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October 2018 NY Tech Meetup Lineup - A Swedish Tech Takeover

Join us for NYC’s most famous and longest running monthly tech event! This time around we are joining forces with The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York who, in collaboration with The Swedish Energy Agency and The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, is thrilled to present ten of Sweden’s most exciting startups ready for their US market launch.

Sweden has gained widespread recognition as a leading startup nation. Stockholm now prides itself as one of cities in the world producing the most unicorns per capita – companies like Skype, Spotify, King and Klarna, only to name a few, all got their start in the Nordic capital. The startups selected to pitch at Tech Meetup has been carefully selected by the Swedish agencies for their prominence in the fields of technology and cleantech. They are recognized for their inventiveness and for their readiness to expand internationally. Come see these talented entrepreneurs pitch their businesses and get an insight into the Swedish startup wonder. The night ends with a mingle and a chance to meet with the entrepreneurs and sponsors. VÄLKOMMEN!

The Demoing Companies:
Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth: Tech Vertical

Zalster
Provides advertisers and agencies with an AI-platform for automating optimization, visualizing data through a customizable dashboard and giving actionable insights.

IPscreener
A communication platform which offers solutions to make the daily work of screening prior art, reviewing ideas, prioritizing projects or patent documents more efficient and less time consuming.

Tipser
Headless e-commerce for publishers and influencers. Their clients include 6 out of Europe’s 16 biggest media houses, Youtube-networks, and over 5 000 quality brands.

Elias Software
Dedicated to providing innovative solutions in the field of computer game music rendering. Elias is the new revolutionary music engine that changes the way we perceive and experience adaptive music in games.

Signal Signal
Google of voice – monitor thousands of podcasts, YouTube, radio and TV episodes to find out when your brand is mentioned. Powered by the latest speech-to-text AI technology.

Swedish Energy Agency: Cleantech Vertical

Mimbly
An add-on solution for existing and new laundry machines. This product saves 50 to 80 percent of the water when doing laundry by recycling the water used. It also saves energy by keeping heat in the system and captures microplastics to avoid harmful disposals.

Bl!xt
Disrupts a 150-year-old mechanical technology worth $31 Bn. Bl!xt is the sole developer of digital circuit breakers, a game changer for all industries where electricity is being used.

Phoenix Biopower
Develops a revolutionary technology for high-efficiency biopower that can double the electrical efficiency from biomass.

Bzzt
Small, efficient, electrical taxi vehicles for short trips and distances which can be ordered through an app.

CAKE
Develops and will market light, clean and silent, high performance electrical off-road motorbikes. CAKE’s ambition to speed up the transition towards a zero-emission society while promoting fun and exciting activities.

A New Direction for NY Tech Meetup’s Online Community!

To the supporters and attendees of NY Tech Alliance:
We have some exciting news to share regarding the next stage of NY Tech Alliance’s online community.

Many of you attend our monthly NY Tech Meetup (NYTM) events because you agree that building relationships and sharing information is incredibly important for our success as both individuals and an industry.

Online groups and forums should be an amazing tool for this purpose, but they have failed to live up to their full potential for reasons many of you are familiar with:
- More distractions than interactions.
- The uncertainty of who exactly we’re interacting with online.
- A culture of silently lurking because too little is gained from participation.
Combined, all of these factors have created a culture of mistrust. Whether it’s a spam-bot posing as a human, or constant news coverage of Facebook’s personal-data mining, there is a pervasive sense that somehow, we’re being taken advantage of simply by participating online.
The key to resolving this is restoring trust. Trust in interacting with one another, and trust in the platform on which those interactions are taking place.

NYTM is the world’s largest meet-up group, with nearly 60,000 members. We now plan to use our resources to try a different approach. NY Tech Alliance is partnering with a Brooklyn based startup called KarmaWheel to launch a new online community. We have been in close collaboration with KarmaWheel’s co-founders for several months and are very excited about the possibilities this new platform brings, namely:
1) Promoting meaningful exchanges of help and information, such as the forwarding of job opportunities, asking for introductions, sharing industry insights, and finding collaborators for projects.
2) Allowing members to participate with minimal demand on their time and attention.
3) Providing complete transparency as to how information is stored and who has access to it.

