Nomoskar 🚀 Yorkseeders! #129

What's cooking this week? November 24th - December 1st, 2025

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Jessica Wong
November 24, 2025

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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!

Today’s Hello is in Bengali: Nomoskar ! What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? Happy Thanksgiving week! 🦃 🍁 🧡 🍂 🥧 🍽️ 🤎 🌽 🎃 🫶 🥔 🥕 

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Yorkseed is hosting exclusive Passport Series events during SXSW Austin in March 2026 — bringing together top founders, investors, and innovators.

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Let’s make SXSW unforgettable.

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)
✨ More to come! We are still on our early phase of planning! → SIGN UP

If you would like to collaborate or sponsor us, please write me at [email protected] 

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Yorkseed Victoria Launch Recap: Building the Next Generation of Ownership

Last Friday, we officially launched the Yorkseed Victoria Hub in British Columbia — bringing together founders, investors, creatives, and community builders for an evening centered on “Democratizing Ownership.”

The event blended high-signal venture conversations with local culture, bridging innovators across Victoria’s fast-growing tech and impact landscape. Attendees enjoyed curated networking with verified founders and investors, keynote reflections from Dr. Alison Thompson (Australian of the Year & Global Humanitarian), and insights from Curbside founder Eric Buhne on food security and innovation.

The night continued with live music by Thorns & Roses, an open-mic after-party, and a creative exchange connecting musicians, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders — embodying Yorkseed’s mission of cross-pollinating communities and expanding global opportunity.

With this launch, Yorkseed officially lands in Victoria, growing our presence across Canada and strengthening our global network of founders and investors.

Yorkseed Paris Post Web Summit & Slush Mixer · Nov 26th

As we wrap two of the world’s biggest tech gatherings — Web Summit Lisbon and Slush VC — Yorkseed is hosting an exclusive Post-Summit Venture Mixer in Paris. This evening is designed to bring the momentum home: reconnect with the people you met across Europe, deepen conversations that started in Lisbon and Helsinki, and spark new opportunities with innovators arriving from both ecosystems.

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Yorkseed Expands to Miami — Our First Partnered Event with BitBasel

We’re excited to share that Yorkseed is officially launching in Miami, and we’re kicking things off with our first partnered event in the city — cohosting with BitBasel during Miami Art Week.

On December 5, we’ll be joining BitBasel at the Art & Fintech Forum at the Sagamore Hotel South Beach, a landmark gathering exploring the intersection of art, finance, and Web3. The forum brings together collectors, technologists, founders, investors, and cultural innovators shaping the future of digital ownership, tokenized fine art, and decentralized creative economies.

This collaboration marks Yorkseed’s first step into the Miami ecosystem as we expand our global hubs and continue bridging capital, culture, and innovation across continents.

If you’re in Miami for Art Week, join us — and be part of Yorkseed’s next global chapter. We’ll also be releasing the Yorkseed Master Side Event Spreadsheet for Art Basel Miami — stay tuned for the full list of the week’s top gatherings, salons, mixers, and VIP events.

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From NYC to Sydney to Paris, Yorkseed’s Passport Series brings founders and investors together at the moments that matter. Real connections. Trusted deal flow. High-signal community. Sponsorship isn’t just branding, it’s access: curated intros, global reach, and venture-grade rooms.

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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

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✅ 1 free access per Yorkseeder organization (min. 8 staff) ✅ Must complete the 6-hour course by Nov 20 ✅ Share a short positive testimonial after completion

Spots are limited to the first 20 eligible teams.

📍 Hong Kong | 🗓 January 26–27, 2026 - Yorkseed is proud to return to the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) in partnership with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) as official community partner and we'll be leading a Yorkseed Delegation! This delegation offers founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders a rare opportunity to connect with top-tier investors, policymakers, and innovators globally.

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!

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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Welcome to the Yorkseed.co channel! Here, you can find the latest updates and announcements about Yorkseed, including information on special events and conferences. Feel free to follow this channel and share it with your friends to stay informed about everything happening within the Yorkseed community and anything Venture/Tech/Startup radars!

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October 13th - October 20th, 2025

NYC hub

NachoTuesday: NYC SaaS & AI Founder + VC Annual Holiday Happy Hour Yorkseed as Community Partner - 12/2

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

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View and subscribe to events from NYC Tech Events on Luma. The NYC Tech & Venture Events Calendar by Yorkseed is an open platform for discovering and sharing tech events in New York City. Submit your events and connect with the community!

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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!

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Chicago hub

Washington D.C. hub

Pitch and Run DC - 11/26 

Boston

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

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

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London hub

Startup Run - 11/27 

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Lisbon hub

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Berlin hub

Deep Tech Night - 11/27 

Helsinki hub

Montreal hub

Toronto hub

São Paulo | Rio 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.

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

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