportunities, and we want to dive into a conversation about how to grow and thrive in this space. Join us on March 18th for a panel featuring leaders in the space from Thrive Global, meditation.live, Bravely, and Session Together for a discussion on what it takes to build an authentic wellness brand and what it takes to launch and succeed in such a competitive market. 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s8CXgRjYR1uF0FtIUETcBg

Healthtech, the FDA and What Startups Need to Know: An Expert Discussion - Online Conference

On March 27th, VentureOut and MedStartr are excited to host our first virtual expert discussion: Healthtech, the FDA and What Startups Need to Know.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to hear a veteran health tech panel discuss one of the most pressing topics in the industry over your morning coffee.

https://v-o.io/38JZBJi

SportTechie's State of the Industry - Virtual Conference

SportTechie's State Of The Industry is the world's premier conference on how technology is changing the way we play, consume, produce and train for sports. We will focus on the following tracks, which include keynote conversations, TED-talk style presentations, and panels:

- Athlete Performance Tech

- Sports Venue Tech

- Sports Media Tech

- Sports Sponsorship Tech

Info and register here: https://events.sporttechie.com/SOTI

What the Health? A Virtual Healthtech Pitch Event!

On March 27th, VentureOut and MedStartr excited to host What the Health?, our first virtual Healthtech pitch event featuring some of the most promising startups in the Healthtech space and our panel of seasoned venture investors focused on innovations in the sector.

This pitch event is the capstone of the 1-Week VentureOut Healthtech program, a hyper-acceleration program for the most promising startups in the industry.

https://v-o.io/2Q95wkV

Her Future Summit (NYC) - Virtual Conference

Her Future Summit returns with the 3rd annual series to identify, train, and empower the next generation of female pioneers.The Her Future Summit series was launched in 2018 to accelerate humanity’s success with Sustainable Development Goal #5- Gender Equality and has quickly become the fastest growing platform for women in tech. Each summit provides access to over 100 global speakers and partners with exclusive opportunities to connect with ecosystem builders from around the world.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/her-future-summit-global-virtual-2020-tickets-97441982593

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Thank you for being part of the NY Tech Alliance community and we look forward to continuing to support you, your ventures, your education and your network through these times and beyond!

Andy + The NY Tech Alliance Team

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HOW TO REACH NY Tech Alliance and NY Tech Meetup 

Website:  nytech.org 

Newsletter Submissions:  https://nytech.org/events 

E-Mail:  Andy Saldaña, Executive Director: [email protected]

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December 2019 NY Tech Meetup - A Women's Demo Night

Get your tickets today: http://bit.ly/dec19wdn

Join us for one of NYC's most famous and longest-running monthly tech event! You'll see a fantastic lineup of New York tech companies presenting live demos of their products, followed by an afterparty where you can network with the community and meet our demoers and sponsors. This month is our annual Women's Demo Night, where we celebrate women in tech and female founders take the stage to showcase amazing tech demos. This year our event is sponsored by Women.nyc! About Our Sponsor: Women.nyc, part of the Economic Development Corporation, is a city government initiative dedicated to ensuring New York City remains the greatest place in the world for women to launch startups, run businesses, and advance their careers. By leveraging all the tools the city has to offer and working with partners who share our mission to financially empower women, women.nyc is creating programs that have real impact. From free tech classes and salary negotiation workshops to small business loans and venture funding, Women.nyc is here to help all NYC women succeed. Faye Penn, the Executive Director at Women.nyc, will speak on behalf of their mission. About the Demoers: BLOC jointhebloc.com Amina Yamusah, CTO BLOC is a career coaching software platform where users can access smart resume templates, save resume versions tailored to specific areas, and receive automated feedback. Lab141 Lab141.com @Lab141nyc Andrea Madho, Co-Founder + CEO Lab141 is made-to-fit advanced and environmentally friendly manufacturing for luxury brands for all body types and sizes. Pedul Pedul.com @wearepedul Kayla Michèle, Co-Founder + COO Pedul is a scholarship marketplace where students can verify and apply to thousands of scholarships with a single application. Reia Reiahealth.com Kaitlin Maier, Co-Founder + CEO Reia is building a suite of women's health products by redesigning lesser-known yet widely used devices to suit the needs of the modern woman. Rubitection Rubitection.com @Rubitection Sanna Gaspard, Founder + CEO Rubitection provides tools to support early bedsore detection, prevention, and monitoring to improve patient safety and save lives. TresseNoire Tressenoire.com @TresseNoire Regina Gwynn, Co-Founder + CEO TresseNoire sends women of color personalized expert haircare advice so they have a great hair day, every day. VUniverse VUniverse.com @VUniverseapp Monica Brady, COO Evelyn Brady-Watters, CEO Browse all your streaming services in one place on VUniverse, while receiving movie and TV recommendations tailored to your taste.

