Top Tech Startups in New York, US in 2027

Backpack Payment Technologies, Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in building API-driven payment gateways for 529 College Savings Plans. The company collaborates with OMB Bank, a Member FDIC, to provide banking services. Backpack focuses on simplifying the process of managing and contributing to 529 accounts, making it easier for families to save for education expenses. The platform integrates various financial services to offer a seamless user experience for its clients.

Kombo (YC S22) is building a unified API for HR, payroll and recruiting systems that saves engineering teams hundreds of hours by needing to integrate only one API instead of 50+. We raised $8M+, hit strong product market fit (0-> $4M+ ARR in 2-years) and are processing the equivalent data of ~10% of Germany's workforce. Culturally, we are looking for ambitious yet kind builders - we like to describe ourselves as a "SF startup but in Berlin".

Behind every opportunity is someone who introduced you. The investor who funded your company. The customer who changed its trajectory. The person who introduced you to your co-founder, next hire, mentor, or partner. Yet our professional networks have never been larger, and we still struggle to answer a simple question: Who should I know? Introd helps you discover the people you should know, understand how you're connected, and find the right path to an introduction. We’re building the relationship layer for opportunity: intelligence that turns fragmented professional networks into an understanding of who knows whom, which relationships actually matter, and where the strongest opportunities exist. Underneath Introd is a relationship graph that brings together signals across the places professional relationships already live. AI and graph intelligence help identify relevant people, understand relationship strength, rank connection paths, and surface opportunities that would otherwise remain hidden. For a founder, that might mean discovering the right investor or customer. For an investor, the right founder. For an executive, a strategic partner or key hire. For a community, it means turning hundreds or thousands of members into relationships that actually create value. We don't believe the future of professional networking is another feed, another directory, or collecting more connections. It's knowing the right people at the right moment. That’s what we’re building. The right people. Stronger relationships. Real opportunities. You’re one introduction away.

Sequence Holdings is a permanent holding company that brings AI and engineering to the core of great American businesses.

We're building AI Agents to help employees at consumer brands make better decisions. We've raised $2M from top investors and are working with household name brands like Bogg Bag, Tommy John, and OneSkin. We're led by two technical co-founders who have spent their career as first hires and founders in retail + commerce.

Long envisioned as a major international cultural institution in the heart of a revived Lower Manhattan, the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) is the final element and cultural keystone of the 2003 Master Plan developed during Mike Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor for re-building the World Trade Center site after the tragedy on 9/11. PAC NYC will help to redefine Lower Manhattan as a cultural destination and serve as a testament to the power of the arts to inspire and unite us.

Revealta helps businesses understand where they're being overlooked when potential customers search — and what can be done about it. We test real customer searches across Google Search and AI recommendations to see whether a business appears, which competitors are being discovered instead, and where meaningful visibility gaps exist. When we find a gap, we investigate the signals that may be contributing to it — from website relevance and local presence to authority, trust signals and AI discoverability. We then prioritize and implement improvements and re-measure visibility to understand what changed. Our approach is evidence-led: rather than starting with generic SEO recommendations, we start by testing what customers actually see. We're currently growing Revealta's sales and partner network and are looking for ambitious independent salespeople who want to help businesses uncover opportunities they're currently missing.