Although our full launch will not happen until November, we are currently accepting registrations for our soft launch in early October. This will consist of a select group of 150-200 individuals who want to participate in the exchange of assistance and information online. If you are interested in joining this cohort, please leave your name, email, and any thoughts or comments you’d like to share in the Google form below.

https://goo.gl/forms/ZHbseNewS3D4n5Mq1

Big thanks from NYTM, we hope to see you at launch!

September 2018 NY Tech Meetup Lineup

Join us for NYC’s most famous and longest running monthly tech event! You’ll see a fantastic lineup of New York tech companies presenting live demos of their products, followed by an afterparty where you can network with the community and meet our demoers and sponsors.

Ever since the creation of Bitcoin back in 2008, its underlying technology Blockchain has been regarded as a major technology disruptor since the creation of Internet. In response to this emerging technology, this September, NY Tech Meetup and BRD (https://brd.com/blog/building-features-people-want) present several NYC Blockchain startups in different sectors ranging from finance to music and art. We hope to see you there!

TALK: This is not a Bubble
James Haft
Co-Founder at CryptoOracle, LLC
https://cryptooracle.io
Managing Partner, CryptoOracl LLC, a community-first VC and advisory firm creating and leveraging communities to create value in businesses based upon the new decentralized economy and distributed ledger technologies.

Demos by:
BRD
https://brd.com/
BRD is the simple and secure onramp to bitcoin, ethereum, and other digital currencies.

Sludge Media
https://readsludge.com/
Sludge is an investigative journalism startup focused on money in politics, and built on the Civil blockchain-based publishing platform for independent journalism.

OpenSea
https://opensea.io/
OpenSea: The first and largest marketplace for crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens

Republic Crypto
https://republic.co/crypto
Republic — where everyone can invest in startups, with as little as $20

BitRights: Columbia Graduate Business School
https://bitrights.io/
BitRights: Data integrity and provenance solution optimized for digital media and content licensing.

Ujo Music
https://ujomusic.com/
Ujo promises to foster a direct and transparent connection between you and the music you love.

Wine will be provided by:
TAP Coin from Hooch
https://www.tapcoin.net/
A decentralized platform for consumer rewards and brand insights.

Program:
6:30 Registration
7:00 Demos Begin
8:30 Networking Reception

About This Month’s Sponsors:
BRD
https://brd.com/blog/building-features-people-want
We’re moving money forward.
We believe in the value of financial freedom and independence, and want to empower people across the globe by leveraging the possibilities bitcoin provides. Whether it’s bringing financial services to society, making advancements in the future of money, or providing new capabilities that were previously thought impossible, we put our passion into our work and it shows.

We achieve these goals by focusing on the experience we provide our users. We measure success by the ease with which new and non-technical users can get started using our products, and by the high level of security we are able to offer behind the scenes. Many believe bitcoin can be easy or secure, but not both; we have broken the mold and proved that is not true.

We offer all of this through our iPhone and Android apps, and are excited to have you experience the power of bitcoin in the palm of your hand.

July 2018 NY Tech Meetup Lineup

Presenting Companies (in alpha order):

Dash
www.dashmobile.co
@dashmobile

Dash is the leading Vehicle Intelligence Platform, with connected car products used by over 450,000 drivers in more than 100 countries. Dash makes driving smarter, safer and more affordable and has worked with enterprise partners including Ford, Johnson Controls, the DOT and AllState.

GrowNYC
www.grownyc.org
@grownyc

Greenmarket, a program of GrowNYC, operates farmers markets throughout the five boroughs, including the world-renowned Union Square Greenmarket.

Indicative
indicative.com
@getindicative

Customer analytics, free from limits

Swoup
www.swoup.com
@swouper

Swoup: A Fintech company using AI to transform discounts on everyday purchases into ways to pay for retirement, college, charity, or other life goals.

