Event Sponsor Rankings

Top Event Organizers in New York

The 25 most sponsor-active event communities in New York, ranked by our Event Leader Score and refreshed daily.

📊 25 ranked organizers 🔄 Updated August 10, 2026 🔍 28 sponsorship research sessions in New York in the last 30 days 🤖 Compiled by Sponsor Scout
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Leader Score 95

Supermoon runs a large, recurring NYC founder and investor event calendar focused on AI, fintech, and emerging tech. It positions itself as a network connecting partners and startups through 40+ annual NYC events.

weeklyfounders, investors & tech leadersstartupfoundersinvestors
🎪 The $100M Hiring Strategy!🤝 14 known sponsors👥 ~47,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-21
👤 Led by Christopher Michael · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 90

NY Tech Meetup is the long-running flagship meetup operated by NY Tech Alliance, convening founders, technologists, and startup teams around demos, talks, and ecosystem networking in New York.

monthlyfounders, technologists & startup teamsstartuptechcommunity
🎪 Software for Hardware: The Tools Powering Robotics & Embodied AI Hardware🤝 18 known sponsors👥 ~52,301 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-21
👤 Led by Doug Binette · DirectorVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 90

Founders Live New York City is the NYC chapter of the global recurring startup pitch and networking series, bringing founders, operators, and startup supporters together around short-form live pitch competitions and community gatherings.

monthlyearly-stage founders, investors, operators & startup communitystartuppitchfounders
🎪 Founders Live New York City🤝 10 known sponsors👥 ~100 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-10
👤 Led by Rion Haber · City Leader✓ Verified by organizer
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Leader Score 90

Supermoon runs a dense calendar of NYC founder and investor events, including socials, workshops, dinners, and Tech Week activations for startup builders and funders.

weeklyfounders & investorsaistartupfounders
🎪 Founders Social | Supermoon & Station3🤝 17 known sponsors👥 ~100 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-25
👤 Led by Elena Obukhova · Host / Community LeadVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 89

One of the largest CFA societies in North America, providing 200+ finance events annually for nearly 10,000 members across Wall Street and the broader investment community.

weeklyportfolio managers, analysts, asset owners, fintech and markets professionalsfinanceinvestingprofessional development
🤝 9 known sponsors👥 ~150 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06-17
👤 Led by Arun Manansingh · Chief Executive OfficerVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Founders Live NYC runs recurring startup pitch competitions and networking events for New York founders, investors, operators, and students as part of the global Founders Live brand. Its local format centers on live pitches, audience Q&A, a…

monthlyfounders & startup ecosystem attendeesaimachine-learningcomputer-vision
🎪 Founders Live NYC🤝 11 known sponsors👥 ~3,980 reach📅 Last event: 2026-09-10
👤 Led by Rion Haber · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Startup Grind New York City is the NYC chapter of the global startup community, running recurring mixers, AI briefings, pitch showcases, and founder programming for entrepreneurs, operators, and investors.

monthlyfounders, operators & investorsstartupfoundersnetworking
🎪 Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind🤝 6 known sponsors👥 ~150 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-20
👤 Led by Joshua Ness · Director, Startup GrindVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 84

TechFutures is a recurring New York summit brand focused on technology, business, and culture, run by the team behind LWT. It attracts senior operators, brand leaders, and technologists through a large-format annual summit and related commu…

annualsenior tech, business, and culture leaderstechbusinessmedia
🎪 TechFutures 2026🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~5,000 reach📅 Last event: 2026-10-06
👤 Led by Leanne Pittsford · Founder & CEOVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 84

All Tech Is Human is a responsible-tech community and event organization that convenes mixers, roundtables, and its flagship Responsible Tech Summit in New York. It serves practitioners across AI governance, trust & safety, policy, civil so…

quarterlyresponsible AI, trust & safety, policy, civil society, and tech leadersresponsible-techaipolicy
🎪 Responsible Tech Mixer + live podcast taping of Ethical Machines🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~375 reach📅 Last event: 2026-10-29
👤 Led by David Ryan Polgar · Founder & PresidentVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 82

