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This Week in NYC (Apr 22 2024) - AAPI Celebration at NYSE including Ringing of Closing Bell, Curated Dinner with Strangers, Harvard Law Private Equity Conference, and more!

April 22, 2024

Hey homies,

Only 15 spots left for our AAPI & Southeast Asian Consumer Carnival and Food & Beverage Fair! Last call as they will definitely get sold out this week 😁 We have so many fun events coming up for summer including Superhosts Kevin’s Waterfront Party, Birce’s Supper Club, and many more – scroll down to check them out.

We also have some really exclusive opportunities for the Supermomos community such as the 2nd annual AAPI Celebration at the NYSE (which includes ringing of the closing bell) and Private Equity Conference hosted by Harvard Law School! (see below)

For the Supermomos with more than 10,000 momos, you can email us at [email protected] to redeem a free pass to almost any event of your choice!

Spotlights

Invite & Approval: Founders & VCs only.

Come join us to make new connections, exchange ideas, and gain valuable insights with Gina Perrelli and Eastin Rossell during an intimate fireside chat co-hosted by Supermomos and Perkins Coie!

Gina Perrelli is the Co-Founder and CEO at Stay AI. Stay AI is the subscription management app that helps DTC brands on Shopify supercharge their growth and has raised more than $19M Series A funding. Gina was previously a Co-Founder and Advisor at Lunar Solar Group.

Eastin Rossell is a Venture Director at HearstLab. HearstLab's mission is to close the gap in VC funding for women by helping founders build healthy, sustainable and highly scalable businesses. In addition to financial investment, the startups gain unrivaled access to expertise within Hearst's 360+ businesses across fintech, healthcare, transportation, consumer media, enterprise software, and data analytics.

Huge shoutout to Perkins Coie for co-hosting. Perkins Coie is an international law firm that represents emerging and growth companies across all stages of their life cycle – from founder to IPO.

Thank you Bamboo Crowd and Justworks for supporting this event.
Bamboo Crowd is a top-tier tech recruiting partner that utilizes innovative fee structures such as Hire Now Pay Later – contact them today to find out more. Email: [email protected]
Justworks empowers small businesses to meet their payroll, tax, HR, and compliance needs. Plus, 24/7 human support, on-demand expertise, and access to high-quality benefits designed for the modern workforce.

Join us for an intimate evening of curated dinner with strangers!

Supermomos will curate approx. 6 people for you to have dinner with, at a surprise restaurant, based on the questionnaire.

Whether you're looking for new friends, relationships, professional connections, or new experiences, we welcome all of you and will curate based on your needs and wants.

If you have been looking to expand your horizons and get out of your comfort zone, this is the perfect opportunity for it. Come make new friends and professional connections at this curated dinner with strangers.

Dinner location will be revealed to you 1-3 days before the event date. You won't know who you'll meet until you show up. Dietary preference and location preference will be considered when matching you with a group of people and restaurants.

Dinner is not included in the ticket price.

We invite an exclusive group of founders to join us for a complimentary 5-course dinner at a fine dining restaurant. This restaurant is from the team behind Atoboy and Atomix (a two-star Michelin restaurant), and is located in the iconic Rockefeller Center. Their cuisine centers on the subtle and delicate flavors of Korean cuisine, and is rooted in traditional ingredients and techniques, drawing inspiration from classic dishes from various moments throughout Korean history.

We are reserving 15 spots for venture-backed founders who have at least $10-100M+ in revenue or funding. We will have segments of facilitated conversation to help everyone to get to know each other better by the end of the night. It will be an evening of like-minded company, knowledge exchange, and learning from fellow founders at similar stages, and a good time over great food & drinks!

This event is co-hosted by Supermomos, Vouch, and Justworks.

Vouch is the leading provider of business insurance for venture-backed startups. Take risks, tackle big challenges, and disrupt your industry—backed by insurance as innovative as you are. Want to learn more? Visit vouch.us/supermomos to get a quote or schedule a call with Vouch's advisory team.
Justworks empowers small businesses to meet their payroll, tax, HR, and compliance needs. Plus, 24/7 human support, on-demand expertise, and access to high-quality benefits designed for the modern workforce.
Athena is a full stack delegation company that matches leaders with trained executive assistants and world-class delegation training.

In honor of the AAPI month of May, we're hosting AAPI & Southeast Asian Food Fair co-hosted with Singapore Global Network!

Join us for a mini carnival filled with yummy food, drinks, and new friends. Don't miss this chance to learn about various Asian/ASEAN brands and make new friends while sharing the culture!

