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Ayubowan 🚀 Yorkseeders! #89
What's cooking this week? February 24th - March 3rd 2025
🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!
Today’s Hello is in Sinhalese: ආයුබෝවන් - Ayubowan :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar?
To access links 🔗 for our global and conference hubs, visit: yorkseed.co/#about.
I will only share carefully curated Founders & Investors events in my newsletter. Did someone forward you this email? Welcome! Please 👉 subscribe here
If you would like to collaborate or sponsor us, please write me at [email protected]
If you enjoy our resources, please consider donating to Yorkseed! So I can keep Yorkseed running and bring you guys more exclusive content and networks! Donation Link
Join us for a weekly casual coworking session hosted by Yorkseeder Andre from Better City Life! Enjoy a cozy, productivity-friendly space with warm decor and flexible seating. It’s lively after lunch but still great for focus, with a quiet courtyard for calls.
Step Into Innovation: Krippit x Yorkseed Celebrate International Women's Day with Creative Founders
If you’re interested in speaking in the fireside chat, please complete the submission form.
📅 Date: March 8, 2025
📍 Location: Studio Marais, Paris
Half Day Program ⏰ Time:
3pm - 6pm | Krippit Showcase + Networking
4pm - 5pm | Yorkseed x Krippit Creative Founders Fireside Chat
5pm - 6pm | Networking
6pm | Event Conclude
In honor of International Women’s Day, Studio Marais, Krippit Paris and Yorkseed invite you to an exclusive afternoon of networking, collaboration, and innovation in the heart of Paris.
This event brings together fashion tech pioneers, creative founders, and industry disruptors to celebrate women-led innovation and entrepreneurship. Whether you’re a fashion designer, stylist, startup founder, or creative visionary, this is your opportunity to connect, collaborate, and be part of something groundbreaking.

🚀 Yorkseed x GLOBAL Sales Tech Festival 2025 (#GSTF25) 🚀
We’re excited to announce that Yorkseed is a Community Partner for the GLOBAL Sales Tech Festival 2025, happening on March 2nd in Barcelona!
📅 Date: Sunday, 2nd March 2025
📍 Location: The Social Hub Poblenou, Barcelona
🎟️ Limited Discovery Tickets: https://www.gstfestival.com#/buyTickets?promoCode=YorkseedD
💥 20% Discount Code: https://www.gstfestival.com#/buyTickets?promoCode=Yorkseed20
💡 Empower Growth & Innovation
Join us in showcasing your brand as a key player in the growth landscape by supporting #GSTF25. Connect with 1,000+ sales and tech leaders, gain unparalleled visibility, and be part of the future of sales innovation.
🌍 The sky’s the limit at GSTF25. Let’s shape the future—together!
Subscribe to Yorkseed LUMA event calendar.
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 | San Antonio, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Singapore, São Paulo, Buenos Aires | Rio, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Zurich, Milan, Global Hub (International)
Our 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!
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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February 24th - March 3rd
NYC hub
Pitch and Run Monday - 2/24
How ✨AI is Transforming Podcasting - 2/24
Hack Night in NYC - 2/25
Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 2/25
NYC Founders Brew Mixer - 2/25
Pitch Roast Live 2 - 2/26
Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 2/26
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Pitch and Run - Central Park - 2/26
Tech Pixel Mixer - 2/27
Women in Tech NYC 2025 - 2/27
BTA Awards US 2025 - 2/28
SREday New York City 2025 Q1 - 2/28
2/28: Brex BHM Mixer in NYC - 2/28
Bay Area hub
SF Founders Brew Mixer - 2/24
Hike and Smoothies - 2/25
Code4Compassion 2025 - 2/26
AI x Humanity Happy Hour - 2/26
AI For Developers #23 - 2/26
DeepAlumni Bay Area meetup - 2/26
ai + health demo night #004 - 2/26
Tech and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - SF - 2/26
AI Supply Chain Hackathon 2025: Extreme Weather - 2/27
AI Cybersecurity Forum - 2/27
AI Dev Tools Founder Mixer - 2/27
AI Founders Private Dinner - 2/27
Apache Iceberg™ SF Meetup - 2/27
Apache Iceberg™ SF Meetup - 2/27
AGI Builders Meetup SF - 2/27
SF Tech Connect Party - 2/27
Pitch & Run San Francisco - 2/28
Hacking Agents Hackathon - 2/28
Austin hub
AITX Monthly Meetup - 2/25
Austin Connections - 2/26
AI Founders Hang & Co-Work - 2/27
Austin Cup of Capital - 2/28
Edge City Austin - 3/2
WE NEED DONATION! If you enjoy our resources, please consider donating to Yorkseed! So I can keep Yorkseed running and bring you guys more exclusive content and networks!
D.C. hub
Los Angeles hub
planet jam - 2/24
Founder Friends LA - 2/26
Women in Tech LA 2025 - 2/26
LA Tech Mixer - 2/27
Venice Tech Happy Hour - 2/27
Miami hub
Web3 AI Agent Day 🤖 AI Swarms in Web3 💥 NEAR AI, GoArlo - 2/25
Women in Tech Miami 2025 - 2/27
Paris hub
Le Banquet d'Avalon - 2/27
London hub
Stories She Never Told - 2/24
New Climate Summit - 2/25
People Power 2025 - 2/26
Tech & Tonic | EO2 - 2/26
Pitch and Run London - 2/27
Zurich hub
Health.Sparx: DIGITAL HEALTH - 2/27
Bitcoin Meetup Zug - 3/3
Lisbon hub
DemoNightLx - 2/26
🎉 Afterwork Networking @Tribe.Social: Entrepreneurs, Startups, Remote Workers & Creatives (Round 3) - 2/28
Munich hub

