Our Programs
VentureOut Explore One-Week Market Exploration Programs
Meet decision makers in Marketing Tech
Meet 20 thought leaders, decision makers and investors in Marketing Tech in NYC in 3 days. Whether innovation officers at top corporates, the most active venture investors or CEOs of the most innovative startups, this program will super charge your network in Marketing Tech.
Meet influential Marketing Tech investors
Meet over a dozen tier-1 venture capitalists and angel investors focused on Marketing Tech. Through VC office visits, one-to-one meetings and our pitch events, you will have the opportunity to learn from and pitch some of the world's leading Marketing Tech investors.
Develop your advisor and mentor network
Through one-to-one mentoring and advisory sessions with serial entrepreneurs, investors and industry thought leaders, you will have an opportunity to gain insights and feedback to enable a transformation in your strategy, pitch and messaging. Build an actionable network of mentors and advisors that you can leverage for years to come.
Accelerate your sales and marketing machine
For those of us that have not been a VP of Sales or Marketing, we are currently running the largest company we have ever run. The knowledge required to build scalable and replicable sales and marketing operations is something we need to learn: what are the right roles to hire for, processes that allow scalable repetition, tools to support these efforts? Come join us and learn!
Testimonials
Tom Chernaik
CommandPost
"This is just an amazing opportunity, in particular for people coming in from outside of New York, to get a real taste of what it's like to do business and run a startup here."
Trevor Wolfe
delvv.io
"I've been working with brands and advertisers my entire career and I've never heard of a tagline more appropriate and special than talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is not."
Kyle Collier
Noq
"This program was very useful to me, the most valuable thing was learning how to craft my message and really define it. What I've learned and how I've modified our product will live on in our vision and future product iterations."
Bonny Morlak
Tiltsta
"The experience was amazing, I would describe it as a very effective way to jump start your New York network. After three days you have friends, partners, and other contacts, you are instantly plugged into the New York network."
Marketing Tech Partner
MDC Ventures
MDC Ventures (formerly known as KBS+ Ventures) is the corporate venture capital arm of MDC Partners, investing in seed stage, B2B marketing technology companies transforming the global advertising landscape. Since 2011 we have been partnering with the innovators, entrepreneurs and startups addressing the needs of the Modern CMO.
www.mdc-partners.com/about-mdc/venturesMarketing Tech Mentors
Jessica Peltz-Zatulove
Partner
MDC Ventures
Jessica Peltz is the Investment Director at kbs+ Venturesfocusing on sourcing deal flow and making investment recommendations for early stage tech startups looking to transform the media and advertising industry. She is a frequent speaker within the NYC startup communityand specializes in helping connect marketers with emerging technology. Jessica’s cutting edge collaborations were often featured in the trades such as MashableAdageMobile Marketerand Mediapost. Jessica has a BA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Businesswith a double concentration in Marketing and International Relations.
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www.mdc-partners.com/about-mdc/venturesMatt Lopez
VP of Sales
Skaled
Matt Lopez is a Partner at Skaled, which helps companies optimize their sales process, people, and technology to accelerate business growth for scaling success.
Skaled accelerates sales organization growth by examining fundamental sales process and using cutting-edge technology to enable clients to optimize, modernize, and thrive in the constantly evolving world of SMB & Enterprise sales. They have worked with over 80 organizations globally helping larger organizations generate millions of dollars in new and incremental revenue and startups raise over 250 million dollars post-engagement.
skaled.comSusan Lindner
Founder
Emerging Media
Susan Lindner believes that incredible connections change the world. As the CEO and Founder of Emerging Media, an award-winning PR • Marketing • Branding • Social Media agency, she develops breakthrough strategies that connect our clients to the right media, communities, influencers, and prospects. Susan gives back to the entrepreneurial community as a mentor to young domestic and international startups at VentureOut, and as a judge at premier competitions like NY Tech Week, The Mashies and many more.
http://emergingmediapr.comMarcos Dinnerstein
Executive Council Member
NYVC
Marcos Dinnerstein is Executive Council Member at NYVC
After being an editor at Digital.com, Marcos is now an Executive Council Member at New York Venture Council, with experience at establishing processes and continually improving them. He is an effective Product Management team member, possessing a ‘Figure it out and get it done’ attitude. New York Venture Council members are leading NYC-area venture capitalists, family offices, angels, entrepreneurs, universities, media and professional advisors, all dedicated to increasing deal flow and ecosystem cooperation in the world's financial capital.
http://www.GONYVC.COMMichelle Bacharach
Co-Founder & CEO
FINDMINE
Technology startup co-founder and CEO. Strong background in strategy and product management with heavy agile experience. She is a former Senior Admissions Consultant with The MBA Exchange, where she helped develop content strategy and provide comprehensive admissions consulting for MBA applicants seeking admission to top-tier programs. Michelle also used to work as program manager director at Univision Communications.
