Kon'nichiwa Yorkseeders! #135 (JPM Health, DAVOS, AFF, Hedge Fund Week)

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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder! Today’s Hello is in Japanese: Kon'nichiwa こんにちは ! 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? To access links 🔗 for our global and conference hubs, visit: yorkseed.co/#about.

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👉 Start here — the most investor-heavy events next week

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.

🔹 JPM Healthcare Week (Biotech, Health, AI)

This is the most important week of the year for:

• Healthcare Investors

• Biotech founders

• AI in health operators

Side events matter more than the conference itself. 👉 See where healthcare investors are actually meeting

🏔️ 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 2026 — Yorkseed Side Event List & Conference Hub Launching

Miami is gearing up to be one of the most important global gatherings for hedge funds, private credit, family offices, and alternative asset managers in 2026 — and Yorkseed is officially launching our Miami Hedge Fund Week Conference Hub.

As always, most of the real conversations, allocations, and relationships happen outside the main conferences. To support founders, fund managers, LPs, and ecosystem partners, we’re rolling out:

• Yorkseed Miami Hedge Fund Week Side Event List
A curated, living spreadsheet covering private dinners, LP–GP meetups, yacht events, investor salons, breakfasts, and invite-only gatherings across the week.

• Yorkseed Miami Hedge Fund Week Conference Hub
A dedicated space to connect with others attending, share updates, coordinate meetups, and navigate the week together — without the noise.

📄 Side Event List (Placeholder — check back soon):
[Spreadsheet link coming soon — save this and revisit closer to the event]

This list and hub will be updated continuously as events are announced and shared by the community. If you’re hosting a side event, sponsoring, or want visibility during Miami Hedge Fund Week, this is where it starts.

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

Hosted by Yorkseed

Yorkseed creates curated rooms across global tech hubs where founders, investors, and operators connect with intention — turning global conversations into long-term venture bridges.

If you’re building, investing, or scaling across borders, this is where the Nordic story connects to the world 🌍✨

🌐 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

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.

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.

👉 Sponsorship Interest Form

We look forward to partnering with you and welcoming you to Hong Kong for AFF 2026.

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 12th - January 19th, 2026

NYC hub

AI & Avocados: Retail Leaders Breakfast at NRF by Vercel, Stripe, Contentful, Orium and Fluent - 1/12

Don’t Sleep on What’s Next: 2026 eCommerce Priorities with Hanna Andersson, Vercel, Salesforce & Slalom - 1/12 

NYC Tech Startups, Investors, Innovators Networking with Elevator Pitch - 1/12

Retail AI CounciI Industry Reception – The AI Standards Launch - 1/12 

NYC BioTech and Pharma Startups, Investors & Professionals Networking - 1/13

Catalyst Intro’s: The Investor Table; Sponsored By RaneaAI - 1/13

2026 SVB Crypto Market Insights - 1/14 

Nomad AI & Startup Night — Manhattan, New York - 1/14 

Fabrik's Built By Builders Series: Sam Bail of Bright Nights Social (formerly Third Place Bar) - 1/14 

UGLY TALK: 2025 LEARNINGS & 2026 PRIORITIES IN D2C & CPG - 1/14 

PMM Event: Career growth as a PMM - 1/15

Plug & Play Hackathon | Flowglad x Lovable - 1/15

The Startup Pitch: Demo Showcase - 1/15

Pitch and Run 730am Early Bird Battery Park - 1/15 

Pitch and Run Friday - The Original PNR - 1/16 

Marketing Brunch - NY - 1/17 

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

Bay Area hub

Migrant Founders Fireside Chat: How to Scale Biotech and HealthTech in the US - 1/12 

