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Yorkseed Passport Series Recap: VivaTech Paris 2026
VivaTech week is a wrap β and what a week it was. Over four days, Yorkseed brought together founders, investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders from across the globe for a series of curated gatherings woven into the fabric of Europe's biggest tech and startup event. Here's a look back at how it all unfolded.
The Soft Power Salon (Wed, June 17 Β· Bar Le Vanart)
We opened the week by merging two flagship formats β The Soft Power Salon and the VivaTech Paris Blockchain Gathering β into one curated evening. Rather than a traditional panel, the night began with an interactive roundtable where attendees shaped the conversation themselves: blockchain and AI, transatlantic innovation and investment, cross-border partnerships, and what it really takes to build high-trust networks in a global economy. The roundtable gave way to open networking, and the room carried that same energy β thoughtful, engaged, genuinely global β straight through to the doors of the Kickoff Party.
Yorkseed Opening Night SoirΓ©e (Wed, June 17 Β· Bar Le Vanart)
The night continued with our Opening Night SoirΓ©e, welcoming a broad international mix of founders, investors, family offices, operators, and ecosystem builders spanning Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia. It set exactly the tone we hoped for: relaxed, genuine, and full of the kind of conversations that don't happen on a conference floor.
The Capital Table Lunch (Fri, June 19 Β· Zorba Le Grec)
We closed out the week with an intimate brunch for founders with traction, active investors, and select ecosystem leaders β a room built for real conversation around fundraising, scaling, partnerships, and where global capital is headed next.
(Note: our Co-Founder & Startup Talent Mixer, originally planned for Friday evening, was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts β we'll be back with this format soon.)
Faces of the Week
Across the Passport Series, a few guests stood out for the energy they brought to the room. Sharon Greene of Informed Intuitions brought a sharp, anticipatory lens to conversations throughout the week, drawing on her work in strategic foresight and decision-making. And Marko GΓΆls, Co-Founder & CBO of ONONO AI β the Zurich-based team building "Progressive AI" β was a timely voice for a series full of people thinking about what's next in AI and deep tech.
Special Thanks
None of this happens in a vacuum. Special thanks to:
VivaTech for featuring our Passport Series as part of the official week
And of course, thank you to everyone who showed up, asked good questions, and made the rooms worth being in.
Yorkseed House Comes to Europe: A RAISE Summit Recap
This RAISE Summit marked something we've been building toward for a while: the European debut of Yorkseed House. It's the pop-up format that's become a fixture at NY Tech Week, and this time we planted it in the heart of Paris β with a soft launch of Valois by Yorkseed along the way.
A First for Europe
For five days, Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton's Paris office became our home base for the week: a place to work, meet, and gather between the bigger conference moments. Here's how the week unfolded, day by day.
Monday, July 6 β Opening Day The week opened with back-to-back sessions at the House: IP Office Hours for Startups & Scaleups, Business Scaling Office Hours with Malin Nordby, and a timely conversation on The Intellectual Property Angle on AI. The day closed out with the RAISE Summit Opening Reception & Pitch Roulette, our official kickoff for the week.
Tuesday, July 7 β Working the Room IP Across Borders Office Hours brought founders in for guidance on navigating IP protection across markets β a quieter, working day at the House ahead of the week's centerpiece events.
Wednesday, July 8 β The Headline Night Valois at the Louvre β Investor Night, the soft launch of Valois by Yorkseed, our new invitation-only inner circle for the founders and investors operating at the highest level. The room brought together family offices, HNWIs, UHNWIs, endowments, sovereign wealth, and LPs deploying capital, alongside fund managers β GPs running dedicated funds across venture, private equity, and alternatives.
The evening was paired with The Executive Rendez-Vous, a more intimate session for senior operators and decision-makers.
Thursday, July 9 β Back by Popular Demand The day started with an AI Founders & Investors Breakfast Roundtable, followed by The Capital Table Lunch, once again gathering funded founders, active investors, and select ecosystem leaders around the table.
Friday, July 10 β Closing the House We closed the House's run with Doing AI Business in the MENA Region, a working session on what it takes to build and invest across that market.
Bringing Yorkseed House to Europe for the first time, and using it to soft-launch Valois, was a bet that the same format that worked in New York would resonate here β and it did.