Berlin hub
Deep Tech Night - 2/27
Helsinki hub
STUHI (StartupHigh) - 2/27
Montreal hub
Toronto hub
TO Founders Brew Mixer - 2/24
São Paulo | Rio hub
Buenos Aires hub
Dubai hub
ABC MEET MARKET - 2/25
Launch Event: Serenity In Collaboration with IDEMIA Unveil World's First Biometric Blockchain Card - 2/25
Scale | Pitch Summit - 2/26
Bitget x Superteam Mixer- 2/27
Hong Kong hub
全渠道營銷新機遇:提升潛在客戶生成 - 2/27
IWG x TP Business Networking - 2/27
ADPList Meetup | Hong Kong #3 🇭🇰- 2/28
Singapore hub
Future of Finance - 2/26
Sydney hub
If you have gotten value out of Yorkseed Newsletter, please help us grow by sharing it with relevant friends and colleagues!
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. Paris, New York City, Austin | San Antonio, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Singapore, São Paulo, Buenos Aires | Rio, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Zurich, Milan, 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.
❤️ Yorkseed Public Database👇 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/101PbxqAMpnSJ44TcCJUp8hl6v2pFXbZnKrtBQ1GzhW0/edit?usp=sharing
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 Conference Hubs (with spreadsheets):
World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland | Paris Blockchain Week - Paris, France | VivaTech - Paris, France | Web Summit - Lisbon, Portugal | Slush VC - Helsinki, Finland | SXSW - London, UK
ETHDenver - Colorado, USA | SXSW - Austin, USA | NFT NYC - New York City, USA | New York Tech Week - New York City, USA | LA Tech Week - Los Angeles, USA | CES - Las Vegas, USA | Art Basel - Miami, USA
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!
🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!
Today’s Hello is in Punjabi - ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat Sri Akal) :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? This is the last week of Chinese New Year! Enjoy!
To access links 🔗 for our global and conference hubs, visit: yorkseed.co/#about.
I will only share carefully curated Founders & Investors events in my newsletter. Did someone forward you this email? Welcome! Please 👉 subscribe here
If you would like to collaborate or sponsor us, please write me at [email protected]
If you enjoy our resources, please consider donating to Yorkseed! So I can keep Yorkseed running and bring you guys more exclusive content and networks! Donation Link
On February 18th join us for a session of invaluable insights into navigating the legalities of startups and legal matters spanning formation to exit in today's challenging market. Contracts and Compliance
Our expert (Emily Wu, Managing Attorney of Lumia Law) advised clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100s. As ex-operators, Lumia sat on boards at both startups and funds. And, as venture competition judges, they reviewed thousands of pitch decks and business models.
Paris is buzzing with events! We've put together a master side event spreadsheet for NFT Paris, AI Summit, and Climate House.
📅 Covering events from February 6–24
📄 Check it out and share: Event Spreadsheet
Join us for a casual coworking session hosted by Yorkseeder Andre from Better City Life! Enjoy a cozy, productivity-friendly space with warm decor and flexible seating. It’s lively after lunch but still great for focus, with a quiet courtyard for calls.
Yorkseed NFT Paris Special Event for Women in Web3 - NFT Paris Special breakfast event for Women in Web3. Location and exact date coming up soon. RSVP if you are interested to attend.
Upcoming Opportunity for Smart City Startups

Yorkseed is excited to be a community partner for an upcoming event focused on smart city innovations. If you're a startup in this space, you’ll have the chance to pitch your idea to a panel of investors, VCs, and industry leaders for a chance to win 10,000 Swiss francs.
📍 Location: Digital Village Paris
🗓️ Date: February 20, 2025
Not pitching? The event is open to everyone interested in networking, with plenty of food and cocktails to keep the conversations flowing.
Register to pitch or attend here: https://startparis.fr
Location and exact date are coming up soon, but we are taking RSVP for those who's interested to attend! This event is open for all founders investors executives and tech/venture community builders. Our Lisbon hub aims to foster connections, catch up, and mingle with new faces in the ecosystem.
On February 19th in San Antonio and 21st in Austin, dive into a hands-on, immersive session designed to help founders and product teams rapidly validate ideas, build functional designs, and develop AI-powered prototypes. Using agile methodologies and real-time collaboration, you'll walk away with a scalable roadmap to streamline your product development and align with market needs.

