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Join Yorkseed at New York Tech Week – A High-Impact Opportunity for Sponsors! 🚀

Yorkseed is preparing for another exciting New York Tech Week, and we’re creating our viral NYTW Master Side Event Spreadsheet to highlight the best events for founders, investors, and innovators. If you’re hosting something special, submit it now and get it in front of thousands!

But we’re not stopping there — we’re seeking dynamic sponsors and co-hosts for our Yorkseed Passport Series to bring together the brightest minds, spark collaboration, and elevate the experience.

Why sponsor Yorkseed during NY Tech Week?
🌟 Exclusive Brand Exposure: Reach a global network of founders, investors, and operators.
🌟 Meaningful Engagement: Connect with key players and make a real impact.
🌟 Amplify Your Mission: Support innovation and showcase your commitment to the tech ecosystem.

If you’re interested in being a part of this high-energy week and fostering powerful connections, we’d love to collaborate.
📩 Contact [email protected] to discuss opportunities.

Spaces are limited — let’s create something unforgettable together!

What’s happening next in Yorkseed NYC? →

Yorkseed x PulsePoint Path x MedStartr: HealthTech Investors Roundtable (New York City)

Join Yorkseed, PulsePoint Path, and MedStartr for an intimate, off-the-record gathering of active HealthTech investors in New York City on May 7th.
No pitches. No presentations. Just real conversations about what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next in an evolving market.

Who’s Attending:

• Seed to Series B investors in Digital Health, BioTech, MedTech, and FemTech

• Angel investors, venture capitalists, and investor-founders looking for stronger deal flow, syndication, and collaboration

• Organizers and partners from PulsePoint Path, Yorkseed, and MedStartr

Details:
This is a private, invite-only roundtable, limited to just 25 investors to keep discussions meaningful and focused.

Sponsorship Opportunities:
We’re seeking aligned sponsors to support this gathering. Sponsors will be thanked in all event materials and acknowledged during opening remarks.
Interested? Please reach out to [email protected]

Digital Health Founders: Ready for the Spotlight? 🎤🚀 (Virtual)

Apply now to pitch at the HealthTech Showdown on May 8th — focused on Digital Health and Remote Care (virtual-first care, remote monitoring, telemedicine, and more)!

Why join?
✅ Pitch to top VCs like MedStartr Ventures ($3.4M+ invested)
✅ Meet execs from Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, Texas Health Services Authority & more
✅ Win a $5,000 media visibility package across 150+ outlets
✅ Exclusive Pre-Show Bootcamp + Post-Show Boardroom access

Future themes (Mental Health, Agetech, Diagnostics, Women’s Health) are also open now. 👉 Apply: PulsePointPath.com/Contestant

Questions?
📲 DM: linkedin.com/in/SabrinaRunbeck
🎤 Send a quick voice note: speak-to.us/pulsepointpath

Calling Health Tech Founders & Investors! 🚀 (Hong Kong)

Yorkseed is hosting a Delegation to the Asia Summit on Global Health (ASGH) in Hong Kong — and and we’d love for you to be part of it, especially as it kicks off International Healthcare Week (May 26–June 15, 2025)!

You don’t have to be U.S.-based to participate — founders and investors from anywhere are welcome. As part of the Yorkseed delegation, you’ll get:
✅ A special $100 USD ticket rate
✅ Access to ASGH’s deal-making platform for pre-matched investor meetings
✅ Direct connections with Cyberport and HK Science & Tech Parks

Quick ASGH stats:

• 2,800+ attendees | 40+ countries

• 360+ curated investor meetings

• 200+ investors on-site

🎟 Register here (discount code pre-filled!): 👉 Yorkseed Delegate Registration or reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions.

Let’s bring Yorkseed energy to Asia! 💛 (Interested in joining our Yorkseed Hong Kong hub? Join here!)

