Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in New York.
Entrepreneur and Early-Stage Investor. Board @avx-aircraft and Former @crocs
General Partner @boldstart-ventures
http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eliot-durbin
Chris works directly with Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Ron Burkle to manage their venture capital fund, A-Grade Investments.
Partner at @qventures
Early Stage Investor at @accel-partners. BA/MA from @stanford-university. Formerly at @opentable, @facebook & @yahoo-news
Early Stage Investor in NYC.
Managing Partner @great-oaks-venture-capital Venture Partner @idg-accel • Investor @Invite Media, @trulia, @stubhub, @olapic, @Flatiron Health. @course-hero
Founder and Managing Partner @white-star-capital • Investor @betaworks, @science, @execution-labs, @bloglovin, @dollar-shave-club
partner at @collaborative-fund
http://kanyi.tumblr.com
Venture capitalist, Partner at @lerer-ventures, entrepreneur, media executive (ex-CEO of @the-huffington-post, ex-CEO of Ziff-Davis), passionate about the oceans
Frequent-flyer-mile-collector, sushi addict. Founding Partner and Chairman at @undercurrent, Publisher of @joshspear-com, Valet.com Young Global Leader
Partner at MESA+, Managing Partner at MESA
Founded Moat, founding investor Right Media (sold to @yahoo); Investor in 30+ startups
President at @expansion-venture-capital
Co-Founder & COO at @expansion-venture-capital • Investor @postmates @relayrides @life360 @angellist @therealreal @firebase @engrade @compstak and + many more
Venture Partner @general-catalyst-partners. Managing Director @slow Ventures Seed Fund. First 10 employees @facebook . @wall-street-journal Columnist.
Head of @bdmi, New Yorker, media guy, nerd, frequent traveler, tweeting @ucete
Trader of Oil Futures, Entrepreneur, and Angel Investor
Studied @ UPENN @ Temple Law
Managing Partner of High Line Venture Partners, a NY based venture fund focused on early stage investments. Former SVP at IAC.
Cofounder @wildcard, Cofounder @hyperpublic (acq GRPN), Venture Partner at @lerer-ventures.
http://jordancooper.wordpress.com/
Managing partner at @k5vp.and Bayspring Group.
Board Member and Emeritus President at @tech-coast-angels. Passionate product and go-to-market strategist
General Partner at Vast Ventures.
Founder and CEO @kanvas. General Partner @EniacVentures.
http://www.aportfolioofone.com
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of @slated . General Partner of @actarus-funds. Co-founder and Chairman of PalmStar Entertainment. Co-founder of @theglobe-com
Founder and Managing Director at @qventures, reFounder and CEO at @matchbook. Venezolano.
Founder & Exec Chair @localresponse, GP @ @eniac-ventures, GP @india-internet-group. 14+ years experience investing and operating across the mobile ecosystem.
Early stage venture capitalist at http://www.ffvc.com
http://any.biz
Mobile Tech Seed Investor - Founding Partner @eniac-ventures. Two time entrepreneur @vlingo & @thumb
Founder/CTO @real-media (acq by 24/7-WPP). CTO @tacoda (acq by AOL). Founder/Managing Partner @genacast-ventures, technology seed fund w/exits to @google & @adobe
Partner at MentorTech Ventures, investing in students, faculty members, technologies and alumni of UPenn. Wharton alum.
Founder @moat, Right Media board member/investor.
Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed. Ballet dancer of ~25 yrs. Go Bears.
http://christinetsai.co
Investor in @birchbox, @chloe-isabel, @harry's, @kiwi-crate, @stellaservice, @doubledutch, @retailigence, @zozi, @peloton-cycle
http://mitchellcandrew.wordpress.com
Managing Director at NYC Seed
Managing Partner Reinmkr Inc.
Investor in Betterment, Vidyard, Curebit, Adstage, FOBO, TaptoLearn & Multiple YC Companies.
Building @makespace. Brooklyn. Tech. Father of twins and a puggle named Samosa. Previously @high-peaks-venture-partners @aol
Founder @consigliere-brand-capital
Principal MI Ventures
Founder, @vision-ventures
Founder @boxgroup • Founder @spring-3 • Worked at @techstars • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania, @new-york-university • Angel Investor @boxgroup
http://blog.davidtisch.com
@brooklyn-bridge-ventures, formerly at First Round Capital
http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/
Principal at @bdmi
Managing Director - @techstars
http://www.nearlynicole.com
Venture builder. Partner at Kepha. Previously, Bain, Highland, Yale, Harvard. Blog at jtangoVC.com.
