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
Venture capitalist, Partner at @lerer-ventures, entrepreneur, media executive (ex-CEO of @the-huffington-post, ex-CEO of Ziff-Davis), passionate about the oceans
Trader of Oil Futures, Entrepreneur, and Angel Investor
Studied @ UPENN @ Temple Law
Founded Moat, founding investor Right Media (sold to @yahoo); Investor in 30+ startups
Founder and Managing Partner @white-star-capital • Investor @betaworks, @science, @execution-labs, @bloglovin, @dollar-shave-club
Managing Partner @great-oaks-venture-capital Venture Partner @idg-accel • Investor @Invite Media, @trulia, @stubhub, @olapic, @Flatiron Health. @course-hero
Venture Partner @general-catalyst-partners. Managing Director @slow Ventures Seed Fund. First 10 employees @facebook . @wall-street-journal Columnist.
Managing Partner of High Line Venture Partners, a NY based venture fund focused on early stage investments. Former SVP at IAC.
Chris works directly with Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Ron Burkle to manage their venture capital fund, A-Grade Investments.
Early Stage Investor in NYC.
Frequent-flyer-mile-collector, sushi addict. Founding Partner and Chairman at @undercurrent, Publisher of @joshspear-com, Valet.com Young Global Leader
Head of @bdmi, New Yorker, media guy, nerd, frequent traveler, tweeting @ucete
Entrepreneur and Early-Stage Investor. Board @avx-aircraft and Former @crocs
Partner at MESA+, Managing Partner at MESA
partner at @collaborative-fund
http://kanyi.tumblr.com
Early Stage Investor at @accel-partners. BA/MA from @stanford-university. Formerly at @opentable, @facebook & @yahoo-news
President at @expansion-venture-capital
General Partner @boldstart-ventures
http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eliot-durbin
Partner at @qventures
Managing Director at NYC Seed
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 CEO @kanvas. General Partner @EniacVentures.
http://www.aportfolioofone.com
Managing Partner Reinmkr Inc.
Investor in Betterment, Vidyard, Curebit, Adstage, FOBO, TaptoLearn & Multiple YC Companies.
Investor in @birchbox, @chloe-isabel, @harry's, @kiwi-crate, @stellaservice, @doubledutch, @retailigence, @zozi, @peloton-cycle
http://mitchellcandrew.wordpress.com
Founder @consigliere-brand-capital
Managing partner at @k5vp.and Bayspring Group.
Board Member and Emeritus President at @tech-coast-angels. Passionate product and go-to-market strategist
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
Cofounder @wildcard, Cofounder @hyperpublic (acq GRPN), Venture Partner at @lerer-ventures.
http://jordancooper.wordpress.com/
Founder & Exec Chair @localresponse, GP @ @eniac-ventures, GP @india-internet-group. 14+ years experience investing and operating across the mobile ecosystem.
Partner at MentorTech Ventures, investing in students, faculty members, technologies and alumni of UPenn. Wharton alum.
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
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.
Mobile Tech Seed Investor - Founding Partner @eniac-ventures. Two time entrepreneur @vlingo & @thumb
Founder and Managing Director at @qventures, reFounder and CEO at @matchbook. Venezolano.
Principal MI Ventures
Early stage venture capitalist at http://www.ffvc.com
http://any.biz
Venture builder. Partner at Kepha. Previously, Bain, Highland, Yale, Harvard. Blog at jtangoVC.com.
Principal at @bdmi
Team member of @first-round-capital.
http://www.sneakerheadvc.com/
Investor in @invite-media, @vitrue, @demdex, @jiwire, @visible-world, @tidaltv, @blackarrow, @giant-realm, @linkshare.