NYC OPEN DATA WINNERS

cloudred
https://cloudred.com/
@cloudred

Cloudred helps civic-minded organizations & businesses maximize their visibility online.

Participatory Budgeting Project
participatorybudgeting.org
@PBProject

myPB shares the status of local projects that were proposed and funded through participatory budgeting.

plan(t)wise
www.plan-t-wise.com
@RodonikiA

Plan(t)wise: planning a green canopy over the Big Apple

June 2018 NY Tech Meetup Lineup

Join us for NYC’s most famous and longest running monthly tech event! You’ll see a fantastic lineup of New York tech companies presenting live demos of their products, followed by an afterparty (sponsored this month by Civic Hall) where you can network with the community and meet our demoers and sponsors.

This month we are partnering with Civic Hall to showcase some of NYC’s best civic and social good focused tech!

Tickets at https://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/249977014/.

About Our Partner and Sponsor:

Civic Hall
http://civichall.org
@CivicHall

Civic Hall is a one-of-a-kind collaboration center for the world’s civic innovators where social entrepreneurs, change-makers, government employees, hackers, academics, journalists, and artists can share knowledge, build tools, and solve problems together.

SCHEDULED DEMOS:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
www.asme.org
@asmeishow
@engineer4change

ASME is bringing engineering rigor to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through engineeringforchange.org (an online community), the ISHOW (a hardware start-up competition) & Impact.Engineered (a NYC based live forum & awards).

Cardiapp
Heart Monitoring
www.cardiapp.io @cardiapp

Cardiapp Heart Monitoring empowers users to take control over their own heart health.

Memria.org
www.Memria.org
memria_org

Memria: Harnessing the Power of Voice

RaceYa
raceya.com
@raceyatoys

RaceYa - Customizable RC cars for fun & fast learning through hands-on, not just screens-on, play!

Sana
sana.io
@sana_health

The world’s first truly smart sleep mask, aiding insomniacs around the world. 

WearWorks
www.wear.works
@WearWorksInc

Wayband: It is a wearable haptic navigation device for the blind and visually impaired.

Wethos
https://wethos.co
@wethosco

Where the gig economy meets meaningful work. We believe the people solving our toughest problems deserve the best talent, come join the #NonprofitRevolution

May 2018 NY Tech Meetup Lineup

Join us for NYC’s most famous and longest running monthly tech event! You’ll see a fantastic lineup of New York tech companies presenting live demos of their products, followed by an afterparty where you can network with the community and meet our demoers and sponsors. Thank you to our Host, APPNEXUS!
AppNexus
http://www.appnexus.com/en
@AppNexus

Presenting Companies:

GeoCV
https://geocv.com/
@GeoCV3D
GeoCV is the only provider of virtual tours via 3D-enabled smartphones.

Live XYZ
www.live.xyz
IG: @livexyz
Live is the first map based on time, creating a completely new way to discover the places and events happening in the world around us.

Moment Capture, Inc. (DBA PanoMoments) 
https://www.panomoments.com/
@panomoments
PanoMoments transform standard and 360 video into interactive living photos.

Stationhead
http://stationhead.com/
@STATIONHEAD
Stationhead, in partnership with Apple Music and Spotify, allows anyone to have and host their own radio station.

Zola
https://www.zola.com/
@zola
Zola: We’re reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience to make the happiest moment in our couples’ lives even happier.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY:

Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF)
www.pif.gov
@InnovFellows

The Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program brings the principles, values and practices of the innovation economy to the federal government through the most effective agents of change: people.

FELLOWS:
Clara Tsao, Alex Dalessio, Davey Gibian, Ben Willman, and Josh Di Frances

Clara Tsao
Presidential Innovation Fellow, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Clara Tsao is an entrepreneur and a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow. Prior to government, she led global strategic partnerships in education for Microsoft. In addition to corporate roles with Google, Apple, Sony, Playstation, HP, and AT&T, Clara is also the co-founder and former Executive Director of the Congressional App Challenge. In her spare time, you can find Clara writing tech pieces for the Huffington Post or mentoring students on social entrepreneurship as a STEM mentor for Clinton Global Initiative University.

