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New York: Tech's hot new hub
December 5, 2012: 5:00 AM ETNew York City is catching up to the Bay Area with its burgeoning population of hot companies.
By Omar Akhtar/Graphic Nicolas Rapp
FORTUNE -- When Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged to end New York's overdependence on Wall Street, the city responded by becoming the country's fastest-growing digital-technology hub. Despite less-than-stellar access to a reliable broadband network, New York now hosts over 1,800 tech companies. The city overtook Boston to become the country's second-largest tech center, after Silicon Valley, this year. This map shows the Big Apple's ecosystem of startups, venture capital firms, incubators, digital-media companies, and educational institutions.
This story is from the December 3, 2012 issue of Fortune.
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A hothouse for startups
With new top-line investors and a partnership with GE, General Assembly -- a new kind of urban networking campus -- is set to grow fast.
By Alex Konrad, reporter
FORTUNE -- General Assembly, which provides workspace and training for budding, high-tech entrepreneurs in New York City, has just attracted an all-star list of investors: Howard Schultz's Maveron fund, Yuri Milner of DST Global, and Jeff Bezos's Bezos Expeditions. What do they see MORE
Sep 7, 2011 5:00 AM ET
