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As always, we only share carefully curated events for founders and investors in this newsletter. Did someone forward you this email? Welcome to Yorkseed.

👉 Subscribe here to stay connected with our global venture ecosystem.. Busy weeks are coming — Here’s what’s on the Yorkseed radar this week.

We’ve officially finalized our New York Tech Week 2026 programming.

If you’ve been thinking about getting involved last minute as a strategic partner, ecosystem collaborator, sponsor, or community partner — let’s get on a call this week.

Across New York Tech Week, Yorkseed is hosting a curated series of gatherings designed intentionally for founders, investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders who actually want meaningful conversations and long-term relationships, not just crowded rooms.

This year’s programming includes:
• Venture Salons for founders and investors
• Beauty & Fashion Tech gathering
• Cross-border capital and fundraising conversations
• Yorkseed House pop-up experiences throughout the week

We are also finalizing our VivaTech Paris programming.

We are opening a limited number of strategic partnerships across:
• New York Tech Week
• VivaTech Paris
• Yorkseed House
• The Yorkseed platform & The Vault
• Future global ecosystem activations

This is designed for aligned companies and communities that want to be embedded inside high-trust, high-signal environments alongside active founders, investors, and operators.

Fill this up and let’s talk this week:
https://tally.so/r/ODJeYk

We’re excited to officially announce the launch of Yorkseed House during New York Tech Week 2026.

For one week in SoHo, Yorkseed House will transform into a curated home base for founders, investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders across the global venture community.

More than just another event venue, Yorkseed House is designed as an intentional gathering space where meaningful conversations, spontaneous collaborations, and long-term relationships can happen naturally throughout the week.

Expect:
• Founder & investor salons
• Curated networking experiences
• Partner community events
• Pop-up coworking and meeting space
• Wellness and recharge moments between the chaos of Tech Week
• High-signal conversations with people actively building and deploying capital

This year’s house is hosted in collaboration with Belong NYC, alongside an incredible lineup of ecosystem and community partners helping shape the future of innovation.

Whether you're fundraising, investing, hiring, exploring partnerships, or simply looking for the right people in the room — Yorkseed House was built for that.

Final RSVP is now live: https://yorkseedhouse.com/nytw2026

Space throughout the week will be curated and capacity controlled.

Yorkseed is officially launching its dedicated NY Tech Week platform — a centralized, high-signal event directory designed for founders, investors, and operators navigating the week.

A single destination covering the full New York Tech Week window from May 27 to June 8, bringing together the most relevant gatherings across the ecosystem.

What Makes This Different

The platform pulls from across the entire ecosystem:

Yorkseed has been building master side event lists since 2023 across global conferences including World Economic Forum Davos, ETHDenver, VivaTech Paris, and Web Summit. They consistently become the most shared resource during the week because they solve a real problem discovery, trust, and access.

This year, that same product evolves into a permanent NY Tech Week platform with its own dedicated home.

This is how you navigate the week with intention.

Visibility during NY Tech Week is no longer optional. It is competitive.

Yorkseed is opening a limited number of placements designed to position the right events and brands in front of a highly targeted audience.

Feature Your Event
Priority placement, Yorkseed verification badge, and distribution across Yorkseed channels reaching thousands of founders and investors.

Logo Sponsorship
Persistent brand visibility across the platform, not just during the week but extending through the full year cycle into the next NY Tech Week.

Explore the full NY Tech Week 2026 Master Side Event List
Bookmark it. Share it. Use it throughout the week.

https://nytw.yorkseed.co

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 operates across 100+ cities and conference ecosystems worldwide.

No matter where you go — you’ll likely find another Yorkseeder in the room.

👉 Find your city or conference hub
https://yorkseed.co

Interested in getting more involved with Yorkseed? https://yorkseed.co/partners

700+ teams have Viktor reading their Google Ads every morning.

Your media team opens Slack at 8am. There's a cross-platform brief in #growth: Google Ads spend vs. ROAS, Meta CPA by campaign, Stripe revenue by channel. Viktor posted it at 6am. Nobody asked for it.

