silicon alley, centered in manhattan, has evolved metonym sphere encompassing new york city metropolitan region s high tech industries, including internet, new media, telecommunications, digital media, software development, biotechnology, game design, financial technology (fintech), , other fields within information technology supported area s entrepreneurship ecosystem , venture capital investments. of 2014, new york city hosted 300,000 employees in tech sector. in 2015, silicon alley generated on us$7.3 billion in venture capital investment, based in manhattan, in brooklyn, queens, , elsewhere in region. high technology startup companies , employment growing in manhattan , across new york city, bolstered city s emergence global node of creativity , entrepreneurship, social tolerance, , environmental sustainability, new york s position leading internet hub , telecommunications center in north america, including vicinity several transatlantic fiber optic trunk lines, city s intellectua...