Co-Founder and Partner at @nextview-ventures. Previously VC at Spark Capital.
http://www.robgo.org/
Investor in @invite-media, @vitrue, @demdex, @jiwire, @visible-world, @tidaltv, @blackarrow, @giant-realm, @linkshare.
Founder, Resolute Ventures. Professional seed investor for 14 years. Investments include Automattic, MessageMe, Homejoy, Barkbox, KISSmetrics, Quantcast
http://www.vcmike.wordpress.com/
Founding Partner @sierramaya360, Principal @kgn-holdings-llc . Advisor @full-color-games, @hang-w, Member @investors-collaborative , Board Observer Xand
http://www.kgnhllc.com
Investor in @seatgeek, @chai-labs, @stellaservice, @ordergroove, @gamechanger, @optify, @catchafire, @scrollmotion. Advisor to @cognection.
General Partner at Bowery Capital
http://www.mikebrownjr.com
Technology Risk Management.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-Audit-Security-2359303/about
Founder & Managing Partner, @magnolia-ventures,
Partner @secondmarket (until Jan. 2011)
Founding Partner @500startups. previous: @paypal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, @mint.com, SimplyHired. Geek, entrepreneur, marketer, investor, Sith Lord.
http://500hats.com/
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Founder @conversion-capital
Team member of @first-round-capital.
http://www.sneakerheadvc.com/
Worked at Apple, Activision, SGI, Microsoft. Have been helping seed stage companies since 1998
Managing Partner at @rre-ventures
Partner at Laconia Ventures and Operating Venture Capital, Board Member of Wymsee and Advisor to C3 Metrics.
Investor and incubator of start-ups at CAA. Former VC in Tel Aviv.
Principal at @oatv. Former trader at Jane Street Capital.
VC @ @silicon-badia
Board member -IVN, @localytics & NY Angels; Investor-SetJam (sold to MOT), @localytics, InStream, TruTouch, @akiban, @mobideo, @clippr, @altruik, 1KMuseums, @sociocast
Hacker-in-Residence at @qventures. @hackny alum. Formerly at @foursquare, @okcupid.
Founder and Managing Director at @entrepreneurs-roundtable-accelerator, Author of "Location Aware Applications", Serial Technology Entrepreneur
http://holoscape.com
Been in a startup, ran a seed fund and now a VC, but an entrepreneur at heart. A Canadian who lived in the Silicon Valley and took it back home with him.
http://onceabeekeeper.com
Co-Founder, SVP Strategic Alliances at @mojiva (acquired by @pubmatic); Advisor @wakefield-media.
Blazer Ventures
Startup Consultant and Investor
Visionary Punk, Founder of @haxlr8r ; Partner @sosventures-1. Most prolific investor in hardware (70+). Sometimes cowork w/ coconuts.
Founder at @exfm. Startup veteran (@real-media, @tacoda, @etsy). Active angel investor.
http://winenutnyc.tumblr.com
PR consultant & investor. Founding partner at seed stage fund Liberty City Ventures; worked at Brew Media Relations, Edelman and Text 100; BA from Yale.
Founder @red-sea-ventures , Founder @epok • Worked at @cbs, @white-case • Investor @Always Prepped, @sweetgreen
Founder of @arbinet, @groundlink, @transit-wireless, @comgates, @elematics. Investor in 61 startups. $350m raised for 7 startups over $1b in exits to date.
http://www.governingdynamics.com/blog.html
Co-Chariman Evaluation Committee - ARC Angel Fund
Reitler Advisory Group
Chairman - Servicechannel.com
Founder and Managing Partner Odeon Capital Partners - 1999 - 2009
VP Cheyenne Software, Computer Associates
Senior Vice President, North American Sales at @efficient-frontier
Founder/Managing Partner @scout-ventures; early-stage VC focused on media, tech, and entertainment. Focused on great people; @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management '01; USMA '94; Airborne Ranger
Sigma Partners & JEGI Capital (Partner), @webline-communications (Cisco), Stream International, IBM / DNB, Harvard MBA
First Angel Investor and Co-founder in Tuenti (sold to Telefonica), @border-stylo, and @youzee
Investor. CEO of @bolurfrushan-international-group. GM & CFO of @rak-petroleum. Ex- @goldman-sachs. Harvard MBA. Global Shaper @ WEF. @CMU Masters in Info.Sys.
