# Startup:NYC

By [AVC](https://avc.xyz) · 2024-04-18

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The New York City startup community is way more diverse than the other leading technology hubs in the US. According to a 2022 [report](https://stuloeser-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2dTfyH01I2UoizrmPdYq09C2P81CfrsP7kAiSkDOa7Tj0_rjrjgEqeDG7RFePgK8ydiodQkmwo3krx2W8ZgW2MJARi1HtkMUEaTBVEioC7zZHl6ejalan4o5FP7I86lKvL2RSqwAGrtUYndW9BsNhfP6HQPX50jCOVYq5QnSRazvaBlc74ldovlmaBAG-T2ISeIGlszXU5nM67K54) from the Center for an Urban Future and Tech:NYC: Black and Hispanic New Yorkers make up 20.8% of New York’s tech sector workforce, compared to 8.5% in the San Francisco Bay Area and 9.7% in the Boston/Cambridge area. While this level of diversity represents a competitive advantage for New York over other tech hubs, it is still a far way off from New York’s overall demographic numbers.

So [Tech:NYC](https://www.technyc.org/), where I am the Chair, launched a program yesterday to tackle this head-on. They call it [Startup:NYC](https://startups.technyc.org/) and it builds upon the success of their [Founder House](https://stuloeser-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2jpDkIXUhKZAAlAM1e5cNBSTlELdATiI83FAM-6XRRQPw_rjrjgGC0Qv-27f_b5PAYsxp2HOD_iaA6Ayva_e2HRp1vhfeT27URqldPUi5J2pFed9aXKce71yNzKSNzQ6K3GX5beWNawLDhlEUQbfc5RvfsAAhNQWmBTLX0FIJEsbwYT6I2ghmb0s9jkNVi-nUZlNUgZfxxCTSh-sunnc), which launched in summer 2023 to give New York tech founders a space and programming to facilitate connection and collaboration with peers, investors, and industry experts. Over the first two cohorts of the program, Founder House has hosted 80+ founders, 63% of which are BIPOC-identified, and 46% identify as women.

[Startup:NYC](https://startups.technyc.org/) is about building a community of diverse founders who can together build the next generation of great startups in NYC. [Go here](https://startups.technyc.org/) to see the range of programming, events, and community that founders in NYC can access via Startup:NYC.

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*Originally published on [AVC](https://avc.xyz/startupnyc)*