🚀 Maakye Yorkseeders — today’s hello from Twi (Ghana).

I hope you all had a beautiful Easter weekend. With Easter Monday just behind us, it felt like many took a well-deserved pause — a rare long weekend to reset, spend time with loved ones, travel, or simply step away from the constant pace of building.

And now, we’re back.

New energy. New conversations. New opportunities.

Because while the world slows for a moment, venture never really stops — it just gets quieter before the next wave.

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

As the ecosystem moves beyond SXSW, Yorkseed continues across global cities — where founders, investors, and operators reconnect, follow up, and build what comes next.

👉 Explore the network and find your global city and conference hubs https://yorkseed.co

As always, we only share carefully curated events for founders and investors in this newsletter.

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Yorkseed Insider Investor Circle (in development)
A private, curated layer for active capital allocators accessing high-signal opportunities across the network.

👉 For those looking to engage more deeply
https://tally.so/r/vGX1YA

Interested in getting more involved with Yorkseed
https://yorkseed.co/#opportunities

We’re thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership between Yorkseed and the Unicorn Summit! As part of this collaboration, we're offering exclusive benefits to the Yorkseed community:

✨ 20 FREE tickets for Yorkseeders in our network
🎟️ A VERY Special discounted tickets for Yorkseed to the Unicorn Summit — just €100 (regular price: €745) Code: UNICORN100 (https://unicornsummit.net)

👉 Interested in claiming a complimentary attendee ticket? Fill out the form.

These tickets are extremely limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis — so don’t wait!

This partnership is all about empowering founders, supporting innovation, and creating meaningful connections across the startup ecosystem. We can’t wait to see many of you there!

Stay tuned for more updates — and let’s keep building together 💥

Most ecosystems still operate locally.
But opportunity, capital, and talent are increasingly global.

The best outcomes are rarely the loudest —
they happen through trusted networks, long-term relationships, and proximity to the right rooms.

That’s what we’re building.

We’re just getting started.

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We’re opening a limited number of sponsorship and partnership opportunities across Yorkseed’s upcoming global activations.

These are curated, high-signal environments designed to connect founders, investors, and operators in meaningful ways — not just visibility, but real access.

🌎 Upcoming Opportunities
New York Tech Week
Fintech Week
New York Climate Tech Week / UN Week
Yorkseed House SXSW 2027 (Austin)
London Tech Week
VivaTech (Paris)
Web Summit Lisbon
Yorkseed Summit (Nov 8, Lisbon)

We work with a select number of partners per event, with typical partnerships ranging from $5K to $100K+ depending on scope and access.

👉 Interested in partnering with Yorkseed? Apply here:
https://tally.so/r/xX2A89

Yorkseed is evolving into a broader platform:

• Yorkseed Pulse
Your weekly layer of venture signals, events, and ecosystem movement

• Yorkseed Insider Investor Circle (in development)
A private layer for LPs, family offices, and active investors seeking high-signal opportunities.

• Yorkseed House @ SXSW 2027
Flagship SXSW gathering for a select group of founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Access and participation are opened selectively.

• Yorkseed Summit
A flagship venture gathering designed to bring together founders, investors, and emerging fund managers in a high-signal environment.

• Yorkseed Capital (future)
A syndicate layer focused on selective SPVs and curated deal-by-deal access.

• Membership Layer (in development)
A broader membership layer that will organize access, visibility, and collaboration for founders & investors across the global venture ecosystem.

As the ecosystem continues to grow, we are opening several opportunities across the platform.

Local Hub Directors

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

Strategic Partnerships

Yorkseed welcomes partnerships with venture platforms, coworking spaces, innovation organizations, service providers, and global brands interested in supporting founder and investor ecosystems.

Learn more here:
https://yorkseed.co/#opportunities

Yorkseed is evolving into a platform.

Built on a global network first — now structured for founders, investors, and emerging fund managers building, raising, and deploying capital.

