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Here’s what’s on the Yorkseed radar this week.

New York is about to get very busy. (We are still seeking sponsors and partners!)

With Climate Week NYC and the United Nations General Assembly bringing founders, investors, policymakers, corporates, nonprofits, climate leaders, and global delegations into the city, there are hundreds of conversations happening beyond the official programs.

So, in true Yorkseed fashion, we built a NYC Climate Week × UNGA Master Side Event Spreadsheet to help you navigate the week.

We’re tracking events across climate tech, investment, policy, sustainability, global affairs, startups, corporate innovation, dinners, receptions, happy hours, and more.

And yes, we’re tracking the important things too: dates, times, locations, registration links, event types, and even where you might find free food and drinks. 👀

Hosting something? Add your event through the submission tab. The spreadsheet is community-powered and continuously updated, so bookmark it and keep checking back.

👉 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j3ygtR7-RZU_naC9G8VpQiNDh26KEFGswOGeg4h-Pt8/edit?usp=sharing

We’re not just tracking the week. Yorkseed is hosting throughout it.

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Sunday, September 20 | Yorkseed Climate Week Gathering
Kick off the week with the Yorkseed community around the Climate Film Festival and Comeback Stories: Animals & Conservation.
Register: https://luma.com/iucmw0b0

Tuesday, September 22 | Who Shapes Global Action?
A cross-sector conversation exploring the intersection of policy, capital, and the coalitions behind global action.
Register: https://luma.com/qvz71t2d

Wednesday, September 23 | Valois Allocator Breakfast Roundtable
An intimate, approval-only morning gathering bringing together GPs, LPs, family offices, and capital allocators for relationship-driven conversations.
Request to join: https://luma.com/je0ksa2g

Thursday, September 24 | The Living Planet: Wildlife, Technology & Climate Resilience
A conversation at the intersection of wildlife, biodiversity, climate resilience, technology, policy, storytelling, and capital.
Register: https://luma.com/t3v9mick

Whether you’re joining one Yorkseed event or navigating dozens of gatherings across the city, we hope the Master Side Event Spreadsheet makes your week a little easier.

See you around New York. 🌱🗽

Yorkseed Luma

Due to an unusually packed September calendar and overlapping commitments across DC Deep Tech Week, Climate Week NYC, UNGA, and other ecosystem programs, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone Yorkseed Frontier Day, originally scheduled for September 17 in Boston.

We sincerely apologize to everyone who registered and planned to join us.

Frontier Day isn’t going away. We’re taking more time to build the experience we originally envisioned, bringing together founders, investors, researchers, and industry leaders across robotics, physical AI, deep tech, and frontier technologies.

Registered guests will remain on our Frontier priority list and will be the first to hear what’s next.

Stay tuned. 🚀

On September 26, Yorkseed heads to Paris for a full day where fashion, technology, luxury, and culture collide, followed by La Nuit des Roses, an evening of couture, dance, and a traditional masked ball.

Nicole A. Reznic, Founder & CEO of Mark3t.ai, will explore “AI Can Create Almost Anything. Who Will Verify Everything?”, examining trust, authentication, digital identity, and provenance in fashion’s emerging AI economy.

Tulasi Parmar, Founder & Creative Director of TULASI, will present “The Death of Fast Fashion and the Birth of Digital Couture,” exploring digital twins, virtual garments, sustainability, and the future of fashion.

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🎟️ Join us in Paris: Register for Fashion Tech & La Nuit des Roses

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We are looking for local hub directors interested in helping grow the ecosystem in their regions.

Lisbon is next. 🇵🇹

We’re actively rolling out the Yorkseed Web Summit Lisbon calendar, with a week of curated experiences bringing together founders, investors, executives, GPs, LPs, family offices, and the wider global tech ecosystem.

Expect executive lunches, investor and allocator gatherings, founder meetups, intimate dinners, and our signature Web Summit night out, with more announcements coming soon.

