The River Project is a marine science field station founded in 1986 at Pier 26 in Tribeca (now at Pier 40), on the lower west side of Manhattan, in New York City. The River Project works to protect and restore the ecosystem of the Hudson River estuary through scientific research, hands-on environmental education, and urban…

KISI is an award-winning startup set to revolutionize how workers interact with their office space. German engineered and made in Brooklyn, KISI moved to New York after launching at TechCrunch Disrupt and winning the NYC Next Idea global business plan competition. KISI’s virtual keys allow employees, freelancers, contractors and visitors to access spaces with their…

Q Designs is a consumer technology company that creates beautiful, technology-centric products that make every day just a little bit simpler. The Q Designs team blends style and technology to build real world products that are elegant, effortless and extraordinarily useful. Q Designs just released their flagship product the QBracelet, which is a stylish bracelet…

AHAlife is a curated marketplace for creative, inspiring objects. Their mission is to empower designers, artisans and innovators to thrive online and connect with people around the world. By combining the power of storytelling with commerce and curation, AHAlife is building a sustainable, full price, full value destination that merges exceptional design with intelligent content…

Not a company, but an amazing organization worth knowing about here in NYC… Founded 23 years ago to address community needs and provide support and services to those immediately affected by the AIDS Crisis of the 1980’s and ‘90’s, ASCNYCwas born out of an urgent need. Medical advances mean living with HIV/AIDS is no longer…

Wearable Experiments [We:eX] is a socially driven wearable technology company. Their mission is to bring together fashion and technology with a functional design aesthetic, and use creative problem solving to help us live well and have a better quality of life.[We:eX] designs and builds hardware, software and the apparel for wearable technology products. Currently [We:eX] is…

Sawhorse Media is the tech startup behind Muck Rack and the Shorty Awards. Muck Rack allows you to tell your story to the media by pitching journalists on story ideas, getting alerts when journalists mention your brand or keyword, and measuring the impact of your PR efforts. Journalists use Muck Rack to manage their online…

Ideapod is a social media platform for ideas. Express your passions and moments of inspiration with others to find like minded people making your ideas a reality. Ideas are limited to 1000 characters and can contain pictures or videos in communicating your thoughts and concepts. The platform launched in invite only beta in February and…

Gaggyl removes the pain points of going out with a large group – from the reservation to the bill. Gaggyl.com is a marketplace for consumers to find, book, and organize experiences for larger groups – like birthday dinners, bachelor party open bars, or private rooms for guys / girls night out. Their goal is to…

Songza is a music search engine and internet jukebox, built and based in NYC. Relaxing? Working? Throwing a party? Songza plays the right music for any situation thanks to their human curated playlists. Using 7 data points (time of day, day of week, device, weather, IP address, your past behavior, and the entire community’s behavior…

SocialRank is a simple tool that help brands and individuals find out more information about the people that follow them on social networks, starting with Twitter. In January 2012, Alex Taub and Michael Schonfeld built a small tool called MVF, which stood for Most Valuable Follower, which revealed your most valuable Twitter followers. The tool…

Hitlist was founded by Gillian Morris, Luka Kladaric, and Timo de Winter to help address the painful, inefficient travel search experience that they think holds people back from traveling as much as they’d like to. Hitlist is a mobile app that helps you build a list of places you’d like to go, then alerts you…