The Ultimate List of 550+ Startup Resources in New York City
Startup ecosystems can be fragmented, competitive, and hidden to newcomers, which is detrimental for local startups and community growth. The Startup Ecosystem Canvas seeks to provide local entrepreneurs with a clear list of resources for every stage of their startup journey, and outline a basic framework for communities to map their ecosystem.
With applications for the New York City Founder Institute coming to a close, we are excited to release the New York Startup Ecosystem Canvas v2 below! It was developed by the New York City Founder Institute and local leaders Kevin Siskar and Ramphis Castro.
More input is needed, so please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document, and it will be considered for the next update.
Startup Stages:
This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.
A. Inspire
- Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)
- Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)
- The Business of Startups
- Data Driven NYC
- Inside Startups Club
- Israeli Startups NYC
- KSE NYC
- NYC European Tech
- New York Startup Career Network
- New York Startup District
- Startup 2 Success NYC
- Startup Office Hours NYC
- Startup Weekend NYC
- StartupBus NYC
- Startups in High Heels
- Startups Pioneers
- TechDay NY
- Uncubed NYC
- Women in NYC Startups
B. Educate
- Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire, like Startup Founder 101, etc).
- Access Silicon Valley NYC
- Empire Startups: Marketing Meetup
- FinTech Startups
- Global Startups NYC
- Jump Into Startups NYC
- NYC Tech Startups
- New York Entrepreneurs & Startups
- Small Business from Concept to Startup
- Startup Founder 101 NYC
- Startup Grind NYC
- Startup Institute NYC
- Startup Socials NYC
- The Startup Station
- Venture Out NYC
- Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, etc)
- 3 Day Startup NYC
- Alley Startup Bootcamp NYC
- App Academy
- Byte Academy
- CTO School
- Dev Bootcamp NYC
- Flatiron School
- Founder Institute NYC
- Fullstack Academy
- General Assembly
- Launch Academy
- Lean Startup Machine NYC
- Local Food Lab
- Make School
- Metis
- NYC Generation Tech
- New York Code and Design Academy
- Orbital NYC
- Recurse Center
- Silicon Alley Tech Meetup
- Startup Bootcamp NYU
- Startup Ecology New York
- Startup Fordham
- Startup Leadership NYC
- Startup Sales Bootcamp
- Startup Strategies New York
- StartupDelta Bootcamp NYC
- Traction NYC
- Turn to Tech
- Zahn Center NYC
C. Validate
- Team Formation: Resources for teaming up. (i.e. events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)
- BrandGarage NYC
- CoFounders Lab NYC
- CoInvent NYC
- CollabFinder
- Cornell Entrepreneur Network
- Entrepreneurs’ Organization
- Founder2Be
- FoundersNation
- In Good Company
- The Indus Entrepreneurs
- NYC Business Networking Group
- NYC Startup CEO/CTO Meetup
- NYC Technology Startups
- NYU Entrepreneurs Network
- StartOut NYC
- Startup Palooza
- Startups Helping Startups
- Startups Working Together
- Women 2.0 NYC
- Build First Product: Hackathons & resources to build. (i.e. hackathons and other builder-focused events and resources)
- AEC Hackathon
- AngelHack
- BattleHack
- C/I Hackathon
- CodeCrew NY
- CodeDay NYC
- Disrupt NY Hackathon
- FinTech Hackathon
- Girl Develop It
- Hack 2040
- Hack NY
- HackerNest NYC
- Hackster Hardware Weekend
- Ladies Who Code
- NEW INC X DEEP LAB Hackathons
- New York Python Meetup Group
- ProtoHack
- Rhythm and Time Hackathon
- SpaceApps NYC
- StrategyHack
- VR Hackathons
2. Launch Stage:
In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.