Speakers include:
- Sean Ro & Kevin Wong, Co-founders of Lunar Hard Seltzer (award-winning Asian hard seltzer)
- Joyce Zhu, Founder of Numa (healthy Asian-inspired snacks)
- Kai Lim & David Yu, Co-founders of Reprise Health (herbal superfood gummies)
- Sunny Phanthavong, Founder of Sunny's Hot Chili (hot crispy chili oil)
- Winson Wong, Founder of Afterlife AG (circular mushroom farming)

We will have their F&B products available for tasting as well! Lunar Hard Seltzer, Reprise Superfood Gummies, Sunny's Hot Chili Oil, Numa snacks, and a lot more. Additionally, we will also have Sool (Makku – Korean rice wine) and Kueh Board (Malaysian snacks) from Lady Wong for tasting.

If you are a part of an AAPI food & beverage brand and would like to showcase your product, please fill out this form here and our team will reach out to you if you are accepted.

Thank you to our co-host, Singapore Global Network (SGN), for making all of this happen! Singapore Global Network: a community also passionate about building connections and creating opportunities, and your friend from Singapore!

Invite & approval only: Venture-backed founders or founders making more than $500K ARR

Make new connections with other like-minded Founders and VCs in the early stage or investing in the early stage companies. A complimentary full, hearty breakfast will be provided. It will be a great time - expect to come away with new learnings, curated connections and conversations, and a full stomach!

The event will take place at a Michelin-guide restaurant right by Madison Square Park. We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over breakfast. There will also be time for networking and meeting other Founders and VCs.

Thank you Perkins Coie for co-hosting this event. Perkins Coie is an international law firm that represents emerging and growth companies across all stages of their life cycle – from founder to IPO.

For B2B founders & VCs only: We will feature the amazing soonicorn founder (Soon-to-be-unicorn) from Thoropass and General Partner & Co-Founder of Red Bike Capital! There will be a fireside chat with time for mingling and networking with drinks and bites.

Sam Li is co-founder and CEO of Thoropass (raised ~$100M, Series C), focusing on the company’s product and engineering initiatives. Before Thoropass, Sam was an EIR at Bain Capital Ventures after running Zinc Platform, a YC-backed insurtech startup as co-founder and CTO.

Rachel ten Brink is General Partner and co-founder of Red Bike Capital, an early stage Venture Capital fund based in New York that invests in Fintech, SAAS and Health & Wellness. She is the co-founder of Scentibrd, a Y-Combinator backed ecommerce subscription that raised $29 million in venture funding. Rachel was CMO/CRO leading Growth and Revenue, scaling the company to $150+ million in revenue and signing over 74 enterprise partnerships.

About Thoropass: Through easy software and hands-on services, Thoropass embeds in your process to prepare you to pass any audit, every year, with flying colors. Thoropass makes it as easy to do the right thing as it is to check a box—because they want to build a world where compliance is never a barrier to progress.

About Capchase: Capchase is the growth partner for ambitious software-as-a-service (SaaS) and comparable recurring-revenue companies. They empower businesses to grow faster through non-dilutive capital, payments and revenue acceleration software.

Shout-out to Asians at Amazon ERG for this amazing event! This event is ONLY for employees at Amazon, Google, Facebook, Saks Fifth Avenue, Citigroup, Bloomberg News, Nike, Spotify. You will be asked to verify your company email when signing up to this event.

Remember watching Sesame Street as a kid growing up? (Or maybe you still do). Did you know Sesame Street recently debuted its first Asian American muppet character? Join us for an exciting fireside chat with the one and only Kathleen Kim, who plays the character of Ji-Young on Sesame Street. Ji-Young is a name built for Sesame Street, as Ji means “Sesame” in Korean. On the show, she is a Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding.

We have 15 exclusive spots for this event, only for the Supermomos community to celebrate the AAPI month of May!

May marks the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in which we celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Americans’ achievements, contributions, and influence. We are delighted to honor this occasion at the NYSE and to bring visibility across the worlds of business, sports, media and entertainment to help create a better community for all through education and empathy.

We are delighted to honor this occasion at the NYSE by bringing visibility to the achievements of AAPI leaders. The NYSE event includes thoughtful conversations featuring AAPI Founders, Investors and C-level executives of private and public companies. The discussion will be followed by an exclusive Closing Bell Ceremony on the Trading Floor and a cocktail reception in our iconic Board Room.