Last week, one team's Viktor caught a spend spike at 2am on a broad match campaign and flagged it in Slack: "CPA up 340%. Recommend pausing and shifting budget to the top two performers." That would have burned $3K by morning. The media buyer woke up to a problem already handled.

Your strategist reviews spend trends. Your account manager checks revenue attribution. Same Slack channel, same colleague, before anyone's first coffee.

Google Ads, Meta, Stripe. One message. No Looker, no Data Studio. Anomaly detection runs around the clock. Cross-platform reporting runs on autopilot.

5,700+ teams. SOC 2 certified. Your data never trains models.

"Viktor is now an integral team member, and after weeks of use we still feel we haven't uncovered the full potential." — Patrick O'Doherty, Director, Yarra Web

Start free. $100 in credits →

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.

Yorkseed Summit / Yorkseed House Partners

We are currently exploring collaborations with:

• speakers
• sponsors
• ecosystem partners
• media partners

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

F1 Yacht Experiences 2026 (Monaco • Global Series)

We’re opening limited access to a private F1 yacht series curated for a select audience across capital, luxury, and global networks.

Backed by Ferrari, Bonhams, TWW Yachts, and select partners.

🇲🇨 Monaco — June 4–7, 2026

A more intimate, legacy-driven edition positioned around culture, storytelling, and global influence

• historic yacht setting with heritage ties
• women in F1 focus and curated programming
• private wine experience and gastronomy with Manko Paris
• audience: ultra-high-net-worth, luxury, and global cultural circles

Lake Como (May) • Abu Dhabi (December)

We are currently opening:

• a limited number of sponsor placements
• a small allocation of paid guest passes (by selection)

👉 For sponsorship, ticket access or more information
📩 [email protected]

👉 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]

Opportunities in NYC:

Pitching at the Edge — NY Tech Week, June 4

The Edge Observation Deck, NYC. Breathwork reset, fast-paced pitch competition, private breakfast — one morning built around the reality of early-stage company building. Startups competing for up to $1M in funding (late-stage) or a first check + accelerator access (early-stage), led by LVLUP Ventures.

RSVP to attend · Apply to pitch

May 18th - May 25th, 2026

NYC hub

Pitch & Run - Prospect Park - 5/26 

Scaling Enterprise AI Agents: Security, Privacy & Real-World Deployment - 5/26

Light x Lovable x McKinsey QB Finance Hackathon - 5/27

May AI Engineers: Devs & Drinks - 5/27

Pitch & Run - Williamsburg - 5/27 

Design Meetup x Ramp NYC: Off The Record - 5/27

2026 Chloe Capital Founder Fellowship Showcase - 5/28

Pitch and Run 730am Early Bird Battery Park - 5/28 

Pitch and Run Friday - The Original PNR - 5/29 

Yorkseed House | NY Tech Week Pop-Up at Belong NYC - 6/1 - 6/7

Fintech and AI Pitch Forum at New York Tech Week 2026 - 6/3 

Venture Salon: Founders & Investors - 6/3 

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

Bay Area hub

Codex Community Hackathon - San Francisco #5 - 5/26

How to AI Pill Your Company - by Decagon x a16z x Accel - 5/27

Langfuse & Friends: Happy Hour - 5/27

Hard Problems Night for Agent Builders - 5/27

Foresight's AI Salon with Isaak Freeman, Capable - 5/28

AI x Marketing Summit, Spring 2026 - 5/28

Frontier Residency - Demo Day - 5/29

Bay Area Frontier Research Club #8 | Stanford University - 5/29

Moontech: The New Space Economy - 5/29

Technical Talk with Thariq Shihipar — Anthropic - 5/29

SkillsBench 1.1 Launch Party @ ACM CAIS - 5/30

Mango Maxxing: Tech, kicks, and mango season mixer by Gully Labs & PromptQL - 5/30

ML Suds & Science - 5/30

HeyGen's "Infinitely Me" pop-up is coming to San Francisco! - 5/31

Beyond the Build: Rise of the Product Engineer - 5/31

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Austin / San Antonio hub 

THE NEXT WAVE OF HARDTECH: Founders, physical AI & dual-use, and frontier systems. An Austin Hardtech official event. - 5/28 

