Yorkseed™ is an exclusive global venture community for founders and investors by Jessica Sophia Wong. We bridge entrepreneurs and investors while linking founders to diverse markets and establishing global hubs to expand investor reach.
Yorkseed began unexpectedly after a spreadsheet gained popularity at the 2023 SXSW conference, prompting me to form a company. In less than
a year, we've amassed over 3k members across 19 global city hubs, with the newsletter, just 11 months old, attracting over 2.7k subscribers globally alone from Angels, VCs, Family Offices, PE, GP, LPs, Founders (early stages to IPO) and Executives! We've hosted exclusive global events in 3 countries, 4 cities and continue to expand.
We organize exclusive events for founders and investors at various stages of their entrepreneurial journey (Did you know YS only has been around since April 2023). Our community prides itself on the strict application process we have in place for attendees, ensuring that only high-quality individuals are part of our events. BUT we are not an event company, everything that I’m currently building is for planting seeds for the future.
Yorkseed's long-term objectives are inclined towards the venture sector. The various events and hubs I am currently establishing serve the purpose of fostering brand awareness. In due course, I aspire to launch an SVP for Yorkseed venture, enabling investment in startups and potentially organizing a Yorkseed conference in the future. At present, I am actively exploring diverse avenues for collaboration, partnerships, and sponsorships with various companies.
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:
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:
Paris, New York City, Austin, Miami, D.C., Los Angeles, Bay Area, London, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Sydney, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki, Rio, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Toronto, Montreal, Global Hub (Worldwide cities)
New hubs coming soon: CDMX, Amsterdam, Singapore. Please reach out if you have any contacts from these cities.
YORKSEED GLOBAL CONFERENCE GROUP CHATS
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
YORKSEED MASTER SIDE EVENT SPREADSHEETS
World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland
SXSW - Austin, USA
New York Tech Week - New York City, USA
LA Tech Week - Los Angeles, USA
Startupfest - Montreal, Canada
Paris Blockchain Week - Paris, France
Book a virtual coffee meeting with me: Book Me | Jessica@yorkseed.co
PS: WE NEED DONATION! If you enjoy our resources, please consider donating to Yorkseed! So I can keep Yorkseed running and bring you guys more exclusive content and networks! Venmo | Transferwise | Paypal
YORKSEED PRESS
Yorkseed proudly partnered with VNTR Capital for the Investors Roundtable event at SXSW in Austin. I had the honor of hosting and moderating this event a week ago on Monday, March 11th. The event brought together a diverse group of active VC investors, family offices, business angels, and crypto investors during SXSW!
