MoMo NY CEO Dinner 6/28 from Mobile Monday on Vimeo.

Last night Mobile Monday held a CEO dinner in at il Buco in NYC, sponsored by Gunderson and moderated by Dan Frommer from Business Insider. It was attended by CEOs from some of the hottest mobile companies in the city including:
Foursquare
RRE
Venmo
Skyhook
Socialight
Centrl
Peek
HowCast
Hunch
MediaLets
GoMobo
UpNext
Groop.ly
Betaworks

Check out the article Dan wrote about the dinner here.

This event was by far our biggest ever, and quite possibly one of the biggest MoMo events in any city across the globe.  We had great demo tables, great networking and perfect weather.  Thanks to Kathryn Koegel, Crisp Wireless, Jumptap and Admeld.

In the first half of the decade, venture capital funding for New York mobile firms started modestly with 4 million in funding in 2000. Before 2005, mobile funding had peaked at 30.5 million in 2001, remaining well below that level with 14 million in 2002 and 22 million in 2003. 2004 marked an all time low for New York mobile funding, ending this five year stretch with 0.2 million. During this time period the region was very immature with only software/application developers, ad firms, and hardware firms receiving funding.

The latter half of the decade quickly outpaced the first, with 68 million in 2005, beating the previous high in 2001 by nearly 40 million. 2006 continued this growth with 90.4 million. New York maintained this growth through 2008, receiving 85.6 million in 2007 and 90.25 million in 2008. During the period from 2005 to 2008, application development was the only category to experience consistent growth, going from 19% of total funding in 2005 to 58% of total funding in 2008. Example software/applications firms in this time period include buzzd, Rave Wireless, Sense Networks, Thumbplay, Social Bomb, and Roundbox. The services category of firms also consistently received a significant percentage of funding in the same time period. Example services firms include Jumptap, Cellfish Media, July Systems, and Thwapr.

The global economic crisis finally caught up to Silicon Alley in 2009, dramatically decreasing venture capital funding for the sector. This decrease is paralleled by decreases in most U.S. tech regions, including Silicon Valley and New England. Funding dropped from 90.25 million in 2008 to 34.77 million in 2009. Firms in the software/applications and services sectors again accounted for majority of funding with a small segment going to ads firms.

-by Amir Shaikh

This month we are throwing a huge summer kickoff event at 230 Fifth on the roof. Mobile Monday Brooklyn is partnering up with New York to bring this meetup to Manhattan.  We are planning the event at the beginning of Internet Week, and we are also teaming up with MMA to kick off their Forum New York events.  The topic is mobile advertising and we will have speakers and demos from Crisp Wireless, AdMeld, Jumptap and MMA.  Each company will give a brief overview of what they do and their thoughts on the market, follow by demos on the side for more detailed conversations.

Make sure to stay until the end because Jumptap will raffle off an iPad!

Speakers:
Will Nann, National Director of Ad Sales-Crisp Wireless
Marc Theermann, VP, Mobile- AdMeld
Michael Becker, Managing Director, North America- MMA
Paran Johar, CMO-Jumptap

Logistics

Location: 230 Fifth 230 Fifth Ave New York, NY 10001
Date: June 7th at 7 pm
Cost: Free – but registration is required to attend.
Cocktails: Provided
Parking: Garage at 800 6th Avenue. Entrance is on 28th Street between 6th and Broadway (South side)
Transportation:
Subways:
N, R, W to ‘28th Street and Broadway’ Station Stop
F, V, B, D to ‘23rd Street and 6th Avenue’ Station Stop
6 Train to ‘28th Street and Park Avenue’ Station Stop
Buses:
M2 and M3 to Fifth Avenue and 27th Street
M5, M6, and M7 to Broadway and 27th Street

This event is possible thanks to generous sponsorships from AdMeld, Jumptap and Crisp Wireless

Next month MoMoBK will combine with MoMoNY for a huge kickoff event in Manhattan. The event will fall during Internet Week New York, and precede the Mobile Marketing Forum being put on by the MMA on Tues and Wed. This is an awesome week for tech events in the City, so Mobile Monday will be a great addition. The event will be on 6/7, stay tuned for the sign-up details.

Mobile Monday Brooklyn 4-13 from Mobile Monday on Vimeo.

Thanks to everyone for coming out to an awesome panel on Monday night. Check out pics put up by attendees below.  I have a video to follow later this week.

Mobile Monday Brooklyn is back for our event on April 12 to kick off Entrepreneur Week in NYC. This month we will feature a panel of execs from major web and print brands who will discuss how they are approaching the mobile channel. How do brands that got their start on the web adapt to mobile? They will discuss how mobile fits into their strategy going forward, if they view mobile as a direct extension of their online content or if they are adapting their content to fit into mobile apps / browsers, and more.

This event is possible thanks to a generous sponsorship from RRE Ventures.

Panel Lineup:
Moderator: Adam Ostrow- Editor-in-Chief, Mashable
Chris Ackermann- Director of Business Development, Head of Mobile, The Travel Channel
Ryan Charles- Senior Product Manager, Zagat
Rob Samuels- Director Mobile Product Development, The New York Times
Chris Gonzalez- Director of Product Management, Conde Nast

Logistics:
Panel Location: The Powerhouse Arena
37 Main St (between Water St & Howard Aly) Brooklyn
Date: April 12th at 7 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm
Cost: Free – but registration is required to attend.
Reception: Located down the street at ReBar. Drinks provided there.
Parking: Street or parking lot
Transportation:
F subway from York Street
Walk down the hill on Jay Street
Make a left on Front Street
Walk 4 blocks and make a right on Main Street
(4 minute walk)

A/C subway from High Street
Take Cadman Plaza East St. North two blocks
Make a left on Front Street
Make a right on Main
(8 minute walk)

2/3 subway from Clark Street
Walk North on Henry Street for 6 blocks
Make a left onto Old Fulton Street
Make a right onto Front Street
Make a left onto Main
(10 minute walk)

2/3/4/5 subway from Borough Hall
Exit at Court Street and Joralemon Street
Walk west on Joralemon Street
Make a right onto Henry
Walk 12 blocks to Old Fulton Street and make a left
Make a right onto Front Street
Make a left onto Main Street
(15 minute walk)

There was a nice article from the New York Times last week summing up the growing tech community in New York.  According to the article, 247 venture capital deals worth $1.4 billion closed in New York in 2009.  “New York has become a hotbed of innovation,” said investor Ron Conway.

Great news for Mobile Monday Brooklyn.  See you all in April!