Blogs
Silicon Alley is what New York City's web industry is nicknamed and this list of the top web talents the city has to offer was released by Crain's New York Business during its issue which coincided with Internet Week New York; seven days of festivities celebrating and educating everything web with and to New Yorkers and New York businesses.
Kayserian, an Australian, was named alongside household New York web entrepreneurs, including Dennis Crowley of Foursquare (recently raised $20 million), David Karp of Tumblr (recently raised $41 million) and Arianna Huffington (recently bought out for $315 million) and Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures (owner of a $200 million venture fund) among others.
The introduction in the article says:
"The folks profiled on these pages are reshaping the roles that technology and new media play in the city's economy and our daily lives."
Kayserian has recently been quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, ABC7, Mashable, Venture Beat, AOL, YoungEntrepreneur.com, Startup Smart, Smart Company and the Seven Network, introducing the world to his new and very different angel investment company KAYWEB Angels.
KAYWEB Angels is different to traditional angel investors because instead of providing cash for equity, they provide web and mobile startups with product development and mentoring in exchange for equity. Considering the dearth of engineering talent for web startups in New York City, his idea has hit the mark and attracted plenty of attention and acclaim by those closest to the industry.
The Crain's New Business declaration that Kayserian is "one to watch" was greeted with acceptance by Kayserian on behalf of the KAYWEB Angels team, which includes a world class board of directors, his wife Taline Kayserian, and investments like stealth projectswhoisgreen.com, burringo.com and doitinperson.com.
Kayserian said: "To be named in such an illustrious field is humbling, but this we are just getting started."
"If people are watching because Crain's New York Business told them to, it means we have to start delivering and making sure their eyes stay on us and on the great businesses we invest in."
The event attracted over 2,000 attendees, ran a startup competition, and attracted speakers and judges of global prominence. These included Ashton Kutcher from Katalyst media and Hollywood fame, Marissa Mayer from Google, the CEOs of Quora, Tumblr, Foursquare, AOL and Path, as well as the top Venture Capital, Angel Investment and Incubator companies servicing the US tech industry.
Here are some video recaps filmed at the KAYWEB Angels stand, featuring Haig Kayserian, John Buckman and Dan Arena.
See video below or by clicking here:
Please click here to read the comprehensive interview, covering KAYWEB Angels, the company's investment criteria, and Kayserian's thoughts on the state of the web.
Founder and CEO Haig Kayserian is quoted in the articles, available for reading at http://www.startupsmart.com.au/finance/2011-05-06/kayweb-targets-tech-start-ups-with-skills-for-equity-deal.html and http://www.smartcompany.com.au/start-up/20110506-us-angel-network-kayweb-targets-tech-start-ups-with-skills-for-equity-deal.html.
Kayserian and fellow board member Sidney Minassian were both quoted in another article run by StartUpSmart.com.au, providing advice for Australian startups wanting to attract US investors. Click here to read How To Snare A US Investor.
Read full article, featuring quotes by KAYWEB Angels CEO Haig Kayserian, by clicking here.
The article reads: "Kayserian sees what he calls 'angel developing' as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process."
The story has been shared on Twitter and Facebook over 1,200 times since publication.
The full story can be read by clicking here.
Click here to read the article.
PRWEB - New York: A new angel investment group has formed in New York City, pledging to solve the engineering talent crisis of the city by offering considerable development resources to web and mobile startups in exchange for equity.
KAYWEB Angels, LLC is majority owned by KAYWEB, LLC, which is a web and mobile application development company with staff in the United States, Australia and the Philippines. In these countries, KAYWEB has delivered over 150 websites, web applications and mobile applications covering complex verticals including real estate listings, online dating, social networking, CRM and others.
KAYWEB Angels Founder and CEO Haig Kayserian says his investment group is ready to reward great ideas with development services that are hard to reach in New York and the United States in general.
"We refer to ourselves as 'angel developers,'" said Kayserian, who founded the KAYWEB development firm in Australia seven years ago and guided its rise up to a leading international web and mobile solutions provider.
He added: "We realize that New York is historically a hub for great ideas, but it suffers from a shortage of engineering talent. We will provide that talent and our considerable network of resources to startups who can convince us that their idea is great. We will then join them on their journeys as co-founders."
The KAYWEB Angels board of directors are great assets to the organization, and the startups that are chosen for investment.
Sidney Minassian is CEO of GrowthQ, a Silicon Valley-based consultancy helping startups launch, monetize and grow. Shant Soghomonian is an executive at VMware, with over 12 years of IT sales, management and leadership experience in Asia, the Pacific and Japan. Foad Fadaghi, formerly with Friendster, brings over 15 years of experience in technology research and consulting. John Buckman is a corporate attorney and the founder of Buckman Group - Corporate Counsel, whose specialty is startups.
Minassian, who launched his previous startup Liaise at DEMO in 2009 and won the People's Choice Award and the peak marketing prize, commented: "It's great to be part of the team and I am looking forward to working with all our portfolio CEOs and launching some awesome companies."
KAYWEB Angels already has three New York projects as active investments and is inviting applicants to submit their ideas at www.kaywebangels.com.
Kayserian said: "We will look to take in two more investments by the end of July 2011 in order to take our total number to five. Then we will invite applications once every quarter."
Follow KAYWEB Angels on Twitter @KAYWEB_Angels and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/kayweb-angels-llc, like the company on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kaywebAU, or visit the website at www.kaywebangels.com.
