Announcing the 2012 NYC Venture Fellows!
Developed by NYCEDC and Fordham, NYC Venture Fellows promotes emerging business leaders and encourages international entrepreneurs to start or expand their operations in New York City. The program connects fellows with mentors who are investors, serial entrepreneurs, CEOS, and operational managers from New York City and abroad.
The 2012 Venture Fellows hail from such fields as bio-med, software, e-commerce, light manufacturing, fashion and retail, and social ventures. Throughout the year, they will work with their mentors to develop key skill-sets and strategies for their respective ventures.
“Through innovative programs like Venture Fellows and World to NYC, we will ensure that New York City continues to strengthen its position in an era of increasing global competition,” said NYCEDC President Seth W. Pinsky. “By introducing established businesses to the many opportunities that exist within the five boroughs—as well as providing emerging entrepreneurs with the mentorship needed for their businesses to take the critical next steps towards success—we are confident New York City will remain the global hub of business and innovation well into the 21st century.”
The 2012 class of NYC Venture Fellows include:
- DonorsChoose Co-founder and Chief Executive Charles Best
- BaseKit Co-founder and CTO Simon Best
- Medivo, Inc. Co-founder and CEO Sundeep Bhan
- EnNatura Technology Ventures Co-founder and CEO Sidhartha Kumar Bhimania
- Warby Parker Co-founder and co-CEO Neil Blumenthal
- H.Bloom Co-founder and CEO Bryan Burkhart
- MBA & Company Founder and MD Daniel Callaghan
- hoopCHINA.com Co-founder and CEO Shawn Cheng
- Catchafire Founder and CEO Rachael Chong
- Rent the Runway Co-founder and President Jennifer Fleiss
- Totsy.com Co-founder and CEO Guillaume Gauthereau
- Warby Parker Co-founder and co-CEO Dave Gilboa
- charity: water Founder and CEO Scott Harrison
- Paperless Post Co-founder Alexa Hirschfeld
- Miniwiz Founder and MD Arthur Huang
- Rent the Runway Co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman
- Lot18 Co-founder and President Philip James
- Student Competitions Co-founder, Chairman and CFO Robert Lyngman
- AHAlife.com Founder and CEO Shauna Mei
- The IOU Project Founder and Creative Director Kavita Parmar
- MakerBot Industries Co-founder and CEO Bre Pettis
- BillGuard Founder and CEO Yaron Samid
- Papayamobile Co-founder and CEO Si Shen
- South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. Co-founder and CEO Christoph Sutter
- LanguageMate Founder and CEO Bill Tan
- soleRebels Co-founder and MD Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
- Yipit Co-founder and CEO Vinicius Vacanti
- LearnVest Founder and CEO Alexa von Tobel
Read more about these NYC Venture Fellows in our press release, and find out more about the program on our website.
Photo credits: Warby Parker, Rent the Runway, Alexa Hirschfeld’s Twitter, Scott Harrison’s Twitter
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