Managing Director, Zynik Capital • Founder & CEO at @noble-iron • Studied at @harvard-university University & @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @northwestern-university
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Investor and entrepreneur. Managing Partner @Centralway-AG . Co-founder @Sandbox-Network and Solosso. @lse
VP of Eng @guidepoint-global, Investor: @abacus @cratejoy @addy @beneath-the-ink @inmoji @jukely @myvr @spatch @sendhub @pick1 @breeze
Dad, founder, angel, vc, technology evangelist, dealmaker, Virginia Tech and @uunet Alumni, travel, motorcycle and cuisine lover. Dad.
http://www.fortify.vc/blog
Investor • Advisor • Founder • Worked: @google @doubleclick @clear-channel-radio • 13 Ironmans (2x Kona World Champs) and Counting.
In 22nd year of venture and growth investing. Invested in the US, Asia and Europe. Multiple IPOs and trade sales. Focused on tech and tech-enabled cos.
http://www.ramanan.com
Entrepreneur at heart. Passionate Technologist. Founder @dandelion . Previously @mojiva and @mocean-mobile (acquired), raised over $45 million
Angel Investor, real estate develop/design/build firm, art collector.
Angel · TJNS Capital · New York City · Columbia University
Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures Israel
Managing Director, NYU Innovation Venture Fund. @rimalovski
http://nyue.org
Media Futurist, Media & Tech Analyst, BTIG in NYC, formerly Goldman Sachs & Pali Capital. Angel investor in TMT sector.
Hi, I'm Lucas Nelson a Principal at Gotham Ventures (fka. DFJ Gotham) and a startup junkie.
CEO of @GetNuCivic; advisor to @piston-cloud-computing-inc, Civic Commons, Open Plans; previously NASA CoLab, Trellon, and Goodstorm (@zazzle)
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Early stage edtech. Founder + Managing Director @socraticlabs, Ex-Mg Dir @rak-tech-fund, @georgetown-university JD/MBA dropout, @grockit alum.
CEO / Founder of @dave-partners, LLC
Worked at @jefferies, @hsbc
VC at Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund. Partner at DreamIt Ventures. Ex-AOL, Ex-Thomson. Studied at @duke, NC State
http://williamcrowder.vc
Founder @4chan
http://chrishateswriting.com
Building @stockup. Thinking End Game. Formerly @bond, @waze, @gowalla, & @marquis-jet. Trustee @exosphere .
http://blogs.forbes.com/andyellwood/
Co-Founder of @pixie-scientific, inspired by two daughters • Co-founder of @infrasearch, acquired by @sun-microsystems • Studied Computer Science @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder @wallflowerme • Studied at @brown-university
Founder @PALcapital, @palgenesis, @nxtp-labs • Worked at @bear-stearns-co-inc • Studied at @emory-university, @vassar-college
http://www.palgenesis.com/blog/
VC Investor @romulus-capital & Student @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
Neil Anderson is an international technology strategist and early stage equity investor and currently works between San Francisco and London.
Founding Partner at [212]MEDIA. Currently CEO and Co-Founder of @speakaboos. Co-founded three other [212]MEDIA ventures: Saavn, @leagueapps and @snakblox.
Associate at kbs+ Ventures, the investment arm of the advertising agency kbs+, focusing on early-stage investing in marketing technology.
Angel investor and Founder/Managing Partner of Talent Equity Ventures, seed stage VC investing in HRtech and EDtech; Senior Partner, Ward Howell
Upstate NY Startup Enthusiast The deals and the magic are here! (yes... in Upstate NY)
Lux Capital
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.
MP of Anicca Ventures, BofD of Snibbe Interactive, xEIR of Inspirit Ventures, xCEO of Weatherista, xCEO of AdLocal (acquired by Yahoo JP), xVP Bizz Dev, Marcom
Award Winning Entrepreneur and Developer. Fmr SVP Cloud @datapipe . Advisor, investor, operator in cloud, security, and video.
http://techcloud.com
Founder CEO @copromote
Strong entrepreneurial/digital media background
Business development, management, entertainment marketing, and advertising.
.
http://blog.copromote.com
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
President, Crescent Ridge Partners. Med Device VC & Startup experience.
Founder of @surre-al. Managing Partner, @atventure-us. Founding CEO of @cellufun, founder of S&G, Syberion and Spiderphone.
• Strategy, Marketing and Product
• Worked at @mastercard, @paypal and @ebay
• Invested in @golden-gate-ventures
• Studied at @middlesex-university and @neoma
Founded BrandProject to help talented founders build disruptive consumer brands. (Founder CEO Virgin Mobile, President LEGO, GM Nike, Dr Pepper 7UP, Colgate)
http://www.brandproject.com/blog
US and India-based early stage fund that invests in India-focused internet/mobile startups.
Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile
Serial entrepreneur with a US Army officer background. Financial investor, real estate investor, direct sales expert, and retail establishment owner.
Managing Director of Camber Creek, a corporate venture fund. President of Ops for Real Estate Portfolio.
Co-Founder @Xfund. EIR @HSEAS. Educated @harvard. Born and raised in South Africa.
Principal at family investment vehicle and corporate attorney • Investor @open-english @partender @natel-energy
Founder @fresh-4 • Worked at China's #1 VC firm @SCGC • Investor @fiscalnote, @vessel @eaze • 1100 lbs Club at @princeton
Member at Banyan. Partner at @indicator-fund. Advisor to @robinhood. Seed investor to great people with exceptional ideas in Tech and Quant Trading.
http://www.indicatorfund.com
Founder @localmaven-com, @signature-systems-group • @highland-products-group. Investor @localmaven-com, @market7 • Studied @cornell-university, @stern-school-of-business
VC @rre-ventures; @harvard-business-school MBA '14; @university-of-california-berkeley '08
Founder of Yoxi. Entrepreneur. Investor. Philanthropist. Architect. Designer. Strategist. Foodie. Travel addict. All above labels slightly inaccurate
IT professional, Entrepreneur and seed stage Investor.
15 years of experience in IT.
Co-founder and President at @itechart.
Partner of Angel Round Capital Fund
Associate at @launchcapital
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Founder @actinic-ventures • Investor @localbonus, @tapfame • Studied at @columbia-university
Managing Partner, NextStage Capital, L.P.
Entrepreneur and Angel • Worked at @twitter, @google, @venrock • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Founder @brandproject • Worked at @cadbury-schweppes, @diageo • Investor @brika-1, @surfeasy • Studied at @queen-s-university, @southern-methodist-university
Entrepreneur, Investor, Accelerator. Founder, @21212; CCO at Sling; VP of Digital at MTV; CCO at @complex-media; Founder of Platform Network; Founder of Tagworks
CEO & Managing Partner @startup-health
Serial Entrepreneur/Earliest Stage Investor-Founded Freelotto/Qool/Power.com (sites founded acquired 100+ million users & reached $1.7 billion peak marketvalue)
Investor in @speakaboos, @saavn.
Founder, Managing Partner @brooklyn-incubator member @new-york-angels; previously PE/HF investor @jpmorgan-partners @altima Partners @Linzor Capital; @columbia-university grad
Worked at @bdmi • Early Stage Investor • Studied at @middlebury-college
Co-Founder and CEO @codecademy, Venture Partner @bowery-capital
CEO of Backstage and Sonicbids - Angel Investor looking to make ~5 investments per year.
EIR @two Sigma Ventures and CEO @bowery-financial
former @opera Solutions, @stocktwits, @Social Leverage, @greylock-partners; @insead-1, @cornell-university
http://www.weissben.com
Founder @nowpublic-com, @webpool • Worked at @register-com, @growlabs, @afternic-com • Studied at @queen-s-university
http://Www.Tippett.org
Venture capitalist, investor, entrepreneur, writer, boatrocker
founded/funded ecommerce, foodservice and distribution businesses. reformed wall st banker and mba. advisor, mentor, helper.
VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup
Associate at Lerer Hippeau Ventures
MBA, Columbia University
Managing Director at @Beamonte Investments.
Building the future of TV @ Samsung. Previously: Product @shelby-tv, Advisor at @br-venture-fund, @cornell-university and @vanderbilt-university grad.
http://chriskurdziel.com
Entrepreneur, Investor
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tigerlabs
Owner, FastOrbit.com, LLC
Founder, Uprise Ventures (@UpriseVC)
Polaris Partners
McKinsey & Company
Goldman Sachs
Harvard Business School
Investor in @localvox-media, @win-systems-international.
Partner, CFO, CCO at Capital E Advisors Inc
General Partner at Imagine Ventures
Currently: Founding Partner @tigerlabs. Previously: Business Development @banyan-water, Honorary Fellow @university-of-melbourne.
Founder and builder of companies. Angel investor now running small pre-venture fund. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business.
http://drewsanocki.com/
Co-Founder of FundingPost, FP Angels and ARC Angel Fund
Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.com
Partner @fundersguild • Editor @FundersDigest • Addicted to the Future
http://lnkd.in/cKGsrA
Investor in @freshplanet, @racktivity, @stribe, @novapost, @avendeo, @meninvest.
