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Sawasdee Yorkseeders! #137 (Asian Financial Forum)
What's cooking this week? January 26th - February 2nd
Jessica Wong
January 25, 2026
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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder! Today’s Hello is in Thai: Sawasdee สวัสดี ! What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar? Are you currently in Hong Kong? Come join Yorkseed Investor Circle Private Hour | LP/GP Priority on Tuesday! If you are currently in Stockholm, come to Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch on Wednesday!
To access links 🔗 for our global and conference hubs, visit: yorkseed.co/#about.
👉 Upcoming Yorkseed Events:
STOCKHOLM LAUNCH: Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch - Jan 28th
Yorkseed Investor Circle: Yorkseed Investor Circle Private Hour | LP/GP Priority (AFF Week HK) - Jan 27th
Web Summit Qatar: Yorkseed x PRESENZ Capital & Founder | Michelin Star Reception | Web Summit Qatar - Feb 2nd
Tech Arena: Yorkseed Global Connect: Bridging Founders & Investors at Tech Arena 2026 - Feb 11th
🇸🇪 Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch Launch
Unlock Nordic Impact: Yorkseed Stockholm Launch x Shopify x ZAGO AB
🔗 https://luma.com/j4mbv44d
Our Stockholm edition continues Yorkseed’s Nordic expansion with a high-signal room bringing together founders, investors, and operators building beyond borders. This gathering is designed for investors looking for Nordic-born, global-first companies, founders and ecommerce leaders scaling internationally, and ecosystem builders and strategic partners shaping the next wave of cross-border growth.
Co-hosted by ZAGO AB (Shopify Plus Partner) and Nosto (an AI-powered ecommerce personalization platform optimizing conversion, AOV, and customer lifetime value through real-time data), this is where the right people meet early and momentum gets built fast.
Tech Arena - Stockholm Feb 11th-12th - Yorkseed Global Connect is an exclusive Tech Arena 2026 side event bringing together exceptional founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders shaping the next era of technology and global business. Built for depth over volume, this closed-door room is where trusted conversations happen, capital meets conviction, partnerships are formed, and cross-border opportunities move from signal to action across Europe, the U.S., and beyond.
If you’re building globally, allocating capital with intention, or leading ecosystems that matter, this is your room. High signal, no pitching theater, just real alignment and outcomes.
🌏 Asian Financial Forum x International Finance Week
🇭🇰 Yorkseed is heading back to Hong Kong for Asian Financial Forum (AFF) + International Finance Week!
We’re officially leading a Yorkseed Delegation to AFF and returning for our 2nd year as an Official Community Partner. Proud to have Yorkseeders joining from NYC, across Asia, and Europe as Hong Kong becomes the global meeting point for capital, innovation, and cross-border opportunity.
🌟 Yorkseed Insider Investor Circle (LP/GP + Family Office Priority) —
We’re hosting our first high-caliber investor gathering in Hong Kong, bringing together LPs, GPs, Family Offices, and institutional investors, alongside a limited number of vetted founders.
🥂 Last Night: Yorkseed Asian Financial Forum x International Finance Week
Cocktails, Capital & Cross-Border Connections was our first gathering of the week, bringing Yorkseed Delegates together for real conversations, warm introductions, and the kind of high-signal networking that sets the tone for everything that follows. The energy in the room was exactly what Yorkseed is about: global builders showing up with curiosity, generosity, and momentum.
We’re excited for what’s ahead this week as new relationships turn into collaborations, partnerships, and long-term deal flow across markets.
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✅ Yorkseed is featured on the official AFF site:
https://www.asianfinancialforum.com/conference/aff/en/innoventure-salon-fintechhk-startup-salon
AFF + International Finance Week is one of the most important weeks of the year for finance, capital markets, and cross-border dealmaking in Asia.
This is where you’ll find:
Governments and regulators shaping policy, trade, and financial infrastructure
Institutional investors and asset managers setting regional capital allocation priorities
Family offices and private wealth leaders exploring global diversification and next-gen themes. Fintech, AI, and innovation leaders redefining how money moves, scales, and gets deployed
If you’re in Hong Kong this week and want to connect with the Yorkseed Delegation, come meet us in the room. Whether you’re an investor exploring global opportunities or a founder building across markets, we’d love to connect and introduce you to the right people.
This is the event you don’t wanna miss! Designed for high-signal conversations and cross-border capital connections before calendars fill up. Doha becomes the world’s meeting point this week — where LPs, GPs, VCs, family offices, angels, CVCs and founders converge around global markets, venture, policy, and innovation. We are expecting over 200+ people!
Web Summit Doha Week | Feb 2, 2026 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Yorkseed and PRESENZ are hosting an elevated, invitation-only reception in Doha during Web Summit Week bringing together a curated room of global investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders for an evening designed for real connection, real alignment, and high-trust conversations.
🌐 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.
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].
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
🚀 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!
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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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!
January 19th - January 26th, 2026
NYC hub
Pitch and Run Monday - 1/26
Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 1/27
Opening Bell: Aptos Edition - 1/28
Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 1/28
Pitch and Run - Central Park - 1/28
Pitch Day - January 29, 2026 - 1/29
We're managing the New York City Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉
Bay Area hub
AI Benchmark Club - 1/27
Pitch & Run San Francisco - 1/28
Platform Engineering & AI - 1/29
Founders Happy Hour - 1/29
DevTools Meetup | SF - 1/29
Physical AI Hack 2026 - 1/31
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
AITX Monthly Meetup - 1/27
official FT26 after-event - 1/27
Founders After Five - 1/29
Applied AI Live - 1/29
Pitch and Run ATX - 1/30
Chicago hub
Washington D.C. hub
Cursor Hackathon D.C. - 1/30
Boston
We're managing the Washington DC Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! 🚀🎉
Los Angeles hub
ShelfMade Supper Club - 1/28
Miami hub
Operator Room Miami - 1/26
Amsterdam hub
Cannes hub
Stockholm hub
Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch - 1/28
Copenhagen hub
Stockholm hub
Ecom Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Meetup - Shopify x ZAGO x Nosto x Yorkseed Stockholm Launch - 1/28
Paris hub
AI+CX Club Paris Jan 2026 - 1/28
Dublin hub
London hub
Blue Earth Forum - Investors - 1/26
Junior VC Networking Drinks - 1/27
Welltech Leaders Meetup - 1/27
Investor Meet 2026 - 1/27
Mashup London - 1/28
Pitch and Run London - 1/29
Pitch and Run London - 1/29
Voice AI Space London Meetup - 1/29
FinOps Meet-up - 1/29
Pitch in Parliament - 1/2
Zurich hub
Milan hub
apeira, al crepuscolo - 1/27
Lisbon hub
Munich hub
Berlin hub
Packets & Protocols - 1/28
Helsinki hub
Montreal hub
Toronto hub
TO Founders Brew Mixer - 1/27
New Year, New Deals - 1/28
Together YC - 2/2
São Paulo | Rio hub
Buenos Aires hub
Mexico City hub
UAE hub
Solana Social Mixer - 1/29
Dubai Web3 Meetup - Arts DAO - 1/31
Tel Aviv hub
Winning The Exit Game - 1/26
Miami Tech Gateway 2026 - 1/29
Hong Kong hub
Asian Financial Forum - 1/27
Singapore hub
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 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