With more than 20 years of experience at places like Innovation Capital Advisors, LLC, where he is a Managing Principal, Arc Angel Fund, FashInvest, and Early Stage East, which happens to be the largest venture conference for young companies on the East Coast, where he is a founder and chairman, David Freschman is a master […]
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An Angel in New York: Carol Curley
Carol Curley is a leading woman in the angel investing world. She is currently an investor and managing director at Golden Seeds, one of the largest angel investment groups in the U.S., with over 300 angels located in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Golden Seeds is an “investment firm that pursues above-market returns […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Adam Rothenberg
A New York VC Spotlight: Adam Rothenberg A New York native, Adam Rothenberg is one of two successful founders (and partners) of BoxGroup, a New York City based investment fund with a usual investment range of $50,000 to $250,000. According to their website, BoxGroup invests in talented entrepreneurs “building disruptive technology companies and with visions […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Jeff Horing
Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at Insight Venture Partners since 1995. Under his leadership Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and Internet businesses, currently investing from a $2 billion fund. Prior to founding Insight, Horing was a key member of […]
Funding for Startups: An Entrepreneur’s Insights
According to Venture Capital Database CB Insights, the total number of U.S. Venture Investments in 2012 was $28.3 billion–a large figure that actually was slightly down from the $30.6 billion raised in 2011. With several key economic indicators signaling an upturn in the U.S. economy, perhaps there is another reason why venture funding was flat […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Allison Goldberg
Allison Goldberg, a summa cum laude graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in finance and economics, is the vice president and managing director of Time Warner Investments. Time Warner Investments focuses on investment opportunities that directly enhance their ability to meet specific strategic goals. This includes delivery of […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Josh Kopelman
Josh Kopelman garnered early success in the startup scene while still a sophomore in college. In 1992, he co-founded Infonautics Corporation at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Just a few years later in 1996, the company went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. In 1999, he left Infonautics to found Half.com, which […]