Rise of NYC as a startup hub

RISE OF NYC AS A STARTUP HUB INSPIRED FROM "TECH AND THE CITY: THE MAKING OF NEW YORK'S STARTUP COMMUNITY" Today, after 20 years of active entrepreneurial activities, the New York tech ecosystem finally seems to be on steady ground. - Alessandro Piol NYC based venture capitalist and angel investor, author of the "Tech and the City" AND WHY NOT? WITH: | 24K O1000 MADE IN NYC TECH COMPANIES RESTAURANTS 180K O $4OOM $400M EMPLOYED IN IN FILM AND TV FASHION INDUSTRY TAX REVENUE No. 2 2$ 90.8 IN TECH VENTURE CAPITAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY AS OF JULY, 2013 Source > http://wwwl.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/categories/business.page NYC IS RIGHTFULLY COMING UP AS THE NEXT SILICON (V)ALLEY OF THE WORLD A look into the rise of this startup ecosystem right from the dot-com boom... FLATIRON & UNION SQUARE (THE HEART OF SILICON ALLEY) uniong GA GENERAL ASSEMBLY doubleclick by Google ventures OVER ACQUIRED BY GOOGLE FOR 65,000 SEEKS UPTO $3.1B $200M STUDENTS ATTENDING A PLETHORA OF COURSES, CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR NEW VENTURE FUND IN MARCH 2008 tumblr. CFirst Round GILT CAPITAL GROUP E ACQUIRED BY RECENTLYEXPANDED YAHOO FOR OVER 200 SALES $1.1B $500K PER WEEK FEATURING HUNDRED OF TODAY'S TOP BRANDS - FOR LESI "THE DORM ROOM FUND" ON MAY, 2013 FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK MEATPACKING DISTRICT & CHELSEA wework il New York Angels betaworks 75+ EMPLOYEES RAISING 100 MEMBERS TYPICAL INVESTMENTS $6.85M $45 M $100K-$200K SIZE IN SECON D ROUND OF CAPITAL INVESTED IN OVER 70 VENTURE COMPANIES Google IAC/ NYC HEADQUARTERS AT CHELSEA MEDIALETS MORE THAN 150 ONMEDIA 2.9 M TOP 100 SQUARE-FEET HUGE BRANDS AND PRODUCTS WIN NER SECOND-LARGEST LOCATION SERVING LOYAL SELECTED BY ALWAYSON AFTER MOUNTAIN VIEW CONSUMER AUDIENCES EAST VILLAGE, SOHO & LOWER MANHATTAN Meetup Zemanta techstars SEEDCAMP 2007 9.5M PEOPLE $1,490,000 CREATED AND JOINED LONG-LASTING LOCAL AVERAGE FUNDING RAISED PER COMPANY MEETUP GROUPS WINNER 1 MEETUP EVERY 13 SECONDS іTP KICKSTARTER DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS "CENTER FOR THE RECENTLY POSSIBLE" 4.9 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE PLEDGED $819 MILLION FUNDING 2 YEAR PROGRAM 49,000 EXPLORING COMMUNICATIONS CREATIVE PROJECTS TECHNOLOGIES foursquare Omobli secondmarkeť WORLD'S BIGGEST BROKER 33M USERS 10M+ USERS OF RECENTLY RAISED RAISED VENTURE-BACKED PRIVATE-COMPANY STOCK BY THE VALUE OF $41M $22M IN SERIES D FUNDING IN SERIES B FUNDING SHARES TRADED BROOKLYN Etsy M) HUGE PART OF THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES MakerBot 800,000 ACQUIRED BY STRATASYS FOR ONLINE SHOPS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 15 M $403M CORE DIGITAL STRATEGIES FOR SOME OF THE ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS LARGEST BRANDS SINCE 1999 NYU poly docracy ONE OF THE EIGHT SCHOOLS OF NYU CREATED AT A TECHCRUNCH HACKATHON THAT IS PART OF THE NYU ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK "GITHUB FOR LEGAL DOCUMENTS" (NYUEN) BRONX Mass Ideation // complexity simplifed SUNSHINE BRONX where startups grow up through the use of Design, Motion & Technology. 3 LOCATIONS CONVERGENCE OF DESIGN, MOTION AND TECHNOLOGY TRIBECA, NOHO AND BRONX THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE "STARTUPS GROW UP" IMPORTANT BRANDS LIKE BELVEDERE VODKA LONG ISLAND CITY shapeways freshdírect. CORNELL NYCTECH DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AT THE TEDXX MANHATTAN CONFERENCE AS RAISED $2B PROJECT $30M BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY "CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT." C ROUND LED BY ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ THE DREAM OF BLOOMBERG TO MAKE NYC THE BEST RECEIVED $31M IN SERIES A FUNDING INNOVATIVE HUB OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS "EVERY CITY CREATES ITS OWN FUTURE" AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT NYC IS DOING! PRESENTED BY STARTUPS. FM O http://startups.fm M [email protected] THE STARTUP CHANNEL © Copyright 2013 StartupsFM