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

Yorkseed Connect is live.

The venture network for people who build and back what's next.

First, a reset.

We are not just a community anymore.

Our hubs, events and groups are still the front door. They are how most of you found us.

But a community is the funnel. It is never the product.

Yorkseed has two products:

Connect. The platform for founders and investors at every stage, raising or not. List your company in Deal Flow and switch on directory discovery, and Valois allocators can find you. They see all of Connect. You never see inside Valois. Privacy comes first.

Valois. Where capital meets capital. Private. By application. For allocators, GPs, LPs and fund managers. Members get all of Connect: the directory, the deal flow and every tool. Apply. Be vetted. Come in.

Here is what is inside Connect.

Investor List. Active funds only. Every firm has deployed capital in the last 15 months. Searchable inside the platform, for founders and fund managers. Free for every signed-in member.

Fund Diligence. Vet a fund before you take the call.

Deal Memo. Turn a pitch into a clean memo in minutes. Export it as a PDF.

Connection Intelligence. Pick a target. See the path to them. Then ask for the intro.

Warm intros. Request them. Accept them. Earn Yorkseed Notes for doing both.

Investor firms. Claim your profile. It is free.

Come to an event. Stay for the network. See what's inside .

Jessica
Founder, Yorkseed & Valois

We currently have three Yorkseed Master Side Event spreadsheets covering:

If you’re hosting an event during any of these weeks and would like Yorkseed to come on as a co-host or community partner, email us.

Partner events will be featured across the relevant Yorkseed Master Side Event List and shared with our community.

We’re also continuing to add new events, so if you know of one we should include, send it our way.

And please share the spreadsheets with anyone heading to SF, LA, or Singapore.

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

PS: Yorkseed at LA Tech Week: Health & Wellness Innovation Summit

Yorkseed is excited to be a Community Partner for the 2nd Annual Health & Wellness Innovation Summit during LA Tech Week on October 14 at The KINN in Venice.

The full-day summit brings together founders, healthcare leaders, investors, clinicians, and wellness innovators exploring the future of consumer health, AI and personalized wellness, wearables, preventive health, healthcare entrepreneurship, and more.

We’re also looking for healthtech companies interested in showcasing their company with a booth at the event.

If you’re building in healthtech, digital health, wellness, healthcare AI, diagnostics, wearables, or a related space and would like to participate, please email [email protected].

View the event & RSVP

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.

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 …

Interested in partnering with us? We can send our deck over!
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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 28th - October 5 2026

Austin / San Antonio hub

Claude Code Workshop with Tenex - Austin - 10/8

Avride Shop Talks: Physical AI Edition - 10/10

Bay Area hub

Boston hub

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Chicago hub

CTAExpo Emerging Manager Forum - 10/6

https://www.icsc.com/attend-and-learn/events/details/midwest-2026 - 10/8

No. 76 Tech Pulse 2030-Responsible AI Investing & Pitch Showcase-Chicago - 10/13

Los Angeles hub

Miami hub

Fundraising strategy: How to be ready to find and approach the right investors - 10/8

Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon - 10/12

NYC hub

Lesbian Who Tech Summit - 10/5-10/7

JFE NY Wine and Tech Mixer - 10/5

I³/NYC - Italian Innovators Initiative Happy Hour with Sisal/Flutter SEA - 10/5

Product Leader Collective presents: The Software Factory Debate - 10/6

2026 Forbes Future of Work Summit - 10/6

BROOKLYN TECH EXPO - "FALL4AI" Edition - 10/6

TFOT: Global Innovation Showcase: Deep Tech, Dual Tech, FinTech, Web3, Global Expansion and Scaling at SF War Memorial - 10/6

