Next Wave NYC

The weekend is here and that means NY #TechWeek is fast approaching. We're hosting two events bringing together incredible founders, investors, and creators and we hope you can join us. Up first on June 3rd is our AI Demo Day in partnership with Lynx Collective, The Council, and Rho. 8 NYC startups will pitch our judges and a room full of 100+ top NY VC's for a $50,000 investment from our fund. Shouts out to Next Wave NYC Investment Partner Dorothy Chang for taking the lead on this and fellow Next Wave Investment Partner Celestine Maddy and Flybridge GP Jesse Middleton for joining her as judges for the evening. Apply to attend AI Demo Day ----> https://lnkd.in/ekemc3Nu On June 5th we're taking things to Lumos House for The Melting Pot in partnership with Andrew Yeung, Blindspot, and Goodwin. We've got an incredible line up of speakers like Willonius Hatcher the filmmaker, comedian, and technologist behind the viral BBL Drizzy song, BAFTA Award Winning Interactive Producer Spencer Burnham, and Fem-Tech Founder and Gwenyth Paltrow Bestie (kidding but not all the way) Penda N'diaye. We've also got live musical performances, DJ's, and delicious eats all night. Apply to join us for The Melting Pot at Lumos House ----> https://lu.ma/lumosn4

We're putting our money where our mouth is and a $50,000 investment is on the line at our #NYTechWeek AI Demo Day co-hosted by The Council, Lynx Collective, and Rho on June 5th. 8 awesome software startups leveraging AI will pitch judges and Next Wave NYC investment partners Dorothy Chang, Jesse Middleton, and Celestine Maddy in a room filled with 100+ active Pre-Seed, Seed, and Angel investors - including investors from Flybridge, True Ventures, Lux Capital, Box Group, Cowboy Ventures & more. Founders: There are a few days left to apply to pitch - applications close May 21st. Application link can be found on the event registration page here: https://lnkd.in/ekemc3Nu Investors: Apply to attend by registering for a ticket here: https://lnkd.in/ekemc3Nu #TechWeek #NYTechWeek #NYStateOfAI

As a native-New Yorker who never imagined myself in tech, I'm excited about doubling down on the city I call home and to work alongside the OG's that made tech here possible.

We are thrilled to share that we've launched Next Wave NYC with an amazing team of founders and operators who have been at the center of New York Tech for a decade and a half! Next Wave NYC is a new pre-seed fund from Flybridge dedicated to supporting innovation in NYC and bringing these companies to the world. We are excited to be investing alongside 15 incredible founders and operators who’ve been an integral part of making NYC a fantastic place to build tech companies. Meet the team over at http://nextwave.nyc but we want to give a warm welcome to all of our partners who are investing in the next generation of NYC Tech! • Andrew Yeung • Celestine Maddy • Cheryl Campos • Chris Brown • Dave A. Salvant • Dorothy Chang • Hassan W. Bhatti • Julia Cohen • Khaled Kteily • Lindsay Kaplan • Marc Manara • Mike Swift • Rebekah Rombom • Shai Goldman • Songe LaRon And a special thank you to our Flybridge team, who's helping to support this amazing group: Cherae Robinson and Julia Maltby! We are dedicated to discovering and nurturing founders at the forefront of AI with that NY special sauce. If you’re a founder at the earliest stages of your journey - please reach out and share your vision. Learn more at www.nextwave.nyc! #NextWaveNYC #VentureCapital #Startups #AI