High in the clouds of New York City, a number of early-stage companies pitched to a panel of investors, each startup hoping to make a landing in American markets. Launched in February of 2011, the Global Innovator Program, sets out to help New York Investors tap into worthwhile investments into international start-ups that they would […]
Eliot Durbin
4 Investors’ Perspectives on What’s Hot and What’s Not
Recently, panelists Jordan Bettman of Bain Capital Ventures, Eliot Durbin of BOLDstart Ventures, Spencer Lazar of General Catalyst, Micah Rosenbloom of Founder Collective, and Adam Rothenberg of BoxGroup, discussed the past and upcoming trends in the world of startup investments and technology, with Orrick’s David Concannon moderating. The first topic was a broad one, asking […]
Global Innovators II: What the Rest of the World Is Innovating
“Our relationship with our physical world is profoundly changing,” said Matt Turck, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital as he keynoted Worldwide Investor Network (WIN)’s Global Innovators II last week. A huge proponent of the Internet of Things, Turck is also founder of two large New York tech community events, including Hardwired NYC, covering all things […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Eliot Durbin of BOLDStart Ventures
Eliot Durbin is a General Partner at BOLDstart Ventures, a seed and early-stage investor focused on enterprise software and services. Durbin got his start founding Templates.com, an online software portal marketing third party plug-ins for Adobe, Microsoft and the like, in 2000 as a junior at Loyola High School in New York City. The company […]
February Ultra Light Startups Investment Feedback Forum at NYU
I had the pleasure of attending Ultra Light Startups February Investor Feedback Forum at NYU this past Tuesday. The event was co-hosted by Graham Lawlor and Howard Greenstein and featured pitches from eight startups and an investor panel that included Arie Abecassis of DreamIt Ventures, Jordan Bettman of Bain Capital Ventures, Eliot Durbin of BOLDstart Ventures, and […]