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Happy Holidays🎄🥂⋆.ೃ🍾࿔*:・ Yorkseeders! #133
What's cooking this week? December 22th - January 5th, 2026
Jessica Wong
December 22, 2025
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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!
Since it’s the holiday season and New Year’s falls midweek next week, we’re combining the next two weeks into one special edition of our newsletter.
Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season and a bright, healthy, and inspiring New Year. Thank you for being part of this community and for all the energy, ideas, and support you brought into 2025.
We’ll see you in January 2026! What’s cooking these two weeks 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
👉 Upcoming Yorkseed Events:
Lisbon: Yorkseed Investors Founders Holiday Soirée : Lisbon Edition - Dec 22nd
EXPERT SESSION: The Investor’s Guide to Evaluating AI Expertise - Jan 7th
Here’s a little holiday gift from me to you 🎁
I wanted to share a couple of things I’ve genuinely been using lately and absolutely love.
1) Sending money internationally (Wise)
If you’re sending money to friends or family over the holidays, I’ve been using Wise for years and it consistently offers some of the best FX rates compared to traditional banks. Transparent, fast, and no hidden markups.
You’ll get a fee-free transfer up to USD 600 on your first transfer:
https://wise.com/invite/ihpc/jessicaw394 You can always transfer more after, but the first USD 600 will have the fee waived. I hope you find it as useful as I have.
2) Dining in Europe (TheFork)
If you’ll be spending time in Europe, TheFork is an app I use all the time to discover great restaurants while earning rewards. The points system is simple and actually worth it.
You typically earn:
• 100 points per reservation
• +100 points if you pay in-app with a Mastercard
• Once you reach 1,000 points, you can redeem a €20 voucher (up to 50% off at many restaurants) I’ve shared a code so you can start earning right away and save up to €20 on your second booking.
Here’s how it works:
Download the app: https://tfk.io/bq6mun2w
Book your first restaurant using code 0C471E01
After dining, you’ll earn 1,000 Yums, which you can redeem for up to €20 off your next eligible booking
Hope these come in handy this holiday season ✨
🌐 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.
We are already at the end of 2025, and January is just around the corner, which means CES and the World Economic Forum in Davos are coming up fast.
Our CES and WEF conference hubs will be active again. If you are attending either conference, make sure to join the hubs. We will also share updated side-event spreadsheets for both gatherings.
CES 👉 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ONxkpmdVioOskD2ygkG1NI4NQ8-JB9wRrac03YoZuz0/edit?usp=sharing
WEF Davos 👉 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c0e0rG73aEn9qEKhYjtfwig8wt0-MoiPRDHSMk9M540/edit?usp=sharing
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].
🌏 Yorkseed Returns to the Asian Financial Forum 2026 — Sponsorship Opportunities Now Open
Yorkseed is proud to return to the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) in partnership with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) as an official community partner.
Next year, we will be leading a Yorkseed Delegation to Hong Kong on January 26–27, 2026, bringing together founders, investors, and global ecosystem leaders for one of the most influential financial and innovation gatherings in Asia. Alongside AFF, we are hosting a series of Yorkseed Passport Series Events in Hong Kong — intimate, high-signal gatherings designed for cross-border deal flow, strategic networking, and meaningful conversations at the intersection of venture, finance, and innovation.
We are now opening sponsorship opportunities for partners who want to align with Yorkseed’s global network and activate in one of the highest-value ecosystems in the world. If you’re interested in partnering with us in Hong Kong, supporting our delegation, or co-hosting a Yorkseed Passport Series event, please complete the form below.
We look forward to partnering with you and welcoming you to Hong Kong for AFF 2026.
(Waitlist) Join Yorkseed Delegation to Asian Financial Forum on Jan 26-27, As part of the Yorkseed Delegation, attendees will receive:
✨Complimentary AFF delegate pass
✨Onsite access to the full 2-day program
✨Access to exhibition areas
✨Keynote Luncheons (Meal entitlements are subject to prior reservation)
✨AFF Deal-Making platform (connect directly with investors and partners)
✨Optional inclusion in a shared Yorkseed Delegation booth (cost shared among interested delegates)
✨ SIGN UP
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
Yorkseed Investors and Founders Holiday Soirée | Paris Edition | December 16
We gathered in Paris on December 16th for the Yorkseed Investors and Founders Holiday Soirée, and it was a meaningful way to close the year.
The room was filled with founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders who value real relationships and long term thinking. The evening created space for thoughtful conversations, genuine connection, and reflection on a year of global growth for Yorkseed. What began as a small idea has become a network that truly travels with you.
Thank you to everyone who showed up with openness and generosity. Your presence and trust continue to shape this community. We head into 2026 grounded, grateful, and excited for what’s ahead!
You asked, and we are delivering again next week. By popular demand, we are hosting one more Yorkseed Investors and Founders Holiday Soirée with last minute planning on Monday the 22nd. We have already closed out the year with two back to back holiday gatherings.
Last week in New York City and this week in Paris. Two cities that feel like home while NYC is my actual home! Two rooms filled with founders, investors, and long time supporters who believe in showing up, building trust, and forming real relationships. We were not planning to add another one, but the energy and requests said otherwise. So here we are, creating one final moment to come together before the year ends.
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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December 22th - January 5th, 2026
NYC hub
Pitch and Run Monday - 12/22
Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 12/23
Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 12/24
Pitch and Run - Central Park - 12/24
AI Product Demo Day - 12/27
Technically Social - 1/2
We're managing the New York City Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉
Bay Area 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!
Austin / San Antonio hub
Chicago hub
Washington D.C. hub
Boston
Founders Running Club :: Boston - 12/27
We're managing the Washington DC Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉
Los Angeles hub
Miami hub
Founders Running Club :: Miami - 12/27
Amsterdam hub
Cannes hub
Paris hub
Founders Running Club :: Paris - 12/27
Dublin hub
London hub
Zurich hub
SERIES A INVESTOR PITCH SESSION - SILICON VALLEY - 12/22-1/8
Founders Running Club :: Zurich - 12/27
Milan hub
Lisbon hub
Founders Running Club :: Lisbon - 12/27
Munich hub
Founders Running Club :: Munich - 12/27
Berlin hub
Founders Running Club :: Berlin - 12/27
She Re:Run joins New Year Run ✨ - 1/1
Helsinki hub
Montreal hub
Toronto hub
Founders Running Club :: Toronto - 12/27
São Paulo | Rio hub
Buenos Aires hub
Mexico City hub
Dubai hub
Tel Aviv hub
The VC Club Annual Opening Event - 12/28
Hong Kong hub
Singapore hub
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub
Crypto Wave 2026 - 1/3
Sydney hub
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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, 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