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• Founders (raising or building)
• Investors (deploying capital)
• Emerging fund managers (raising + deploying)

We’re opening a limited number of founding memberships.

• Preferred pricing (retained)
• Early platform access
• Curated introductions + deal flow
• Global delegations + events
• AI tools + infrastructure

Apply for Founding Access:
https://tally.so/r/1AML8g

Investor Circle available separately for verified deployers.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

👉 Apply to Sponsor a Yorkseed Hub or Weekly Edition: https://forms.gle/tgit6QhoPJWP2tLYA

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, Barcelona, 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! ❤️

If you would like to collaborate or sponsor us, please write me at [email protected]

April 7th - April 13rd, 2026

NYC hub

Openclaw for Startups | Workshop - 4/7 

Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 4/7 

💸 Capital Isn’t Neutral: What Founders Need to Know - 4/7 

'Creator Money Moves' Mixer & Panel with Creator Economy NYC and Relay - 4/7 

Building AI Agents That Actually Remember - 4/8

Notion NY Block Haus / Coworking & Collaboration - 4/8

Female Founders & Investors Coffee Series - 4/8

Deploying Nuclear at Scale - From Ambition to Execution - 4/8

打破华尔街“天花板”：Wells Fargo全球高管来聊真话 - 4/8

Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 4/8

Pitch and Run 730am Early Bird Battery Park - 4/9

App Growth Breakfast @ New York - 4/9 

What Drives Biotech Investment in 2026? - 4/9 

The Spark Hack Series - New York - 4/10

Asian Leadership Initiative Summit 2026 - 4/11

NYC Healthtech Social by Scalpels & Spreadsheets + One Health Collective - 4/13

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

Bay Area hub

The Future of AI Scientist with Hugo Larochelle, Scientific Director, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute - 4/7

AI Happy Hour @ SPIN SF | Render x Exa x Greptile - 4/7 

HumanX 2026 After Hours: The Open-Source AI Stack — Models, Inference & Beyond - 4/7

AI After Hours - Let's keep HumanX going - 4/8 

Pitch & Run San Francisco - 4/8

Scrappy AI Founders Go Karting - 4/8

CTOs Poker Night with Tanagram x Hyperspell x Lemma - 4/8 

Founder Skybar Social @HumanX w/ Intercom, Elevenlabs, Brex, Render, Newmark - 4/8 

Agent Opus Video Hackathon - 4/9 

TypeScript AI Demo Day - 4/9 

SSG Spring Demo Day - Clash between Enterprise and Consumer AI - 4/9 

Scrappy Founders Play Pickleball - 4/9 

The Infrastructure Strikes Back: An Adversarial Agent Experiment - 4/9 

Productboard x Lago | AI is Everywhere: Product & Business Strategies for Growing in the New Era - 4/9 

Proof of Human Salon Series x The House - 4/10

Scrappy AI Founders Go (hard) Hiking - 4/11

Voice AI x Healthcare Hackathon - Synthio Labs x Cekura - 4/11 

ElevenLabs x Lovable Workshop + Hackathon | 33M Credits + 12 months Free for Winning Team - 4/12

Scrappy AI Founders Go Kayaking - 4/12 

Hire or Get Hired - AI Matching Your Next Role - 4/13 

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Austin / San Antonio hub 

ATX Marketing Innovators Power Breakfast - 4/7 

The Health Hustlers: An Exclusive Networking Event for Health/Wellness Professionals - 4/7

Austin Startup Connections - 4/8 

Deal Catch: Networking & Pitch in Austin - 4/8 

Chicago hub

ADPList Chicago: Decoding Design Hiring - 4/7

☕️ 1 Million Cups Chicago ☕️ - 4/8 

Engineering in the Age of AI - An Evening with Grindr - 4/8 

TechWalk | Chicago, 4/12 - 4/12 

Washington D.C. hub

Agents of Change: AI, Bitcoin, and the New Financial Frontier - 4/8 

DCA - Startups & AI Walks - April Edition - 4/11

PauseAI Capitol Day of Action - 4/13

Boston

 Validated AI Conference - 4/9 

No. 56-Tech Pulse 2030- Building and Scaling Responsible Systems for the Real World-Boston Event - 4/10