What’s happening next in Yorkseed Paris? →

Yorkseed is launching a series of exclusive Family Office-focused events in both Paris and NYC. 🌍

We’re seeking long-term sponsors to help elevate these high-impact gatherings, connecting top-tier investors with visionary entrepreneurs. If you're interested in partnering with us for sustained visibility and strategic engagement, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Email us at [email protected] to explore sponsorship opportunities.

Let’s create lasting connections and drive innovation together!

The Virtual Yorkseed Expert Sessions are back! 🎉

We’re excited to bring you another round of our Yorkseed Expert Sessions, featuring insights from top industry leaders to help you grow, scale, and succeed.

Interested in being an expert? Email us at [email protected] to get involved!

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 city hubs today! (Approval required) Paris, New York City, Austin | San Antonio, Chicago, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Singapore, São Paulo, Buenos Aires | Rio, Toronto, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Amsterdam, Dublin, 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!

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April 28th - May 5th

NYC hub

Startup Pitch and Mixer | By SeedLegals, TechBrig & Context - 4/28

April Private Founders Breakfast in NYC feat. Founder of Thoropass (~$100M raised) - 4/28

FC BK • Founders Run & Coffee! - 4/29

New AI Frontiers & A Hacker Night: An Evening with Databricks, Anthropic, Timescale, Patronus & Weaviate - 4/29

Investor Dinner with Rob Frederick and Tom Szabo - 4/29

Startup Pitch Event! The Feedback Loop w/ Sheel Mohnot (April 29) - 4/29

NachoTuesday: SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Happy Hour @ NYC Rooftop - 4/29

April Founder Breakfast - 4/29

Investors Lunch: The Hidden Key to Thriving Co-Founder Relationships - 4/30

Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 4/30

Hack Night at Microsoft! - 4/30

Pitch and Run Friday - The Original PNR - 5/2

CORE x HUWiE x WWV Labs x Fierce Foundry: Female Founder Friday - 5/2

Pioneering the Digital Future: Estonia’s Model and U.S. Innovation in Public Sector Digitalization for Business Impact - 5/5

We're managing the New York City Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉

Bay Area hub

SF Coffee Club ☕ For B2B Founders Validating Ideas - 4/28

Betting in AI: Conversation with Translink Capital and Qlay - 4/28

VNTR Investor Roundtable Silicon Valley - 4/28

Founder Friends SF - 4/28

Startup Grind Conference 2025 - 4/29

PayPal Dev Days 2025 - 4/29

Betting in AI: Conversation with Translink Capital and Qlay - 4/29

Pitch & Run San Francisco - 4/30

Startup Pitch & Networking in San Francisco - 4/30

Video Studio by Spread: Opening Cocktail - 5/1

MCP AI Hackathon – San Francisco Edition - 5/1

B2B AI Summit: Founders, Funders, and the Future of Enterprise Tech - Presented by Runa Capital, Z Potentials & J.P. Morgan - 5/1

Startup Pitch Night - 5/1

MCP and A2A Hackathon - AWS Edition - 5/2

lazy hack @ Entrepreneurs First - 5/3

CoCreate Conference (San Francisco) - 5/4

Austin hub 

The Happiest Hour for Founders, VCs & Tech Leaders - 5/1

Consumer VC Live - Austin - 5/5

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Chicago hub

Pilot Founder & Investor Mixer - 4/30

TechWalk | Chicago, 5/1 w/ Northwestern Alumni - 5/1

Startup Pitch & Networking in Chicago - 5/1

HackwithChicago - 5/3

D.C. hub

Climate-Tech Investor GP/LP Matching Happy Hour - 4/28

'Mapping the Climate Movement' Hackathon - 4/28

CUP OF CAPITAL - DC Climate Week - 4/29

Startup Bazaar: DC Climate Week - 4/29

Accessing Innovation: The Hidden Value of Emerging Climate Fund Managers - 4/29

Climate Tech VC Early Happy Hour - 4/29

Day 3: Finance & Economy - 4/30

Pitch and Run DC - 4/30

Energy Entrepreneurship 2025 - 5/1

NCAC-USAEE 28th Annual Conference | Empowering Energy Transitions: Abundance, Security, and Sustainability - 5/1

