Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

🚀 Welcome to the fantastic founding teams of our Winter 2026 cohort, which kicked off this morning 🚀 We can’t wait to get started! Here are the teams: Aerium, Astute Labs, Cascade Geomatics, ClaerAI, Closai, Discernis, Kandir, MadeOnSite, M8ven, Parrot Content, Orqa, Passu, philter, Quantuma Link to our announcement in comments.

User Interviews is being acquired by UserTesting. Congratulations to Basel Fakhoury Dennis Meng Bob Saris, UI's extraordinary founders. We are incredibly proud of them and the company they have built. We met the team in 2014, and wrote them their first check. We have been so fortunate to have worked with them every step of the way and are excited to see them continue executing on their shared vision. Link to press release in comments.

📍 We're hiring! Please apply and tell us why you're the right fit for this in-person, NYC-based position. We’re looking for an exceptional Platform Associate to make our programs run flawlessly and help founders unlock the full value of the ERA platform. 📌 Here's a taste of what we're looking for. Full job link in comments. ✅ Manage program operations. Own scheduling, logistics, communications, and setup for workshops, mentor 1:1s, office hours, and Demo Day. ✅ Create world-class experiences for founders. Ensure mentors, speakers, and founders walk into the right room at the right time, with the prep and context to maximize impact. ✅ Help founders leverage the mentor network. Maintain an accurate, searchable database. Facilitate mentor-founder connections. 

Thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining ERA (Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator) as an Operating Partner for the upcoming cohort. Across founding and selling two startups and creating Adobe Podcast, I’ve developed a deep passion for the early stages of creating something new: shaping a product, finding traction, and building a real GTM motion. ERA has been a meaningful part of that journey. My second startup, Sayspring, went through the program in 2017, and the team there helped guide us through to our acquisition by Adobe. I’ve been an active mentor and LP since then, and I’m excited to now be much more involved. Meeting applicants over the last few weeks has been energizing, and I’m eager to start working with companies when the program kicks off in mid January. I’m also looking forward to partnering more closely with Jonathan Axelrod and Murat Aktihanoglu. ERA remains a cornerstone of the New York City tech ecosystem, and I’m excited to work with them to help support the next generation of founders.

I highly recommend all founders / aspiring entrepreneurs apply to the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Winter 2026 cohort. The due date is tonight! ERA was the first investors in Rockerbox. From that point all the way through Rockerbox’s acquisition six months ago, ERA and their amazing team were always on our side and just a phone call away for any questions I had. Everyone from ERA (Jonathan Axelrod Murat Aktihanoglu Jeremy Harper Karen J. Novak Max Harrison) is just a great person. They care deeply about all their founders and can make the difference between a startup floundering or succeeding. If you can't get the application in by EOD today, just reach out to me and I'll make sure it gets submitted, even if later this week. https://lnkd.in/eVBUPwuH

🍸 Great evening last night! We welcomed founders to a Happy Hour hosted by portfolio company Order.co. (Zachary Garippa, Tom Jaklitsch, Matt Garippa). Joining was alum founder Mark Webster and Operating Partner Perry Solomon. 💡 We love to connect with incredible founders—sharing ideas, stories, and what’s next for NYC tech startups. 🙌 Thanks to all the startup builders who joined us and to our team ShoYoung Shin Bianca Vissers and Katie Dehlinger 🗽 This could be you! Applications for our Winter 2026 cohort are open. Join us in NYC. Link to apply in comments.

🚀 Applications Are Open for ERA Winter 2026 If you’re looking to scale your startup and want to make real progress, we want to hear from you! #ERANYC is where founders build, connect, and grow their companies with the help of our team and deep network of mentors and investors. 💸 $150K investment on a 6% Post-Money SAFE 🤝 500+ mentors and NYC’s strongest founder network 📍 In-Person at our Flatiron HQ 🌐 $600K+ in perks & cloud credits (AWS, Google Cloud, OpenAI & more) 🎤 Demo Day with hundreds of angels & VCs We invest early, work side by side with you every single day, and are lifecycle investors who are with you throughout your journey. 🗽 Ready to build in the best city in the world? Tag a founder who should apply 👇 👉 Deadline is Nov. 3: eranyc.com/apply #startup #founders #nyctech #venturecapital

We're hiring a Part-Time Operations Associate 📍 New York City (in-person) Link to full job description: https://lnkd.in/g2n_fKdA ⌚ Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:45 AM–1:00 PM ET 💼 What you’ll do 🔹 Be the first person to greet founders, investors, guests, and tenants. 🔹Keep our Flatiron HQ running smoothly. Manage supplies, vendors, room setups, badges, signage, and last-minute fixes. 🔹Support accelerator programming and events, such as recruiting sessions, founder workshops, investor/mentor meetups, happy hours, and Demo Day. 🔹Orchestrate logistics with vendors, catering pickups, setting up rooms, and A/V checks. 💪 What you’ll gain 🔹 Access & relationships: Daily exposure to founders, VCs, and 700+ mentors in our community. 🔹Behind the scenes: Get firsthand experience in how great programs and events are run under time pressure. 🔹Insider lens: See how top founders pitch, iterate, fundraise, and operate 🤝 You are 🔹A friendly, organized self-starter who takes pride in being reliable and detail-oriented. 🔹Calm under pressure; you enjoy fast-paced environments. 🔹A clear communicator who enjoys helping people and getting things done. 🔹Passionate about startups and curious about how they work from the inside.

Hy-Growth for Hyro! Kudos to our portfolio company, the SuperHyros, as they announce their $45M strategic growth funding round to scale enterprise-grade AI agents across healthcare. https://lnkd.in/gs-Vb4Rn Most agentic AI solutions in healthcare never make it past the pilot phase. Hyro is built different. Their platform is already live across 45+ leading health systems, integrated with core EHRs and contact center tech stacks, and consistently delivering measurable ROI. Hyro has shown that AI agents can be both trusted and scalable when they are built with deep domain expertise, seamless interoperability, and a focus on real operational outcomes. That’s why providers, clinics and payers will continue choosing Hyro to modernize patient communication channels. They’ve truly emerged as a category leader in the voice and chat AI agent space, and we're proud to stand with Israel Krush, Rom Cohen and the team as they enter this next phase of growth.

We're hiring a Platform Associate 📍 New York City (in-person) 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gzxmudv6 🔹 Help power the engine behind NYC’s most active startup tech accelerator. ERA is an early-stage venture fund and technology accelerator that’s backed 375+ companies since 2011, supported by a community of 1,000+ mentors and alumni. 🔹We’re looking for an exceptional Platform Associate to help our programs run seamlessly, so founders can build faster, connect smarter, and scale further. 🔹 You’ll design world-class founder experiences, orchestrate workshops and mentorship, and activate the network that drives founders’ success. 🤝 Be the go-to person for 375+ portfolio companies for routing requests, matching mentors, and ensuring every founder leaves better than they arrived. 🎤 Run high-impact events, from intimate founder dinners to full-scale Demo Day productions that bring NYC’s startup ecosystem to life. 🔹 If you’re resourceful, operationally excellent, and energized by startups and venture, join us at ERA and help shape the next generation of breakout NYC companies.