B2B Creator Facials @ Kiehl's - 10/6

Member Mingle - 10/6

AI-Enabled Services Founder Dinner - 10/6

Co-Working for Social Entrepreneurs - 10/7

The Capital Stack for Agentic AI - 10/7

The Founder's Revenue Lounge - 10/7

OffScript: A Night of Improv for Founders & Teams - 10/8

Super Innovation and Strategic Growth Summit - 10/8

Zeta Live - 10/8

NYC Fintech Coffee - 10/8

Reactor x Google: World Models Hackathon - 10/8

Building at the Frontier: Hypergrowth Startup Operator Panel - 10/8

Real-Time Video Agents Hack - NYC - 10/9

The New Agentic Economy Hackathon - 10/10

NYC Women Founders Coffee & Networking with NYFF - 10/10

AI Engineer New York Hackathon - 10/11

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

Washington D.C. hub

fnDC Chapter Coffee Connect - 10/6

https://wonkweek.com/wonk-summit - 10/8-10/9

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

Montreal hub

Intersection 26 at Ax.c Montréal - 10/7

Tech & cie - 10/8

Food Forward Summit - 10/8

Toronto hub

Protocols for Publishers✨ Toronto: Showcase - 10/5

Ctrl+Space Hackathon - Toronto - 10/10

Toronto Founders and Entrepreneurs Networking at 5 Elements Espresso Bar - 10/10

Amsterdam hub 

Built by Few: Amsterdam - The Founder Summit by Connect - 10/6

Climate Canals: Next Gen Data, AI & Robotics for Climate Solutions - 10/6

Padel Mixer for Founders & Engineers - 10/6

Peaks Learn live: Investing for beginners - 10/6

Barcelona hub

Netlify @ Barcelona - 10/7

Women Tech Talks Session #02 - 10/8

Barcelona | Claude & Coffee (Women in Tech) - 10/10

Berlin hub

Foundacious #2: Berlin - 10/5

Afrotech Berlin meetup - 10/6

Co-Founder Matching Night - 10/7

Tempelhofer Feld Walk: I Want Out Of Tech - 10/8

The Builders Run #BER-03 - 10/9

Cannes hub

Conférence Grand RDV du HUBIA Finance - 10/6

Copenhagen hub

Danish BIO-RED Hackathon - 10/5-10/6

n8n & CPH Vibe Coders: Build Night - 10/7

Chemistry climate solutions X REBBLS Ventures and Wine - 10/8

Dublin hub

Hardware Night | Dublin AI Week - 10/5

Break the Agent: An Agent Security CTF - 10/5

Women Who Build - 10/5

Inside EirSpace: Rockets, Drones & the Future of Flight - 10/5

GTM Meetup - Dublin AI Week - 10/6

Forward Deployed Eng: Building with Customers - 10/9

Helsinki hub

Explore Startup Sauna 6.10. - 10/6

Building in the Real World - Discussion / Q&A - 10/8

Lisbon hub

Smarter Money, Smarter Growth: How Financial Tools Can Help SMEs Grow - 10/6

Tech Startups on the Rooftop - 10/8

London hub

Pitch in Whitehall: Startup Coalition & Government Digital Service - 10/6

AI Showcase: Public Sector Edition - 10/6

Scientist to Founder: London - 10/6

Deep Tech, Unfiltered: Women Building What’s Next - 10/7

DEEP TECH LONDON SUMMIT - 10/8

London Systems Club - 10/12

Milan hub

Physical AI Investor Day - 10/6

StartUp Match 4eCom: Founders, Capital & Future of Commerce - 10/6

DRINK&DEAL! - 10/6

Tech & the City: From Shared Mobility to Urban (Artificial) Intelligence - 10/6

Healthcare Innovation Summit - 10/7

Reef by Vento - Q&A Session - 10/7

Munich hub

Paris hub

LangChain Meetup with Harrison Chase and Pigment (Paris) - 10/5

Inspi'Her: Inspiring women in Tech, Product & AI - 10/8

BIG - 10/8

AI Pulse - 10/13

Stockholm hub

Stockholm | Claude for Freelancers & Self-Employed - 10/5

Introduction To Legal AI - 10/7

Lab to Launch: How Researchers Build & Join Startups - 10/8

AI Builders and Databases Stockholm - 10/8

Founder Fridays #3 in Stockholm - 10/9

Zurich hub

Zurich | Claude Opus 5.5 Build Day Workshop - 10/6

Rooftop Drinks after BioTechX for Leaders in Life Sciences - 10/7

{Tech: Europe} Agentic AI Hack - 10/10

Buenos Aires hub

Secure Development con Coding Agents - 10/7

Mexico City hub

Modular Monolith vs Microservices and The Ship of Theseus in Software - JavaMexico Meetup - 10/7

ITAMplifiers - 10/7

Grok Bot CDMX con SpaceXAI - 10/9

São Paulo | Rio hub

Secure Development con Coding Agents - 10/7

Agentic Commerce Summit - 10/8

Tel Aviv hub

Nucleate Israel - In-person Activator 2027 Info Session Weizmann Institute - 10/11

Quantum Computing for Drug Discovery & Development - 10/11

AI Builders and Databases Tel Aviv - 10/12

Deploy for Startups #1 by DeployTLV - 10/12

UAE hub

AI Everything - 10/6-10/7

Hong Kong hub

Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your Startup to Hong Kong Investors & Advisors - 10/6

Female Founders Dinner - 10/7

Citywire Private Markets & Alternatives Forum - 10/8

HKMTA MedTech Forum 2026 - 10/10

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hub

UM Deep Tech (UMDT) Demo Day 5.0 - 10/8

Singapore hub

Sydney hub

How Australian Builders Can Leverage Claude - Insights from Anthropic - 10/6

Grok Bot Meetup Sydney - 10/7

R&D Funding Office Hours with Radium Capital - 10/7

AI SYD - 10/8

Nucleate Australia - Sydney Hub x Merck Life Science: Reverse Pitch and Pitch Night! - 10/8

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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:
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If you’re a founder raising, an investor deploying, or an operator looking to collaborate, you can also submit here:
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For partnerships, event features, or collaborations:
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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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