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Bonjur Yorkseeders! #136 (DAVOS, AFF, Hedge Fund Week)
What's cooking this week? January 19th - January 26th
Jessica Wong
January 20, 2026
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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder! Today’s Hello is in French: Bonjour ! The busiest investor weeks of Q1 are here and most of the real action is not on the official agendas. What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? Jessica is Asia bound from Jan 25th - Feb 3rd. To access links 🔗 for our global and conference hubs, visit: yorkseed.co/#about.
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If you only click one thing this week:
👉 Start here — the most investor-heavy events these two weeks
I’ve created multiple Yorkseed Conference Hubs where founders, investors, and operators are actually spending time across JPM Health Conference in San Francisco. WEF in Davos. AFF in Hong Kong, Hedge Fund Week in Miami.
Bookmark this — I’ll update it as the week evolves.
👉 Upcoming Yorkseed Events:
Yorkseed Expert Session: Venture Vitality Health Tech Investor Virtual Roundtable - Jan 20th
COPENHAGEN LAUNCH: Nordic Night in Copenhagen - Yorkseed Launch (Shopify x ZAGO x Succeed-Abroad Conference) - Jan 22th
Yorkseed x AFF x Finance Week: Yorkseed Asian Financial Forum x International Finance Week: Cocktails, Capital & Cross-Border Connections - Jan 25th
STOCKHOLM LAUNCH: Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch - Jan 28th
Yorkseed Investor Circle: Yorkseed Investor Circle Private Hour | LP/GP Priority (AFF Week HK) - Jan 27th
🏔️ Davos World Economic Forum Week
This is the most important week of the year for global decision-making.
Governments and policymakers shaping regulation and public health
Institutional investors and capital allocators setting long-term priorities
Founders and operators building solutions at global scale
AI, biotech, and healthcare leaders influencing what gets funded, regulated, and deployed
At Davos, what matters happens outside the official program.
Real decisions are made in private meetings, small dinners, closed-door roundtables, and trusted side conversationsacross the town.
Side events matter more than the Forum itself.
👉 See where global leaders and investors are actually meeting.
🌴 Miami Hedge Fund Week
This is the most important week of the year for hedge funds, capital allocators, and alternative investment leaders in the U.S.
Fund managers and emerging managers building track record, credibility, and LP access
Family offices and institutional allocators deciding where the next capital flows
Prime brokers, banks, and service providers shaping the infrastructure behind the industry
Fintech and AI leaders transforming portfolio strategy, risk, and execution
In Miami, what matters happens outside the main conference agenda.
Real decisions are made in private investor dinners, closed-door LP meetings, beachside coffee chats, and invite-only side rooms across the city.
Side events matter more than the stage.
👉 See where hedge fund leaders and allocators are actually meeting.
More to come — bookmark this and check back later.
🇩🇰🇸🇪 Yorkseed Launches in the Nordics
Copenhagen & Stockholm | Succeed Abroad Conference Editions 🚀
The Nordics are redefining what it means to build globally — and Yorkseed is here to amplify that momentum.
This January, we’re officially launching Yorkseed in both Copenhagen and Stockholm, hosting two curated gatherings alongside the Succeed Abroad Conference series. These invite-only rooms are designed for founders, investors, and operators who believe in collaboration over competition — and in building cross-border businesses that last.
🇩🇰 Copenhagen Launch
Unlock Nordic Impact: Yorkseed Copenhagen Launch x Shopify
🔗 https://luma.com/4yvdmgwm
A curated Copenhagen gathering bringing together Founders, VCs, and Ecommerce / Cross-Border operatorsexploring Nordic and global expansion.
You should join if you are:
A global investor exploring Nordic opportunities
A founder or ecommerce operator expanding internationally
A community leader growing cross-border ecosystems
A partner supporting global scale
Expect meaningful conversations, hands-on idea exchange, cocktails, and great company — where conversations turn into deals, friendships, and long-term bridges.
Co-hosted by:
ZAGO AB — Shopify Plus Partner
Led by David Hoang, ZAGO is a full-service Shopify Plus agency helping brands launch, replatform, and scale across Europe, the UK, and North America.
🇸🇪 Stockholm Launch
Unlock Nordic Impact: Yorkseed Stockholm Launch x Shopify x ZAGO AB
🔗 https://luma.com/j4mbv44d
Our Stockholm edition continues the Nordic expansion with a high-signal room for founders, investors, and operators building beyond borders.
Who it’s for:
Investors seeking Nordic-born, global-first companies
Founders and ecommerce leaders scaling internationally
Ecosystem builders and strategic partners
Co-hosted by:
ZAGO AB — Shopify Plus Partner
Nosto — AI-powered ecommerce personalization platform optimizing conversion, AOV, and customer lifetime value through real-time data
🌏 Asian Financial Forum Week
This is one of the most important weeks of the year for finance, capital markets, and cross-border dealmaking in Asia.
Governments and regulators shaping policy, trade, and financial infrastructure
Institutional investors and asset managers setting regional capital allocation priorities
Family offices and private wealth leaders exploring global diversification and next-gen themes
Fintech, AI, and innovation leaders redefining how money moves, scales, and gets deployed
At AFF, what matters happens outside the official program.
Real decisions are made in private investor meetings, curated salons, closed-door roundtables, and trusted side conversations across Hong Kong.
Side events matter more than the Forum itself.
👉 See where Asia’s top investors and global leaders are actually meeting.
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunity | AFF Week Hong Kong
Yorkseed is hosting a private Investor Circle hour for LPs/GPs + priority founders during AFF Week. We’re seeking partners + sponsors to support this room and engage directly with global allocators.
