Habari 🚀 Yorkseeders! #85

What's cooking this week? January 27th - February 3rd 2025

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Jessica Wong
January 27, 2025

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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!

Today’s Hello is in Swahili, Habari :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? Happy Lunar New Year!!!

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Event Recap: Yorkseed Java & Journeys: Conversations That Inspire Change

Last week, amidst the energy of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Yorkseed hosted an intimate and impactful event: Java & Journeys: Conversations That Inspire Change. The gathering, cohosted by the dynamic Zhane Bennett and visionary Iva Skojo, brought together a curated group of leaders, innovators, and changemakers for thought-provoking discussions over coffee.

Highlights:

  • Empowering Conversations: Attendees explored critical topics, from sustainable innovation and global economic shifts to personal stories of resilience and transformation.

  • Diverse Perspectives: With an audience ranging from founders and investors to policymakers and artists, the event fostered interdisciplinary dialogue.

  • Collaborative Atmosphere: The interactive format encouraged open exchange, creating meaningful connections and sparking ideas for collaboration.

Setting the Tone in Davos:

The cozy yet sophisticated venue provided the perfect ambiance for reflective conversations. Against the stunning backdrop of the Swiss Alps, attendees left feeling inspired and energized to enact change in their respective fields.

This latest Yorkseed initiative underscores its commitment to creating spaces where ideas and relationships flourish. Stay tuned for upcoming events as Yorkseed continues to bridge global communities and drive impactful conversations.

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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 27th - February 3rd

NYC hub

Bay Area hub

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Austin hub

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D.C. hub

Los Angeles hub

Miami hub

Paris hub

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Berlin hub

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About Yorkseed (Jan 2024)

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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, 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.

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

Yorkseed 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!