Black Ocean
When most folks think of start-ups, they think of San Francisco. New York, however, has quite the thriving start-up scene in its own right, and it is not all about Cornell University’s upcoming tech school on Roosevelt Island. Black Ocean nurtures young media start-ups through the crucial early stages of their development. They invest strategically, provide open office spaces for the companies and create an environment of cooperation and (hopefully) synergistic growth…and this all takes place in a very attractive building that dates back to 1874, but on the inside is filled with contemporary art.