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