TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Announces Startup Battlefield Finalists
TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Announces Startup Battlefield Finalists
Tech's big names and bright stars gather for fourth annual Disrupt NY
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TechCrunch today announced 28 finalists for the Startup Battlefield at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Each year, TechCrunch Disrupt brings the East Coast a unique opportunity to confer over industry topics-of-the-moment, spotlight the year's most promising startups and get sage advice from technology industry luminaries.
From Monday, April 29, through Wednesday, May 1, the Startup Battlefield gathers emerging companies to demo and compete for a $50,000 prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Battlefield competitors pitch their companies live and onstage, exposing them to innovators, investors, venture capitalists and influencers in the tech community. The winning company will be announced at the closing awards ceremony on Wednesday evening at 6:15 p.m.
Winners and finalists from previous Startup Battlefield competitions include Mint.com, Yammer, Dropbox and UberConference, winner at Disrupt NY 2012.
The list of Startup Battlefield finalists for 2013 includes:
3DLT
42
AppArchitect
Bidzy
Docurated
Donay
EatWith
Enigma
Floored
Glider
Gradfly
HAN:DLE
HealthyOut
Keen Home
Kisibox
Kloudless
Meritful
NimbusBase
Paidpiper
Retrace
Share Practice
Spacebar
SupplyShift
Talkz
Trustev.com
UQ, Inc.
Workspot
Zenefits
Judges and speakers joining TechCrunch for onstage sessions throughout the show are:
Mike Abbott, senior partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Ime Archibong, platform partnerships, Facebook
Stuart Bailey, founder and CTO, Infoblox
Jim Bankoff, chairman and CEO, Vox Media Twitter
Deborah Benton, president & COO, Nasty Gal
Niko Bonatsos, principal, General Catalyst
John Borthwick, CEO, betaworks
Roelof Botha, partner, Sequoia Capital
Jay Bregman, founder and CEO, Hailo
Troy Carter, chairman CEO, Atom Factory
Chi-Hua Chien, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Tracy Chou, engineer, Pinterest
Ron Conway, angel, SV Angel
Dennis Crowley, co-founder, Foursquare
Chris Dixon, general partner, Andreessen Horowitz
John Donahoe, president and CEO, eBay
Shawn Fanning, CEO and co-founder, Airtime
Hill Ferguson, vice president of global product, PayPal
John Frankel, partner, ff Venture Capital
Limor Fried, founder, Adafruit
Pat Gallagher, general partner, CrunchFund
Dave Gilboa, founder, Warby Parker
Nicole Glaros, managing director, TechStars
Bill Gurley, general partner, Benchmark
Aaref Hilaly, partner, Sequoia Capital
David Karp, CEO, Tumblr
Ashton Kutcher, actor, investor, producer
Sahil Lavingia, CEO, Gumroad
David Lee, founder & managing member, SV Angel
Tom Lehman, co-founder, Rap Genius
Ben Lerer, co-founder and CEO, Thrillist Media Group
Ken Lerer, managing director, Lerer Partners & co-founder, The Huffington Post
Joe Lonsdale, partner, Formation 8
Hilary Mason, chief scientist, bit.ly
Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo
Mike McCue, CEO & co-founder, Flipboard
Dwight Merriman, chairman & co-founder, 10gen
Heidi Messer, co-founder and chairman, Collective
Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder, Rap Genius
Neal Mohan, vice president of display advertising products, Google
Anthony Noto, global co-head, TMT Group
Guy Oseary, principle, Untitled Entertainment, and CEO, Maverick Records
Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and managing partner, The Social+Capital Partnership
David Pakman, partner, Venrock
Ron Palmeri, founder, MkII Ventures
Sunil Paul, co-founder and CEO, SideCar
Norman Pearlstine, chief content officer, Bloomberg L.P.
Nancy Peretsman, managing director, Allen & Company LLC
Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO, BuzzFeed
Peter Pham, co-founder and president, Color
Brian Pokorny, CEO, Dailybooth
Megan Quinn, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Gokul Rajaram, product director, Ads, Facebook
Naval Ravikant, founder, Angel List
Kevin Ryan, founder & CEO, Gilt Group
Dave Samuel, founder and general partner, Freestyle Capital
Zach Sims, co-founder and CEO, Codecademy
Scott Stanford, co-founder, Sherpa Foundry
David Tisch, founder & managing partner,Box Group
Gentry Underwood, CEO and co-founder, Mailbox
Yossi Vardi, Israeli angel investor
Deena Varshavskaya, CEO, Wanelo
Kevin Weil, senior director of product for revenue, Twitter
Fred Wilson, partner, Union Square Ventures
Sam Yagan, CEO, Match, Inc.
Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and head of user experience, CloudFlare
Ilan Zechory, co-founder, Rap Genius
Lior Zorea, partner, Perkins Cole
About TechCrunch Disrupt NY
TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 (http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-ny-2013) is TechCrunch's fourth annual conference in New York City. The format combines top thought-leader discussions with new product and company launches. Morning executive discussions debate technology-driven disruptions in many industries, while the afternoons are reserved for the Startup Battlefield, where some 30 new companies will launch for the first time on stage, selected to present from numerous applications received from around the world. The winning company will receive a $50,000 grand prize and the Disrupt Cup at the conclusion of the conference. The conference is April 27 - May 1, 2013 at the Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th Street (at 8th Ave.) Manhattan, NY.
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