Yorkseed™ is an exclusive global venture network for founders and investors by Jessica Sophia Wong. Yorkseed™ is an exclusive global venture network founded by Jessica Sophia Wong, connecting founders and investors worldwide. We bridge entrepreneurs with capital, link founders to diverse markets, and establish global hubs to expand investor reach. What began as a simple joke (spreadsheet) that went viral at SXSW 2023 quickly evolved into a global community. In less than a year since we started, Yorkseed outgrew our first WhatsApp’s capacity in SXSW Austin, and today counts 10,000+ members across 50 city and conference hubs. In New York alone, we outgrew WhatsApp’s capacity and our group includes over 1,000 vetted founders and investors, while our newsletter reaches Angels, VCs, Family Offices, GPs, LPs, and founders from early-stage to IPO.
Since May 2023, we’ve hosted over 100+ exclusive events in multiple countries, always maintaining a strict application process to ensure the highest caliber of participants. Yet, Yorkseed is not an event company - our gatherings are designed to plant the seeds of long-term value, trust, and opportunity.
Looking ahead, Yorkseed’s vision extends into venture. We are building toward the launch of Yorkseed Venture to back high-growth startups and laying the foundation for a flagship Yorkseed Conference. As we grow, we continue to seek strategic collaborations, partnerships, and sponsorships to amplify our global impact.
Founders seeking funding or sale, investors in search of deals, or executives seeking collaboration, I invite you to complete Yorkseed's Founder and Investor Submission Form. https://forms.gle/QPekQGaAAqPkonby7
Sign up for our newsletter: https://yorkseed.beehiiv.com/
Yorkseed Upcoming events: https://luma.com/Yorkseed
Yorkseed Past events: https://yorkseed.co/#pastevents
Yorkseed Very First Venture Summit Passport Series 2024!
June 4th | NYC | Venture Summit New York Tech Week Edition |
June 20th | Toronto | Venture Summit Collision Conference Edition |
November | Lisbon | Venture Summit Websummit Edition |
Yorkseed and Founder Institute Founder Mixer
https://fi.co/event/yorkseed-and-founder-institute-winter-mixer-new-york-spring-2024
New York City, Feb 24th, 2024
Yorkseed Founders + Investors Mixers And SXSW Pre-game
https://lu.ma/YorkseedSXSWpregame
New York City, Feb 28th, 2024
Yorkseed x Tavern Community Founders Mixer
New York City, March 20th, 2024
Dev.Pro & Yorkseed CTO Dinner: Growing and Scaling Startups
New York City, March 27th, 2024
Future of Tech: Web3 X AI - Meet & Greet (NFTNYC Series)
https://lu.ma/Orbis86Web3xAINYC24
New York City, April 4th, 2024
SXSW Austin 2024 Yorkseed Passport Series
https://www.yorkseed.co/#events | https://lu.ma/Yorkseed (Subscribe on LUMA)
Some of our previous events from NYC, Austin, Lisbon and Paris: https://www.yorkseed.co/#pastevents
(Pilot event - Before I decided to build YS as a company) Yorkseed JSW x The House of Human SXSW Exclusive Investors + Founders Mixer
Austin, Texas - March 14th, 2023
(Flagship event) Seeding Success Exclusive Founders Investors Mixer by Yorkseed x Cuculi
New York City - July 11th, 2023
(Flagship event) Evening of connection for founders and investors—Pre-Seed to Series A—in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
New York City - Oct 24th, 2023
(Flagship event) Yorkseed x Cuculi exclusive early stages and up founders and investors mixer.
New York City - Nov 6th, 2023
(Flagship event) Lisbon Founders and Investors Soiree. Supported by Near Protocol, it was one of the most anticipated side events during Nearcon and WebSummit.
Lisbon, Portugal - Nov 12th, 2023
(Flagship event) Yorkseed™ and Alliance Bernstein Private Wealth Management Growth Stage Founders and Investors Holiday Mixer!
New York City - Dec 18th, 2023
Yorkseed Photo Albums: https://icedrive.net/s/Yj7bSVCCGWYwiywR9bD7Xiajaath
Yorkseed Story: https://www.yorkseed.co/#work
Yorkseed current global hubs:
Once you request to join, approval questions will be sent to you. To become a member of Yorkseed Global City Hubs, you'll need to answer the following questions.
1) Are you an investor or a founder, executive or work in the innovation field?
2) How did you discover Yorkseed?
3) Where do you based?
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YORKSEED GLOBAL HUBS
YORKSEED GLOBAL CONFERENCE GROUP CHATS
YORKSEED MASTER SIDE EVENT SPREADSHEETS
World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland
New York Tech Week - New York City, USA
LA Tech Week - Los Angeles, USA
Startupfest - Montreal, Canada
Paris Blockchain Week, Paris, France
Futurist Conference - Toronto, Canada
Yorkseed UN General Assembly / NYC Climate Tech Week
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