Going Beyond Early Promises, NY Works On Its Follow-Through (Part 2)

For cities to truly thrive in this economy, fresh ideas must be cross-pollinated from beyond their borders—and New York offers its share of honey to lure in startups. This international gateway... Read more »

Going Beyond Early Promises, NY Works On Its Follow-Through (Part 1)

After much clamor about becoming a sanctuary for startups, New York faces the “now what?” stage of its growth as a tech hub.

Plans have been laid down to fill the... Read more »

NY’s Tech Evolution Viewed by the Master of the Webutante Ball

In a city where people know people who know people, Richard Blakeley sits at the heart of a web that connects New York’s tech community.

That enviable position stems in part... Read more »

How John Frankel Fished a Deal from Reality Show “Shark Tank”

The search for potential investments has led the team at ff Venture Capital in New York into strange waters.

John Frankel, a partner with the firm, says he decided to back... Read more »

NY Digital Health Accelerator Graduates First Class, Sees an Acquisition

One year after it was announced, the New York Digital Health Accelerator birthed its first clutch of startups on Wednesday at a demo day—including one acquisition deal in the mix.... Read more »

PivotDesk Plunges into the East Coast Market at New York Tech Meetup

Sometimes it feels like all technology roads lead to the New York Tech Meetup. Fresh from Boulder, CO, David Mandell and the team from PivotDesk took the stage at last night’s... Read more »

VentureOutNY, NYCEDC, and iCatapult Bring European Startups to NY

The campaign to attract more startups to New York is reaching across international borders. Last night a coalition of private and city organizations introduced a group of 15 startups from Europe... Read more »

Vidyo Brings Videoconferencing to Doctors in Remote Parts of Alaska

[Updated with comments from CEO Ofer Shapiro. See below] Imagine being a doctor with patients scattered across the rural reaches of Alaska. Booking face-to-face visits might not be that... Read more »

LG Parties with Optimus G Pro, Pulls a Note or II from Samsung

Trumpeting the upcoming debut of the Optimus G Pro phablet, last night LG Electronics brought the press, analysts, and other guests to the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York to check out... Read more »

The Muse’s CEO: Tech Needs More Visible Female Role Models

Diversifying what is considered the face of technology could encourage more women to become founders, says Kathryn Minshew, CEO and co-founder of New York career advice site The Muse and sister... Read more »

Partnership for New York City Wants Urban Tech Campuses Across City

With the recent release of the NYC Jobs Blueprint, the Partnership for New York City makes it pretty clear it wants the next mayor to embrace the innovation community. In... Read more »

Fab.com Expands, Acquires, and Goes Brick-and-Mortar

The ambitions for the future of New York-based flash sales site Fab are taking shape.

Jason Goldberg, the company’s CEO, detailed in a blog post today his company’s plans for expansion on... Read more »

Analytics Woven Into Fashion Among the Ideas at ERA Demo Day

Showing off the results of a longer, more robust program, the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator held a demo day last Friday at IAC’s headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood.

This fourth batch of... Read more »

RunPee App Tells You When It’s Safe to Take Potty Breaks at Movies

With summer fast approaching, chances are many people will cram into movie theaters for a couple hours to watch superheroes and spaceships streak across the screen, and drink gallons of sugary... Read more »

Shapeways, MakerBot, and Lux Capital Stoke Ambitions for 3-D Printing

Layer by layer, 3-D printing continues to build up its presence as more funding lands in a local player’s pockets.

On Tuesday morning, New York’s Shapeways, which makes products on demand... Read more »

DuckDuckGo Pushes Its Privacy-Geared Search Engine at Gel Conference

Many search engine providers try to balance the privacy of users with leveraging the wealth of data they can collect—but not the developer of DuckDuckGo.

CEO and founder Gabriel Weinberg simply... Read more »

Roger Ehrenberg to “Unpack” the Founder-Investor Bond at NY Venture Challenge

Want a chance to watch Roger Ehrenberg, managing partner of IA Ventures, pick the brains of Spark Capital’s Bijan Sabet and Tumblr founder David Karp? Join Xconomy this Thursday, April 25,... Read more »

David Tisch Asks NYU Prez How Schools Can Help Student Entrepreneurs

In a fireside chat, David Tisch, managing founder of early-stage investment fund BoxGroup, asked New York University President John Sexton how universities can be more in line with the needs of... Read more »

Tigerlabs Health Accelerator to Pair Corporate Needs with Startups

Eager to nurture ripe ideas from startups in the healthcare IT sector, Tigerlabs Health accelerator in Princeton, NJ today announced it has launched an additional program to match industry needs with... Read more »

Booker Lines Up $27.5M in Series B Round Led by Bain Capital Ventures

More funding means even more new hires in the works at Booker in New York. The company today announced it raised $27.5 million in a Series B round led by Bain... Read more »