Akkam 🚀 Yorkseeders! #56

What's cooking this week? June 24th - July 1st

June 24, 2024

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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!

Today’s Hello is in Oromo, Akkam! :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? I’m back to France 🇫🇷 and I’ll be operating from CET timezone.

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A year ago, I proudly wore my QR code around Toronto during the Collision conference, marking the moment Yorkseed first gained recognition across the pond. This year's Collision conference was historic as it was the last one in Toronto before rebranding as Web Summit and moving to Vancouver next year.

Following the great first success of Venture Summit during New York Tech Week two weeks ago, we crossed the pond once more to host another event during the Collision conference. It was another great success, featuring an incredible lineup of speakers who covered a comprehensive range of topics for all stages of venture fundraising and the entrepreneurial journey! ❤️

Heartfelt Thanks for Making Our Venture Summit a Success!

Our deepest gratitude to our outstanding speakers:

Special thanks to corporate gift sponsor Melissa Botelho from Conscious Collective for the thoughtful luxury gifts for all our speakers. We also extend our thanks to our sponsors, Prosh Marketing, and our Venture Summit community partner, Trusteer Financial.

Congratulations to all the startups that participated in the Pitchbox Founder Showcase: PioneerIP, Advataxes, Benefi, Placemade, Vannadium, and You Got Game! This event wouldn't have been possible without my event partner, StartupFuel, and the incredible help of all our volunteers: Amelia Tran, Ben Seun (Ebenezer) Oyajumo, Dhruv Kothari, Raj Midha, Rishav Sharma, and Tuoyo.

Following the successful wrap-up of our Venture Summit and the Collision Conference, we hosted an epic final event: the Collision Conference Finale Frenzy: Pre-Game Bash. Over 250 people joined us at Casa Mezcal, making it an unforgettable evening.

If you'd like to get involved in future Yorkseed events, please reach out to me. Stay tuned!

Get Ready to Ignite Your Tech Passion at Propelify Innovation Festival!

Prepare to be awestruck by the entrepreneur visionary, Marc Lore! Marc will share his entrepreneurial journey and how he stayed scrappy after a $3B exit from Jet.com and what he's up to now as the Founder and CEO of Wonder. You won't want to miss his electrifying keynote!

On 6/27 you can also check out talks on stage from seasoned founders, executives, investors, and tech leaders for talks including:

  • Are you a CEO or Just a Founder

  • Winning the Pitch: Techniques to get to Yes 

  • Startup Spotlight Sessions 

  • You Don’t Know as Much about as AI as You Think 

Grab your complimentary ticket with code, YorkseedPropels 

That's right, admission to the Propelify Innovation Festival is FREE, and it's just a click away. Reserve your spot for this innovation festival on June 27 in Hoboken. Get ready to #letspropel your tech journey to new heights! Secure Your Free Ticket Now

Join us at the Yorkseed community meetups in Propelify's Launchpad Lounge on June 27th at Maxwell Place Park, Hoboken, NJ, from 12:30 PM to 1:15 PM!

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Access to our local hubs is restricted to founders, investors, executives, or individuals actively involved in the local tech innovation sector or frequently visiting the local city for work. Interested to become a Yorkseeder ? Join your local hubs today! (Approval required) Paris, New York City, Austin, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Global Hub (International)

Yorkseed is going places, and with your generous donations, we can ensure it continues to flourish. Your support will enable us to maintain and enhance the platform, bringing even more value to our community. Please consider making a DONATION today to help us keep Yorkseed running smoothly. $25 goes a long way! ❤️

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June 24th - July 1st

NYC hub

LGBT+ VC Prosperity Summit @ The Museum of Arts & Design (DAY ONE) · 6/25

LGBT+ VC's Summit is the world's leading conference for LGBTQ and ally venture capitalists with selected list of venture fund managers, LPs..

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VNTR Capital Investors Cocktail New York - 6/26

Join us to connect with active investment decision makers and learn about the investment trends.

