NYC’s Top Venture Capital Firms for Early-Stage Internet & Mobile Startups – Based on 2010 Deal Activity

Which venture capital firms are writing checks to early-stage internet and mobile companies in NYC? Below is a handy list for all of you NYC startup entrepreneurs. Please note that the rankings are not of the top NYC-based venture firms. If you are an early-stage internet company in NYC, you probably do not care where the investor has their office but instead, you want to know who is providing funding to startups based in New York city irrespective of where they are based. As you’ll see in the list of firms, 1/3 of the top firms do not have an office in NYC (SV Angel, Spark Capital, Lowercase Capital and True Ventures.) SEE LIST ON WEB SITE!

And so without further ado, here is the list of the most active early-stage venture capital firms investing in NYC companies through Q3 2010 based on announced deals. Early-stage for the purposes of this analysis are Seed VC and Series A rounds. If you are thinking of pitching these investors, we always recommend doing your own investor reverse due diligence.

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Renowned Startup Factory TechStars Opens New York City Branch

TechStars, one of the best known and most successful startup accelerator programs, is expanding to New York City. Applications are now open for its inaugural NYC class, which will start in January.

TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen is temporarily relocating to the city to oversee the innaugural class; angel investor David Tisch is signed on as the New York City director.

TechStars now operates in four cities, but only has one active class at any given time, and limits its class-size to 10 companies, which David says is essential to giving each startup all the mentorship it needs.

The new program has a very impressive line-up of investors and mentors, with an emphasis on NYC VCs, angels, and entrepreneurs. Investors include DFJ Gotham, AOL Ventures, First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital, IA Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Lerer Ventures (and we could keep going). Mentors already signed on include Dennis Crowley, Chris Dixon, Fred Wilson, Albert Wenger, Zack Klein, and Sam Lessin (again, we could keep going).

Just a few weeks ago, New York's first accelerator program, SeedStart, graduated its innaugural class. Now it already has company. That's great news for New York tech.

TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program that runs a three month long program in Boston (MA), Boulder (CO), New York City (NY) and Seattle (WA) once each year. The company is very selective – hundreds of companies apply and about ten companies per city are chosen. These companies get up to $18,000 in seed funding, three months of intensive top-notch mentorship, and the chance to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists at the end of the program.

Start-Up Weekend New York City June 11-13

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, Boston, DC and more.

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Cisco and It's Borderless Networks Router-Based Web Filtering

The new router CRS3 which promises to deliver video and cloud based access points that Cisco released last week, (see Yahoo Finance Tech Ticker) it turns out, may have represented only half of the company's promise to "forever change the Internet with its "Borderless Networks" strategy.

Comprehensive network security is extremely important in deploying home based workers. Cisco is leading the way with Router-Based Web Filtering: Value-Added Security Services.
"For many businesses, Internet surfing is a critical part of conducting business to meet their organizational goals. However, unrestricted Internet usage opens up many risks such as inappropriate use of company resources, exposure to legal liability, and productivity losses. A sizeable number of employees access shopping, gambling, pornography, and auction Websites during work hours, causing unnecessary use of corporate bandwidth. This compels organizations to block access to various Websites, or to restrict access to only Websites that are needed for day-to-day functions."

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