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1Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors2Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute3Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsLinkedIn News ranked 10 startups in its New York City Top Startups list published October 29, 2025. The ranking is a useful, dated snapshot of companies drawing employment and member interest—not a universal verdict on product quality, revenue, funding, or social impact. It also includes companies headquartered outside New York City.
How LinkedIn chose its 2025 NYC startups
LinkedIn’s second annual New York City Top Startups ranking measures signals connected to hiring and platform activity. For the July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025 evaluation period, LinkedIn considered employee growth, jobseeker interest, member engagement with each company and its employees, and success attracting talent from LinkedIn Top Companies. Eligibility required a U.S. headquarters, independent private ownership, at least 30 full-time employees in the city, and an age of seven years or younger. Headcounts were rounded to the nearest five and supplied by the companies unless LinkedIn marked them with an asterisk. LinkedIn’s methodology and ranking explain the scope of the list.
That makes the ranking relevant to readers tracking startup momentum and employment prospects, but it does not establish that a higher-ranked company has better products, stronger finances, or a more durable business. “Top” here means top by LinkedIn’s stated criteria.
The 10 companies in LinkedIn’s NYC ranking
The order below is LinkedIn’s, not an independent rating. Industry, headquarters, and founding year are reported by LinkedIn and have not been independently verified here. The list covers companies ranked in the NYC cohort, not only companies headquartered in the five boroughs.
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| Rank | Company | LinkedIn industry description | Headquarters reported by LinkedIn | Founding year reported by LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | Food and beverage manufacturing | New York City | 2023 |
| 2 | Ramp | Financial services | New York City | 2019 |
| 3 | Headway | Mental health care | New York City | 2019 |
| 4 | Glean | Software development | Palo Alto, California | 2019 |
| 5 | Charlie Health | Mental health care | Bozeman, Montana | 2020 |
| 6 | Caraway Home | Manufacturing; direct-to-consumer cookware | New York City | 2019 |
| 7 | Rogo | Software development | New York City | 2021 |
| 8 | Persona | Software development | San Francisco | 2018 |
| 9 | Vanta | Software development | San Francisco | 2018 |
| 10 | Quince | Retail | San Francisco | 2018 |
Each company in the table was included in LinkedIn’s New York City ranking; that does not mean each is headquartered in NYC. LinkedIn lists five with New York City headquarters—David, Ramp, Headway, Caraway Home, and Rogo—and reports other headquarters for the remaining five.
What the lineup says about NYC’s startup mix
The ranked group spans consumer businesses, finance, mental health care, and software. That variety is one reason to read the list as a cross-section of companies registering employment and engagement signals, not as a single industry leaderboard. LinkedIn’s category labels are broad; the ranking alone does not provide a basis for comparing the companies’ products, customers, revenue, or funding.
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New York’s wider startup ecosystem is much larger than this ten-company list. A 2025 NYC Mayor’s Office and NYCEDC announcement described more than 25,000 tech startups, more than 1,200 active venture capital firms, and more than 360,000 tech ecosystem employees in the city; it called NYC the world’s second-largest tech startup ecosystem. The same announcement counted more than 2,000 AI startups based in NYC and said about one-third of venture capital raised by city startups went to AI in 2023.
Separately, Tech:NYC, citing PitchBook, reported that NYC tech companies raised $28 billion in 2025, up 8% from 2024, while NYC-based AI companies raised $15.84 billion, up 50%. Tech:NYC also reported more than 2,000 AI startups and 40,000 AI professionals. Those measures come from a different source and scope than the city announcement, so they should not be combined as if they used one methodology. Neither citywide totals nor sector investment figures show that an individual company in LinkedIn’s ranking is profitable or a market leader. Tech:NYC’s 2025 funding figures provide the industry-context numbers.
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LinkedIn’s list is not the only way to spot emerging companies. Other 2025 programs used separate selection processes and surfaced sectors not prominent in the ten-company ranking.
Techstars’ Fall 2025 NYC cohort
In its December 5, 2025 announcement, Techstars said the cohort’s stated areas included AI infrastructure and agents; biotech, genomics, and AI drug discovery; fintech; proptech; government and intelligence or dual-use data; and supply-chain compliance. It announced investment terms of $220,000 with an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE plus 5% common stock for that cohort. These are Techstars’ terms for the Fall 2025 NYC cohort, not a general NYC startup funding benchmark. Techstars’ cohort announcement provides the details.
NYCEDC Founder Fellowship
NYCEDC selected 75 early-stage startups for its fourth Founder Fellowship cohort in 2025. The program announcement described nearly $1 million in capital commitments from private-sector partners to be invested across select startups, as well as access to industry connections, funding, mentorship, and business-development resources. This is a distinct program selection, not an extension of LinkedIn’s ranking. NYCEDC President and CEO Andrew Kimball described the program as “instrumental in driving the equitable growth of NYC’s tech startup ecosystem”; that is an attributed statement from a program advocate, not an independently measured impact finding. NYCEDC’s Founder Fellowship announcement sets out the cohort and program context.
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A ranking can help identify employers attracting attention, but it is only a starting point. Before making a career or financial decision, check what matters for your situation rather than treating rank as a substitute for due diligence.
Quick Recap
- Confirm location and role. The NYC ranking includes companies with headquarters elsewhere. Check the specific job listing for office location, remote policy, and hiring status.
- Assess the job, not the rank. Review the responsibilities, compensation, benefits, reporting structure, and the team’s stability. LinkedIn’s ranking methodology does not rate a particular role.
- Look for company-specific evidence. A company’s products, customer base, financing, and financial condition require their own dated sources; none can be inferred from placement in this list.
- For investors, separate visibility from investment merit. The ranking is not a recommendation to invest, and the disclosed ecosystem funding figures are not company-level financing data.
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