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