Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in New York.
Expert in all aspects of being a late-stage CFO - accounting, execution and long-term value maximization (TMT VC / Board / Wall Street Analyst / Banker / CPA)
Founder and Managing Partner of Green Visor Capital, a FinTech focused investment group.
Tech investor formerly with Bain Capital Ventures. Currently at NYC hedge fund with tech focus.
Founder, On Grid Ventures. Chairman, HBS Angels of NY. NY Angels, Business Builder/ Leader in Media/Information @nnn-1 & Times Mirror Mag/Time4; xMcKinsey
Worked at @500startups, @twilio-fund, Long-Term Capital Management, GlobeOp Financial Services • Studied at @stern-school-of-business
http://blog.pjain.me
Research-driven product development. CEO of Thrive (acq'd by Lendingtree); led a digital agency (@churnless); now building products at Hazards & Compass.
Investor; Worked at ED&F Man Capital Markets, Houlihan Lokey, AIG, ACE Ltd; CPA; Studied at Cornell University
Early-stage investor @ NeuVC.com
http://reactionwheel.net
Euro+US experience: Mobile Gaming@Caesars Interactive; Founder@Wahanda; Search@Yahoo Europe; MBA@Stanford Graduate School of Business; @Silicon Beach
Founder at Panopto, Acrobatiq, Acatar.
Chairman at Axioma, Redzone, USLiner.
GP at TL Ventures, Saturn Partners, and TNCV.
Global Head of BD & Chief Commercial Officer @ Copal Amba; Early @copal-partners ; angel investor, real estate investor; tech investment banker @piper-jaffray
Founder @gummicube, GP @Infinite Channel, founding team [bus dev+mkt] @playphone, CEO @chasma, BOD @draft-zone, Advisor @republic-project @venture51 @cellufun
http://@daveabell
Hearst Entertainment Co-President & Hearst Ventures President -- Previously: NBC Universal Chief Digital Officer; Hulu Board Member; MLB Advanced Media EVP
Product & ops at @manicube, Entrepreneurship at @columbia-university; Worked at BillGuard, @ia-ventures; Columbia JD/MBA, Michigan BBA; Actual human being
CFO / CSO @CircleLink Health & angel; former i-banker @lazard; Columbia MBA, Northwestern Engineering.
http://www.riskybitness.com
Working at @golden-gate-ventures. Organizer of WalkAboutSG, SuperHappyDevHouseSG and FailCon. Lee Kuan Yew Grad scholar and TCD ('08) alumni.
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Co-founder & Managing Partner @indicator-ventures, Photoshop lover & Guitar Player.
http://brandpartnerships.tumblr.com/
GM @usv network • Founder of @incline • Founder @gtrot ($2M Lightbank funding) • Product Dev at @american-express • Stern B.A. @new-york-university • Product • Ruby on Rails
http://www.brittanymlaughlin.com
Principal at @flying-ventures
Co-Founder of @UBD and @highlightercom. Passionate about building great companies and working with inspiring people.
http://JoshMullineaux.com
Investor and start-up junkie, interested in investing in forward-thinking entrepreneurs leveraging technology to game-changing companies.
James Bishop is a recognized expert and executive with deep knowledge of the renewable energy, cleantech and environmental finance markets.
VP, Strategy & Business Development at Broadridge. Previously with JPMorgan, Marlin & Assoc. and MongoDB in a variety of investment banking and finance roles.
founded/funded ecommerce, foodservice and distribution businesses. reformed wall st banker and mba. advisor, mentor, helper.
Renewable Energy @google, CFO at @nudgerx; previously SVP for Energy/Power late-stage private equity firm; @booth-school-of-business MBA.
Tech Exec & BizDev... At 23, developed CaseTrack software for legal • Founded 2 Startups and worked in Finance w/ Merrill Lynch • @carnegie-mellon-university-2
http://www.contractroom.com
Tech Industry Analyst @cb-insights-1 . Former investor @ Crane Partners. Diverse experiences in finance, data, & corp strat.Obsessed with tech and inefficiencies.
http://www.michaeldempsey.me
Operations @handy-1 , former CEO of Instinctiv (acquired by @soundcloud), @dartmouth-college-1, @cornell-university MBA 2010, @merrill-lynch alum
Bachelor Degree at NYU in Finance Economics; worked at StartEngine, HSBC, active angel investor in early stage startups.
Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile
Investor at Technology Crossover Ventures, ex-MS & @WilliamsCollege. Personally co-invested alongside TCV in @ActOnSoftware @minted @spotify @Swagbucks.
MD Private Securities Group @sharespost; worked @wells-fargo, @stifel-nicolaus-weisel, @canaccord-adams; attended @university-of-colorado-boulder
Andrew is a Co-Founder of @zokos. He is a @yale-university MBA and has a background in finance and marketing.
Principal at @flying-ventures
Co-Founder @solidx-partners-inc Ex @millennium-partners @ubs
VC Investor. Venture Developer. Startup Helper. Resource efficiency + distributed systems – energy + enterprise tech. Ever-curious, always learning.
