Reaching more than 100 million people each month through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset's mission is to help people make smart financial decisions. SmartAsset was named to Y Combinator's list of Top 100 Companies of all time, Forbes' list of America's Best Startup Employers in 2020 and named 2021 Best Financial Planning Technology Company in New York by Wealth & Finance International. For more information, please visit is proud to be a part of the New York venture community. And we’re equally proud to co-sponsor CB Insight’s New York Venture Capital Almanac. That’s because we think the NY VC Almanac is, and will be, a useful snapshot of where the New York venture community is right now, as well as a brief summary of where we’ve been. People will surely use the NY VC Almanac in a number of ways. But on a meta level, we think it makes a couple of points worth noting. First, the New York venture community is growing. And, though the NY VC Almanac doesn’t (and shouldn’t) include comparative data to other U.S. venture markets, if it did, it would show that the New York venture market is growing faster than the venture capital markets in other U.S. Second, and we believe more importantly, the NY VC Almanac shows that the New York venture community is a substantial market in and of itself, with numbers showing real deal volumes, and names showing real tech luminaries, both on the company and investor side. Companies and investors that have made names for themselves not just in New York, but throughout the national and global venture community. Web and mobile businesses touch broad geographies, but there must be a reason why so many of them are now being formed and funded from New York. Concannon Partner, Emerging Companies group, New York As the NY VC Almanac shows, the New York venture community has substantial, and growing, reach in the larger venture community. We’ve had a front row seat to the exciting pace of growth in the innovation sector in and around New York City for more than a dozen years. Working with some of the most exciting sectors, companies and their investors in business today, we’re thrilled to play a role in strengthening the environment for dynamic, innovative companies in New York – and we see it paying off. In New York, there will still be challenges, such as finding enough engineers, and there will, of course, be business cycles, but a solid foundation has been built here and we are confident the momentum will continue. The global technology sector is growing and New York continues to prove it is worthy of its fair share. Michael Moretti Silicon Valley Bank, New York The city’s professional and cultural diversity, open community and mentorship mindset, as well as HQ for a significant number of Fortune 500 companies, continue to attract an increasing number of startups. The data presented in this report definitely reflects our experience and what we see on a day to day basis. The tech sector locally is having another great year. In fact, based on first half activity, 2013 is on pace to achieve a five year high in deal and funding levels.
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