Silicon Valley AI and Tech Investing Summit - 1/12 

AI x Healthcare - Silicon Valley Investing Summit - 1/12 

Beyond CES: The Rise of Agent-Native Hardware - 1/12 

⚕️ HealthTech Week ⚕️ VIP Reception @ Equinox Sports Club SF (@JPM) - 1/12

Wake up with Turbine - 1/13 

Pamir Ventures: JPM’26 Builders & Backers Breakfast - 1/13 

-1 to DoorDash with Tony Xu - 1/13 

VNTR Investor Roundtable San Francisco - 1/13 

⚕️ HealthTech Week ⚕️ Startup Pitch Competition (@JPM) in Partnership with theBioGentic & MedStartr - 1/13 

APOLLO HOUSE - 1/13 

JPM Healthcare Conference Happy Hour - 1/13

Pamir Ventures: JPM’26 Builders & Backers Breakfast - 1/13

Kernel Demo Day - Open Registration - 1/13

JPM week 2026: Scaling Healthcare Marketplaces with AI - 1/13 

Longevity, AI & Digital Health @JPM in SF by Mito - 1/13 

Fire Pitch Competition - 1/14 

⚕️HealthTech Summit 2026⚕️(@JPM) - 1/14 

LIFESCIENCE & AI (Investor Roundtable) @SF Permit Center (Room 132) - 1/14 

Scrappy AI Founders Play Pickleball - 1/14

Founders in Arms Live: Roundtable with Immad Akhund (Mercury) & Rajat Suri (Tribe, Lima, Lyft) with special guest Max Mullen (Instacart) - 1/14

MongoDB.local SF: For Founders Building What’s Next - 1/15

Daytona & Descope AI Builders - SF, January 2026 @Github - 1/15

BioPioneers @ JPM: Builders, Backers & Biotech - 1/15 

The Blueprint for Scaling AI Support: Live in San Francisco - 1/15 

The fourzerothree Party: A MongoDB x AGI House Takeover - 1/16

⚕️ JPM HealthTech Week Grand Finalé Celebration – Featuring HealthTech Wearables Fashion Show ⚕️ - 1/16

SZ 207: The Alchemy of Virality Ft. Jay Neo - 1/20 

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Austin / San Antonio hub 

AI: The Wish Fulfillment Era - 1/12

AI and the Future of Internal Productivity - 1/13 

Social Media Marketing Workshop by Female Leaders of Austin - 1/15 

Afterhours: Design Thinking (January Meetup) - 1/15

Austin Female Founders & Friends - 1/16

Pitch and Run ATX - 1/16 

Chicago hub

Washington D.C. hub

STATION DC Energy Dominance Meet Up - 1/13 

Permission or Progress? AI, Regulation, and the Future of Innovation - 1/14 

Py AI Meetup: Washington DC - 1/15

Boston

She Builds Boston: brewing bold ideas - 1/14 

rootless Boston business leaders brunch - 1/14 

Mindful Makers Hack #4 - Generosity Hack- 1/17

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

Los Angeles hub

Nexus x JPM Consumer Founder Dinner - 1/12 

Founders and Fractionals, January Meetup - 1/14 

Startup Cafe: Living better as an entrepreneur - 1/14 

Codebase Understanding w/ Cognition - 1/14 

LA Tech 2026 Kickoff - 1/15

Miami hub

DSS 🦩 MIA | Applied AI Workshop + Leadership Talk with Rossella Blatt Vital VP of Engineering, AI & Data at Sprout Social - 1/13

Fort Lauderdale Tech Meetup - 1/13

MIA: A Fireside Chat, Directional Living w/ Megan Hellerer - 1/13

Introduction.com Q1 Miami Founder Dinner with JP Morgan x Cooley - 1/13

Chief of Staff Miami Happy Hour - 1/15

Vibe to Value- Sales & Marketing Buildathon - 1/16

Amsterdam hub 

The 2026 AI Kickoff - 1/16 

Forecasting the 2026 AI Agent Economy- 1/19

Cannes hub

Paris hub

REX - Introduction au protocole A2A - 1/12

1% for the planet x projection du film Rewilding Patagonia par Hello Emotion - 1/12 

