The heart and soul of New York's startup scene

Here's the thing about Andy: He's never been the public face of Betaworks. You'll rarely see him doing interviews or sitting on panels, but he's been a godfather to almost every successful venture to come out of New York City. Speak to anyone in the startup scene about him, and many will call him a mentor and a friend -- everyone has an Andy anecdote.

He's an unlikely investor. Andy's got a mop of crazy hair and a love of music. On his Tumblr -- stocked with quotes, song lyrics , and random thoughts -- he goes by the handle "newspeedwayboogie."

"I don't want to be Andy Weissman over there," he recently wrote on his blog. "I want to be someone else, the part of me that is obsessive compulsive and ridiculous about another subject matter."

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