Founding Partner @500startups. previous: @paypal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, @mint.com, SimplyHired. Geek, entrepreneur, marketer, investor, Sith Lord.
http://500hats.com/
Managing Partner at @rre-ventures
Founder @boxgroup • Founder @spring-3 • Worked at @techstars • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania, @new-york-university • Angel Investor @boxgroup
http://blog.davidtisch.com
Investor in @seatgeek, @chai-labs, @stellaservice, @ordergroove, @gamechanger, @optify, @catchafire, @scrollmotion. Advisor to @cognection.
Founder @conversion-capital
Founder, Resolute Ventures. Professional seed investor for 14 years. Investments include Automattic, MessageMe, Homejoy, Barkbox, KISSmetrics, Quantcast
http://www.vcmike.wordpress.com/
General Partner at Bowery Capital
http://www.mikebrownjr.com
Worked at Apple, Activision, SGI, Microsoft. Have been helping seed stage companies since 1998
Co-Founder and Partner at @nextview-ventures. Previously VC at Spark Capital.
http://www.robgo.org/
@brooklyn-bridge-ventures, formerly at First Round Capital
http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.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 & Managing Partner, @magnolia-ventures,
Partner @secondmarket (until Jan. 2011)
Technology Risk Management.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-Audit-Security-2359303/about
Founding Partner @sierramaya360, Principal @kgn-holdings-llc . Advisor @full-color-games, @hang-w, Member @investors-collaborative , Board Observer Xand
http://www.kgnhllc.com
Managing Director - @techstars
http://www.nearlynicole.com
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/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.
Co-Founder, SVP Strategic Alliances at @mojiva (acquired by @pubmatic); Advisor @wakefield-media.
Founder and Managing Director at @entrepreneurs-roundtable-accelerator, Author of "Location Aware Applications", Serial Technology Entrepreneur
http://holoscape.com
Founder @red-sea-ventures , Founder @epok • Worked at @cbs, @white-case • Investor @Always Prepped, @sweetgreen
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
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
Blazer Ventures
Startup Consultant and Investor
VC @ @silicon-badia
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.
Visionary Punk, Founder of @haxlr8r ; Partner @sosventures-1. Most prolific investor in hardware (70+). Sometimes cowork w/ coconuts.
Founder at @exfm. Startup veteran (@real-media, @tacoda, @etsy). Active angel investor.
http://winenutnyc.tumblr.com
Sigma Partners & JEGI Capital (Partner), @webline-communications (Cisco), Stream International, IBM / DNB, Harvard MBA
Investor and incubator of start-ups at CAA. Former VC in Tel Aviv.
Principal at @oatv. Former trader at Jane Street Capital.
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
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)
VP of Eng @guidepoint-global, Investor: @abacus @cratejoy @addy @beneath-the-ink @inmoji @jukely @myvr @spatch @sendhub @pick1 @breeze
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
Dad, founder, angel, vc, technology evangelist, dealmaker, Virginia Tech and @uunet Alumni, travel, motorcycle and cuisine lover. Dad.
http://www.fortify.vc/blog
Investor • Advisor • Founder • Worked: @google @doubleclick @clear-channel-radio • 13 Ironmans (2x Kona World Champs) and Counting.
Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @northwestern-university
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
Angel Investor, real estate develop/design/build firm, art collector.
Managing Director, Zynik Capital • Founder & CEO at @noble-iron • Studied at @harvard-university University & @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Investor and entrepreneur. Managing Partner @Centralway-AG . Co-founder @Sandbox-Network and Solosso. @lse
First Angel Investor and Co-founder in Tuenti (sold to Telefonica), @border-stylo, and @youzee
Managing Director, NYU Innovation Venture Fund. @rimalovski
http://nyue.org
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Investor @maveron
Consumer-tech obsessed. Believer that brand makes all the difference. Adventurer.
Media Futurist, Media & Tech Analyst, BTIG in NYC, formerly Goldman Sachs & Pali Capital. Angel investor in TMT sector.
Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures Israel
Founded 3 internet companies. All successful. Last company @leadclick-media took no investment and sold for $200mm. Currently, running a Hedge Fund & Angel Fund.
