Xconomy recently profiled Michael Duda, co-founder of Consigliere Brand Capital, a NY based investment and consulting firm that invests in brands. Some of the company's investments include startups Birchbox, Kiwi Crate, Chloe + Isabel, StellaService and Contently. The company also works as a [Full Story…]
High Profile Advisors Back WebThriftStore
February 25, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Esther Dyson, Oxygen Media President Jason Klarman and some other high profile advisors are backing WebThriftStore, a for profit NY startup that enables charities to set up online thrift stores on their website so they don't have to maintain their own brick and mortar shops. The company, founded [Full Story…]
A Stamford Tech Incubator in the Making
February 25, 2012 at 10:03 am
In the Connecticut town of Stamford lied the historic old Town Hall, which had been unused for 25 years until Patti Meagher and Barry Schwimmer, along with other investors and a sponsorship by Sikorsky Aircraft, decided to shell out $16 million in 2008 to renovate and enlarge the building. The [Full Story…]
NY Native Takes Startup from Cambridge to Manhattan
February 24, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Danielle Weinblatt, CEO of Take the Interview, a startup from Cambridge, MA is moving the company to NY with the hopes of receiving additional funding. The startup helps employers become more efficient in their hiring process with the development of a platform that allows recruiters to screen [Full Story…]
VC Firm Village Ventures to Close Down
February 24, 2012 at 11:06 am
Village Ventures, a VC collective that was doing business in Massachusetts and in NY and operates more than 15 funds, will be winding down. On its own, Village Ventures had raised $135 million in its second fund, and $45 million in its first. Leverpoint, an independent company which provides [Full Story…]
Crain’s Takes a Look at NY’s Top VC Investments
February 24, 2012 at 8:08 am
Looking to assess which NY tech startups have potential for an IPO in the future, Crain's New York Business turned to VC tracking firm CB Insights, who developed a list of the 25 NY-based companies that received the largest VC investments in 2010 and 2011. Also on the list are the names of the VCs [Full Story…]
Is NY Startup Fab Growing too Fast?
February 23, 2012 at 11:04 am
Last week the flash sale site Fab, a NY design flash-sales focused startup that is less than a year old, launched five new verticals and this week the company bought Berlin-based Casacanda and opened up its first international site, Fab.de. The moves prompted Fast Company to ask if the startup is [Full Story…]
Former Equity Analyst Creates Successful Dating App
February 22, 2012 at 5:06 pm
In 2005, Clifford Lerner, along with his brother, Darrell, founded NY-based Snap Interactive, whose main product, a dating site called IAmFreeTonight.com, helped people with busy schedules make last-minute plans to travel out-of-town. The company was probably inspired by the lifestyle Lerner led as [Full Story…]
A Look at “10 NY Startups to Watch this Year”
February 22, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Business Insider recently composed a list detailing the 10 NY-based startups deemed to be the most exciting, innovative and transformative in 2012. Some of the companies that made the list include: Flow - An emerging "big data" firm founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Eric Alterman. The [Full Story…]
Dave McClure’s Top Six Internet Trends for 2012
February 22, 2012 at 11:11 am
By Lauren Keyson In February, Dave McClure and Paul Singh, founders of 500 Startups, brought their Demo Day East to NY for the second time this year for an invite-only showing at General Assembly. This event was primarily for accredited investors and 500 Startups mentors and advisors. While [Full Story…]
Caterina Fake Has New Startup: Pinwheel
February 21, 2012 at 9:46 am
Serial NY entrepreneur Caterina Fake who co-founded Flickr and Hunch, announced on her blog recently that she launched a startup now in private Beta called Pinwheel. The startup lets people leave virtual notes around the world. The company plans to build out a notification system to ping people [Full Story…]
VCs are Younger, Tech-Savvy and Married to Their Startups
February 20, 2012 at 10:02 am
In the current tech sector boom, venture capitalists aren’t just financiers. According to Crain’s New York Business, they are mentors, rabbis and consiglieres, all wrapped up in one. These days, with all of the networking, strategizing and assisting in hire and fire decisions, VCs are [Full Story…]
Building a Better Facebook in NY
February 19, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Facebook’s omniscient success is inspiring others to create better and less intrusive versions. Diaspora* was originally started by four NYU students—Daniel Grippi, Maxwell Saltzberg, Raphael Sofaer and Ilya Zhitomirskiy—and is open-sourced and controlled by its users. Ed Knutson, an [Full Story…]
OnSwipe Releases New “Channel Surfing” Software
February 19, 2012 at 12:03 pm
NY-based tech startup OnSwipe, is launching what it describes as “channel surfing for publications.” Its new content distribution network lets publishers use OnSwipe software to design their own iPad editions. Jason Baptiste, OnSwipe co-founder and CEO, said to Xconomy that new features allow [Full Story…]
Dennis Crowley’s Life Sizzles and Spikes
February 19, 2012 at 10:07 am
In a lengthy profile, Business Insider examines the life and times of Dennis Crowley, the founder of Foursquare. The talented NY entrepreneur turned his love of games, socializing and partying into a career and an app headed toward a billion-dollar valuation. But Crowley’s road to success was [Full Story…]
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