Alex Dalessio
Presidential Innovation Fellow, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Alex is a multidisciplinary professional with over 15 years of experience working across six continents. His primary focus is enterprise innovation management and he has built and lead transformational programs that have invented, patented, and released award-winning, revenue-generating products on three continents. As part of this work, has developed innovative programs with some of the world’s largest organizations, including the United Nations, the United States Government, Reed Elsevier, Nike, Citibank, John Wiley & Sons, AB InBev, and Bionic Solution. Alex has also co-founded two agtech businesses focused on global food security, Isabel.io and CityFarmFish, and is an advisor on numerous other startups. An avid traveler, he has lived in eight countries and traveled to over 70. Alex holds a JD from UC Berkeley and received his MBA from Oxford University.

Davey Gibian
Presidential Innovation Fellow, U.S. Department of Transportation
As an innovator, David’s diverse career has spanned active war zones, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. He is best known for creating organizations that blend advances in technology with new organizational methods to solve critical human-centric challenges globally. He is a specialist in interdisciplinary strategy for data science, cybersecurity, geospatial information systems, and AI.  David is a dynamic entrepreneur and executive. Prior to the White House, he served as the Director of Growth for 0ptimus Consulting, a data science and AI platform. Before being tapped to grow 0ptimus, he was on the business development team at Palantir Technologies and was responsible for data integration across US Government clients. David is well known as the Cofounder of Office:MG, an applied data laboratory. Office:MG’s work created solutions that improved public infrastructure in New York City, enabled humanitarian responses in the Middle East, applied data science to political campaigns, and provided situational awareness in areas of crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. In tandem with Office:MG, David teamed up with researchers at Carnegie Mellon and in 2015, he cofounded the software platform Symkala, which applies breakthrough robotics technologies to unstructured dark data, driving a new direction in geospatial information systems (GIS).

Ben WillmanExecutive Director, Presidential Innovation FellowsBen Willman is the Director of Strategy and Programming for the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, where he leads efforts to bring innovation ideas for the federal government through a structured program from problem exploration to prototyping with users. Ben was most recently on the 18F delivery team, working in Product Management and Experience Design on the USCIS and the Peace Corps teams. Prior to 18F, Ben was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Department of Veteran Affairs helping to modernize how the VA delivers products and services to veterans. Ben has been on the founding team of several startups as a founder, CTO and product strategist. He is passionate about building products and services people love and advocates for Lean Startup, Design Thinking and Service Design approaches to innovation management. Ben actively teaches and mentors startup teams on how to use Lean Startup, including as a long-time mentor at the Lean Startup Machine. He is also an experienced technologist as a CTO, systems architect and developer working with a variety of technologies and languages.

Josh Di FrancesDeputy Director, Presidential Innovation FellowsJosh is the Director of Operations for the Presidential Innovation Fellowship program. Before joining the PIF program, he was on CVS Health’s Digital Strategy and Innovation team where he worked to accelerate innovation through healthcare and technology strategic partnerships and investments. Josh also worked at Brigham and Women’s Hospital—a Harvard affiliated academic medical center—in their Innovation Hub (iHub) where he helped Harvard Medical School professors to commercialize technology. Prior to Brigham, Josh served as Director of Operations for a biotechnology start-up that focused on novel gene editing technology. Joshis a graduate of Boston University where he holds a B.A. in Biology with a Concentration in Neuroscience. He is currently pursuing Executive Coursework at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and graduate coursework in Strategic Management at Harvard University Extension School.Josh is also a proud volunteer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Celebrating Diversity in Tech

By Tom O’Connell, Interim Executive Director, Code/Interactive

On May 22nd, the third annual Diversity In Tech Awards will bring together dozens of industry and government supporters to illuminate the diversity gap in tech and more importantly, its solvability for leaders in tech, government, and education. All proceeds from the event will go to Mouse and Code/Interactive, two nonprofits that give access to STEM and computer science for predominantly low-income schools.

