Vanakkam 🚀 Yorkseeders! #65

What's cooking this week? August 26th - September 2nd

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Haripriya Chennuru
August 26, 2024

🚀 Greetings Yorkseeder!

Today’s Hello is in Tamil , Vanakkam (வணக்கம்) (vaa–NAK–kam) :-) What’s cooking this week within the Yorkseed radar?

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Two Yorkseed Investors x Founders mixers in the same week across two countries—Paris and New York City! A big thanks to everyone who joined us! ​

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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, Singapore, Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Global Hub (International)

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​Yorkseed Paris Happy Hour is happening on August 21st in Paris! This event is open for all founders investors executives and tech/venture community builders. Our Yorkseed Paris hub aims to foster connections, catch up, and mingle with new faces in the ecosystem.

Yorkseed Paris Fall Mixer (Founders x Investors x Venture Community Builders) ¡ Luma

This event is open for all founders investors executives and tech/venture community builders.

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​​Yorkseed is a global venture capital network for founders and investors, facilitating connections between founders and investors, while also creating global hubs to enhance investor and founders outreach and bridge the gap between the USA and the rest of the world.

​​​Join Yorkseed Paris Hub Venture Capital Community for Founders + Investors (Approval Required): https://chat.whatsapp.com/KaJZXWHuLHT9SUfW4K7b6m

Our NYC Yorkseeder and Community Partner, The AI Hot 💯 Conference is happening on September 18th. NYC.

The Who’s Who of Early Stage AI. 100 of the Hottest Funded Startups in the World, All in One Place. 500+ Investors, Founders, Corporate Leaders and Researchers.

Some of the AI Startups they’re bringing together for this incredible event include: Maven AGI (raised $28M from M13) Arcee.ai (raised $29M from Emergence) Reality Defender (raised $15M from DCVC) LastMile AI (raised $10M from Gradient Ventures) Piramidal (YC W24, raised $6M from Lionheart Ventures) +More. They’ll have some dope AI VCs joining including: Flybridge Eniac Ventures M13 Link Ventures IBM Ventures Apprentis Ventures Left Lane Capital +More

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August 26th - September 2nd

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Bay Area hub

Austin hub

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London hub

Lisbon hub

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Berlin hub

Helsinki hub

Montreal hub

Toronto hub

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Hong Kong hub

Singapore 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. Global Hub, Paris, New York City, Austin, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Singapore, 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 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

❤️ 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.

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

Our 2024 Conference Hubs (with spreadsheets):

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