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.
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.
VC Investor @romulus-capital & Student @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
CEO / Founder of @dave-partners, LLC
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
Worked at @jefferies, @hsbc
Building @stockup. Thinking End Game. Formerly @bond, @waze, @gowalla, & @marquis-jet. Trustee @exosphere .
http://blogs.forbes.com/andyellwood/
Neil Anderson is an international technology strategist and early stage equity investor and currently works between San Francisco and London.
Co-Founder of @pixie-scientific, inspired by two daughters • Co-founder of @infrasearch, acquired by @sun-microsystems • Studied Computer Science @university-of-california-berkeley
VC at Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund. Partner at DreamIt Ventures. Ex-AOL, Ex-Thomson. Studied at @duke, NC State
http://williamcrowder.vc
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
Founder @wallflowerme • Studied at @brown-university
Lux Capital
Founder @PALcapital, @palgenesis, @nxtp-labs • Worked at @bear-stearns-co-inc • Studied at @emory-university, @vassar-college
http://www.palgenesis.com/blog/
Founder @4chan
http://chrishateswriting.com
Upstate NY Startup Enthusiast The deals and the magic are here! (yes... in Upstate NY)
VC @rre-ventures; @harvard-business-school MBA '14; @university-of-california-berkeley '08
Founder CEO @copromote
Strong entrepreneurial/digital media background
Business development, management, entertainment marketing, and advertising.
.
http://blog.copromote.com
Founder of Yoxi. Entrepreneur. Investor. Philanthropist. Architect. Designer. Strategist. Foodie. Travel addict. All above labels slightly inaccurate
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Founder @localmaven-com, @signature-systems-group • @highland-products-group. Investor @localmaven-com, @market7 • Studied @cornell-university, @stern-school-of-business
Principal at family investment vehicle and corporate attorney • Investor @open-english @partender @natel-energy
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
• Strategy, Marketing and Product
• Worked at @mastercard, @paypal and @ebay
• Invested in @golden-gate-ventures
• Studied at @middlesex-university and @neoma
Founder of @surre-al. Managing Partner, @atventure-us. Founding CEO of @cellufun, founder of S&G, Syberion and Spiderphone.
Founder @fresh-4 • Worked at China's #1 VC firm @SCGC • Investor @fiscalnote, @vessel @eaze • 1100 lbs Club at @princeton
Serial entrepreneur with a US Army officer background. Financial investor, real estate investor, direct sales expert, and retail establishment owner.
US and India-based early stage fund that invests in India-focused internet/mobile startups.
Managing Director of Camber Creek, a corporate venture fund. President of Ops for Real Estate Portfolio.
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
Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile
Award Winning Entrepreneur and Developer. Fmr SVP Cloud @datapipe . Advisor, investor, operator in cloud, security, and video.
http://techcloud.com
President, Crescent Ridge Partners. Med Device VC & Startup experience.
Venture capitalist, investor, entrepreneur, writer, boatrocker
CEO & Managing Partner @startup-health
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
Founder @actinic-ventures • Investor @localbonus, @tapfame • Studied at @columbia-university
Associate at @launchcapital
Managing Partner, NextStage Capital, L.P.
Founder @nowpublic-com, @webpool • Worked at @register-com, @growlabs, @afternic-com • Studied at @queen-s-university
http://Www.Tippett.org
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 @brandproject • Worked at @cadbury-schweppes, @diageo • Investor @brika-1, @surfeasy • Studied at @queen-s-university, @southern-methodist-university
Entrepreneur, Investor, Accelerator. Founder, @21212; CCO at Sling; VP of Digital at MTV; CCO at @complex-media; Founder of Platform Network; Founder of Tagworks
Entrepreneur and Angel • Worked at @twitter, @google, @venrock • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Serial Entrepreneur/Earliest Stage Investor-Founded Freelotto/Qool/Power.com (sites founded acquired 100+ million users & reached $1.7 billion peak marketvalue)
founded/funded ecommerce, foodservice and distribution businesses. reformed wall st banker and mba. advisor, mentor, helper.