Why is there a lack of diversity in tech? According to “The Leaky Tech Pipeline,” a report produced by the Kapor Center, the problem that we see in tech companies starts much earlier in K-12 education. Only 1% of venture-backed companies are started by a Black or Latinx founder. This professional pipeline is fed by higher education, where the graduate enrollment rate in computer science for white students in 8x higher than for Latinx students.

An overwhelming majority of students who study CS in college have had a significant computer science experience beforehand, yet low-income students and students of color are 12x less likely to have access to CS courses in their high schools. This is why the Diversity in Tech Awards exists and why it supports nonprofits Mouse and Code/Interactive with their work at the beginning of the pipeline.

The celebration will be hosted at the Bowery Hotel with featured guests from major companies that are working on this issue in earnest and celebrating their efforts up and down the pipeline at the Diversity in Tech Awards.

The evening starts with a panel discussion “Building a Diverse Tech Talent Pipeline,” including:

• Lisa Opoku, Chief Operating Officer, Goldman Sachs Technology Division
• Kelli Dragovich, SVP People Operations/HR at Hired, Inc.

The beneficiary organizations for this event, Mouse and Code/Interactive, are two leading national organizations working on closing the opportunity gap for low-income students and students of color in technology. Mouse is a national youth development nonprofit that empowers all students to create with technology to solve real problems and make meaningful change in our world. Code/Interactive (C/I) is a nonprofit that trains educators and builds inclusive computer science programs. The Diversity In Tech Awards will be featuring computer science teachers trained by Code/Interactive and Mouse alumni who have done exemplary work in building the tech talent pipeline for others around them.

For the last two years, the Diversity In Tech Awards has attracted over 600 senior leaders in  the tech, finance, marketing, real estate, design & creative industries that define NYC’s economy, plus colleagues from government, the school system and academe; with a focus also on next-generation leaders from groups underrepresented in tech. This event will be held in partnership with Hired, with support from many generous sponsors, including Goldman Sachs, Best Buy, Hired, IBM, Facebook, AT&T, Blackrock, Media Math, RBC Capital Markets, Coca-Cola, ROKO Labs, True[X], Yext, Dropbox,  among others.

Here’s what people are saying about the importance of diversity in tech

“While the national attention on STEM programs is increasing, the opportunity gap remains enormous. This is further exaggerated in underserved communities, which also adds a diversity challenge. Despite the best efforts of many nonprofit organizations and attention from the US Government and private-sector funding, we remain woefully behind in terms of scalable and repeatable programs.” –Kirk McDonald, Chief Marketing Officer, AT&T Advertising and Analytics and Chair, Board of Directors, Code/Interactive

“Diversity provides different intellectual dimensions and perspectives. Diverse ideas and approaches make us more innovative as it challenges our thinking.  Empowering minorities, such as women, and promoting them in leadership roles is important as many are capable to do the same things as men, especially in technology.”  – Kim, Mouse Alum

“All students deserve a quality and comprehensive computer science K-12 education, yet only 40% of schools offer computer science. Access to CS education can be a one-way ticket out of poverty for many of the youth that we serve, so we are proud to bring together our most enthusiastic supporters to celebrate these efforts during the Diversity In Tech Awards.”

-Tom O’Connell, Interim Executive Director at Code/Interactive

TICKETS AVAILABLE

 http://div2018.splashthat.com/

About Mouse

Mouse is a national youth development nonprofit that empowers all students to create with technology to solve real problems and make meaningful change in our world. Mouse is committed to closing the diversity gap in STEM and opening opportunities for youth from underserved communities across the country. Learn more at mouse.org.