Petit-déjeuner CEC x 2Tonnes - 1/13 

Diversidays X Climate House - 1/13 

Fais Travailler un Agent IA pour ton activité de Freelance avec Manus AI - 1/13 

Conférence Sans Frontière : Transition écologique : les récits, des leviers pour agir - 1/14

Débat Couvert, pourquoi veut-on changer de vie ? avec Anne-Sophie Moreau - 1/14

Le secret pour valoriser une entreprise - 1/14 

Lancement d'Impulse Healthcare, par Bayes Impact - 1/19

Dublin hub

London hub

Ray x AWS London Meetup: Building Scalable AI & Data Platforms - 1/13

Creative AI Meetup: January Edition - 1/14 

Founders Meetup London - January 2026 - 1/14

Dinner with the Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP: Re-Energising British Businesses - 1/14

First Boots: London Operators Dinner - 1/14 

Gathr: Senior Private Equity Professionals Educational Breakfast - 1/14

Founders Meetup London - January 2026 - 1/14

Pitch to DN Capital - 1/14

Ignite London January 2026 - Founders Meetups + Happy Hour! - 1/15 

Pitch and Run London - 1/15

AI Builders London Old St. - Jan 15th - 1/15 

London Biotech Boulderers - 1/16 

Founders Running Club :: London - 1/17 

Accessibility Hackathon | EF x Raspberry Pi x Asteroid - 1/17 

Miniclip Mixer 2026 - 1/19 

Zurich hub

Hello Zurich3 - 1/12

Europe at a Crossroads - 1/15

Pre WEF / DAVOS Climate Summit Zurich: 4WARD.earth - 1/15 

The Decisive Decade | Women In Carbon x La Prairie x Deloitte - 1/15

VENTURE Investor Dinner Zurich - 1/16 

Milan hub

apeira, al crepuscolo - 1/14 

Lisbon hub

🥳 Ascend Launch Party - LISBON 🎉 - 1/13

Festival CriaSons V: Concertos com livros – A máquina de fazer minúsculas - 1/14 

Munich hub

Berlin hub

AI Breakfast: The Future of Robotics - 1/13 

Courts & Capital: Berlin Padel Night w/ finmid - 1/15

Helsinki hub

Montreal hub

Carrières et communauté climat - Climate Careers & Community 🍻👫🍷🏢 - 1/14

MTL_code - 1/15

Toronto hub

Together Toronto - 1/12

Toronto Healthtech Social by Scalpels & Spreadsheets - 1/13

TORONTO’S LARGEST Ecommerce Networking Mixer - 2026 Founders Social ✨🎉 - 1/15

São Paulo | Rio hub

Founders Running Club :: Rio de Janeiro - 1/27

Apex Masters Expos – Investment Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/8-1/11

Buenos Aires hub

Mexico City hub

Foro Ciberseguridad: Soberanía Digital y Tecnología - 1/13 

Dubai hub

Ignyte x Solana: Demo Day - 1/14 

Tel Aviv hub

Teach Your Data to Think - The Path from Raw Data to Intelligent Data Ecosystem - 1/12 

Debug Your Interview - Elementor - 1/13 

Israel vLLM Meetup - 1/14

American Innovation Forum 🇺🇸🤝 - 1/14 

AWS Community Day 2026 - 1/15

Hong Kong hub

Open Desk @Hong Kong Vol. 8 (Happy New Year!) – Cowork with Web3 Frens! - 1/14 

Builder Night: Open Source AI in Action - 1/16 

Singapore hub

Physical AI @ ST Engineering x DSSG - 1/13

Singapore Demo Nights (Jan 2026) - 1/13

FIRST PROMPT {2026}: APAC’s Flagship AI Conference - 1/14

Singapore Venture Day - 1/14

The One About Evals (Round II) - 1/14

JC Unlocked: What's Next? - 1/16

Singapore Temporal User Group - 1/19 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub

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 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

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❤️ 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

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