VC Director @samsung-electronics MD at @hattery. Prev head of @google.org investments; BoozAllen consultant. @wharton-school MBA; Fulbright and Kauffman fellow. Food (mostly cheese) and tech geek
iOS Developer
Co-Founder @whipnik
Co-Founder @wehostels (Acquired by @studentuniverse)
CEO and co-founder of education tech/marketing, experience as COO, GM and CFO (online and offline). Worked in small-start up and large corporate environment.
http://services.intead.com/blog
Worked at @socialatom-ventures • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @pomona-college
http://www.borderlines.co
Co-Founder @shopsy • SDR @movableink • Alumnus @BostonCollege • Prev. @crowdsunite, @Second&Fourth, @crowdhut, @magnolia-ventures, @secondmarket, & @OneSchool
http://cjquinn10.tumblr.com
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.
Founder @atacama-capital-partners • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @united-states-army • Investor @activereplay, @hitch • Studied at @georgetown-university
Founder AppApp - Advanced Payment Program • Worked at @bonobos, @equinox-luxury-fitness-club • Studied at @bryant-university
Founder and Managing Partner @mesa-2, Founder and Investor @dealsheet, MBA @Wharton, JD @Penn; BA @tufts-university
Founder @homepolish • coded @buzzfeed • closed $1BN Tech M&A for @union Square Advisors • B.S. Mathematical Economics
http://willnathan.com
Co-founder of PCB:NG. Consultant to early stage companies. Background in startup (@cmp-ly @tribeca-labs) and mid-market M&A (ING Barings, TD Securities).
10 years VC
Biz Dev @triggermail • Previously Associate @techstars & Analyst @goldman-sachs • Studied @washington-university-in-st-louis • Founder @bandscramble
http://www.maxbennett.net
Founder @equityzen (@500startups Batch 7). Former Investment Professional for Hedge Fund (4 years). @barclays-capital @red-bull @tufts-university (Quant. Economics).
Serial entrepreneur in the ad-tech and social influence space. Founded ad-tech company in 2007. Went back to school; Cornell MBA 2013.
Currently: Founding Partner @tigerlabs. Previously: Business Development @banyan-water, Honorary Fellow @university-of-melbourne.
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Co-Founder @inappfuel, @familybuilder (Intelius), @sitespecific (CKS Group) • Work @VisionCapital • Studied @HBS, @university-of-pennsylvania
Principal at Evolution Media Capital, an affiliate of CAA. Co-founder of Takkle.com and early employee at kozmo.com. BA and MBA Columbia Univ.
CEO @Artivest
Previous: @rypple @clarium @stanford-law-school @stanford-graduate-school-of-business @yale-university
Founder HalfPast
CEO of Officengine.
15+ years finance experience. First Controller at Yammer & Palantir
Operations at Breather
Worked at Yahoo!, Scient, S1, Motorola. CEO (SPI Dynamics, Sold to HP).
Founder @constitution-group-llp • Worked at @carrington-fox • Studied at @london-school-of-economics, @university-of-vermont
UCSD grad, 3 + years of accounting experience, have worked in both public and private accounting, looking to return to Southern California
Global Wealth & Investment Management @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch | Marketing Director@music-for-tomorrow |
Worked at @opensky, @saks-fifth-avenue • Studied at @columbia-university, @oxford-university
Co-Founded Dinesty LLC - @DinestyCity, Advisor @fandunk, Worked at @madison-square-garden, Investor @delectable, @thefuture-fm, @university-of-wisconsin-madison
Revenue @kixeye • Previously Investment Banker @needham-company , @j-p-morgan-1 , @merrill-lynch • Studied Economics @berkeley • Love to rock climb and ride bikes
Investor @delectable, @campus-bubble, @thefuture-fm, @LoveBack, @ SIMPLENIGHT, Applied Stat @university-of-rochester, DOI @booz-allen-hamilton
Founder/CEO of SeniorReports. Corp Dev / Strategy at GE, Sopogy, ALEX. Veteran Officer @USAirForce. Cornell Computer Science + MBA.
http://talziv.me
West Point, Tuck MBA, investment banking
Sales @appnexus, M&A @ubs-investment-bank. MIT Sloan MBA, Brown AB
Audit/accounting professional (and former TechStars program associate) seeking change - looking for engaging & creative career opportunities w/NYC startups!
CEO @ministore, Llaunched nat'l magazine at 20, diverse engineer, backed by NY Angels ran edu and gaming start ups with exits. Fluent in startup.
http://about.me/lifestander
Worked at @goldman-sachs, @ibm
Founder @ Jina Ventures, Contributor @ CNBC, PE Secondaries, VC Investor, Conqueror of Obstacles.
Strong financial services background (Alcentra NY and Lazard). Graduated from Amherst College with a Music degree.
Expansion @instacart; Founder @footprint-free-1 & @BiketotheBeach; Studied at @university-of-notre-dame & @darden-graduate-school-of-business-administration
UCLA Business Economics grad w/ minor in Accounting. Strong business and sales background with an emphasis in the foreign exchange and tech. Passionate about working hard, obsessed with succeeding. Worked at FXCM (NYSE: FXCM), SynergyFX, and Active Ne
Private tech investor, seed round investor in Atmospheir