We’re currently welcoming sponsors, venue partners, hospitality partners, and strategic collaborators across the Lisbon program.

Partners can participate in individual experiences or explore opportunities across the broader Yorkseed Web Summit week from Web Summit Kickoff Party to Executive, Capital, Allocator Lunches and panels, workshop + Investor Founders Mixers …

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Heading to Lisbon? Stay tuned. The full Yorkseed calendar is rolling out now. 🇵🇹

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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!

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September 14th - September 21st 2026

Austin / San Antonio hub

Fridgeside! An evening with former Mayor Steve Adler (founders) - 9/17

The Korea Playbook for Austin Physical AI Founders - 9/17

7-Figure Future Visionary Speaker - 9/18 - 9/20

Fable 5.1 Build Day - Austin - 9/19

DTW Austin Opening Hardware Showcase - 9/21

Bay Area hub

Dreamforce - 9/15 - 9/17

SPC Post-Training Forum: Mercor CEO, Brendan Foody - 9/16

Humongous AI Meetup - 9/16

Founder Dinner - 9/16

Ground Truth by Sphere ft. a16z /// For Engineers Building AI in Regulated Industries - 9/17

Agent Builders Breakfast - Founders & Builders in SOMA, SF - 9/17

The Acquired Meetup - 9/17

AI Journal Club ft. Google + NVIDIA - 9/17

Mixture of Experts - 9/17

Scrappy AI Founders Play Pickleball (Seed to Series A)  - 9/17 

The Acquired Meetup - 9/17

Deep Tech Networking Brunch - 9/18

Founder Yacht Lunch - 9/18

Claude Coworkshop with Provectus - San Francisco - 9/21

-1 to Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov - 9/21

KSC Founders Pitch Day | Physical AI, Robotics and more - 9/21

Boston hub

REAL 2026 - 9/15

Coffee with Emily Kramer and Kyle Poyar: The B2B Bakery - 9/16

Datapoints Summit: AI & Tech in Drug Discovery - 9/16

AI x Growth: UNBOUND Happy Hour with HubSpot Ventures - 9/16

FieldAI Coffee Talks: Physical AI for the Real World - 9/17

Yorkseed Frontier Day · Boston - 9/17

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Chicago hub

WBC x AHRC NYC Networking Breakfast - 9/21

Los Angeles hub

From Microgravity to Market: Building the In-Space Economy - 9/16

Beyond Borders: The New Playbook for Scaling Aerospace & Defense - 9/16

The Secret Art of Persuasive Communication: For Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders - 9/16

Aerial Intelligence: UAS Reindustrialization and Cocktail Hour - 9/16

Miami hub

Investor Connect: Pitch & Networking — Miami - 9/16

Miami Speed Networking | Meet Business Professionals | NetworkNite - 9/16

AI Founder | A to Z | Build Your First AI Company Today | Workshop - 9/16 - 9/20

Fort Lauderdale Tech Meetup • Lessons in Bootstrapping to Profitability ft. Plei's Sebastian Duque (sportstech) - 9/17

NYC hub

Fast Company - Innovation Festival - 9/14 - 9/17

Junto Founder Dinner (Hosted by Andrew & Friends) - 9/14

LeadDev New York Meetup - 9/14

LDX3 New York - 9/15 - 9/16

Claude Code Workshop with Provectus - New York City  - 9/16

Table - 9/16

AI Founders, Operators, & Investors: Mocktails and Legal AMA - 9/16

Startup Networking Founders, Investors & Talent Mixer in NYC - 9/16

AVALANCHE SUMMIT NEW YORK - 9/16 - 9/17

The Full Arc of Fundraising: What It Takes to Raise & Manage a Fund in the Age of AI - 9/17