Companies Tabling

Bace bacecollective.com DigitalDesign.NYC digitaldesign.nyc HAUS VON M, INC. hausvonm.com Kintra Fibers kintrafibers.com

Spadét Corporation spadet.com The Lieu thelieu.com

HIO AT OUR EVENTS In order to have the best event experience, we've teamed up with Hio Social, a networking app, to help you network with fellow attendees before, during, and after the event. We’re asking all attendees use Hio Social. Since we don’t want you to miss any of the action, we recommend you download and setup Hio Social today using the easy setup steps below. EASY SETUP STEPS 1. Download Hio Social: On your mobile phone, click this link https://contap.app.link/0abov0uOEW to download Hio Social. 2. Setup your profile: Click on the bottom right icon, and tap "edit details" to add your contact information. 3. Join the event: Return to the app's home screen, and tap on the calendar icon in the top-left corner. Then, tap on our event and enter the passcode if prompted, nytech. 4. Start networking: Tap on anyone's profile to swap socials, contact information, and documents! If you have any questions about the app, please email [email protected] or tweet at @hiosupport.

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May 2019 NYTM Lineup

This month, we are going farm to table with a great lineup of Food/ Agriculture/ Restaurant tech! Stay tuned for the full list of companies. Want to get $5 off your ticket? Join the NY Tech Meetup Community on GoldenWheel at https://goldenwheel.io/wheel/nytechbeta where a discounted ticket link can be found under "Highlights" section! This Month's Fantastic Lineup: Accenture Liquid Studios (Blockchain Hub) https://www.accenture.com/us-en/capability-rapid-application-development-studio Veena Venkat, Blockchain SME High Performance, Delivered. Farmshelf @farmshelf Farmshelf.com Andrew Shearer, Founder + CEO Suma Redy, Co-Founder + COO Farmshelf has designed indoor hydroponic systems for the hospitality industry, giving restaurants and hotels the chance to sustainably grow their own produce with the automated assistance of an internet-connected device. Industrial/Organic www.industrialorganic.com Amanda Weeks, CEO & Co-Founder Industrial/Organic derives organic chemicals and ingredients from food waste, while providing the infrastructure demanded by cities for their waste management needs. I/O has raised over $4M in venture capital funding, bringing our solution out of the lab, with a demo facility in Newark diverting food waste from landfills for major corporate clients such as Google. Ingest.AI http://www.ingest.ai/ Kenneth Kuo, CEO Ingest machine learns operational efficiencies for restaurants, hospitality, and commercial real estate groups. Urban Leaf https://geturbanleaf.com Nate Littlewood, Co-Founder + CEO Rob Elliott, Co-Founder + Chief Product Officer Urban Leaf provides simple and affordable paths for people to engage in indoor gardening, with the goal of building a healthier and more sustainable food system around the world. We Are the New Farmers www.new-farmers.com Jonas Guenther, Co-Founder Daniel Bernstein, Co-Founder We Are the New Farmers have taken on the mission of growing produce in a healthier and more sustainable manner. Spirulina is the main focus as an algae that grows naturally in fresh water lakes, packed with protein, minerals, and antioxidants. THANKS TO OUR MONTHLY SPONSOR:

Ulster County Economic Development Alliance www.ulsterforbusiness.com https://www.facebook.com/UlsterCountyOED/ The Ulster County Office of Economic Development provides valuable business counseling and can connect you with the best sites, the right partners for funding and the right programs for businesses development.

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We Have Launched Our Newest Community on GoldenWheel.io

For the past few months, we’ve been partnering with Brooklyn-based startup GoldenWheel.io to develop a new membership platform capable of increasing interactions and strengthening relationships within our community.

After running a small beta in 2018, we are now ready to offer it to the entire NY Tech Alliance community. This is the PERFECT place to get the word out about your tech project or find a contact you need in NYC’s tech scene. Sign up for free here:

https://goldenwheel.io/wheel/nytechbeta

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Whether you’re a regular at our monthly events or new to our community, we hope you continue the conversations with us on GoldenWheel.

GoldenWheel is still at an early stage and its founders are very open to feedback as we continue to test. If you have questions, please reach out to:

Andy Saldaña, Executive Director of NY Tech Alliance ([email protected])

Angelo Ngai, Co-founder of GoldenWheel ([email protected])

Erika Gumban, Outreach Coordinator of GoldenWheel ([email protected]­)

We look forward to having you with us!