Community advancing women in fintech through panels, networking, and partner-driven programs across NYC.

monthlyfintech operators, founders, investorsfintechwomen in techcommunity
🤝 10 known sponsors👥 ~150 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06-17
👤 Led by Michelle Tran · Co-Founder & Operations ChairVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 82

NYC‑based digital health innovation lab that runs the HITLAB Digital Health Innovation Summit and monthly symposia bringing together health systems, life sciences, and tech.

monthlyhealth system leaders, pharma/biotech, digital health founders, investorshealthtechdigital healthai
🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~700 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06
👤 Led by Stan Kachnowski · Chair, Research & EvaluationVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 82

GenZtea is a New York-centered Gen Z founder, creator, and investor community that runs recurring IRL mixers and brand activations across startup, creator, and tech audiences.

monthlygen z founders, creators & investorsstartupcreator-economygen-z
🎪 Gen Z NYC Founder & Creator Mixer🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~120 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-01
👤 Led by Natalie Neptune · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 80

Curated investor-and-founder salon and pitch-event platform in New York, centered on startup capital, strategic introductions, and sponsor/partner activations.

monthlyfounders, angel investors, family offices, VCs, and corporate innovation teamsstartuppitchinvestors
🎪 Seed2Table x NY Tech Week – Pitch Night: Creators & Capital🤝 9 known sponsors👥 ~200 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06-01
👤 Led by Michael Edwards · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Long-running monthly NYC pitch + investor Q&A series (since 2007) produced by ERA, featuring founder demos, investor speakers, and networking.

monthlyfounders, angels & VCs, operatorsstartuppitchtech
🤝 11 known sponsors👥 ~150 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06-09
👤 Led by Murat Aktihanoglu · Co-founder & Managing Partner; Event HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Founders Network New York City is the local Meetup-facing presence of the broader founders-only peer network. It runs founder education and keynote-style programming for startup entrepreneurs, often through virtual and member-platform event…

quarterlytech startup foundersstartupfoundersmentorship
🎪 Founder-to-Founder: Q&A with Guy Yalif (July 9th, 2026)🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~50 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-09
👤 Led by Kevin Holmes · OrganizerVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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NYAI is an NYC AI community that convenes technical networking events, partner meetups, and sponsorship opportunities for AI, ML, and GenAI professionals.

monthlyai founders, builders & tech leadersaimachine learningdata
🎪 AIAI Information Leaders New York meetup🤝 2 known sponsors👥 ~4,164 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-28
👤 Led by Maryam Farooq · OrganizerVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Colectivo NYC
Leader Score 78

NYC-based tech community focused on founders, investors, and operators, with a strong emphasis on Latino tech and startup ecosystem programming in New York.

monthlyfounders, investors, operators, and Latino tech communitystartuplatinofounders
🎪 Colectivo Tech Day: Pitch Competition🤝 7 known sponsors👥 ~120 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-01
👤 Led by Andrés Cano · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Historic New York advertising, media and marketing association running year‑round programs, award shows (ANDYs) and industry forums.

monthlybrand marketers, agencies, adtech, media ownersadvertisingmarketingmedia
🤝 8 known sponsors👥 ~300 reach
👤 Led by Gina Grillo · President & CEOVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 75

NYC Founders Club is a curated community for startup founders in New York that runs recurring dinners, social experiences, and founder-focused gatherings for relationship-building across the local ecosystem.

biweeklyNYC startup founders, operators, and select investorsstartupfounderscommunity
🎪 The Great Founder River Float of 2026🤝 4 known sponsors👥 ~80 reach📅 Last event: 2026-08-22
👤 Led by Jordan Deasy · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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New York’s leading digital health community hosting frequent forums, networking events and the annual DHNY Summit plus the DH100/Hall of Fame programs.

