Dan Zitting

New York Angels is a member-led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through successful exit. Our 120+ members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. We come from a wide array of industry backgrounds and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom we invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising. The mission of New York Angels is to foster an engaged and smart New York City angel investment environment in an effort to enhance the opportunities for entrepreneurs to be financed and succeed through exit. We provide opportunities for our members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies and accelerating them to market leadership. We lead and participate in investments ranging from $100,000–$2,000,000, and have a large network of angel groups and venture capital firms with whom we syndicate to do rounds up to $3 million. New York Angels has been the leading seed investment organization in NYC since 2004, with members investing over $112 million into more than 270 exciting startup companies. Through their participation in New York Angels, members were the first investors in such startups as Pinterest and Comixology, and portfolio companies have been acquired by Google, Intel, CBS, Living Social and others.

Workpapers.com is the first and only cloud internal audit and compliance management solution, used by several hundred service firms, internal audit departments, and compliance departments in over 30 countries.

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Linford & Company LLP is a Denver-based Certified Public Accounting firm comprised of former “Big Four” auditors and Information Security experts. We perform SOC 1 (f. SSAE 16, SAS 70), SOC 2, royalty/licensing compliance, HIPAA compliance audits, and FedRAMP, and NIST 800-53 assessments for organizations around the world. Our experience spans a wide range of global industries and organizations—from privately held small- and medium-sized businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Our associates combine a unique, in-depth knowledge of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) audit guidance, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards with deep technical knowledge in a broad range of information and software technologies. Our clients receive extremely knowledgeable, accomplished auditors on every engagement, and are ensured an efficient and minimally intrusive on-site audit fieldwork and reporting experience. The combination of our experience and our dedication to the highest professional standards consistently leads to positive audit experiences for our clients. Since 2008, our firm has added team members with specialized expertise to expand our service offering. Our steady growth is attributed to the reputation earned as the firm of choice for organizations looking for a predictable, affordable, and marketable IT audit experience. Since we focus on niche audits, our knowledge is extensive in the areas in which we specialize, including the most highly technical information technology matters.