A. Start
- Establish: Law firms & banks for startups
- Buchwald & Associates
- Capital One Bank
- Chase Bank
- Cohen Schneider & O’Neill
- Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
- Dentons
- Eric N. Cohen & Associates
- General Standards Startup Lawyers
- Gunderson Dettmer
- HSBC
- Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein, and Selz
- Howard M. Cohn & Associates
- Law Office of Oliver Platz
- Law Offices of Craig Delsack, LLC
- Law Offices of Jeremy S. Sussman
- Loeb & Loeb
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Sheppard Mullins
- Cooley
- Mavronicolas & Dee LLP
- Munoz Law PC
- PNC Bank
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Prywes Schwartz, PLLC
- Sharma & DeYoung LLP
- First Republic Bank
- BBVA Compass
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Square 1 Bank
- TD Bank
- Thomas Law Firm
- Tjong & Hsia LLP
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Workspace: Co-working and flexible workspaces (note: “official” office space goes in 3.1.a. Infrastructure)
B. Develop
- Formalize: Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups. (search “startup accounting”, “startup book-keeping”, “headhunters”, “software development”
- 52 Ltd.
- 212 Tax
- Applico
- Bernard Shapiro CPA
- Candela & Associates, LLC
- CitrusByte
- Clutch Talent
- Fueled
- Goldfine CPA
- The Hired Guns
- Icreon
- IronPaper
- JumpStart
- Linda A Hamilton CPA
- Lounge Lizard
- Marcum Accountants
- Mark E. Feinsot, CPA
- Medows CPA
- Messapps
- Mojotech
- Nexus
- Pace Accounting
- Penda Aiken
- PeopleConnect Staffing
- Posse
- Ratafia & Company, CPAs
- Spear CPA CFP
- Spritzer, Kaufman & Company LLP
- VJN & Associates, CPAs
- WillowTree
- Prepare for Seed: Incubators and advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources)
- BMW i Ventures
- BXL Business Incubator
- BeeSpace NYC
- Black Ocean
- Bronx Business Bridge Incubator
- CFDA Fashion Incubator
- Digital Harvest Capital
- DUMBO Incubator
- Entrepreneur Space
- FinTech Innovation Labs
- Founder Labs
- HBK Incubates
- Harlem BioSpace
- Harlem Garage
- The Hatchery
- iNCUBATION fUND
- Kick Incubator
- Made in NY Media Center
- MakerSpace
- Manufacture New York
- RedMetal Foundry
- Startup Next NYC
- Tipping Point Partners
- Urban Future Lab
- Varick Street Incubator
C. Launch
- Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)
- 500 Startups
- ASTIA
- Barclays Accelerator
- BetaWorks
- Blueprint Health
- Brand Knew
- Center 4
- Consigliere
- DreamIt Ventures
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
- First Growth VC
- INGK Labs
- Kaplan EdTech Accelerator
- NYC Seed
- R/GA Accelerator
- Rose Tech Ventures
- Samsung Accelerator
- Socratic Labs
- SpringBoard Accelerator
- TechStars
- TrendSeeder
- Value Stream Labs
- WorkBench
- Pitch & Demo: Show local startups for investment (i.e. demo days for companies seeking seed investment)
- Brooklyn Elevator Pitch Competition
- CoInvent NY Startup Demo Night
- ERA Demo Day
- FinovateFall 2015
- Five Boro Pitch Slap
- Flashpoint New York City Demo Day 2015
- Global Innovator Mobile Demo Night
- Hatchery: Are You Serious?
- India Demo Day
- NYC Demo Day
- NewFinance Open Mic & Demo evening
- Startout NY Demo Day and Networking 2015
- Startup Pitch Night NYC
- SwitchPitch
- TechWeek LAUNCH
- Telling Your Startup’s Story NYC
3. Growth Stage
Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.