Special Thanks
None of this happens in a vacuum. Special thanks to:
Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton (OBWB), and especially Jonathan Osha and his team, for opening up their Paris office as home base for Yorkseed House throughout the week β this one wouldn't have happened without them.
And of course, thank you to everyone who stopped by, worked from the House, and made the week what it was.
What's Next
Valois by Yorkseed is now open by invitation β for the founders and investors operating at the highest level. And Yorkseed House keeps moving: expect it at more major tech weeks across our 50+ city network.
The right rooms. The right people. The right tools β for every step of the journey, including the ones you haven't thought about yet.
See you at the next one.
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Local Hub Directors
We are looking for local hub directors interested in helping grow the ecosystem in their regions.
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NYC hub
The Shortlist: July Founder Showcase - 7/21
Hiring Cheat Codes Every Founder Needs | TriNet, Supermoon, Resident - 7/21
AI Founders Supper Club (Hosted by The AI Furnace) - 7/21
Table - 7/22
Lorikeet x NYC β AI Happy Hour - 7/22
Founder Pizza Night: Seed to Series B - 7/22
CoClaude & CoWork NYC - 7/22
2026 Innovator Program: Q&A Social Hour - 7/22
AI Pitch Blitz: $1K Cash Drop Rooftop Edition | by 1PB.org and Verci - 7/22
AI-Native FinTech Happy Hour β Comma Capital x Revamp x Valy - 7/22
Venture Capital: How The Sausage Gets Made (with Artisanal Heritage Sausage) - 7/22
Base44 Accelerator Demo Day Finale - 7/23
ETHICAL TECH COLAB: Summer 2026 Showcase - 7/23
Ship & Drink π₯ π» @Microsoft - 7/23
LexTalk World - 7/23 - 7/24
NYC Coffee Club | Taking the Leap: Industry Vets Who Left to Build - 7/24
We're managing the New York City Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! ππ
Bay Area hub
Last Mile Agent Hackathon - 7/21
YC Reject Pitch Night, hosted by Sanscritic @Workato HQ - 7/21
merge(happy_hour) -> advancing_together - 7/21
Pre-YC SUS Founder Design Social - 7/22
Founder/VC Breakfast: Marketing and Growing Your AI Startup - 7/22
Founders & Investors Cocktail Hours - 7/22
Hardware Pitch Night - Summertime Showcase! - 7/23
Taiwan Venture Day - 7/23
Techstars and YPFP Present: Bridging Emerging Technology and National Security Mixer - 7/23
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TECHicago: Building for Good - 7/22
From Corporate to Fintech: Five Founders Share Their Stories - 7/22
WMNfintech: Chicago Showcase - 7/23
Washington D.C. hub
Civic Tech DC Project Night - 7/22
STATION DC Drones Open Roundtable - 7/28
Defense Tech DC 017 - 7/28
Boston
We're managing the Washington DC Tech Events Calendar and welcome all tech and venture-related event submissions! ππ
Los Angeles hub
AAPI Founders & VCs - 7/23
MiamiΒ hub
Parrilla con amigos - 7/27
ClimateHack Amsterdam: Decarbonising Textiles & Apparel π - 7/23
Deal Catch: Networking & Pitch in Amsterdam - 7/23
Cannes hub
Paris hub
Mistral AI & HEC IA - Dinner - 7/20
Summer Club β Champs-ΓlysΓ©es Rooftop Network Collaborate & Create Impact - 7/23
Web Summit Meetup Paris - 7/23
Scenius LATAM Afterwork Paris #3 - 7/23
Out in Tech π³οΈβπ- Monthly Meet-up - 7/23
Dublin hub
London hub
Seraphim Space Lunch: Farnborough Edition - 7/20
Strategy Mastermind | For Founders & Investors - 7/20
Founder Pitch Relay & Networking - 7/21
Soapbox Labs: Preparing for Exit with Sage - 7/21
Carbon13 Climatetech SEIS Fund X - 7/21
Oasis International Meetup: Summer Edition - 7/21
Post Exited Founders: The Next Thing - 7/22
Turing Fest Founder Social - 7/22
Women in tech: Engineering dinner - 7/22
The Inner Board Meeting β a dinner with female founders - 7/22
Exclusive Summer Drinks Reception - 7/22
No Agenda Breakfast: Evelyn Partners - 7/23
Pitch Perfect - 7/23
APAC Founders Γ VCs β Closed-Door Roundtable - 7/23
build fridays london - work on your startup alongside others (bring laptop) - 7/24
Letswork London Launch + Meetup, Hosted by Wahed - 7/24
London Fintech Breakfast - 7/28