The Women in AI Pitch Competition: NYC Fall '26 - 9/17

Venture at Work: NYC 2026  - 9/17

Business of Apps - 9/17

Coffee & Career Transitions NYC: Tech & Startups Edition  - 9/17

Frontier Build NYC: Build your Autonomous Code Factory  - 9/17

An evening with The Pragmatic Engineer  - 9/17

DET NYC Meetup  - 9/17

Mink x Oceans: Padel with Founders - 9/17

NYC Data + AI Happy Hour Meetup - 9/17

Founders & Makers: Coworking & Mocktails - 9/18

NYC Coffee Club | Early-Stage B2B Founders & Funders - 9/18

Future Currence - 9/21

Climate Tech Demo Series - Collab Fund, Streetlife Ventures - 9/21

NY Tech Meetup - Climate Tech Edition - 9/21

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

Washington D.C. hub

STATION DC Space Roundtable & Networking - 9/18

Founder Fridays: The AI Collective x Unstuck Labs - 9/18

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

Montreal hub

Montréal Entrepreneurs Networking Event - 9/17

Google Codelab: Enhancing E-Commerce Checkout with Browser AI Capabilities - 9/18

Toronto hub

Toronto Agentic: Opening Social - 9/17

Grok Bot Meetup Toronto - September - 9/17

CTRL+SHIFT VOL. 14 @ Ambition - 9/18

Amsterdam hub 

Deals over Dinner @WTC - 9/16

Network Drinks: Beyond the Deal - 9/16

Rooftop Open Mic Storytelling Night in Partnership with TEDxAmsterdam: Eureka! - 9/17

Barcelona hub

SIA Angels & Beers - 9/16

Women, Wealth & the Changing Economy: How Can Women Build Wealth in the Age of AI? - 9/16

European Blockchain Convention - 9/16 - 9/17

Game Make{HERS} Meetup 2026 - 9/17

TechTalk x OpenAI: The September Afterwork - 9/17

Claude & Coffee - Claude Barcelona House - 9/21

Berlin hub

SheMeets: Trade Republic x SheLeads: Women Building Careers in High Performance Environments (Berlin) - 9/16

Digital Health Cocktail Hour - 9/16

Startups & Angels Matching Night - 9/17

Cursor Hackathon Berlin @taxfix - 9/17

The Pitch Night - 9/17

Sharp Judgement, Hard Calls: The PM's Job After AI Does the Rest | Product People x Babbel - 9/18

Bringing SF to Berlin II - Hosted by Almedia - 9/19

UNCONFERENCE: Engineering AI Together #10 - 9/21

Cannes hub

Copenhagen hub

Demo Day & Ecosystem mixer 2026 - 9/16

Dublin hub

Helsinki hub

Out of Context demoilta #1 - 9/16

Female Changemakers - 9/17

Introduction to Defence Tech - 9/17

ASA Launchpad (Intro Day) - 9/17

China x Robotics: Firsthand Insights from Shenzhen’s Tech Ecosystem - 9/18

NORDIC-AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM - 9/18

AaltoAI Hackathon: Data Sovereignty & Responsible AI - 9/18 - 9/20

Lisbon hub

20-20 - a Pecha-Kucha style event for AI Builders (members+, in-person, Lisbon) - 9/17

Founders Fire: SaaS Apocalypse Now - 9/18

Freelancers, Founders and Solopreneurs Picnic - 9/20

London hub

The AI Workforce Summit @ Google - 9/16

Builders Night: Google DeepMind x London AI Hub - 9/16

Caribbean Tech Collective: The Island Social - 9/16

Grok Bot Meetup London - 9/16

Pitch Night at the Movies - 9/16

Open by Design: The Economics of AI in Production - 9/16

London AI Builders: The Devin Mixer - 9/17

Google DeepMind x Corgi: London Builder Evening - 9/17

{Tech: Europe} Agentic AI Hack - 9/19

Agent Night London - 9/21

Made in the UK: Cameron Leslie - 9/21

Modal x Pydantic London Meetup: How We Build Dev Tools for You and Your Agents - 9/21