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LGBT+ VC's Prosperity Summit @ The Museum of Arts & Design (DAY TWO) · 6/27

LGBT+ VC's Summit is the world's leading conference for LGBTQ and ally venture capitalists with selected list of venture fund managers, LP..

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Climate Venture & Innovation Salon · 6/27

🌍 Join us for an exciting half-day Climate salon at the beautiful Eisner Amper offices, starting at 12:00 PM. 🌱🚀

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Bay Area hub

Austin hub

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D.C. hub

AWS Summit - 6/26-6/27

Los Angeles hub

Miami hub

Paris hub 

Sunset Provence – Convivialité Ventures x Cathay Innovation · 7/1

Dear friends, Please mark your calendars for our annual gathering of the innovation ecosystem (startups, VCs and CVCs) on the Pernod Ricard rooftop.

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London hub

Lisbon hub

Munich hub

Berlin hub

Helsinki hub

Montreal hub

Toronto hub

Rio de Janeiro hub

Buenos Aires hub

Dubai hub

Demo Day - 6/26

Hong Kong hub

Sydney hub

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Message from the Yorkseed House ...

Our WhatsApp Global hubs are where I will be strictly sharing special events that are happening around the local city related to Founders + Investors + Tech Executives focus only.

Our WhatsApp Conference Groups are for conferences goers to share invites, arrange meetups and set meetings specifically for Founders + Investors + Tech Executives focus only. We also provide a spreadsheet of non-badge holder master side event list for all conference goers! We believe everyone should have access to all the top notch side events without paying a premium price!

Looking for volunteers to run some of these hubs. Global Hub, Paris, New York City, Austin, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Global Hub (International). Some people already interested in some of them, though I do need more! If you are from a city that is not on the list and are interested in creating a local hub, please reach out to me!

What does a local hub volunteer / co-organizer do?

  • Run a YorkseedTM event once a month. It must be Founders + Investors + Tech Executives focus. I am open to all sort of events from happy hours to panels, or even demo nights. To make it easier, it can be a co-branded event with another company.

  • Collect mailing list, YorkseedTM database building from all the attendees. Partnership, investor or collaboration opportunities for YS.

  • Feed me any local events you know will be coming up in the local city, and I will include them the newsletter.

The perks of being a local hub volunteer? You are exposed to high-level individuals, and infinite opportunities will come your way!

Sounds exciting for you? Write me at  [email protected] / Jessica Sophia Wong

❤️ Join our database 👉 https://forms.gle/C8uQChh41JknpxPYA

I am in a process of curating a several exclusive mailing list, all the collected information is private and will not be shared. What do I do with it? Exclusive event invites, founders + investors matching from different sectors and some other cool stuff.

If you would like to register in our public database, please fill out the Google form above and select the part where you provide your consent to be on the public list.

Interested to sponsor this newsletter or partner on in-person events in NYC or one of the local hubs, write me at : [email protected] 

We added a new Yorkseed General Support Group! This is general support system for anyone in the idea stage, early stage, or facing hardship while building your startups. In this group you’ll meet other technical people or entrepreneurs who face challenges. You are not alone in this journey.

Founders looking to raise or sell / Investors - looking for deal flow / Executives looking to work together

I like to invite you to fill out our new Yorkseed's Founder and Investor Submission Form. https://forms.gle/QPekQGaAAqPkonby7

Yorkseed Founders looking to raise or sell / Investors - looking for deal flow / Executives looking to work together, please fill out our submission form.forms.gle/1TZ2cGgvepHuSe678

Our 2024 Conference Hubs (with spreadsheets):

YorkseedTM is partnering up with Croissant! Croissant is an app that provides on-demand access to co-working spaces in NYC & cities around the world. Drop by for a few focused hours or stay for the whole day with (usually free!) coffee & fresh inspiration. As a partner with Croissant, Yorkseeders can use this link to get 30% off your first three months!