Welcome back to the NYC Startup Jobs Newsletter!

This week’s list includes 10 venture-backed companies with less than 50 employees. They’re all hiring, many positions are “founding” roles or early leadership opportunities.

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Featured Event - Sky-High Pitch Competition

For NYC Tech Week, my friends at Rocket Mixer have partnered with Apollo Society to bring you a startup pitch competition from one of NYC’s highest observation decks.

When: June 5, 7-9 am
Where: The Edge observation deck
What: Startup pitch competition and networking
Price: Tickets start at $75

I went to the Rocket Mixer pitch night as a part of NYC Tech Week last year and it was a great event. I hope to see you there!

This week’s companies:

General Intelligence Company of New York - Building AI agents.
Closed a $2,000,000 pre-seed round in April 2025.
1-10 employees today.
Job Board Link - Hiring a Backend Engineer and a Founding Designer in NYC.

ROH - A payments management platform for the hospitality industry.
Closed a $9,200,000 venture round in April 2025.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - 5 open positions (NYC) in engineering, design, sales, and marketing.

Alternative Payments - Payments platform for service-based businesses.
Closed a $22,000,000 venture round in April 2025.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - 2 open positions (NYC) in finance and product.

Blue Onion Labs - FinTech building an AI-powered sub-ledger for daily bookings.
Closed a $10,000,000 Series A in April 2025.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - 3 open positions (NYC) in engineering and customer experience.

Finch Legal - Software company focused on the legal market.
Closed a seed round in April 2025.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - 5 open positions (NYC) including a founding engineer and founding sales & operations roles.

Ropes - AI tool for recruiting.
Closed a $3,100,000 seed round in April 2025.
1-10 employees today.
Job Board Link - hiring a founding engineer in NYC.

Rilla - Virtual ridealong software for outside sales and service.
Closed a $3,700,000 seed round in December 2022.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - 13 open positions (NYC) in engineering, accounting, design, marketing, and sales.

Glider - Crypto platform to create automated crypto portfolios.
Closed a $4,000,000 seed round in April 2025.
1-10 employees today.
Job Board Link - 3 open positions (remote) in engineering and sales.

DIAMO - AI for hospitality and sales.
Closed a $4,000,000 seed round in April 2025.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - hiring a technical lead in NYC.

1Fort - AI for business insurance.
Closed a $7,500,000 seed round in April 2025.
11-50 employees today.
Job Board Link - 4 open positions (NYC) in engineering and sales.

Startup Jobs NYC Platform

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