A. Recognition
- Investor Networking: Connect professional investors with founders. (i.e. events or groups that facilitate connections with professional investors)
- # Startup
- Brooklyn Startups
- Foodshed Investors NY
- Institute for Private Investors
- Investors’ Circle
- Keiretsu Forum
- MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City
- NYC Startup Garage
- New York City Startup: Idea to IPO
- New York Entrepreneurs and Startup Network
- New York Investing Meetup
- New York Investment Network
- New York Private Equity Forum
- New York Private Equity Network
- Slow Money NYC
- Startup Nation NYC
- The Trading Show NYC
- Worldwide Investor Network
- Major Media: Mainstream local business press. (i.e. major local or regional publications that frequently champion local businesses)
B. Funding
- Angels / Micro-VCs: Seed-stage investors
- Andy Weissman
- Anil Dash
- Charlie O’Donnell
- Chris Dixon
- Chris Hollod
- David Lifson
- David Tisch
- David Beatty
- Edge Harris
- Eric Hippeau
- Erick Schonfeld
- Esther Dyson
- Fabrice Grinda
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- James Altucher
- Jeff Bussgang
- Jeff Pulver
- Jonathan Hakkakian
- John Frankel
- Kal Vepuri
- Kevin Colleran
- Mark Peter Davis
- Michael Parekh
- Mo Koyfman
- Nat Turner
- New York Angels
- Peter Bordes
- Rob Go
- Robin Chan
- Roger Ehrenberg
- Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond
- Abundance Partners
- Alpha Prime Ventures
- Bloomberg Beta
- BOLDstart Ventures
- Bowery Capital
- BoxGroup
- Brand Foundry Ventures
- Canaan Partners
- Eniac Ventures
- ff Venture Capital
- Gotham Ventures
- Greycroft Partners
- High Line Venture Partners
- High Peaks Venture Partners
- Initialized Capital
- iNovia Capital
- Interplay Ventures
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures
- Milestone Venture Partners
- Quotidian Ventures
- Red Sea Ventures
- RedSwan Ventures
- Rho Ventures
- Scout Ventures
- Silas Capital
- Union Square Ventures
- Warbros Venture Partners
- White Star Capital
C. Growth
- Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)
- Expansion: Growth accelerators/consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)
D. Success Stories
Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.
- Adaptly
- Amicus
- AppNexus
- Artsy
- Behance
- Bitly
- Bonobos
- Buzzfeed
- Blue Apron
- Codecademy
- Contently
- Cover
- Chartbeat
- Double Click
- Digital Ocean
- Etsy
- General Assembly
- Gilt
- Grubhub
- Foursquare
- Karma
- Meetup
- Makerbot
- MoPub
- NextJump
- OpenSky
- Plated
- RecycleBank
- Rebelmouse
- SeatGeek
- Skillshare
- SocialFlow
- Stack Exchange
- Skillshare
- StepOut
- Squarespace
- Seamless
- Vice News
- Thumb
- Timehop
- Thrillist
- Tumblr
- Venmo
- Vayable
- Warby Parker
- Yipit
- ZocDoc
- WeWork
Supporters
To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.
- Evangelists
Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies.
- Adam Berk
- Brian Frumberg
- Brooke Partelow
- Charles Huang
- Cheni Yerushalmi
- David Levy
- Eli Katz
- Flak DiNenno
- Hrishi Dixit
- Jerelyn Rodriguez
- Johnny Negretti
- Kevin Siskar
- Lachlan Hardy
- Lior Vaknin
- Marian Weber
- Mark Caron
- Matthew Hooper
- Mitchell Golner
- Peter Bell
- Ramphis Castro
- Ron Feldman
- Roy Malkin
- Sachin Jade
- Satyajit Roy
- Saul Hansell
- Scott Sigel
- Sonya Spann
- Sylvie Lekarakos
2. Government
Public organizations that facilitate local economic development
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
- Business Mentor NY
- Greater New York Chamber of Commerce
- Innovate NY
- Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
- NYC Craft Entrepreneurship Program
- NYC Innovation
- New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
- New York City Department of Small Business Services
- New York City Economic Development Corporation
- New York City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce
- Partnership for New York City
- Public Service Innovation
- Queens Chamber of Commerce
- Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce New York
- Women Entrepreneurs Challenge NYC
3. Talent
Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent.
A. Local Universities (with prominent technical or business programs)
B. Local Tech Employers
The original article can be found on Founder Institute.