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Alley Showdown - Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr, valued at $1.1 billion, represents the largest venture backed acquisition in New York in history. This exit will have significant ramifications for the ecosystem in New York for years to come. The...
Accelerators - DreamIt Ventures recently announced its summer 2013 NYC class, which marks its third class since expanding to New York from Philadelphia and Austin. Today, Jack Yulzari, CEO of Trippin’ in, a recommendation engine for places that...
AlleyTalk - Today, we speak with Sam Lundin, Founder and CEO of Vimbly, a site that helps you discover and book any activity in NYC. Vimbly recently raised $540,000 in seed funds from 10 angel investors. Lundin shares his thoughts on the...
Business - Today, we speak with Korey Lee, Vice President of Operations and Analytics at SumAll, a real-time e-commerce analytics tool that allows store owners to identify patterns in their data.
What does “Made in NYTM” mean to...
New York VC Spotlight -
Eric Hippeau, Managing Director at Lerer Ventures in New York City, has successfully transitioned from publishing to investing. He worked at International Data Group as publisher of InfoWorld Magazine until 1989, when he joined...
Accelerators - DreamIt Ventures recently announced its summer 2013 NYC class, which marks its third class since expanding to New York from Philadelphia and Austin. Today, Eytan Daniyalzade, CEO and Co-Founder of Stylr, a mobile shopping app for...
Advertising - Today, we speak with Are Traasdahl, Founder and CEO of Tapad, a cross platform ad technology company.
What does...
The Watch -
Each week we bring you a handy guide to just a few of the events we think should not be missed. On any given night, there are too many events. You can’t attend all of them and neither should you, unless you’re a career...
Op-ED - The JOBS Act has the potential to help entrepreneurs finance their small and emerging growth businesses through crowdfunding, but only if we get the costs right. In the year since the measure was signed into law, online technology...
Funding - Today we speak with Vivek Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder of Movable Ink, a real-time email marketing platform. Vivek shares some insights into the fundraising process in the Alley as his company just completed a sizable series B round...
Lifestyle - Today, we speak with Sebastian Reichelt, Co-Founder and COO of bluum, an online monthly subscription service for babies, toddlers, moms and moms-to-be that promotes new wellness products.
What does “Made in NYTM” mean to...
Finance - Today, we speak with Yaron Samid, Co-Founder and CEO of BillGuard, a free personal finance security service that uses crowdsourced big-data analytics to identify deceptive, erroneous and unauthorized charges to your credit or debit card...
The Watch -
Each week we bring you a handy guide to just a few of the events we think should not be missed. On any given night, there are too many events. You can’t attend all of them and neither should you, unless you’re a career socialite....
Alley Showdown - Earlier in the week, noted Cupertino fan boy, MG Siegler announced that he had accepted a new role focusing on early stage investment at Google Ventures. Siegler, a journalist turned VC, spent the last 18 months at Crunch Fund run...
Lifestyle - Today, we speak with Jonathan Zabusky, CEO of Seamless, the nation’s largest online food ordering service, which allows users to order food for delivery and takeout from restaurants through their website or mobile...
Made in NY - Today, we speak with Ankesh Arora, CEO and Co-Founder of Mobile Universal, a company that provides mobile and iPhone apps, mobile websites and text marketing solutions to business organizations.
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Pulse of the Alley - TechStars, the self-described “#1 startup accelerator in the world,” recently announced the 11 startups that were selected for the New York 2013 class from among a field of 1,700+ applicants. Today, Sean Coughlin, Co-Founder and...
Made in NY - Today, we speak with Noah Brier, Co-Founder and CEO of Percolate, a technology platform that helps brands create content at social scale.
What does “Made in NY™” mean to you and your company?
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The Watch - It was another busy week in Silicon Alley and beyond.
All hail… Oh, wait - no taxi apps for you, NYC. One of the more disruptive panels at TechCrunch Disrupt this past week involved a pissing match between Jay Bregman,...
The Watch -
Each week we bring you a handy guide to just a few of the events we think should not be missed. On any given night, there are too many events. You can’t attend all of them and neither should you, unless you’re a career socialite....