🌐 Announcing the Yorkseed Insider Investor Circle
🔒 Yorkseed Investor Circle — Now Accepting Investors
We are opening the Yorkseed Insider Investor Circle, a private and highly curated list for warm-intro deal flow sourced through Yorkseed’s global network. This circle is reserved for investors who are actively deploying capital — angels, VCs, LPs, GPs, family offices, CVCs, HNWIs, and emerging managers shaping the next generation of innovation.
Members will receive:
• Personally vetted warm-intro founder deal flow
• Global opportunities across 50+ Yorkseed hubs
• Sector-specific insights from our investor relations desk
• Priority invitations to investor-only gatherings and roundtables
🔍 Why this circle is different
Yorkseed has always been a trust-based, relationship-first network. Every founder or fund introduced to this circle comes from real conversations, events, and long-term relationships within our global community. Nothing is scraped and nothing is cold — everything is vetted and aligned with what serious investors are seeking.
Our pipeline includes:
• High-growth companies actively raising
• Emerging fund managers with clear strategies
• Founders building globally across AI, deep tech, fintech, SaaS, climate, health tech, consumer, and more
🚀 What’s ahead
We will begin sharing curated deal flow directly with Investor Circle members as we build a broader capital network designed to streamline cross-border opportunities and deepen investor-founder connectivity. Additional initiatives — including private roundtables, capital insights, and AI-powered investor matching — are underway.
If you are actively deploying capital and would like to be considered for the Yorkseed Insider Investor Circle, please reach out at [email protected] or submit your application below.
👉 Request Access (Investor-Only)
https://tally.so/r/vGX1YA
🌍 Sponsor Yorkseed @ SXSW Austin
Yorkseed is hosting exclusive Passport Series events during SXSW Austin in March 2026 — bringing together top founders, investors, and innovators.
Want to showcase your brand?
Fill out the forms and we’ll be in touch soon:
💼 Web Summit Sponsorship: https://tally.so/r/mDr5bb
Let’s make SXSW unforgettable.
Yorkseed Passport Series is officially back in motion, and we are opening opportunities for cohosts.
💫 What is the Yorkseed Passport Series?
A curated lineup of global gatherings hosted alongside the world’s leading tech conferences and key venture moments. From New York to Dubai to Paris, the Passport Series is built on intentional, high-quality connection.
To cohost a Yorkseed Passport event is to join a trusted global circle. Yorkseed partners are recognized as bridge builders and ecosystem conveners, earning access to curated relationships, international visibility, and deal flow across markets. These events move beyond transactional networking and create space for real relationships, global insight, and collective innovation.
Read more: https://yorkseed.co/#passport
If you are interested in hosting a Yorkseed Passport Series event during CES or WEF, DM me or email [email protected].
If you would like to collaborate or sponsor us, please write me at [email protected]
👉 Apply to Sponsor a Yorkseed Hub or Weekly Edition: https://forms.gle/tgit6QhoPJWP2tLYA
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🚀 Yorkseed is growing 🌍
We’re looking for LEADERS to lead across our global regions — U.S., Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Asia, and Australia/Oceania.
If you’re passionate about connecting founders, investors, and ecosystem partners through high-impact events and initiatives, this is your chance to shape your local venture community. 👉 Apply here
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, UAE, Amsterdam, Stockholm, 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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January 19th - January 26th, 2026
NYC hub
Pitch and Run Monday - 1/19
Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 1/20
Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 1/21
Pitch and Run - Central Park - 1/21
Pitch & Climb - Brooklyn - 1/21
The Stablecoin Summit — NYC - 1/22
NYC Tech Ladies Meetup - 1/23
We're managing the New York City Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉
Bay Area hub
Pitch & Run San Francisco - 1/21
Multimodal Builders Night - 1/22
DeckBird.ai SF Launch Party - 1/23
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!
Austin / San Antonio hub
Chicago hub
Washington D.C. hub
Boston
Boltz Launch - Boston - 1/22
We're managing the Washington DC Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉
Los Angeles hub
Pitch Purpose - 1/21
Miami hub
Miami Health Tech Meetup - 1/22
Amsterdam hub
Cannes hub
Stockholm hub
Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch - 1/28
Copenhagen hub
Paris hub
Dublin hub
tbc(afé) Dublin - 1/21
London hub
Miniclip Mixer 2026 - 1/19
ANTLER NEXT-GEN - 1/22
LLM London Sessions #9 - 1/22
Zurich hub
Milan hub
Milan Startup Chess #5 - 1/22
Lisbon hub
Munich hub
Berlin hub
The Delta Office Hours - 1/19
Aspiring Founders Meetup #13 - 1/22
Helsinki hub
STUHI HACKATHON - 1/24
Montreal hub
Toronto hub
Commerce Toronto - 1/21
Hack AI x Stan Store - 1/23
São Paulo | Rio hub
Buenos Aires hub
Mexico City hub
UAE hub
Tel Aviv hub
Giist January 2026 Event - 1/20
Ideation To Pre-Seed - 1/21
Winning The Exit Game - 1/26
Hong Kong hub
Web3趋势洞察：2026全球资产新机遇 - 1/21
Singapore hub
Investor + Founder Night - 1/21
GTM & Scaling Across Asia - 1/22
APAC’s First Art x Tech Hackathon 🎊 - 1/24
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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. 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, Malaysia, 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 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
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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
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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
Web Summit - Vancouver, Canada | Startupfest - Montreal, Canada | Consensus - Toronto, Canada | The Futurist Conference - Toronto, Canada