Analyst Digital Economy Ventures
Founder @benbria
Ed Tech seed investor @edtechfund Founder of The EdTech Fund
Co-founder Hedge Fund, Algorithmic Trader
Investor, Intellectual Property Guru, Smithsonian Laureate CTO at @Majestyk -- founder @instantservice (now Oracle), VirtualOR (now Swedish Medical) -- ingk.com/d
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for Media Li²ght Entertainment , BitCoin India, Nonlinear Film Technology and The Exchange Visionary Laboratories,
Co-Founder @neo Ideo, @goviral • CEO at @ The Huffington Post and Angel investor.
Founder of diayin.com and rankmarks.com
http://blog.xhlin.com
Investment Analyst at @quotidian-ventures + Project Manager @matchbook. Formerly @burning-mill-records + General Assembly.
http://blog.jamielynnroth.com
Partner at @Lux-Capital, @General Motors • Investor @sibeam, @Silicon Clocks • Studied at @berkeley, @ucla
http://www.luxcapital.com/blog/
http://tlclabs.co
Former Biglaw, Big4, GC and Executive. Assisted in sale of Weather Central to Weather Channel; 1st Place in WI Business Plan Contest-IT Category. MACC and JD.
Entrepreneur, Angel, Early-Stage VC, Pervasive Group and L&M Media Founder, INE Ventures, Gaingels Syndicate, Blue Jay Syndicate, Jumpstart, Golden Seeds
Analyst @lerer-ventures
Managing Director, Startup Labs, SF based VC fund
Senior BD/Evangelist, Toptal.com
Managing Partner, Eastlabs, Kyiv, Ukraine based seed accelerator fund
http://www.startuplabs.org
Managing Entrepreneurial Officer @ Cornell Tech;
Seed Stage Investor;
@br-venture-fund, COO;
GFI Group;
Goldman Sachs
Connecting front line school district executives with best in class emerging technologies.
Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Associate at @monthly-ventures-1 , Software Architect turned Agency GM / CIO / CDO, Founder of Digital Boss.
http://www.startupmonthly.com/
Serial entrepreneur in the ad-tech and social influence space. Founded ad-tech company in 2007. Went back to school; Cornell MBA 2013.
Investor at @china-growth-capital, Worked @pebble , @microsoft and @lattice-engines, Studied @nyu-stern-school-of-business, Advisor @ several startups in NY.
http://www.nyc-ceo.com
Manager@Techstars, MBA@Georgetown, Specializes in K-20 education, early-stage edtech, & emerging market ecosystems. Passionate about growing learning companies.
Media economist, chairman @media-advisory-group. Invests in early stage companies that advance media ecosystem. Editor @jack-myers-media-business-report.
Worked at Yahoo!, Scient, S1, Motorola. CEO (SPI Dynamics, Sold to HP).
Venture Partner (Governing Dynamics); GM, Mobile (@groundlink). Israeli Activist (Act For Israel). Dad (Ella).
Entrepreneur, Social media junkie, Author, Bitcoin enthusiast.
Entrepreneur since 2002, owner of web development firm @dginteractive as well as several startups.
Finance, tech and media. Founder @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt @l-o-a-f
Executive, Entrepreneur and Advisor
Will not sleep until code is perfect. Former back-ender at Varien (now Magento)
Sr. Associate at @lerer-ventures
Founder @kita-capital, @sharewave-1 • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @deutsche-bank, @etrade • Studied at @syracuse-university
Online acquisition expert, Digital start-up founder, Investor, Recognized results
Upenn/Wharton BS 2003, started in electronic trading at Goldman and just rejoined firm. Senior member of KCG last. Work with early stage FinTech companies.
Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor. Computer/Data Scientist. MS @new-york-university, @HBOGO, Comcast, @fullscreen @datasimple
Managing Partner @dapps-fund-i
Board Member @mastercoin-foundation
ED @bitangels
Triple Major('10) & MS Engineering ('12) @johns-hopkins-university
Past: Co-President, Stanford Alumni Angels East. Founded/Exited Cause TV, Inc. Stanford '04. NYU Stern MBA '11. Deloitte Consulting. Pfizer M&A Finance.
http://jonolsen.tumblr.com
Investor in @vizibility, @iotum.
Director of Galvanize Ventures - Former Director of Operations at Lerer Ventures
Co-founder of Managed by Q. Partner at venture development firm Prehype.
Founder @clippership-international • Investor @casetext, @lean-startup-machine