www.findmine.comAsael Meir
Partner
CohnReznick
Asael Meir is a partner in CohnReznick’s Long Island office and leads the Firm’s Technology and Life Sciences Industry Practice in the Firm's New York offices. With more than 15 years of experience in providing assurance and financial reporting services, Asael serves technology, hospitality, and retail and consumer products companies. He works closely with business owners and management teams of both privately held and publicly listed companies who are seeking guidance on acquisitions, divestitures, and capital formation transactions.
www.cohnreznick.comEmre Ozgu
Partner
BMK
Emre Ozgu is a Partner at Barst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP. He brings more than fifteen years of professional experience in representing and counseling individuals and corporations on all aspects of U.S. immigration law related to permanent residence (“green cards”) through employment and family sponsorship, a wide range of work visas (H, L, E, O, J and P visas) and other immigration matters. Emre successfully represented hundreds of individuals and corporations before a variety of US administrative agencies and can represent immigration clients in any jurisdiction across the United States. He graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Economics.
bmkllp.comChris Errico
Managing Associate
Dentons
Chris Errico is Co-Chair of the firm's US Startup Program and member of the Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice at Dentons. Chris is actively engaged in a diverse corporate practice, working with a wide range of fast-growing technology, software, digital media and life science companies at every stage of their development.
Chris regularly counsels emerging growth companies on transactional matters, including venture capital, seed/angel financings; public and private offerings; asset and stock acquisitions; debt financings and mergers and acquisitions. Chris also advises his clients on a daily basis regarding complex securities matters, corporate governance matters, joint ventures, strategic transactions, and general legal issues.
bit.ly/2ywxqNTShelli Kashriel
Director
Nielsen Ventures
Shelli is the Director of Nielsen Venturesa global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content is consumed."
http://www.nielsen.comDessy Levinson
Vice President & Head of Story
645 Ventures
A life-long geekDessy is passionate about nascent technology and is eagerly waiting for the future to become more evenly distributed. She is doing her part by specializing in VR/ARmost recently leading 645 Ventures’ Series A investment in LittlStar.
She spent fifteen years as a creative director, acquiring a deep understanding of the digital consumer mindset while leading marketing initiatives for Colgate PalmoliveGerberCentury 21Mall of America etc. At 645 VenturesDessy brings a rare balance of reason and creativity, enabling her to make investment decisions that are driven in equal measure by logic and vision.
http://645ventures.comEyal Megged
Digital Media Executive& Founder
IronSource
Eyal is a digital media executive with extensive experience in product leadership, business development and, early-stage capital raising.
He sources, manages and cultivates key strategic partnership and M&A endeavors.
www.ironsrc.comJosh Rochlin
CEO
Teckst
Josh Rochlin was an early pioneer in the New York Internet venture community, founding MyCalendar.com and serving as its CEO before selling it to Sports Huddle in 2001 (now owned by CBS).
Josh then led business development and strategy at GoAmerica (GOAM), the first wireless internet service provider (now Purple Communications). Prior to IBM's acquisition of Teckst (formerly Xtify), Josh served as its founding CEO. Prior to joining Teckst, Josh served as the Chief Administrative Officer at Marc Ecko Enterprises, where he oversaw all non-apparel businesses and ventures.
www.teckst.comJonathan Struhl
General Partner
Indicator Ventures
Jonathan has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. His ability to listen and synthesize facts and expert opinionscoupled with his unparalleled resourcefulness is what underpins Indicator’s commitment to diligence and support for portfolio companies. He’s cautious to jump to a conclusion before he has interpreted all indicatorsbut is steadfast in his own convictions. Jonathan welcomes debate and ensures we explore all angles. Jonathan is a 5th generation entrepreneurand it’s evident each day he comes to work and interacts with founders and teams. "
Michael Taormina
Head of Innovation & Strategic Partnerships
Group1001
Michael is CFO of Mineful. Michael was a VP at J.P. Morgan Asset Management where he specialized in derivatives trading and investment strategy. He served as President of the JDRF Young Leadership Committee a Type I diabetes charity. Michael completed the General Course at the London School of Economics. He graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University and earned his MBA with honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
www.group1001.comTeal Willingham
General Manager
NYU Data Future Lab
Teal is General Manager of the NYU Data Future Lab, a technology incubator working exclusively with early stage Machine Learning and Big Data companies. Previously, Teal was an investor at a Hong Kong-based, early-stage venture capital firm, where she focused on fintech, healthcare, and IoT. Prior to that, she worked in fundraising and operations at Sailthru, RRE Ventures, and spent five years in investor relations in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Teal began her career at moksha8, a TPG-backed healthcare startup, where she was instrumental in the company’s international expansion and $40M series C fundraise.
http://engineering.nyu.eduAdelyn Zhou
Growth Advisor
SignalFire
Adelyn Zhou is a business leader and bestselling author who is passionate about the intersection of marketing, automation, and the future of independent work. She has worked with some of the world's top companies and fastest growing startups on growth, blockchain applications, and applied artificial intelligence. She is recognized as a top influencer by Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., Wired, Hubspot and many others. She started her career at the Boston Consulting Group and later led growth efforts at Amazon (Quidsi), Nextdoor, and Eventbrite. She is an internationally recognized speaker at conferences such as SXSW, CES, Inbound, and DLD.
www.signalfire.comDavid Studinski
Director of Product Management
Sailthru
As the director of product management at Sailthru, David assists in the management of 20+ person development team, oversees QA and Implementation groups, plans and maintains product roadmap, specifically core product enhancements, and engages in numerous other activities.
http://sailthru.com
Alexa DePasquale
VP, Partnership Lead
Grey Group
Alexa is a strategic marketer with 5 years of experience vetting early-stage startups and managing client relations with Fortune 500 brands. She has a passion for creating connections between people and businesses and is very well-immersed in the NYC tech scene.