🚀 Yorkseed x GLOBAL Sales Tech Festival 2025 (#GSTF25) 🚀
We’re excited to announce that Yorkseed is a Community Partner for the GLOBAL Sales Tech Festival 2025, happening on March 2nd in Barcelona!
📅 Date: Sunday, 2nd March 2025
📍 Location: The Social Hub Poblenou, Barcelona
🎟️ Limited Discovery Tickets: https://www.gstfestival.com#/buyTickets?promoCode=YorkseedD
💥 20% Discount Code: https://www.gstfestival.com#/buyTickets?promoCode=Yorkseed20
💡 Empower Growth & Innovation
Join us in showcasing your brand as a key player in the growth landscape by supporting #GSTF25. Connect with 1,000+ sales and tech leaders, gain unparalleled visibility, and be part of the future of sales innovation.
🌍 The sky’s the limit at GSTF25. Let’s shape the future—together!
Subscribe to Yorkseed LUMA event calendar.
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 | San Antonio, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Singapore, São Paulo, Buenos Aires | Rio, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Zurich, Milan, Global Hub (International)
Our 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!
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! ❤️
Follow Yorkseed Channel (Open for public):
WE NEED DONATION! If you enjoy our resources, please consider donating to Yorkseed! So I can keep Yorkseed running and bring you guys more exclusive content and networks!
February 10th - February 17th
NYC hub
Pitch and Run Monday - 2/10
Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 2/11
Mobility Happy Hour - 2/11
Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 2/12
Pitch and Run - Central Park - 2/12
Bull Run? Let's Demo It. - 2/13
AI TechWalk | NYC, 2/14 - 2/14
Bay Area hub
SF Tech: CEO Mixer - 2/10
AI Agent Demo Night ~ w/ Jam.dev - 2/11
-1 To Vinod Khosla - 2/11
Founders & Funders | Feb11 - 2/11
AI Day Summit 2025 Agenda - 2/12
SF Data + AI Happy Hour - 2/12
AI For Marketers #23 - 2/12
Reality of MedTech In 2025 - 2/13
ODF Explorer Event - 2/13
Pitch & Run San Francisco - 2/14
🧠 GenAI Collective 🧠 Hike at SF Land's End 🥾 - 2/15
Resonance: The intersection of Sound & Tech presented by Beatoven.ai and hosted by Mission Dolores Manor - 2/15
Austin hub
WE NEED DONATION! If you enjoy our resources, please consider donating to Yorkseed! So I can keep Yorkseed running and bring you guys more exclusive content and networks!
D.C. hub
DC Systems 004 - 2/11
DC Tech Party #3: The Match Lab 🧪 - 2/12
Los Angeles hub
The BR-DGE Industry Mixer - 2/11
Visionary Happy Hour - 2/11
Miami hub
hack night v0.36 - 2/13
Paris hub
This week in Paris we are reverting to a spreadsheet format due to AI Summit x NFTParis x Climate House
London hub
AI Forge: Co-Founder Connect - 2/12
Pitch and Run London - 2/13
LogicallyDrafted - London - 2/13
London Fintech Breakfast - 2/17
Zurich hub
Crypto and Web 3 Meetup - 2/11
Crypto Nights - 2/12
Lisbon hub
Munich hub

Berlin hub
AI Builders Monthly Berlin - 2/13
Helsinki hub
Montreal hub
Wrk AI Think Tank - Montreal - 2/12
DesignConnect Social - 2/12
Toronto hub
São Paulo | Rio hub
Buenos Aires hub
The Living Space - 2/13
The VC Backyard - 2/13
Dubai hub
Hong Kong hub
WAVE 2025——浪潮 2025 - 2/17
Solana DeFi and MEV Summit - 2/17
AIvalanche Hong Kong Meetup - 2/17
Community Frens - Hong Kong - 2/17
Gaia Agent X summit @ AWS HK - 2/17
The Whales Trust Night - An Exclusive Pre-Event Gathering for Consensus HK ( invitation only) - 2/17
Singapore hub
Founders Run & Coffee! - 2/11
BASED IN SG 🔵 - 2/12
Sydney hub
If you have gotten value out of Yorkseed Newsletter, please help us grow by sharing it with relevant friends and colleagues!
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. Paris, New York City, Austin | San Antonio, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Singapore, São Paulo, Buenos Aires | Rio, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Zurich, Milan, 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.
❤️ Yorkseed Public Database👇 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/101PbxqAMpnSJ44TcCJUp8hl6v2pFXbZnKrtBQ1GzhW0/edit?usp=sharing
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 Conference Hubs (with spreadsheets):
World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland | Paris Blockchain Week - Paris, France | VivaTech - Paris, France | Web Summit - Lisbon, Portugal | Slush VC - Helsinki, Finland | SXSW - London, UK
ETHDenver - Colorado, USA | SXSW - Austin, USA | NFT NYC - New York City, USA | New York Tech Week - New York City, USA | LA Tech Week - Los Angeles, USA | CES - Las Vegas, USA | Art Basel - Miami, USA
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!