Investor in @speakaboos, @saavn.
Worked at @bdmi • Early Stage Investor • Studied at @middlebury-college
CEO of Backstage and Sonicbids - Angel Investor looking to make ~5 investments per year.
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
Co-Founder of FundingPost, FP Angels and ARC Angel Fund
VP of Talent @originate, Founder at LassenGroup
Investor in @localvox-media, @win-systems-international.
Managing Director at @Beamonte Investments.
Analyst Digital Economy Ventures
General Partner at Imagine Ventures
Associate at Lerer Hippeau Ventures
MBA, Columbia University
Investor in @freshplanet, @racktivity, @stribe, @novapost, @avendeo, @meninvest.
Owner, FastOrbit.com, LLC
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 and builder of companies. Angel investor now running small pre-venture fund. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business.
http://drewsanocki.com/
Currently: Founding Partner @tigerlabs. Previously: Business Development @banyan-water, Honorary Fellow @university-of-melbourne.
Founder @benbria
Founder, Uprise Ventures (@UpriseVC)
Polaris Partners
McKinsey & Company
Goldman Sachs
Harvard Business School
Partner @fundersguild • Editor @FundersDigest • Addicted to the Future
http://lnkd.in/cKGsrA
Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.com
Entrepreneur, Investor
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tigerlabs
Partner, CFO, CCO at Capital E Advisors Inc
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.
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
Partner at @Lux-Capital, @General Motors • Investor @sibeam, @Silicon Clocks • Studied at @berkeley, @ucla
http://www.luxcapital.com/blog/
Managing Entrepreneurial Officer @ Cornell Tech;
Seed Stage Investor;
@br-venture-fund, COO;
GFI Group;
Goldman Sachs
Analyst @lerer-ventures
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 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
Connecting front line school district executives with best in class emerging technologies.
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for Media Li²ght Entertainment , BitCoin India, Nonlinear Film Technology and The Exchange Visionary Laboratories,
Entrepreneur, Angel, Early-Stage VC, Pervasive Group and L&M Media Founder, INE Ventures, Gaingels Syndicate, Blue Jay Syndicate, Jumpstart, Golden Seeds
Investment Analyst at @quotidian-ventures + Project Manager @matchbook. Formerly @burning-mill-records + General Assembly.
http://blog.jamielynnroth.com
http://tlclabs.co
Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Associate at @monthly-ventures-1 , Software Architect turned Agency GM / CIO / CDO, Founder of Digital Boss.
http://www.startupmonthly.com/
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
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.
Co-founder of Managed by Q. Partner at venture development firm Prehype.
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.
Founder @clippership-international • Investor @casetext, @lean-startup-machine
Will not sleep until code is perfect. Former back-ender at Varien (now Magento)
Investor in @vizibility, @iotum.
Executive, Entrepreneur and Advisor
Entrepreneur, Social media junkie, Author, Bitcoin enthusiast.
Sr. Associate at @lerer-ventures
Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor. Computer/Data Scientist. MS @new-york-university, @HBOGO, Comcast, @fullscreen @datasimple
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
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.
Finance, tech and media. Founder @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt @l-o-a-f
Venture Partner (Governing Dynamics); GM, Mobile (@groundlink). Israeli Activist (Act For Israel). Dad (Ella).
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
Worked at Yahoo!, Scient, S1, Motorola. CEO (SPI Dynamics, Sold to HP).
Entrepreneur since 2002, owner of web development firm @dginteractive as well as several startups.
Managing Partner @dapps-fund-i
Board Member @mastercoin-foundation
ED @bitangels
Triple Major('10) & MS Engineering ('12) @johns-hopkins-university