NYC’s 9 Featured Companies of the Month

Things are heating up in NYC this April. Decades-old daily heat records were broken as Central Park peaked at 90 degrees earlier in the month. Aside from the weather, NYC’s tech scene is feeling hot. 

Last month, the city’s five biggest funding rounds totaled $580 million, according to Built In NYC. With companies like Clear Street and AlphaSense securing $270 million and $100 million, respectively, April is shaping up to be another noteworthy month for NYC’s tech industry. 

These companies and seven others are deserving of their moment in the spotlight this month, and Built In NYC delved into their passionate teams — and the perks, benefits and company cultures that support employees as they innovate, overcome challenges and celebrate collective successes.  

 

 

 

What Amplify does: EdTech company Amplify fuels next-generation curriculum and formative assessment in K-12 education. 

 

 

Inside the tech: Engineers at Amplify work with languages like Java, JavaScript, R, SQL and Python, and within frameworks such as Node.JS and Torch. Product team members utilize Google Analytics, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Invision and JIRA, among other platforms. 

 

 

 

What Tapestry does: Tapestry is a global house of fashion and lifestyle brands, including Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. 

 

 

A focus on DEI: Senior Director Of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Carmen Arocho-Blanco spoke to Built In NYC in 2022 about how Tapestry supports ERGs: “We provide our ERGs with annual budgets that are aligned to their membership size for engagement and development programs, and cash bonuses are awarded annually to ERG leadership teams in recognition of the impact they’re driving within the organization.”

 

 

 

 

What AlphaSense does: AlphaSense is a marketing intelligence platform built on AI that helps business professionals make smarter decisions based on extensive public and private content.

 

 

New funding: On April 11, AlphaSense announced an additional $100 million in funding to its $225 million Series D financing round. “We’re honored to partner with CapitalG through this financing and to be recognized for our leadership in AI-driven search capabilities for the business world,” said CEO and Founder Jack Kokko in a statement. 

 

 

 

What Clear Street does: Fintech company Clear Street’s cloud-native prime brokerage platform aims to improve access to capital markets.

 

 

New funding: On April 11, Clear Street announced a $270 million investment from Prysm Capital. “Our team has made incredible strides since our inception in 2018, and this additional funding is further testament to the value that we bring to our clients,” said Co-Founder and CEO Chris Pento in a statement. 

 

 

 

 

What Applecart does: Applecart harnesses publicly available data on social interactions to help clients build targeted advertising strategies aimed at key decision-makers. 

 

 

A unique mission: “What excited me most about Applecart was how it positioned itself at the intersection of politics and technology,” said Manager of Campaigns Marissa Adler while discussing what drew her to the company in a 2022 interview with Built In NYC. “I loved that Applecart was creating products and tools to help good candidates be successful in their campaigns, and I really wanted to be a part of that.”

 

 

 

 

What Rho does: Rho is an automated spend and cash management platform for finance professionals and organizations. 

 

 

Growing teams: This year, Rho will be focused on growing its engineering, product and go-to-market teams. “Team by team, product manager by product manager, engineer by engineer, we are assessing where process improvements can be made to facilitate maximum team impact,” said VP of Product Management Adam Leader in a November 2022 interview with Built In NYC. 

 

 

 

 

What Checkout.com does: Fintech company Checkout.com is a strategic payments partner that provides brands around the world with tools to launch new products and create experiences. 

 

 

A welcoming culture: Director of Financial Crimes Compliance Annie Rosen spoke to Built In NYC in March about her experience joining the Checkout.com team: “From my welcome box of Checkout.com swag to the onboarding meeting, efforts by the team really connected everyone and made us feel like we were joining a company that was doing great things.”

 

 

 

What DearDoc does: DearDoc is a technology-driven growth management platform focused on helping small- and medium-sized private practices grow.

 

 

Collaborative culture: Senior Sales Manager Jeremy Taube chatted with Built In NYC in September about what makes DearDoc’s company culture unique. “Culture is highly valued here, and everyone is cared for and treated as an individual whose success is valued.”

 

 

 

 

What SageSpot does: SageSpot is a digital platform that connects hosts and readers through shared passions and interests. 

 

 

Individual ownership: For CTO Nikki Bayar, SageSpot offers the opportunity to make and implement meaningful decisions. “What is really cool about working as an engineer at SageSpot is that you get to take ownership over large feature sets and sections of the codebase,” Bayar said in a 2022 interview with Built In NYC.