Who are the leaders and emerging tech stars in New York City, who just so happen to be women?
There are a few rockstars everyone in the industry should know.
They were the first investors in companies like Pinterest and MakerBot, the brains behind startups worth hundreds of millions, and they're generally awesome people.
Allison Goldberg
Vice President, Time Warner Investments
Goldberg began her career at Morgan Stanley before going into venture capital. And this year, Goldberg helped Time Warner’s investment group put its money behind some ambitious companies. In June, the group invested in women’s news website Bustle, which has raised more than $10 million and quickly grew to about 20 million monthly uniques. She's also either an investor or board member in Audience Science, Dynamic Signal, Hammer & Chisel, Joyus, NuvoTV, Trion Worlds and Visible World.
Time Warner Investments has also backed self-service advertising platform iSocket and TV marketing platform Simulmedia in the past year.
As more venture firms are looking to add female partners, Goldberg's smart startup picks make her a serious poaching target.
Shana Fisher
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Shana Fisher is known for her ability to spot hot new startups early on. In November she took her talent to Andreessen Horowitz, where she's now a board partner.
For a better understanding of Fisher's keen startup eye, look at some of her previous investments: MakerBot, Pinterest, Vine, FiftyThree, Refinery29, and Stripe, many of which she found at the seed stage.
Her investment advantage? "I like to think I have a strong grasp of human psychology," Fisher said about evaluating entrepreneurs.
Susan Lyne
President, BBG Ventures at AOL
Susan Lyne, the CEO of AOL’s brand group, stepped down in September but didn't leave the company.
Instead, Lyne now heads up an AOL-owned venture fund that promotes female-led digital startups called BBG Ventures. It will invest in startups run by women and companies primarily related to "consumer Internet areas, including e-commerce and media."
Prior to joining AOL, Lyne was CEO of Gilt Groupe.
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