DRPortrait pending
Daniel Reyes
USMA '11
Fielded — logistics software for construction crews
Brooklyn, NY
Inc. 2022·9 people·$1.4M ARR
CurrentlyRaising a Series A
Intro via GG&F →
Gotham Grads & Founders — New York
We connect New York's service academy graduate founders with the alumni who can help them build.
Every year, more graduates leave the service to build companies — carrying the bias for action, the composure under pressure, and the refusal to quit that their academies trained into them into a world that rewards exactly those things. What they don't always have is the room: the investors, the operators, and the grads a decade ahead who have already done it. Gotham Grads & Founders is that room. We find the founders, we vouch for them, and we make it easy for alumni to show up.
The Roster
Service academy founders, building in New York.
Past the idea stage and building something real. Every founder here is personally verified. If you're a grad who can write a check, open a door, or give an hour — start here.
Draft for review — sample cards, illustrative placeholders only
SWPortrait pending
Sarah Whitcomb
USMA '15
Marrow — clinical-trial recruitment for rare disease
Manhattan, NY
Inc. 2023·4 people·1,200 enrolled
CurrentlyHiring a founding engineer
MBPortrait pending
Marcus Bell
USMA '06
Anvil Defense — autonomy for EOD robotics
Jersey City, NJ
Inc. 2021·22 people·DoD SBIR II
CurrentlySeeking advisors in govtech go-to-market
Intro via GG&F →
Plug in
Two ways into the room.
If you're building
A service academy grad past the idea stage — incorporated, or actively building something real? Raise your hand. We'll verify you and add your company to the roster.
Add your company →If you can help
See a founder you can back, hire from, or advise? Reach them directly, or ask us to make the introduction — whichever they prefer.
Get in touch →Who we are
A connector who isn't in the room to compete.
Gotham Grads & Founders is built and run by graduates — not by anyone raising money or investing in the room. That's deliberate. A connector who isn't competing for capital or attention is one both founders and backers can trust.
We find the founders, verify them, and stay in the middle for one reason only: to make the right introductions across the alumni network.
In person
Find us at the West Point Entrepreneur Summit.
New York · September 14–16, 2026
Three days with other graduate & veteran entrepreneurs, business leaders (CEO's/CXO's), and investors in the city.