About Code/Interactive

Code/Interactive (C/I) is a nonprofit that trains educators and builds inclusive computer science programs. C/I provides districts, schools, educational organizations, and teachers with the curriculum, tools, and training necessary to implement K-12 computer science programs aligned to their goals and needs. Learn more at codeinteractive.org

Don’t Miss These Two Great Partner Events

Join us at The Lead Developer New York!

When you’re busy leading a team, coding and maintaining standards, how do you find the time to stay ahead of new technologies and develop yourself as a technical lead?

The Lead Developer New York 2018 is a 1-day conference featuring practical advice from experts on leading and motivating your team and high-level sessions on new and disruptive technologies.

Workshops at One World Trade Center

Tickets are selling fast for our workshops, hosted by Condé Nast Technology at One World Trade Center on April 25, but there are still some places left. Book yours soon so you don’t miss out: Demystifying Management & Hacking Agile.

Talks

We’re really excited to welcome such a great lineup of speakers to The Lead Developer New York 2018, delivering talks on topics ranging from company culture and teams to microservices and incident management. Some of what you’ll see:

• Collaborative Debugging
  
• Revitalizing a Cross-Functional Product Organization
  
• The New Manager Death Spiral
  
• The Critical Career Path Conversation
  
• Traps on the Path to Microservices
  

REGISTER TODAY AT https://newyork2018.theleaddeveloper.com/

2018 Korea CT Startup Biz Meeting in New York

Join the Daejeon Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency (DICA) as they bring 10 Korean Startups to showcase to a select group of the NY Tech Ecosystem. These technology companies cross multiple verticals from VR, Automated Vehicles, Block Chain, IoT, BIO cosmetics, Ad Tech and Consumer tech. 

Introduction of visiting Korean companies
❍Tangible/ Intangible asset analysis and dealing solution using block chain
technology ‘ChangDae’
❍AI based traffic prediction solution ‘BlueSignal’
❍ Real time streaming smart camera on Android OS ‘THE S’
❍ World first shadow advertising system using LED streetlamps ‘AVONNE’
❍ Cell phone covers using environment-friendly oil paints ‘FOXIDEA’
❍ Natural cosmetics using micro needle technology HEEYEON ‘E&E Chem’
❍ VR Attraction for aerosports ‘3D Interactive’
❍ VR Action defense game ‘Throw Anything’from ‘Visual Light’
❍ VR360 Real time broadcasting solution ‘RICH 360’ by ‘KAI’
❍ Functional VR Simulator ‘REAL WAVE & HEAL’from ‘ADMI’

Hosted /Organized by: Daejeon Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency (DICA)

Inquiries: Ms. Sophia.cha [email protected] / +82-70-7893-6660

April 2018 NY Tech Meetup

This month we invite you to meet the Techstars NYC Winter 2018 class at their pitch night as they show off their businesses and their progress made during the Program.

Immediately following the demo event, we will host our networking hour at the Westside Tavern located right across 23rd Street! Come by and meet the amazing Techstars class.

About Techstars:
Techstars helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow. www.techstars.com(http://www.techstars.com/)

Altru
altrulabs.com
@altrulabs

Altru is a mobile-video platform that helps companies with hiring and training through
employee-generated content.

The Clear Cut
theclearcut.co
@theclearcut

The Clear Cut is a D2C diamond engagement ring company that eliminates the stress and confusion of buying a diamond engagement ring through personalized service and expert education.

Kyso
kyso.io
@kyso_io

Kyso is where you publish, share and extend data-science studies.

Loom
loomx.io
@loomnetwork

Loom Network is a next-generation blockchain platform that allows developers to easily build and deploy decentralized, scalable, and censorship-free games and social applications on the blockchain. (Think World of Warcraft or Twitter on the blockchain).

PathSpot
pathspottech.com
@PathSpot

PathSpot protects food-service companies and their customers from the threat of foodborne illness by scanning for harmful contamination on employees’ hands.

TypingDNA
typingdna.com
@typingDNA

TypingDNA recognizes people by the way they type.

Vertoe
vertoe.com
@VertoeUS

Vertoe is an on-demand short term storage provider.