About Me

I'm a 3x Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Blogger and Community Organizer. I'm also the Director of the Venture Lab at Columbia University Tech Ventures where I've spun-out 60+ technology start-ups based on university intellectual property over the last six years.

My personal blog, www.davidblerner.com, explores the worlds of university entrepreneurship, angel/venture investing, and startups and I'm a frequent contributor to peHub, Huffington Post and Business Insider, whose SAI group recently named me one of the "top 100 most influential New Yorkers in the digital business community".

I'm the host of Venture Studio in association with Mashable where I engage with entrepreneurs, investors, founders and other vibrant members of the flourishing New York entrepreneurial ecosystem and beyond.

I'm an active organizer of entrepreneurship and venture capital events, serve as a mentor to entrepreneurs and start-ups in and outside of the university arena, serve on the Board of New York Tech Meetup, as Resident Venture Advisor and Board Member to the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School, and as an Organizer of both the New York Venture Community and Columbia Venture Community.

One of my latest projects is the Startup Genome, where we are mapping the entire world's early-stage investment and entrepreneurial ecosystems in a visually pleasing, crowdsourceable format.

You can visit my blog or follow me on Twitter here

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Named one of the "top 100 most influential New Yorkers in the digital business community" by Silicon Alley Insider
Silicon Alley 100

Founder, Totius Group
(Seed-Stage investments since 2001)
Totius Group

Board Member, New York Tech MeetUp
New York Tech Meetup

Board Member, In-Residence Venture Advisor
Lang Entrepreneurship Center, Columbia Business School
Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center

Director, Venture Lab, Columbia University Technology Ventures
Columbia Venture Lab

Advisory Board to National Council for Entrepreneurship
National Council for Entrepreneurship

Organizer & Advisory Board Columbia Venture Community
Columbia Venture Community

Organizer, New York Venture Community New York Venture Community

Creator, Startup Genome

Host, Venture Studio