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