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Announcing the 2012 NYC Venture Fellows!

Developed by NYCEDC and Fordham, NYC Venture Fellows promotes emerging business leaders and encourages international entrepreneurs to start or expand their operations in New York City. The program connects fellows with mentors who are investors, serial entrepreneurs, CEOS, and operational managers from New York City and abroad.

The 2012 class of NYC Venture Fellows include:

• DonorsChoose Co-founder and Chief Executive Charles Best
• BaseKit Co-founder and CTO Simon Best
• Medivo, Inc. Co-founder and CEO Sundeep Bhan
• EnNatura Technology Ventures Co-founder and CEO Sidhartha Kumar Bhimania
• Warby Parker Co-founder and co-CEO Neil Blumenthal
• H.Bloom Co-founder and CEO Bryan Burkhart
• MBA & Company Founder and MD Daniel Callaghan
• hoopCHINA.com Co-founder and CEO Shawn Cheng
• Catchafire Founder and CEO Rachael Chong
• Rent the Runway Co-founder and President Jennifer Fleiss
• Totsy.com Co-founder and CEO Guillaume Gauthereau
• Warby Parker Co-founder and co-CEO Dave Gilboa
• charity: water Founder and CEO Scott Harrison
• Paperless Post Co-founder Alexa Hirschfeld
• Miniwiz Founder and MD Arthur Huang
• Rent the Runway Co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman
• Lot18 Co-founder and President Philip James
• Student Competitions Co-founder, Chairman and CFO Robert Lyngman
• AHAlife.com Founder and CEO Shauna Mei
• The IOU Project Founder and Creative Director Kavita Parmar
• MakerBot Industries Co-founder and CEO Bre Pettis
• BillGuard Founder and CEO Yaron Samid
• Papayamobile Co-founder and CEO Si Shen
• South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. Co-founder and CEO Christoph Sutter
• LanguageMate Founder and CEO Bill Tan
• soleRebels Co-founder and MD Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
• Yipit Co-founder and CEO Vinicius Vacanti
• LearnVest Founder and CEO Alexa von Tobel

Read more about these NYC Venture Fellows in our press release, and find out more about the program on our website.