Please find a list below of startup related organizations. If you know of an organization that is not listed, please contact and we’ll add it!

 

Alumni Groups
Columbia Venture Community - Columbia Venture Community (CVC) is a private community for Columbia students, alumni and employees interested in all aspects entrepreneurship. The group welcomes members from any school, sector or industry function (e.g. entrepreneur, VC, lawyer).
 - NYU Venture Community (NYUVC) is a private community for NYU students, alumni and employees interested in all aspects of entrepreneurship. The group welcomes members from any NYU school and any sector or industry function (e.g., entrepreneur, VC, lawyer, etc.).
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General Groups
- a group for entrepreneurs, startup teams, venture capitalists and venture service providers in the New York Metro region.
NYC Lean Startup Meetup - for startup entrepreneurs who are passionate about developing customers and markets in a disciplined, iterative, and measured way.
Founders
Startup Weekend (NYC) - a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals
Ultra Light Startups

 

Tech Groups
NY Tech Meetup - a non-profit organization with over 28,000 members supporting the New York technology community.
NYC Tech Connect – a public-private partnership funded jointly by the
Partnership for New York City Fund, the Partnership for New York City and the New York City Council to foster the development of a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem in NYC in the hard sciences
NY Tech Women - NY tech group for women

 

Hackathons
Hack NY- hackNY aims to federate the next generation of hackers for the New York innovation community.