21 of London’s brightest startups gathered in NYC for The Glasshouses’ third ‘London to NYC’ mission, part of the ‘World to NYC’ programme organised by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).

This years mission took place on the 6th - 8th of February and the action-packed three-day programme of events included company visits to the Gilt Groupe, the InterActive Corporation, and TheLadders, as well as to the co-working spaces General Assembly and HiveAt55. The events comprised a mix of panel discussion with successful ex pats, legal advisors, HR representatives and Venture Capitalists as well as lectures and numerous networking events such as the Glasshouse's cocktail reception and the New York Tech Meetup.

'London to NYC' 2012: The Companies

About the London to New York Programme
'Inevitably dubbed "Lon2NYC", the programme was dreamt up in 2010 during a meeting between Judith Clegg, Founder of Glasshouse, and Steven Strauss, Managing Director of NYCEDC. The programme gathers some of Britain's brightest tech stars that have their eyes on the American Dream.'
- The Guardian

The main objective of the programme is to help London-based companies expand by introducing them to and familiarizing them with the New York City business environment. Additionally, the programme helps create new business opportunities through direct introductions to New York's business leaders.

"I am delighted to support this initiative and I know that the UK companies who land in New York will absolutely blow the socks off the business community in the Big Apple. As someone with close ties to that fantastic city, I know there is really no better place to do business in the U.S. than my birthplace and it's great that this programme is going to help U.K. companies and talent to expand even faters. I also very much look forward to welcoming a similar delegation from New York to London in the future. Any programme that helps strengthen the relationship between these two great cities has my whole-hearted support."
- Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

"New York has always been proud to be an international capital of innovation and entrepreneurship. Even during today's challenging times, our City thrives as an engine for economic growth worldwide, setting the pace in a wide range of industries including biosciences, technology, education, health, fashion, media and financial services. As a participant in this program, you will have the opportunity to learn about the available resources and vast markets for products and services that make New York City one of the best places in the world to do business. In addition, you will have the chance to engage with some of our top government and business professionals and meet with some of our most innovative companies."
- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York

Sponsors
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Previous Attendees Include
Brave New Talent, Conversocial, Coull, Crane.TV, Curious Generation, Fortune Cookie, LeapCR, Linkdex, One Fine Stay, Spoonfed Media, Sportsnewsmedia and WAYN.

What Attendees Say
“The result of our NYCEDC and Glasshouse mission was a multi-million dollar account and a New York office on Madison Avenue!. You guys rock!.”
- Justin Cooke, CEO Fortune Cookie

“London 2 NYC provided a launch pad for us to do business in the US and connect with the leading players in the tech, media and entrepreneurial scene. For us, it helped provide some great exposure to the local market and also get to know other UK companies who were looking to set up operations in New York. The events were relevant and had some very influential people attend from both the business and political world. I thoroughly recommend it."
- Peter Ward, Co-Founder WAYN

What People Say
'Glasshouse is really pushing the UK tech scene in the direction it needs by hosting and organising events such as this. It provides a platform for companies to get the best possible start in a country where its expansion is integral to its growth.'
- Nextweb.com

'Licensing is becoming an increasingly important part of our business so we decided to base a team in NY, which is the licensing capital of the world. We love the city and are excited that NY has become our first office for Mindcandy outside the U.K.'
- Michael Acton Smith, CEO Mindcandy

Information
For further information, please contact us at events@theglasshouse.net.