Dumela 🚀 Yorkseeders! #54

What's cooking this week? June 10th - June 17th

🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!

Today’s Hello is in Sesotho, Dumela! :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? I am ready for Collision Conference in Toronto next week!

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A year ago, I never imagined starting Yorkseed. It all began during a dull three-hour train ride with nothing but a spreadsheet out of boredom. This summer, during New York Tech Week on June 4th, we hosted our first Venture Summit with StartupFuel in New York City. Next stop: Toronto on June 20th.

We featured an incredible lineup of speakers who covered a comprehensive range of topics for all stages of venture fundraising! From early-stage and pre-seed to seed, growth stage, Series B, and private equity, we had it all covered. ❤️

Heartfelt Thanks for Making Our Venture Summit a Success!

A million thanks to Polsinelli for letting us use their space. We had the honor of being the first event hosted in their newly renovated 33rd-floor space.

Our deepest gratitude to our outstanding speakers: Gabriel Yomi Dabiri and Peter Thurlow from Polsinelli, Alisha Outridge from BlackLion, Josh Futterman from Papa Bear Ventures, Seba Dominguez from Builders, Ashlea Souffrou, CMRP from SxanPro, and Sunny Midha from Principia Growth.

We also enjoyed a fantastic headshot session sponsored by Shoott.com. Special thanks to Jennifer from Shoott, as well as our sponsors Prosh Marketing, Zeebu, and community partner Trusteer Financial, and Croissant Coworking.

Congratulations to all the startups that participated in the Pitchbox Founder Showcase: Amico App, Block Convey, Creative 3D Technologies, Intero AI, Kast, Tavern Community Coworking, and SkySurf Travel!

This event wouldn't have been possible without my event partner, StartupFuel, and the incredible help of all our volunteers: Amelia Tran, Kevin Richard, Sid Jain, Robyn, Nishi, Somya, Jason Lee, and Samiksa from Yorkseed.

I am looking forward to our next Venture Summit in Toronto during the Collision Conference on June 20th. If you'd like to get involved, please reach out to me.

Photographer credit goes to Kevin Richard.

Thank you to the content creators at Theorist Agency, DJ, and Asher as well!

New York Tech Week has wrapped up, and with over 700 events, Yorkseed hosted our inaugural Venture Summit with StartupFuel—first stop, New York City; next stop, Toronto! We also co-hosted another event with Orbis86. Our "Future of Tech: Game On" event on the first day of NYTW attracted over 100 attendees, and partnered with VNTR Capital for an Investors Roundtable at Polsinelli Law Firm.

Future of Tech: Game On

VNTR Capital Investors Roundtable

Check here for more Yorkseed upcoming events!

Our viral unofficial Collision Conferences/Tech week Unofficial Master Side Event List is Back! We re reactivating Yorkseed Collision Toronto hub this week. If you’re attending the Collision Conference, this is the group for you to join!

Collision 2024 Yorkseed Unofficial Master Side Events June 16th - June 24th

All Tech, Founders and Investors related events where you can get in without a badge. I will constantly update the list throughout the day.

Our ORIGINAL UNOFFICIAL MASTER SIDE EVENT SPREADSHEET always goes viral from hundreds of movers and shakers to thousand of people in the tech/venture industry sharing and passing it around, ​wanna get a slot in our viral spreadsheet?

Yorkseed Collision Conference Unofficial Master Side Events Logo and Partner Sponsorship

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Collision Conference Yorkseed Unofficial Master Side Event Spreadsheet Logo and Partner Sponsorship slots available! All Logo Sponsors will received 20% off ticket price from all Yorkseed Venture Summit. Come join us! https://lu.ma/venturesummitcollision

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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Data + AI Summit - 6/10 to 6/13

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To be in the know of what’s going on, and connect with other executives, founders and investors.

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Venture Summit

Yorkseed Startup Fuel Venture Summit New York City June 4th, Toronto June 20th

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D.C. hub

Los Angeles hub

Miami hub

Paris hub 

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London hub

Lisbon hub

Munich hub

Berlin hub

Helsinki hub

Montreal hub

Toronto hub

Collision 2024 Yorkseed Unofficial Master Side Events June 16th - June 24th

Collision 2024 All Tech, Founders and Investors related events where you can get in without a badge. I will constantly update the list throughout the day.

Venture Summit: Toronto Collision Edition

Join us for an enriching half-day venture summit tailored for founders and investors, featuring a diverse array of engaging discussions and networking

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Rio de Janeiro hub

Buenos Aires hub

Dubai hub

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!