DC Climate Capital Stack Networking Breakfast - 5/1

We're managing the Washington DC Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉

Los Angeles hub

TiE Investor Summit 2025 - 4/28

TiE Investor Summit 2025 - 4/28

The New GTM Playbook in the Age of AI - 4/29

Startup Pitch & Networking in Los Angeles - 4/30

Hardtech Hackcelerator & Happy Hour - 4/30

The State of the Pitch: Pitching in Today’s Startup Environment - 4/30

El Segundo Tech Breakfast Club - 5/1

Pitch & Run LA: Run Club for Founders, Investors, and Tech - 5/1

AI Cafe - 5/1

[LA - FFCExpert] What VCs Really Want: Fundraising Secrets with Elaine Russell - 5/1

Venture Dinner Club by Align Impact | Milken Global Edition - 5/5

Miami hub

Oscilar's Compliance Executive Dinner at ACAMS Hollywood - 4/29

Miami 2025 Conference - 5/1

Tech + Startups Community Conference @ Miami Dade College Auditorium - Downtown Miami - 5/1

hack night v0.47 - 5/1

Miami Race Week Digital Social Networking Mixer - 5/2

Miami Tech HH x Expand Northstar Roadshow - Miami - 5/5

Amsterdam hub

Invest in Africa Summit 2025 - 4/29

Paris hub

Yorkseed Co-working at Bastille - 4/28

Startup Pitch & Networking in Paris - 4/29

Zero to Product Buildathon à Paris - 4/29

Dublin hub

Pitch & Run - Dublin - 4/30

London hub

Female Founders in Fintech: Driving Innovation and Financial Inclusion - 4/28

EMERGENCE - Investment Conference - LONDON 2025 - 4/28

London Venture Day w/Harry Stebbings - 4/28

From Seed to Series A - Mastering the Metrics That Matter - 4/29

Startup Party London // Hosted by HYPE - 4/29

Startup Pitch & Networking in London - 4/29

ElevenLabs × Salesforce Ventures Presents: Enterprise Voice AI in Action - 4/29

From Seed to Series A - Mastering the Metrics That Matter - 4/29

People Meetup – with Founders Keepers, Elevayte & Techspace - 4/29

Women's AI Breakfast - FinTech Edition - 4/30

From Seed to Startup - 4/30

Marketplace Strategic Breakfast @ AWS London Summit '25 - 4/30

Pitch and Run London - 5/1

open house // golden hour: founder coworking + sunset rooftop party - 5/2

Zurich hub

Bitcoin Meetup Zug - 4/28

Point Zero Forum: Innovation Tour @ Tenity - 5/5

Milan hub

FIT - Futuro Innovazione Torinese - 4/28

Lisbon hub

[selling fast!] Responsible AI Horizons: A Foresight Experience with Lumiera × Envisioning - 4/29

Founders Running Club :: Lisbon - 5/3

Munich hub

Munich 2025 Venture Capital World Summit - 4/28

Berlin hub

French Tech Community Breakfast with IRIS VC - 4/29

"AI Startups in Transition: Who Will Win the Race in the Era of Foundation Model Commoditization?" - 4/29

Capital Run - by musfeldt. - 4/29

Helsinki hub

Founders Pesis I - 4/29

Montreal hub

MTL Founders, VCs & Friends 5a7 - 4/28

Founder Poker Montreal #6 - 4/29

Fintech Social Montreal - 5/1

Toronto hub

Startup Pitch & Networking in Toronto - 4/30

São Paulo | Rio hub

Coffee with Summit - 4/48

Founders & VC Mixer @ WebSummit Rio by Flourish Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, Honey Island Capital, QED & TWIF - 4/28

Founders Running Club at Web Summit Rio - 4/28

ClimateHack Sao Paulo no Websummit Rio: Meetup - Climate Tech: internacionalização, investimentos e parcerias - 4/29

