Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in New York.
Entrepreneur and Seed Investor. Named Top 100 Angel Investors by CBInsights. 1st Internet Exit in 2000. As CEO guided Public Company growth and exit in 2008.
Worked at @venrock, @matrix-partners • Investor @gilt-groupe, @care • Studied at @stanford-university, @oxford-university
Founder at Panopto, Acrobatiq, Acatar.
Chairman at Axioma, Redzone, USLiner.
GP at TL Ventures, Saturn Partners, and TNCV.
2020 Ventures. 20+ years building & investing in online consumer retail, media and finance companies in the US & China.
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Worked at @softbank-capital, @outbrain, @aol • Studied at @duke-university, @columbia-university
http://joshguttman.com
General Partner Rubicon VC, Co-Chairman @gtownangels, Worked at @citigroup, @overseas-private-investment-corporation-opic, Studied at @georgetown-university, @boston-university
http://www.rubicon.vc/blog
Partner @ TOMS Capital LLC
Previously:
Managing Director at Tigris Financial Group Ltd.
Managing Director at Rhodium
Portfolio Manager, Equities, Scoggin Capital. 17 year hedge fund investor. Tech, media, telecom focus. IPO experience. Angel investor and advisor.
Enterprise tech investor, focused on early-stage digital media, imagery, mobile, data, communications, and financial services.
Founder @opprtunity • Athlete. Latvian-American. Entrepreneur. Investor: @memsql @plangrid @human @airhelp @whale-path
http://www.janiskrums.com
President at @expansion-venture-capital
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
@ldv-labs, @ldv-capital, Founder @digital-railroad, Mentor: 500startups, Seedcamp, NYSeed, Tetuan Valley [Madrid] , Mindthebridge.org [Italy], Techpeaks
Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.
London NY; investor @fundersclub @yourmechanic @life360 @jawbone @beep @spatch @equityzen @airhelp @vastrm , mentor@Techstars BarclaysAccel @fundersclub panel
GM @ Uber NYC. Previously Lot18, Covestor, and CollegeHumor/BustedTees.
Entrepreneur/Investor/Advisor @sierramaya360 @full-color-games @youbetme @paradine @ecampus-ventures @kydaemos @skycatch @mattermark
http://www.theamishshah.com
Entrepreneur • Investor • Advisor
• @booz-company and @accenture
• Mentor at Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center, Columbia Business School
Works @collaborative-fund • Founder @playful-data, @sojo-studios, @tigertag
Currently CEO @snaps-2. Formerly investing and biz @airtime and @k2-media-labs. Founded @crowdstream-acquired-by-radioio.
http://heyitscb.com
Founder @ @mytopia, @particle-code
Angel Investor
Ops and finance at @livefyre; Venture Associate at @greycroftvc; former strategy consultant and engineer; @dukeu alum; lover of the interwebs
Founder @ando-media • SVP @draftkings • problem solver, thinker, gamer, angel, terrible chef.
Founder @brainient • Investor @stylitics, @blend-1, @digital-catalyst-fund, @kahla
http://emigal.com
CEO / Founder @springleap;
CoFounder evly (acquired);
Designed 16 mobile phones (acquired);
M&G Top 200 South Africans;
Old Mutual top 36 Entrepreneurs
http://www.startuphat.com
Principal @ Lerer Ventures, Founding Team at Altruik, Advertising Strategy @ Time Warner, Investor at DFJ Gotham, Advisor to Gyft, MakrPlace and Visual Revenue
Vice President, iCapital Network | Special Advisor, Panorama Point Partners | Fmr Director, Mosaic | Fmr Goldman Sachs PSI | Founder, NextGenEngage
Co-founder of Premise Data Corporation. Founding CEO of Metamarkets. Agoniste.
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
VC @firstmark-capital
http://www.tumblr.com/sutiandong
Director at PLT Health Solutions, Angel Investor, and Entrepreneur.
