1. Entrepreneur’s Guide To
NYC Tech

2. Disclaimers
• I do not know everything about nyc tech
• I am not an academic or graphic designer
• I did not purposefully make omissions
• I could not include every person and biz
• I will evolve this deck monthly

3. @schlaf

4. We respect and seek out entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight,
focused execution and unwavering ambition. When we are lucky enough to meet
founders with these qualities we hope they will choose us as a partner. Everyone
here starts and runs companies for a living. Lerer Ventures is where we invest in
our peers.
• Est. January 2010
• Based in Soho
• Active Seed Fund
• Internet Enabled Services, Apps
and Devices
• Consumer + B2B
• Value Add Advisors
• Entrepreneur Friendly
• Extensive Experience
• More Info: LererVentures.com

5. Some Numbers

7. Source: CB Insights

8. Source: CB Insights

9. Source: CB Insights

10. News + Info
Partners Community
Support Capital
NYC Tech
People &
Edu
Places
The
Mayor’s Startups
Office

11. News + Info

17. the tech beat
Jordan Crook Erin Griffith Nitasha Tiku Henry Blodgett
TechCrunch Pando Daily BetaBeat SAI
Erick Shoenfeld Alyson Shontell Ben Popper Jenna Wortham
Fmr. TechCrunch SAI The Verge NY Times

18. Community

30. Women in tech

32. Conferences + Events

47. The Money

48. Accelerators

49. Incubators

50. notable angels
Chis Dixon Rick Webb Kal Vepuri Ben Sun
Hunch / Ebay Barbarian Group Trisiras Group LaunchTime
Mike Lazerow David Lerner David Rose Esther Dyson
Buddy Media Columbia NY Angels Angel

51. notable angels
Gary Vanyerchuk Joanne Wilson Jeff Pulver Josh Stylman
Vanyermedia The Gotham Gal 140 Conference Reprise Media
Peter Hershberg David Tisch Jerry Neumann Fabrice Grinda
Reprise Media TechStars Root Markets OLX

52. notable vcs
Eric Hippeau Alan Patricof Howard Morgan Mo Koyfman
Lerer Ventures Greycroft First Round Spark Capital
Joe Medved Mike Brown Larry Lenihan Eric Wiesen
Softbank AOL FirstMark RRE

53. vc / angel bloggers
Roger Ehrenberg Fred Wilson Chris Dixon Phin Barnes
IA Ventures USV Founder Collective First Round
Charlie O’Donnell Jordan Cooper Andy Weissman David Lerner
Brooklyn Bridge Lerer Ventures USV Columbia

54. Seed funds

55. VC funds

56. Strategic VCs

57. People & Places

58. notable founders
Perry Chen John Borthwick Ben Lerer Dennis & Naveen
Kickstarter Betaworks Thrillist Foursquare
Chris Poole Jonah Peretti Mike “Karnj” Mike Lazerow
4Chan / Canvas Buzzfeed Skillshare Buddy Media

59. notable founders
Ken Lerer Jared & Steve Hayley & Katia David Karp
Huffington Post GroupMe Birchbox Tumblr
Zach Sims Neil & Dave Scott Heiferman Wiley Ceril
Codecademy Warby Parker Meetup Single Platform

60. notable founders
Josh Miller Jonah Goodheart Nat Turner Joel Spolsky
Branch Moat Invite Media StackExchange
Billy Chasen Bre Pettis Noah Brier Jason Goldberg
Turntable.fm Makerbot Percolate Fab

61. notable founders
Barry Silberg Evan Korth Rachael Sklar Cyrus Massoumi
Second Market HackNY Change The Raio Zoc Doc
Brian O’Kelley Susan Lyne Matt Meeker Jason Baptiste
AppNexus Gilt Groupe Bark Box OnSwipe

62. notable founders
Nick Denton Hillary Mason Scott Belsky Rob Kalin
Gawker Media Bit.ly Behance Esty
Vin Vicanti Brooke Hammerling Neil Capel Ayah Bdeir
Yippit Brew PR Sail Thru LittleBits

63. Silicon Alley

64. Co-working spaces

65. The Hangouts

66. The Startups

67. Social + Consumer

68. e-commerce

69. Adtech

70. B2B / SAAS

71. Edtech

72. Fintech

73. Healthtech

74. The Mayor’s Office

75. Michael Bloomberg Katherine Oliver Rachel Haot
Mayor Commissioner Chief Digital Officer
Seth Pinsky Ivy Li Seema Shah
NYCDEC Communications Partnerships

76. Source: NYC.gov

77. Source: NYC.gov

78. Source: NYC.gov

79. Source: NYC.gov

82. Education

83. Old school

84. New school

87. Agencies + Firms

88. Design + branding

89. Development

90. Media buying

91. Talent representation

92. PR Firms

93. Legal

94. Accounting

96. Big Biz

97. CPG

98. Financial institutions

99. Media

100. Sports

101. Public tech

102. Fashion + Retail

103. Music

104. News + Info
Partners Community
Support Capital
NYC Tech
People &
Edu
Places
The
Mayor’s Startups
Office

105. Now what?
• Check out a meetup
• Attend a class at Skillshare or GA
• Subscribe to an event list
• Read suggested blogs
• Play with new tech products
• Chat with people in the trenches
• Get coffee w/ someone in the community
• Tell someone about this class
• Pay it forward one day

106. Thank you!
@schlaf