Boston Talks - 4/12 

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

Los Angeles hub

Light Dao Salon: AI, Tokenization, and the Spatial Web — A Fireside Chat with Dan Mapes (LA) - 4/9

Miami hub

Amsterdam hub 

Founders Session: GTM by Design: Aligning Talent, Comp & Culture from Seed to Scale - 4/8

DevRev Leadership Circle Amsterdam 2026 - 4/8 

From Models to Machines: AI, World Models, and the Next Generation of Robotics - 4/9 

🧠 The AI Collective Netherlands | Amsterdam Meetup - 4/9 

Cannes hub

Paris hub

Kick Off GT Philanthropie & Transition - 4/7 

Paris | Claude Code for Developers - 4/7

FROM MODELS TO AGENTS: AI in Real production Systems - 4/8 

GPU MODE IRL Hackathon - PyTorch Conference Europe side event - 4/9 

Réinventez vos Formations avec l’IA | Gamma x Paatch - 4/9

HACK THE BLOCK 2026 Paris Blockchain Week XRPL Hackathon - 4/11

Dublin hub

Pitch & Run - Dublin - 4/8 

London hub

Built to Last Panel: Deep Tech, Scale, and Europe's Ambition - 4/7 

AIE Europe: AI Builders Happy Hour - 4/8 

CityVentures April Demo Night - 4/8 

The Future of AI Engineering: An Evening with Databricks & General Catalyst - 4/8 

Pitch and Run London - 4/9 

{Tech: Europe} London AI Hackathon - 4/11

Zurich hub

Deal Catch: Startup Networking & Pitch in Zurich - 4/8 

Solana Mixer Zurich - 4/9 

Ethereum Zuri 2026 - 4/10

Milan hub

n8n AI Inspiration Sessions: Milan - 4/8 

🏓 Milan Startup Ping Pong – Founders & Rebels #2 - 4/8

Lisbon hub

Munich hub

Berlin hub

Founders Run w/ Gründerszene - 4/7

Superchat × Needle: Builder’s Night (Berlin) - 4/8 

Berlin: Agentic FinAI Hackathon - 4/11 

Helsinki hub

AI Lunch & Learn - AI Collective Finland - 4/7

The Agentic Age 3: Building an AI-Native Startup - 4/7 

Europe's next unicorn is hiring. - 4/9 

Stockholm hub

baby vc x KTH Ventures: Deep-Tech and Venture Capital - 4/7 

Copenhagen hub

Montreal hub

UX in the Age of AI: How AI is Reshaping UX Industry - 4/8 

Montreal Women in Tech Cafe Meetup - 4/11 

Toronto hub

Best Of - 4/13

São Paulo | Rio hub

Buenos Aires hub

Mexico City hub

OpenAI Codex – Mexico City - 4/8 

UAE hub

DDS X Dubai AI Festival - 4/7

Founder Resilience: Navigating Finances & Fundraising in Uncertain Markets - 4/8 

Elite Business Dinner at Secret Bar ✨ - 4/11

Tel Aviv hub

Hong Kong hub

Singapore hub

January Capital | Builders Session with Codex x OpenClaw x OpenAI Multimodal APIs - 4/7 

GMI x Z.ai Agent Forge AI Hackathon: Build AI Without Limits - 4/10

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub

Cafe Cursor Kuala Lumpur - 4/7 

Sydney hub

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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

Join the Yorkseed network database for curated introductions, event access, and cross-market connections:
https://forms.gle/C8uQChh41JknpxPYA

If you’re a founder raising, an investor deploying, or an operator looking to collaborate, you can also submit here:
https://forms.gle/QPekQGaAAqPkonby7

For partnerships, event features, or collaborations:
[email protected]

❤️ 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.

ACCESS THE SPREADSHEETS