2026 Amazon Sustainability Accelerator Demo Day - 7/28
Founders & Funders: LON VC Reverse Pitch - 7/28
Zurich hub
unconference V @nunu.ai - 7/24
Milan hub
Milan Startup Basket #37 - 7/20
Climate Mixer: July Edition - 7/21
AI Aperitivo July 2026 - 7/21
Munich hub
Berlin hub
Future Female Founders - 7/22
Helsinki hub
YC Night Helsinki: Deep Tech - 7/22
Stockholm hub
Copenhagen hub
Montreal hub
AI Salon Montreal July - 7/22
Le mouvement climatique au Canada : oΓΉ s'en va-t-on? || The Climate Movement in Canada: Where To Now? - 7/22
Toronto hub
VNTR Investor Breakfast Toronto - 7/20Β
Web3 Toronto Conference 2026 - 7/20Β
Blockchain Futurist Conference - 7/21
How to Invest in Private Companies Before the IPO - 7/21
InvestHK Workshop - Hong Kong - The Global Hub for Digital Assets - 7/21
Agentic Day Canada: The AI Infrastructure & Investment Summit - 7/21
Solana & Superteam Canada Mixer @ Futurist Conference - 7/21
RWA & Institutional Cocktail SoirΓ©e - 7/21
Investors Brunch by Zoro Capital - 7/21
VIP Dinner at Futurist with Cryptoworth, Kwantum Advisory, and DualEntry - 7/21
Female Founders Networking Breakfast - 7/22
Institutional Breakfast Presented by Shefi & BACI - 7/22
Founders & VCs Happy Hour - 7/22
Modern Money Futurist 2026 - 7/22
Toronto After Dark: Rooftop SoirΓ©e - 7/22
Startup-Venture Pitch Event - 7/23
Founder Breakfast: Building Beyond Borders β’ An intimate conversation with DMZ Γ Cayman Enterprise City - 7/24
Monad Blitz Toronto | One-Day Hackathon - 7/25
SΓ£o Paulo | Rio hub
Shiva Hack #5 @ Endeavor - 7/25
Builder Day - Jornada para o Hackathon Runflow + Oracle Journey: Construindo Agentes de IA. - 7/25
Buenos Aires hub
Mexico City hub
UAE hub
From Pilot to Production: Building the Foundations for Agentic AI in MENA FinTech - 7/22
Brews, Views and Community - 7/22
Tel Aviv hub
The Startup Mindset - 7/20
Hong Kong hub
WikiEXPO HongKong 2026 - 7/23
The Agentic Economy: AI Agents & The New Financial Stack π€πΈ - 7/24
SingaporeΒ hub
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub
AI Co-Work & Build - 7/25
SydneyΒ hub
Agentic AI In Action - 7/21
SYD Startup Ball Run - 7/22
SHE-Founders Cocktail Night - 7/22
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Yorkseed Global & Conference Hubs
Our WhatsApp Global Hubs share curated, high-signal events within each city β focused on founders, investors, and tech executives.
Our Conference Hubs are built around major global events, where members exchange invites, coordinate meetups, and access curated side events. We also share master lists of high-quality events, including those without badge requirements.
We are also expanding our local presence and selectively opening up a few city hubs for new organizers. The perks of being a local hub volunteer? You are exposed to high-level individuals, and infinite opportunities will come your way!
Paris,Β New York City, Austin | San Antonio, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Bay Area, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Dublin, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Helsinki, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Singapore, GIFT City, SΓ£o Paulo | Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Malaysia, Zurich, Milan,Tel Aviv, International Hub (All Other Cities)
If youβre interested in hosting, contributing, or building a Yorkseed hub in your city:
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Sounds exciting for you? Write me at [email protected] / Jessica Sophia Wong
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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.
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 youβll meet other technical people or entrepreneurs who face challenges. You are not alone in this journey.
Yorkseed curates and maintains a live database of high-signal side events hosted alongside major global tech conferences. Designed for founders, investors, and operators, the spreadsheet helps you navigate key venture moments β from invite-only salons to curated ecosystem gatherings. Stay ahead of the conference noise. Access the rooms that matter.
