ONE-NIGHT-ONLY CELEBRATION
three decades of tech & innovation in New York
FRIDAY JANUARY 30, 2026 | 8:30 PM TO 2:30 AM
180 MAIDEN LANE , NEW YORK
8:30 PM, Jazz & Cocktails
10 PM - 2 :30 AM, Dancing & Music by Isaac Ferry and a Special Guest
Dress Code: Dress for a night out in New York - festive & fun attire
MUSIC - ART - DANCING
[NO WALK INS - DOORS CLOSE AT 12:30AM]
HISTORY
Taking flight in the mid-late 90s, Silicon Alley emerged in the neighborhoods of Flatiron and Soho – blending tech, media, and creativity into a distinctly urban startup scene that could only exist in New York.
Early pioneers like DoubleClick and Razorfish paved the way for generational-defining tech leaders that would soon follow: Bitly, Etsy, Datadog, Giphy, Kickstarter, MongoDB, Venmo, and more. Today, Silicon Alley is defined by our uniquely diverse and community-driven culture – an ecosystem that spans every major industry to drive the world forward from art to fashion, finance or healthcare, sports or entertainment.
CELEBRATION
Join us for a vibrant celebration marking 30 Years of Silicon Alley. a milestone honoring the pioneers who launched, and the builders who continue to shape, NYC's distinctive tech industry.
The party ill be hosted in The Seaport, bringing together 1,000+ founders, funders, creatives, and community members for a night of music, mingling, dancing, and surprise moments.
This isn’t just a party—it’s a reunion for the OGs, the builders who came next, and everyone in between, making up the unique identity of New York tech.
THE STORY OF 30+ YEARS...
All guests will receive a limited-edition Zine, edited by Cyndi Stivers with interviews by Brian McCullough, capturing three decades of Silicon Alley history through oral histories and artifacts.
A big thanks to our hosts, contributors, and partners!
STEERING COMMITTEE
Kevin Ryan, AlleyCorp
John Borthwick, Betaworks
Julie Samuels, Tech:NYC
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Sunny Bates, Sunny Bates Associates
Ben Lerer & Eric Hippeau, Lerer Hippeau
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CO-CHAIRS
Avenir, B Capital, BBG Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Boldstart, Box Group, Contour Venture Partners, FinTech Collective, FirstMark, First Round, Greycroft, Human Ventures, Insight, Inspired, Left Lane Capital, Lightspeed, Primary, RRE, Slow Ventures, Stellation, SV Angel, White Star Capital, and 645 Ventures
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CO-HOSTS
Able Partners, Ansa, Benchstrength, CBRE, Climactic, Collaborative Fund, Endeavor, Eniac, Equal Ventures, Factorial Capital, Female Founders Fund, FJ Labs, FlyBridge, Harlem Capital, HOF Capital, Interplay, JLL Spark, Max Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Meta Prop, M13, Oceans Ventures, SemperVirens, Shine Capital, TMV, and Work-Bench
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OG FOUNDER HOSTS
Adam Seifer, Alain Bankier, Alan Patricof, Alexis Maybank, Andrew McLaughlin, Andrew Ockner, Andrew Weinreich, Anil Dash, Bo Peabody, Chris Fralic, Chris Fralic, Chris Hughes, Craig Newmark, Cyrus Massoumi, Dan O'Sullivan, Dave Morgan, David Belt, David Rose, Dawn Barber, Dennis Crowley, Desiree Gruber, Dina Kaplan, Douglas Rushkoff, Eli Pariser, Eliot Horowitz, Henry Blodget, Howard Morgan, Jalak Jobanputra, Janice Caillet, Jeff Raider, Jeffrey Glueck, Jerry Michalski, Josef Feldman, Josh Feuerstein, Joshua Kushner, Kate Ryder, Kevin Slavin, Laurel Touby, Matt Blumberg, Michelle Peluso, Mike Bryzek, Neil Blumenthal, Owen Davis, Rob Locascio, The Rudin Family, Sam Lessin, Scott Belsky, Scott Heiferman, Scott Kurnit, Shan-Lyn Ma, Ted Werth, Tim Armstrong, Tom Phillips, Tony Haile, Warren Habib, Wenda Millard, and Zach Weinberg
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UNICORN PARTNER
BETA PARTNERS