Milan hub

The Future of Mobility: Innovation and Sustainability - Italian Tech Alliance & LifeGate Way | Smart City Lab - 9/17

Rookiess & Cosmico: Back to Rookiess - 9/17

Munich hub

MunichTech EXPO Autumn Edition 2026 - 9/20 - 9/22

Paris hub

Qoder Paris Night: From Weights to Production - 9/16

Physical AI Paris Meetup #3 - 9/16

Back to Build Party For founders - 9/17

Special Edition: The AI ​​Happy Hours celebrate CB News' 40th anniversary at the Stade Jean-Bouin! - 9/17

Stockholm hub

Builders & Brews Stockholm - 9/18

Zurich hub

Zurich | Claude for the Financial Service Industry - 9/16

Momentum: Robotics & Embodied AI in Zurich - 9/17

Obligate Open 2026 - 9/17

Shipping Code with AI Agents: What People Are Actually Using - 9/17

The Builders Hike #1 - 9/20

Buenos Aires hub

Grok Bot Meetup Buenos Aires - 9/16

Mexico City hub

Mexico City | Claude Build Day - 9/17

Comunidad & Tech: Founders Friday - 9/18

Mexico City | Claude For Healthcare UNAM - 9/18

São Paulo | Rio hub

Tractian: Inside the Future of Industrial Intelligence - 9/16

Monkey & DEG | Brazil's Fiscal Turnaround - 9/16

Soft Landing Night - Tech Week - 9/16

Physical AI Summit | Year One of Humanoids - 9/17

SPTW | Founders Happy Hour - 9/17

TechGrid 2026 - 9/16

Stablecoins & Payments: The Future of Virtual Assets - 9/17

Codex Community Meetup – Rio de Janeiro - 9/19

Founders Running Club :: Rio de Janeiro - 9/19

Bringing Women Together for the AI-Native Era | by Gama House, Female Force, Caravela Capital, BZCP & Comp - 9/18

Tel Aviv hub

Nucleate Israel Activator 2027: Launch Event - 9/16

AI, Deployed - 9/16

Tel Aviv | Claude Code Fable 5.1 Build Day - 9/17

UAE hub

To Raise or Not to Raise? - 9/16

Daos Founders Connect: Reverse VC Pitch Night - 9/16

GISEC Global - 9/16 - 9/18

Knowledge Lab #1: Frontier Papers - Recursive Harness Self-Improvement - 9/19

Hong Kong hub

2026 AI Web3 Investments: How to Build a One-Person AI Research Team - 9/16

Crossing the Fiat–Crypto Boundary: Basel III, Compliance and Control - 9/17

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub

Grok Bot Meetup Kuala Lumpur - 9/19

Singapore hub

Tencent Cloud AI CAN DO IT Hackathon Singapore 2026 Kick-off Event - 9/16

Singapore | Claude Code Meetup — Healthcare Edition - 9/17

AI for SMEs (What Works, What Doesn't) - 9/17

Singapore | Claude Code Build Day - Fable 5.1 - 9/18

Sydney hub

Founders Unfiltered: In conversation with Francois Henrion, Paytron - 9/17

startup founders: zero-proof happy hour | archangel ventures x startmate - 9/17

SVP Presents: Demo Day - 9/17

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Yorkseed Global & Conference Hubs

Our WhatsApp Global Hubs share curated, high-signal events within each city — 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, 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, São Paulo | Rio, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Malaysia, Zurich, Milan,Tel Aviv, International Hub (All Other Cities)

If you’re interested in hosting, contributing, or building a Yorkseed hub in your city:
https://yorkseed.co/#opportunities

Sounds exciting for you? Write me at [email protected] / Jessica Sophia Wong

❤️ Get more involved in the Yorkseed ecosystem

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❤️ 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.

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.

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 — from invite-only salons to curated ecosystem gatherings. Stay ahead of the conference noise. Access the rooms that matter.

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