Dumbo incubator space graduates its first startup


The Polytechnic Institute of New York University’s incubator in Dumbo, which subleases discounted communal workspace to tech startups, has produced its first graduate, Crain’s reported. TENDIGI, an iPad and iPhone app developer for various industries that was one of the first starups selected for the program, has grown to six employees and left the 20 Jay Street incubator for its own space on Jay Street.

NYU-Poly opened its first incubator on Varick Street in 2009 as part of a partnership with the city’s Economic Development Corp. and Trinity Real Estate. It then opened its second Dumbo location nearly one year ago through a partnership with the EDC and Two Trees Management.

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