InSITE Companies Raise > $215M
On the metformin hydrochloride 1000 mg side effects 10th Anniversary of our companies raising funding after graduating InSITE, we have surveyed their accomplishments and found tremendous success in Angel and VC fundraising. Since Spring of 2001, InSITE’s companies have raised a total of more than $215 million of disclosed funding and have enjoyed at least 6 successful exits. With 96 companies completing our program to date, that’s an average of $2.2 million raised per company – an impressive number, particularly considering the majority of start-ups do not receive funding. The biggest raise by far was by RecycleBank,...
Read MoreInSITE 2010 Honors and Elections
On Tuesday, April 13th, InSITE hosted it’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and closing dinner. We were thrilled to be joined by many special guests including: Alex Cohen, InSITE Founder and GC and CCO for On Deck Capital Andrew Moss, InSITE Alumni and Founder of BuyWithMe Ben Lilienthal, InSITE Alumni and Founder of Vapps Bronson Lingamfelter, InSITE Alumni and Associate at Rose Tech Ventures Dan Lifton, InSITE Board and COO at Quality of Life Labs David Pashman, Legal Team Leader at Meetup Dawn Barber, InSITE Board and Founder of NY Tech Meetup Josh Spodek, InSITE Alumni and Founder of...
Read MoreJason Finger Sits Down with InSITE
Jason Finger, Founder and, until February 2010, CEO of Seamlessweb; recently named Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners; and, most importantly, NYU JD/MBA ’99, sat down with InSITE last Wednesday night. As I’m sure anyone who has met him will quickly attest, Jason is a profoundly nice guy, and was willing to speak with us on a wide range of topics from his time in a law firm to founding a remarkable company to turning down his first exit opportunity. Jason first discussed his background and how starting out working at a law firm and seeing the inefficiencies...
Read More3 Fellows Advance to SVCIC Nationals
InSITE fellows Mike Katz, Gregory Pennington, and Shirley Xu are part of the five-member team Smeagle & Cup that was chosen to represent Columbia Business School at the Fifth Annual National Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition, taking place at UNC, March 19-20, 2010. To reach nationals, team Smeagle first competed in the Columbia Venture Capital Investment Competition. In that competition, an initial field of more than thirty teams was narrowed down to seven that participated in Finals on February 12th, 2010. To prepare, the teams were given business plans two days...
Read MoreInSITE Accepts 18 Fellows to Fall 2009 Class
This semester, we received a record number of applications from the most talented group of people ever to be together in graduate school. InSITE is excited to annouced 18 terrific new Fellows – they are: Jon Cooper, NYU MBA Michael DiBenedetto, Columbia MBA Seth Goldman, NYU MBA Sharon Goswami, NYU JD Daniel Harman, Columbia MBA Omar Haroun, Columbia JD Colleen Honigsberg, Columbia JD Nick Hurley, NYU MBA Camila Jimenez Villa, NYU MBA/MFA Christopher Johnson, Columbia MBA Mike Katz, Columbia MBA Stephanie Palmeri, Columbia MBA Greg Pennington, Columbia MBA Brian Rothenberg, NYU...
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