Bioeconomy & Sustainable Innovation Brunch | Rio de Janeiro 2025 - 4/29

HH no Web Summit Rio 🍻 | Go.founders - 4/29

Happy Hour - NewHack & LEInteli & LEFGV - 4/29

Gnosis Pay’s Exclusive Partners Table - 4/29

Buenos Aires  hub

Dubai hub

💰 BuildMoney 2025 - Hackathon - 4/28

Unchained Summit - 4/28

Diamante V2 Hackathon: Dubai - 4/28

RWA Eco Day - 4/28

Building Blocks UAE: Following the WIZ - 4/28

Founders & VC Meetup 2025: The Unofficial Kickoff to TOKEN2049 Week - 4/28

The Scaling DeAI Summit by 499 & NEAR & KiteAI & HETU @TOKEN2049 Dubai 2025 - 4/28

Funders & Founders Night by Giakaa Capital (7 Nights, 7 Figure Deals) - 4/28

Founders & Funders Night: Token 2049 Dubai Edition - 4/28

🌟VCC&CoinferenceX Demo Day in Dubai 2025!🌐 - 4/28

VC Connect - 4/28

Globalization of TON DeFi: Trustless Asset Management for Telegram - 4/28

Padel2049 - by Saxon & Noir - 4/28

Startup Pitch & Networking in Dubai - 4/29

Dealflow Den at DefaiCon - 4/29

Proof of Brunch: Morning Mixer for Founders & Funders - 4/29

Token2049 Dubai Founders & Investors Brunch ✨ (invite only) - 4/29

Token2049 Dubai - VCs & LPs Cocktail Hour✨ (invite only) - 4/29

BNB Chain Demo Day - Dubai - 4/29

Tokenized Capital Summit 2025, Dubai - 4/29

Business Networking Dinner @ The Tower Plaza - 4/29

She Connects Networking Meetup: Dubai Edition - 4/29

RWA GULF SUMMIT 2025 - 4/29

👾 The FUN Fest Dubai: The Web3 Gaming Founders & Investors Summit - 4/29

TOKEN2049 DUBAI - 4/30

TOKEN2049 DUBA side eventsI - 4/30

Token2049 Dubai Founders & Investors Brunch ✨ gaming edition 🕹️✨ (invite only) - 4/30

Diamante Quantum Leap Hackathon: Dubai - 4/30

Liquidity Brunch with Hemi, Cypher Capital, Hex Trust, Solana Superteam UAE - 4/30

Cafe GM by Spacecoin & GSR & UOB Venture - DePIN & RWA & Web3 | Day1 - 4/30

Desert Safari by Paradise Capital & Blackhole Summits - 5/1

VNTR Investor Forum Dubai - 5/1

ElevatHer Summit Dubai - 5/1

Ninja Chess Exclusive Launch Party 🥷 Token 2049 - 5/1

Dinner & Party Celebrating TOKEN2049 Success - 5/4

Tel Aviv hub

The Network Project: Hi-Tech - 4/28

Fron 0 to Community - 5/5

Talking About QuantumTech: A Live Panel - 5/5

Hong Kong hub

iAM Smart Digital Corporate Identity Solution Summit - 4/28

Singapore  hub

Founders & VCs' Padel & Networking - 4/28

Investors Exclusive: The Portfolio Catch-Up - 4/28

FC SG • Founders Run & Coffee! - 4/29

SUSS Venture Builder Demo Day 2025 - 5/5

Sydney hub

CHALLENGERS SYD (APRIL). FOR CATEGORY CREATORS & BRAND-BUILDERS - 4/29

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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, Chicago, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Dublin, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Helsinki, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, GIFT City, São Paulo | Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Zurich, Milan, Tel Aviv, International Hub (All Other Cities). 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 Yorkseed^TM 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, Yorkseed^TM 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 | UN General Assembly / Climate Tech Week - New York City, USA

SXSW - Sydney, Australia

Web Summit - Doha, Qatar

Web Summit - Rio, Brazil

Web Summit - Vancouver, Canada | Startupfest - Montreal, Canada | Consensus - Toronto, Canada | The Futurist Conference - Toronto, Canada

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