Join Venture for NYC

By joining Venture for NYC, you will work with NYCEDC to build the world’s best innovation ecosystem in NYC. Become a member today.

As a member of Venture for NYC, you’ll gain access to:

• A trusted peer network (view a full list of our members) for candid discussions and resource-sharing
• Regular convenings, including high-impact working groups and premier innovation and venture ecosystem events
• Structured opportunities to amplify your firm’s leadership to founders, limited partners, and the broader NYC venture ecosystem
• A platform to engage with and impact citywide innovation strategy and demonstrate your firm’s commitment to inclusive growth in NYC

Requirements to Join

• Innovation Ecosystem Player: A NYC-based investor, capital fund, or ecosystem partner
• NYC presence: Headquartered or have partner-level presence in NYC with active operations
• Commitment: Agree to fulfill the annual commitments

Core Commitments

1. Complete a brief annual survey to share or update member firm data, programs, and initiatives
2. Introduce ecosystem partners including new VCs, LPs, angels, banks, institutional investors, sponsors, and service providers to NYCEDC and Venture for NYC
3. Participate in the Venture for NYC community by supporting a minimum of one Venture for NYC program per year

Venture for NYC members are strongly encouraged to pursue additional actions throughout each year of membership, including:

Programming Support

• Mentor/advise 1+ participants in NYCEDC entrepreneurship programs including Founder Fellowship, NYC AI Nexus, NYC Game Design Future Lab, Visionaries NYC Alumni Network, Women.NYC: Scale Ready Studio, and more
• Host 1+ participants from NYCEDC startup or venture workforce programs including LifeSci NYC Internship Program, NYC Startup Internship Program, NYC Venture Capital Internship Program, and more
• Mentor 1+ diverse/small/emerging fund managers, including participants of NYC-based venture workforce programs (as relevant)
• Sponsor/host 1+ Venture for NYC events focused on improving education, culture, and policies within venture firms and the innovation ecosystem at large
• Respond to and/or amplify relevant NYCEDC public procurements

Thought Leadership

• Advocate for industry actions and policy recommendations that can advance equitable innovation in NYC venture, including participation in NYCEDC industry-focused working groups or advisory councils, authoring op-eds, or hosting stakeholder discussions
• Host 1+ Innovation Industry roundtable discussions to facilitate peer-to-peer information exchange, share best practices and lessons learned from your operations, and foster collaboration
• Contribute to a Venture for NYC member newsletter—a clearinghouse of ways to engage in programs and support diverse founders/funders

Network Growth

• Host and attend 1+ dinners or other gatherings to convene existing and prospective members (including coordinating logistics, securing sponsorship as needed, etc.)
• Promote and amplify Venture for NYC messaging across your networks and social channels

Venture Ecosystem Funding

• Fund the development or continuation of programs to improve equitable growth within NYC’s venture ecosystem, including but not limited to:
• Sponsor an NYC-based venture workforce program
• Co-invest with other Venture for NYC members in NYC-based founders and/or small/diverse/emerging fund managers

^Disclaimers

^{Thank you for joining Venture for NYC. By becoming a member, you agree to:}

• ^{Have your organization’s name recognized as a participant of the Venture or NYC on program digital channels and promotional materials}
• ^{Designate at least one senior employee as point person for communications and represent and warrant that you are duly authorized to participate in the Venture for NYC community on behalf of your organization}
• ^{Be contacted by NYCEDC for further onboarding and engagement}