All The Best, Andy + NY Tech Alliance Team

P.S. Here’s a tutorial video from the GoldenWheel Team!

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March 2019 NYTM Lineup

Join us for one of NYC's most famous and longest running monthly tech event! You'll see a fantastic lineup of New York tech companies presenting live demos of their products, followed by an afterparty where you can network with the community and meet our demoers and sponsors.

Want to get $5 off your ticket? Join the NY Tech Meetup Community on GoldenWheel at https://goldenwheel.io/wheel/nytechbeta where a discounted ticket link can be found in the Announcements section!

This Month's Amazing Lineup...

**InSpirAVE — The Internet of Savings® **@InSpirAVE www.inspirave.com Om Kundu, Founder + CEO

InSpirAVE's social savings+commerce platform inspires "Saving More,Faster",to place big purchase-goals within reach without debt, in ways that equally enable retail+brands partnering with InSpirAVE expand their reach to serve customers they wouldn't have had otherwise.

**Shutterstock **@shutterstock www.Shutterstock.com JD Singh, Director of Strategy and AI Partnerships

Shutterstock is a leading global technology company offering a creative platform for high-quality content, tools and services

**Upsider **@upsider www.upsider.ai Josh McBride, Co-founder & CEO

Upsider turns the candidate sourcing process into science

**White House Presidential Innovation Fellows **@innovfellows https://presidentialinnovationfellows.gov/

The Presidential Innovation Fellows is a highly selective government technology fellowship program started by the White House in 2012 and focused on delivering better technology products and services to the American public.

About the Fellows: Nina Bianchi is a Presidential Innovation Fellow with the IT Modernization Centers of Excellence where she leads the future of our federal workforce by design.

Georgeta Dragoiu is a Presidential Innovation Fellow with All of Us, a research program at NIH, ushering in a new era of precision medicine.

Davey Gibian is a Presidential Innovation Fellow with the Defense Innovation Unit at the US Department of Defense where he leads efforts to accelerate commercial technology and innovation into the DoD.

Joshua Di Frances is the Executive Director of the Presidential Innovation Fellows Program.

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April 2018 NY Tech Meetup

This month we invite you to meet the Techstars NYC Winter 2018 class at their pitch night as they show off their businesses and their progress made during the Program. Immediately following the demo event, we will host our networking hour at the Westside Tavern located right across 23rd Street! Come by and meet the amazing Techstars class. About Techstars: Techstars helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow. www.techstars.com(http://www.techstars.com/)

Altru altrulabs.com @altrulabs

Altru is a mobile-video platform that helps companies with hiring and training through employee-generated content.

The Clear Cut theclearcut.co @theclearcut

The Clear Cut is a D2C diamond engagement ring company that eliminates the stress and confusion of buying a diamond engagement ring through personalized service and expert education.

Kyso kyso.io @kyso_io

Kyso is where you publish, share and extend data-science studies.

Loom loomx.io @loomnetwork

Loom Network is a next-generation blockchain platform that allows developers to easily build and deploy decentralized, scalable, and censorship-free games and social applications on the blockchain. (Think World of Warcraft or Twitter on the blockchain).

PathSpot pathspottech.com @PathSpot

PathSpot protects food-service companies and their customers from the threat of foodborne illness by scanning for harmful contamination on employees’ hands.

TypingDNA typingdna.com @typingDNA

TypingDNA recognizes people by the way they type.

Vertoe vertoe.com @VertoeUS

Vertoe is an on-demand short term storage provider.

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March 2017 NYTM Lineup

CAN’T MAKE THE MEETUP, WATCH HERE! On The Web: http://bit.ly/nytmMAR2017 On Mobile: http://bit.ly/nytmMARmobile

Here’s our Lineup in alpha order:

Backtrace backtrace.io @0xcd03

Backtrace helps you detect application instability, understand root cause and impact, and improve time to resolution.

GreatWhite GreatWhiteApp.com @GreatApp 

GreatWhite: Track a sea of opportunities

Gust Launch launch.gust.com @gustly

All-in-one legal, finance, and accounting to simplify starting up.

Purple  getpurple.io @getprpl

Purple is a platform built around connecting the public with trustworthy news sources via messaging (Messenger, SMS)

Scribble Chat getscribblechat.com @getscribblechat

Instagram for text

XapiX xapix.io @xapix_io

Developer tool to bridge the gap between API providers and APP developers.

HACK OF THE MONTH

From Hack the Ban Hack-a-thon

BorderBuddy  borderbuddy.us BorderBuddy: send us a text, or we'll send you lawyer.