3 IPOs, 6 M&A exits out of 20 startups: @tubemogul @rafter @cafepress @bookrenter @rxmatch @intellisync : Ex-CEO @rafter , Ex @cafepress : UC Berkeley, Stanford
General Partner Rubicon Venture Capital / Author The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital (McGraw Hill) Twitter: @RomansVentures www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
http://rubicon.vc/blog/
Worked at @500startups, @twilio-fund, Long-Term Capital Management, GlobeOp Financial Services • Studied at @stern-school-of-business
http://blog.pjain.me
Alum @harvard-university, Investor @general-catalyst-partners, Co-Founder @RoughDraft.vc. Formerly @skillshare + @collaborative-fund + @bad-boy-entertainment
https://medium.com/@badboyboyce
VC @chicago-ventures Young Entrepreneur @foundation-capital
Chicago Booth MBA, @KauffmanFellow
Founding Partner at @nxtp-labs
http://gonzalo-costa.tumblr.com/
MD @magnetik-partners and Venture Partner @boldstart-ventures . Former CEO @attributor, President at @digimarc Guardian and VP @yahoo.
Worked at @real-capital-analytics, @toll-brothers • Investor @genius, @compstak • Studied at @cornell-university
Founder @SolidX. Founder @Bitbitrage LLC: Crypto prop trading. Functional programming expert. Worked @JaneStreet in tech. CS engineering @ Penn 2004.
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
@pick1 CEO "Know Your Customers" part of @startupchile @500startups @singularity-university-labs ~ Serendipity Innovator believing in Exponential Growth
http://paoloprivitera.com
Co-Founded SpeedDate and grew to 20M users. Now running new startup and advising companies. Previously at Stanford, Columbia, and IBM
President & owner @AmeriDental, partner @TheLocalHostels, and director @SurgeForWater.
Exec. Chairman and Co-founder of LX Ventures. We build businesses by launching, integrating and acquiring early-stage, high-growth technology companies.
Founded and sold a couple startups, helping others with big dreams make it happen while still pursuing mine. Also, a Partner at CrunchFund.
Founder of FS Ventures, investor in @one, @producteev, @labotec, @pixowl, @open-garden, @celtrek, @pikchur @Vinio...and much more.
http://www.florianseroussi.com/
Sr. Managing Director at Starr Investment Holdings, former Managing Director & Partner at @goldman-sachs
FOUNDER.org is an investor and company building program for student entrepreneurs who are solving big problems.
Founder @ngmoco, CEO of ngmoco 2008-2012, working on Next. Investing with best friend & ngmoco founding partner Bob Stevenson, through LLL Capital
Product @myfitnesspal . Founder @sessions-2 (Acq. '13) & @we-are-hunted (acq. Twitter '11). @rock_health '12. Team @ @boxee & @startmate-exploration-fund .
http://nickcroocker.tumblr.com
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for Media Li²ght Entertainment , BitCoin India, Nonlinear Film Technology and The Exchange Visionary Laboratories,
Runs @prunderground-com @eatopia-com @madison-square-ventures-llc; @propertyshark @umt-software @stanford-university @university-of-california-los-angeles
Founder @elearning-mind • Early Employee at @axial • Founder @olark, Y Combinator Alum
http://eLearningMind.com/blog/
Founder at Edge Harris Ventures, Transmitive • Worked @signl • Early investor @dataminr, @artivest
Worked at @redwood-capital-management • Investor @versa, @embrace • Studied at @stanford-university, @wharton-school
Founder/ Marketer/ Investor/ Stanford MBA, Startup Marketing/ Growth Hacking Expert, TPG Growth, VP of Marketing, Founder/ CEO Vixey
http://www.jennifereident.tumblr.com
Founder & CEO at Misk.com. I also invest in startups.
MD of India Internet Group (early stage India-focused fund). Founder @findable.in. MBA-MPA from Wharton/Harvard and ex-McKinsey.
http://www.anirudhsuri.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
Partner @swiss-commerce, Investor @retailmls / @clickandsend / @ask-a-nerd, @heavenlysinful
Co-founder RedOwl Analytics. @usmc vet, @hbs alum, @harvard-university alum
Founder of Walden Woods Property Management and Walden Woods Holdings.
Serial enterpreneur, angel investor and mentor passionate about "what's next" and new technologies disrupting the world
Founder @atacama-capital-partners • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @united-states-army • Investor @activereplay, @hitch • Studied at @georgetown-university
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
Founder @tribal-vc in Dublin. Investor with @intercom-1, @pagefair @startupbootcamp, @balconytv @propelad & others. @kfp
Founder, Managing Partner @brooklyn-incubator member @new-york-angels; previously PE/HF investor @jpmorgan-partners @altima Partners @Linzor Capital; @columbia-university grad