2026 | Austin AAPI Professional Summit - 5/29 

Chicago hub

1871 Events: Emerging Tech Innovation Summit - 5/28

1871 Events: Emerging Tech Founder & Investor Lunch - 5/28

Washington D.C. hub

TEDxMeetup - Logan Circle Neighborhood Meetup & 2026 Speaker Reveal - 5/28

Boston

IIA AI Showcase @ WHOOP - 5/27 

Robotics & Hard Tech Demo Night at RISE Robotics - 5/28

introstars Silicon Valley Launch Party @ San Mateo Rooftop - 6/2

Introstars San Francisco Launch Party @ Chorus Rooftop - 6/3

SF Founders & Super Connectors Rooftop Party - 6/4

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

Los Angeles hub

LA Agentic AI Meetup - 5/28

Lovable Future Founder Series - Los Angeles: Tech Together Edition - 5/31

Miami hub

Amsterdam hub 

Miro x Kiro AMS Hackathon: Building Today to Pitch (a Better) Tomorrow - 5/26

baby vc x Amsterdam - 5/28

Blockstories Horizon 2026: Amsterdam Summit 🇳🇱 - 6/1

Cannes hub

Paris hub

Yorkseed Paris Spring Social : Founders & Investors Evening - 5/26

MCP Connect Paris - 5/26

Paper Club #5 : Emmanuel Ameisen - Anthropic - 5/28

Dublin hub

London hub

Poolside Research Hackathon - 5/29 

AI Native DevCon LDN - 6/1

Tokyo to London 🚀 Immersive Media Lab++ Popup & Happy Hour - 6/1

Zurich hub

Milan hub

Codex Community Meetup - Milan - 5/30

Lisbon hub

Agentic Engineering Lisbon - 5/27

Munich hub

Berlin hub

Helsinki hub

FJCC Startup Sessions: Engaging with Japanese VC & CVC - 5/25 

STARTUP CARNIVAL - 5/27

Female Founders & Investors Afterwork - 5/28

Stockholm hub

STOCKHOLM: Elva x Lovable x Deel – People & Talent Hackathon - 5/26 

Lilla lördag - with Martin Bergö Vice President Karolinska Institutet - 5/27 

TECHARENA ZERO 2026 - 5/28

Copenhagen hub

Montreal hub

Toronto hub

CTRL+SHIFT+ART @Welcome TTW - 5/25 

Builder Sprint: Toronto - 5/25

AI & Defence Innovation Summit 2026 - 5/26

Startup Sweats x Alan - Toronto Tech Week 2026 - 5/26

What it will take to Build in Canada by Ada CX and Build Canada - 5/26

Toronto Tech Week 2026: Homecoming - 5/27

Investor Forum - 5/27

Co-Founder Connect - 5/28

The Closet Economy: AI, Influence, and the Future of Resale - 5/28

São Paulo | Rio hub

Buenos Aires hub

Mexico City hub

UAE hub

Tel Aviv hub

Coffee & ConTech  - 5/28

Reality Check: The Israeli Founder’s Guide to US GTM - 5/31

The hidden secret of AI acceleration - 5/31

Hong Kong hub

HKGHH Event: Premier Networking Night @ LKF 🌟 THEME: Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026🌟 - 5/26

EXIO Group RWA 主題系列活動 第六期：RWA 選品會 — 穩中生金，Alpha 致勝 - 5/27 

Vibe Game Dev Mini Hackathon - 5/28

Beyond Chatbots: The Agentic AI Era | Animoca Brands x Cyberport x AIHK - 5/28

Vibe Game Dev Mini Hackathon - 5/28

Beyond Chatbots: The Agentic AI Era | Animoca Brands x Cyberport x AIHK - 5/28

Singapore hub

TGB AI Founder Spotlight | Singapore - 5/26 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub

Sydney hub

Building with GenAI & Elastic: From Data to Intelligence - 5/27

Building Notion: Conversation with Notion Engineering Lead - 6/1

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Message from the Yorkseed House ...

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