New York is the country's financial capital, and its fintech and media companies grow directly out of Wall Street and the publishing/broadcast industries that were already there — not a separate tech scene bolted on. Columbia and NYU anchor the research side of a city dense enough that consumer-tech companies can test at a scale most regions can't.
Region Stats
Total firms
117
VC / investors
50
Companies
43
Universities
24
People
67
By Who For
Healthcare & Life Sciences
13
Enterprise / General Business
9
Undetermined
6
Finance
5
Known For
Fintech
Media
Consumer Tech
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