Thobela 🚀 Yorkseeders! #59

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🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!

Today’s Hello is in Sepedi, Thobela! :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar?

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Join us for a session of invaluable insights into navigating the legalities of startups and legal matters spanning formation to exit in today's challenging market. ​Our expert (Emily Wu, Managing Attorney of Lumia Company) advised clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100s. As ex-operators, Lumia sat on boards at both startups and funds. And, as venture competition judges, they reviewed thousands of pitch decks and business models.

​​At this free expert session, you'll:

• ​Learn about ​how venture studios are created

• ​Learn about legal issues to consider when joining a venture studio

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 hubs today! (Approval required) Paris, New York City, Austin, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Global Hub (International)

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The OOO Summit - The Flagship Entrepreneur & Founder Event in NYC For Owners, Operators, Outliers on August 17th for a day filled with actionable insights, and game-changing connections to take your business to new heights. Use code YORKSEED for $50 off your tickets!

July 15th - July 22nd

NYC hub

Monday Pitch and Run NYC - 7/15

Diverse Innovators Happy Hour - 7/15

AI Networking Mixer NYC - 7/15

Founders Run & Coffee! - 7/16

NYC Fintech Coffee - 7/16

Columbia In Tech: Distinguished Alumni in Fintech - 7/16

July AgeTech NYC meetup - 7/16 

Building Blocks • NYC Meet Up - 7/16 

Future of Work: Founders & Funders Fireside Chat and Mixer w. Co-Founder & CPO of Upflex, (raised $34M+) and Investor at Bloomberg Beta ($375M AUM) - 7/16 

Female Founders x VC Breakfast - Turn Your Story into Gold 🏆 - 7/17

NYC Founders & Operators Salon: Building Next-Gen Finance Tech Stack for SMBs - 7/17

 Soho Tech Happy Hour - 7/17

 NYC SaaS Rooftop Tech + Startups Social - 7/17

 July Tech Rooftop Mixer (Hosted by Andrew Yeung)   - 7/17

Founder Coworking at Antler NYC 🗽- 7/17

 NYC VC Summer Rooftop Party - 7/17

 AGI Builders Meetup NYC - 7/17

Startups & Investors Networking New York (120 in-person) - 7/17

Tech & Business Networking NYC - 7/17

Founders For Founders - 7/17

Pitch and Run 7am Thursday Early Bird Spring+Summer Series - 7/18

Brooklyn Digital Health Hangout - 7/18

Tech Pickleball NYC  - 7/19

Pitch and Run NYC Friday - 7/19

Pitch & Run x Founders Run Club • Sunday Long Run @ The Bandit Running Room - 7/21

Monday Pitch and Run NYC - 7/22 

Bay Area hub

Afore Founders-in-Residence Cohort 4: Showcase & Happy Hour - 7/15

B2B SAAS AI Investors & Networking  - 7/15 

 Awesome AI Dev Tools - 7/15

Founder Fireside Chat with Chris Bakke, Indeed.com, and Codi - 7/15

Building AI Agents x MLOps Community - Demo Day @ Microsoft Reactor - 7/16

Founders & Funders - 7/16

Chinese Tech Network - Startup Pitches and Fireside Chat - 7/16

Tech & Business Networking SF - 7/17

Founders and Entrepreneurs Weekly Mixer - 7/17

Robotics Founder & Funder Summit: AI + Robotics - 7/17

Founders and Funders: AI with CC Gong  - 7/17

AI + Web3 Networking Conference with Fetch.ai - 7/18

Early-Stage Tech Mega Mixer - 7/18

Marine Tech Mixer - 7/18

VC Summer Mixer - 7/18

Pitch & Run SF 8a Friday Runs! - 7/19

Network with AI CTOs and Deep-tech Researchers - 7/19

Innovate and Elevate: Pioneering the Future of Tech and Entrepreneurship  - 7/20

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5K Run + Networking LA - 7/17

AI Investors & Networking - 7/22

Austin hub

FI Austin Spring 2024 Demo Day, Presented by MFS - 7/17

TurnUp CPG Happy Hour - 7/17

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D.C. hub

Tech and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - DC - 7/17

 Climate DC: July Meet Up 🌱 - 7/17

 DC Founder and Investor meetup - 7/22

Los Angeles hub

Just Go Grind: LA Startup Community Coffee Meetup (Santa Monica) 7/16

Breaking into the Business in Biotech - 7/17

Culver City Tech Healthy Hour - 7/17

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5K Run + Networking LA - 7/20

Miami hub

AiSalon Miami - 7/17

Biotech Miami 🧬🏖 Summer Happy Hour - 7/18

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5K Run + Talks in MIA - 7/20

Paris hub 

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5K Run + Networking in Paris - 7/20

London hub

The W3B Club: Getting some July SOL - 7/15

 Christians in Web3 London - 7/16

 CLIMATE TECH VENTURES: Shaping a Sustainable Future - 7/17

Lisbon hub

CoWork Weekly, FutureFounders, Le Consulat Chiado - 7/16 

Web3 Wednesday Lx - 7/17

World Building with AI || Embodying Worlds || Workshop & Demo || JULY 18TH || With Eden.art & 204 No-Content - 7/18

Startup Essentials Demo Day - 7/18 

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5K Run + Talks in LIS - 7/20

Munich hub 

HR, Founders & Friends Meetup – Munich - 7/17

Tech Challenge Winners' Pitch Night & Fair - 7/18

SALON F // Female Founders Apero im Juli - 7/19 

Berlin hub

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5K Run + Talks. Berlin - 7/20

Helsinki hub

Montreal hub

Toronto hub

Fintech Fizz & Biz with Headline & Canadian Fintech Newsletter 🍻 - 7/16

Early-Stage B2B SaaS VC/Founder Toronto Coffee Meetup - 7/17

Private Women Founders Ecomm / CPG / DTC Dinner - 7/17

Bitcoin Bay: Toronto EAST - Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Blockchain Night - 7/17

 Private Women Founders Ecomm / CPG / DTC Dinner - 7/17

Rio de Janeiro hub

EMI: Entrepreneurs Meet Investors - 7/16

Buenos Aires hub

Dubai hub

Dubai Tech Tuesdays No. 3 - 7/16

Design to Scale, an exclusive session with Anil Reddy - 7/18

Hong Kong hub

AI領航 共創未來」金蝶數智成長峰會 | Kingdee Digital Intelligence Summit - 7/18

與投資人對話 - 7/18

Social Enterprise Ecosystem Night | 社創之夜 By: Dream Impact 夢創成真 - 7/19

Sydney hub

Tech & AI vs. Tourism/Hospitality Conference: Ultimate Showdown - 7/18

Sydney Tech Leaders Meet Up: Tech and Product - Friends or Foes? - 7/18

Female founders coffee meetup - 7/19

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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. Global Hub, Paris, New York City, Austin, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, 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 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

❤️ 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.

❤️ Yorkseed Public Database👇 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/101PbxqAMpnSJ44TcCJUp8hl6v2pFXbZnKrtBQ1GzhW0/edit?usp=sharing 

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

Our 2024 Conference Hubs (with spreadsheets):

World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland

ETHDenver - Colorado, USA

SXSW - Austin, USA | Consensus - Austin, USA

NFT NYC - New York City, USA | New York Tech Week - New York City, USA

LA Tech Week - Los Angeles, USA

Paris Blockchain Week | VivaTech - Paris, France

Collision - Toronto, Canada | Startupfest - Montreal, Canada

SXSW - Sydney, Australia

Web Summit - Lisbon, Portugal

Slush VC - Helsinki, Finland

Yorkseed^TM 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!