FirstMark, Early-stage venture capital in NYC. Data Driven NYC is a community of tech enthusiasts who are passionate about Big Data, data technologies and data-driven products and businesses, in New York and beyond. The community meets monthly at three hour events that include both company presentations and informal networking. Data Driven NYC was founded and is organized by Matt Turck. Matt is a Managing Director at FirstMark Capital, a New York venture capital firm, where he focuses on early stage technology investments in the enterprise, data, fintech, infrastructure, and connected devices sectors. In addition to Data Driven NYC, Matt founded Hardwired NYC, another community and monthly event, focused on the Internet of Things, 3D printing and wearable computing.