Based in New York City, FirstMark Capital invests in groundbreaking companies that are creating new markets with innovative technology solutions or fundamentally changing existing markets by applying a fresh approach and new business model. A venture leader with nearly $2BN in capital commitments, FirstMark's team of investment and operations professionals have decades of real-world experience and leadership in core technology markets, making the firm uniquely qualified to offer industry insight, relationships and the operational expertise to build lasting businesses. Select historical investments include: Netgear, Inc.; First Advantage Corp. (Acquired by First American Corporation); StubHub, Inc (Acquired by eBay, Inc.); Netegrity, Inc. (Acquired by CA Inc); Flarion, Inc. (Acquired by Qualcomm, Inc); OutlookSoft Inc. (Acquired by SAP AG); Vallent (Acquired by IBM) and Navic (Acquired by Microsoft). Current investments include: SecondMarket, Riot Games, Dovetail, Knewton, Conductor, Clickable and Lumos Labs. For more information, please visit http://www.firstmarkcap.com.
In addition to services developed in-house, the BMW Group is pursuing collaborations with partner companies and exploring strategic capital investments in providers of mobility services. It is essential to be able to act quickly and flexibly in this dynamic market environment, and to this end the holding company BMW i Ventures has been established in New York City with investment totalling 100 million US dollars. The aim of BMW i Ventures is to extend the range of products and services offered by BMW i in the long term by taking stakes in highly innovative service providers.
IA Ventures funds early-stage Big Data companies creating competitive advantage through data. We believe that a confluence of factors, including commodity clusters, cloud platforms and advanced statistical algorithms, are enabling a Big Data revolution. With that in mind, we invest in companies that build the tools, technologies and analytics required to manage and extract value from today's massive, occasionally unstructured, often real-time datasets. For more information, please visit http://iaventures.com.
NYCEDC is the New York City’s primary engine for economic development charged with leveraging the City’s assets to drive growth, create jobs and improve quality of life. NYCEDC is an organization dedicated to New York City and its people. They use their expertise to develop, advise, manage and invest to strengthen businesses and help neighborhoods thrive. The Center for Economic Transformation (CET) at NYCEDC aims to develop the City’s major business sectors by implementing policy and programmatic initiatives that address current issues faced by each industry, create good jobs, and promote entrepreneurship and economic diversification across the five boroughs.
