These are the Founders and Curators of [Startup Digest]. Each Curator is handpicked to lead the growth of startup communities in every city around the world.

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Silicon Valley, CA, USA

Chris McCann is Co-Founder of [Startup Digest] and Curator of the BASES [Startup Digest] in Silicon Valley. He is also an organizer for Geeks on a Plane and manages social media outreach for both TEDxSV and TEDxBerkeley.

Brendan McManus is Co-Founder of [Startup Digest] and a core team member of Wildfire Interactive, Inc.

New York, NY, USA

Carter Cleveland is Curator of the NYC [Startup Digest] and Founder of Art.sy, an online marketplace for original artwork that helps artists and art buyers connect through social networks.

Michael Heinrich is Curator of the NYC [Startup Digest] and Founder of his own stealth startup, VrLocal, that aspires to become the premier online marketplace for people to buy and sell services.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Jonathan Nelson is Curator of the ATL [Startup Digest] and currently works with Intridea after selling his previous company, TwitterMass, last year.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jon Chui is Curator of the Vancouver [Startup Digest] and interviews awesome local entrepreneurs on his blog.

Tokyo, Japan

Jonny Li is Curator of the Tokyo [Startup Digest] and organized Startup Weekend Tokyo. View his website here.

Hiromi Okuda is Curator of the Tokyo [Startup Digest] and Founder of WizGroup Inc.

Boston, MA, USA

Steve Gold is Curator of the Boston [Startup Digest], teaches entrepreneurship at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, is the author of Entrepreneur's Notebook, and is always working on yet another startup of his own. He thinks he's up to #7.

Paris, France

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is Curator of the Paris [Startup Digest]. Check out his new blog!

Houston, TX, USA

Cory Levy is Curator of the Houston [Startup Digest].

Seattle, WA, USA

Jaremy Rich is curator of the Seattle [Startup Digest] and Co-Founder of Rich and Murray Creative, a web design and social media consultancy. He also works for Viralogy, a startup designed to increase web visitor conversion. He also writes a blog on technology and marketing.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Matt Sandler is Curator of the LA [Startup Digest], founder of the music education startup Chromatik, a core team member at the social media startup CitizenNet, and a professional saxophonist.

London, England

Aaron Gerard Franco is Curator of the London [Startup Digest] and Co-Founder of nothingGrinder.

Gabriel Ortiz is Curator of the London [Startup Digest] and Co-Founder of nothingGrinder.

Washington, DC, USA

Chris Selmer is Curator of the DC [Startup Digest] and a senior partner at Intridea where he creates internal company products and helps startup clients to flesh out their ideas and develop core web applications.

Mumbai, India

Aalok Jariwala is Curator of the Mumbai [Startup Digest]. You can view his website here.

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Abhishek Sharma is Curator of the Pittsburgh [Startup Digest] and both Co-Founder and VP of Technology of MobileFusion Inc.

Lagos, Nigeria

Loy Okezie is Curator of the Lagos [Startup Digest] and is both an online marketing strategist and startup analyst. He has consulted for several small and mid-size companies and has advised startups such as Careers Nigeria, one of the leading job portals in Nigeria.

Cape Town, South Africa

Sheraan Amod is Curator of the Cape Town [Startup Digest] and Co-Founder of Personera, a global personalized publishing service offering useful print products enhanced with Facebook content. You can follow him on Twitter here: @sheraan.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Alex Farcet is Curator of the Copenhagen [Startup Digest] and co-founder of Startupbootcamp, a Techstars-inspired micro seed mentorship program based in Copenhagen and covering Northern Europe. Follow him on Twitter at @bootcampdk.

Austin, TX, USA

Cesar Torres is Curator of the Austin [Startup Digest]. During the day, he's an independent designer and is one of the co-founders of Conjunctured, the first Austin coworking space.

New Orleans, LA, USA

Taylor Davidson is Curator of the New Orleans [Startup Digest] and a Business Designer and photography geek who focuses on digital business and marketing strategies in the creative content and technology industries. Check out his website here.

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