Alexa is now a VP at Grey Group. Grey ranks among the world's top advertising and marketing organizations, serving one-fifth of the FORTUNE 500, in 96 countries.
http://grey.com/globalJonathan Cherki
Founder and CEO
ContentSquare
Jonathan is a dynamic young entrepreneur. Passionate about numbers and statistics, Jonathan Cherki founded ContentSquare straight out of ESSEC Business School in 2009. ContentSquare empowers every member of the digital team to optimize the customer journey and dramatically increase conversions. Jonathan has made ContentSquare a "life project" and is extremely attentive both to the market and online retailers' needs. He is a prominent member of the FrenchTech startup community and described by Gartner as one of the 4 Most Innovative Technologies in eCommerce, ContentSquare is the best way to learn how to make your customers happy.
http://www.contentsquare.comTimothy Masek
Senior Growth Strategist
LADDER
Tim Masek is Senior Growth Strategist at LADDER. He is experienced in working full-funnel and cross-platform to solve growth problems for startups in eCommerce, SaaS and the App space. Speak to him about ways to grow your business - From top of the funnel acquisition, down to conversion and retention tactics.
ladder.ioKrista Thormodson
Principal
Pereg Ventures
Krista is Principal at Pereg Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on identifying entrepreneurs with ambitious ideas that will transform the way the world markets. Pereg invests in businesses that solve real-world marketing and advertising problems, including market intelligence technologies, spend management tools, advertising solutions, and online and mobile enablers.
http://peregventures.comZiv Ben-Barouch
Founding Partner
Pereg Ventures
Ziv brings over 20 years' experience building and investing in technology ventures in the US and Israel. Ziv was a Senior Principal with Viola Group, the leading technology private equity investment group in Israel with over $2 billion under management, where he was accountable for the assessment and negotiation of candidate investments, and served as a member of the investment. . Ziv also held the role as Chief Financial Officer of Plenus Venture Lending, one of Viola’s funds, responsible for overall financial and investor reporting of over $300 million of funds under management, as well as the turnaround of under- performing investments.
http://peregventures.comMarketing Tech Alumni
Tiltsta
Tiltsta turns fashion videos into mobile shopping experiences
- Impulse buying at the flick of the wrist.
- Watch a vertical full-screen video inside your social app (ie. Instagram)
- Fall in love with that dress you are seeing
- Add it to your list without any interruptions and keep watching
- Browse your shortlist and check-out
- You are still in your social feed where you left off
http://www.tiltsta.comiTellio
Founded in 2011, iTell.io is a digital place-based advertising exchange. Our core product connects brands with targeted demographics and revives revenue streams for ATM operators.
We provide news, help, insights, and information in order to erase the mundane from people's daily lives.
Our unique advertising capabilities allow us to transform a traditional Automated Teller Machine into an interactive digital place-based advertising platform by way of the ATM screen as well as use of a digital touchscreen ATM topper.
http://www.itell.iodelvv.io
The world's largest brands use the delvv.io platform to get unbiased, actionable (and quick) feedback from 30 of the most relevant creative professionals. Whether it's testing your concepts for a campaign, looking for areas of improvement on your website or mobile app, or launching a campaign in other markets, delvv.io has thousands of professionals on-demand waiting to help you create impactful brands and creative campaigns.
http://delvv.ioCommandPost
CMP.LY — the standard for making disclosures in social and digital media — helps brands and agencies fulfill regulatory obligations while improving the effectiveness of their marketing and corporate communications programs.
http://getcommandpost.comPixelBug
Pixelbug is an MIT award-winning, Silicon Valley VC backed augmented reality company. Using our patented technology, we merge the physical with the digital to empower and engage.
Our mission is to allow people to easily create compelling augmented reality experiences that add magic to the world, for you to truly unleash the power of your creativity by fully dissolving the boundaries between imagination and reality. We strive to help you grow by harnessing data and driving conversions in every market we operate in.
http://pixelbug.comNoq
Noq is a social camera app for live moment sharing. We reinvented the sharing process. With Noq you're not just sharing a photo or video.
http://www.thenoq.commom.life
mom.life is a free mobile app where motherly wisdom meets kindred spirits. It is a place where modern moms can meet, chat, support each other, and harness the knowledge of parents all over the internet.
http://mom.life/en