monthlyhealth system leaders, founders, investors, payers, pharma/biotech execshealthdigital healthstartup
🤝 12 known sponsors👥 ~250 reach
👤 Led by Amanda Kanaga · CEOVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Long-running NYC meetup for open-source statistical programming (R, Python, Julia) and data science, plus community conferences.

monthlydata scientists, engineers, researchersdata sciencerpython
🤝 6 known sponsors👥 ~200 reach📅 Last event: 2026-05-14
👤 Led by Jared Lander · OrganizerVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 72

NYC founder community running recurring mixers, run clubs, and founder-investor networking formats for startups, operators, and investors.

weeklyfounders, operators, investors, and startup professionalsstartupfoundersinvestors
🎪 UGLY TALK X THE BUILDER SERIES: BROOKLYN TECH FOUNDERS OPEN MIC & MIXER🤝 3 known sponsors👥 ~80 reach📅 Last event: 2026-07-31
👤 Led by Dylan Oriundo · HostVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 70

Recurring New York music-tech meetup and demo-night series spotlighting startups at the intersection of music, media, creator economy, and technology.

quarterlymusic-tech founders, creators, product teams, and investorsmusic-techstartupmedia
🎪 NY MusicTech Meetup & Demo Night — New York Music Month Edition🤝 4 known sponsors👥 ~200 reach📅 Last event: 2026-06-09
👤 Led by Seth Hillinger · Meetup OrganizerVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 69

NYC chapter of ProductTank, convening product managers and digital product leaders for recurring talks and knowledge-sharing events.

monthlyproduct managers and digital product leadersproduct managementstartuptechnology
👤 Led by Tremis Skeete · Organizer (Volunteer)Verify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?
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Leader Score 69

Flagship NYC proptech conference and expo uniting real estate owners, developers, investors and tech companies.

annualreal estate leaders, proptech vendors, investorsproptechreal estateai
🤝 9 known sponsors👥 ~8,000 reach📅 Last event: 2025-10-21
👤 Led by Michael Beckerman · CEOVerify you're the leader — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who leads it?

184 companies sponsor events in New York

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How we rank — the Event Leader Score

Every organizer is scored 0–100 by Sponsor Scout as we search the open web daily. The score blends five weighted signals — it rewards groups that gather real audiences and consistently attract sponsors. These findings are updated each day.

Sponsor activityHighest weight
How many distinct companies actively sponsor their events — the strongest signal of a live, fundable program.
Event frequencyHigh weight
How regularly they run events. Weekly & monthly cadences earn more than one-offs.
AudienceMedium weight
Estimated reach and the quality of the crowd they convene (founders, operators, investors).
RecencyLower weight
How recently they last gathered people — active beats dormant.
ReachLower weight
Web, social, and community footprint that amplifies a sponsor's spend.
Verified leaderBonus
A confirmed organizer who has verified their listing with a one-click email check — verified groups rank higher and earn a badge.

How to be #1 in New York

Your rank is a sponsor magnet. The higher you sit on this list, the more sponsors and partners discover you here — and the more credible you look when you pitch them. Here's how to climb.

Verify your listingInstant boost
Confirm you lead the group with a one-click email check. Verified leaders earn a badge and an instant score bump.
Land more sponsorsBiggest lever
Sponsor activity is the heaviest signal. Every distinct company that backs your events lifts your score — and your rank.
Run events consistentlyBig lever
A regular cadence beats one-offs. Weekly and monthly programs rank far above occasional gatherings.
Grow your audienceMeaningful lever
Bigger, higher-quality crowds (founders, operators, investors) make you a more attractive sponsor bet.

Why it matters: sponsors browse these rankings to decide who to back. A higher rank means more inbound sponsor interest, warmer intros, and a stronger negotiating position — a compounding flywheel where more sponsors lift your rank, and a higher rank attracts more sponsors.

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