Join us to build new connections and strengthen our AAPI community at NYSE and beyond.

Whether you are an investor, lawyer, or other advisor, you will enjoy hearing about the current private equity investing and regulatory environment from leading industry participants. Panelists include professionals from Apollo Global Management, Debevoise, Kirkland, and more!

Events this week

Mon, Apr 22, 7 PM: Urban Safe Room | Somatic-centered Therapeutic Art Workshop ➕late night talk (April 22)
This 1.5 hour therapeutic art workshop will integrate somatic art therapy techniques. Through drawing exercises and somatic focused practices, participants will explore emotional and physical healing effects of art making.

Tue, Apr 23, 6 PM: Female Founders & Funders Fireside Chat and Mixer co-hosted with Perkins Coie with Gina Perrelli, Co-Founder and CEO of Stay AI ($19M+ Series A) and Eastin Rossell (Director, HearstLab) Spotlight
Come join us to make new connections, exchange ideas, and gain valuable insights with Gina Perrelli and Eastin Rossell during an intimate fireside chat co-hosted by Supermomos and Perkins Coie!

Tue, Apr 23, 7 PM: Mundo Lingo NYC
100s of people from around the 🌎 meet weekly at Mundo Lingo to socialize, have a drink, and meet foreign/local people of all ages. It's chilled, fun, and free. Please remember to bring a valid ID, local or foreign.

Wed, Apr 24, 11:30 AM: Asians at Amazon NYC Fire Side Chat with Kathleen Kim of Sesame Street Spotlight
Join us for an exciting fireside chat with the one and only Kathleen Kim, who plays the character of Ji-Young on Sesame Street. Ji-Young is a name built for Sesame Street, as Ji means “Sesame” in Korean. On the show, she is a Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding.

Wed, Apr 24, 5:30 PM: NYC Data Community Happy Hour & Trivia Night
Calling all our data peeps: join us for a beverage, a slice, and a riveting round of data-themed trivia with the local NYC community. There will be prizes! Spots are limited, so please register ASAP!

Wed, Apr 24, 6 PM: 5th HLSANYC Private Equity Forum: Reflections on the Current Industry Environment Spotlight
Whether you are an investor, lawyer, or other advisor, you will enjoy hearing about the current private equity investing and regulatory environment from leading industry participants.

Thu, Apr 25, 4 PM: Founders & Marketers Wine & Cheese Networking
Join us at The Founders & Marketers Wine & Cheese Mixer, where founders and senior marketing executives can come together in a relaxed, laid-back setting.

Thu, Apr 25, 5 PM: Tech and Finance 🌱 Spring Happy Hour (2nd edition)
Spring is here! Still time to plant seeds and grow yourself and your network. Thanks to the strong showing of the community (60+ ppl)! Let's do this again!

Thu, Apr 25, 5:30 PM: Product Hub NYC: April Showers Bring May Powers!
This event is your opportunity to engage with a diverse group of product professionals, exchange ideas, and explore developments in the world of product. Whether you're a product manager, a product designer, a developer, or a start-up founder, this gathering is the perfect place to expand your horizons and forge valuable connections. 🌟

Thu, Apr 25, 7 PM: Be Fearless: workout + networking
A fusion pilates class hosted by celebrity pilates instructor Claudia Martin in partnership with Be Fearless to celebrate the upcoming Be Fearless event. Everyone must bring their own mat/water bottle.

Thu, Apr 25, 7:30 PM: Crosscurrents Fireside Chat & Mixer – Jobs, Skills and Networks in the Age of AI Spotlight
Come join us for an evening of of mindful networking and thought-provoking insights over food and drinks! CrossCurrents is a events series that aims to bring new perspectives on topical issues such as technology, geopolitics and art through conversation and connections.

Thu, Apr 25, 7:30 PM: Supermomos Supper Club at Vatan
Come join the Supermomos Supper Club for an all-you-can-eat, fixed-price menu with Gujarati-style Indian food!

Thu, Apr 25, 8 PM: Mandarin Song Jam Session
Last session few sessions were a great success. This time it will be Mandarin songs. We are looking mainly for bass player, pianists, and drummers. We have 1 drum, 2x piano (one grand), 2 bass, 6 guitars, and lots of mics.

Fri, Apr 26, 8:30 AM: Private Early Stage Founders Breakfast at a Michelin Guide Restaurant Spotlight
Make new connections with other like-minded Founders and VCs in the early stage or investing in the early stage companies. A complimentary full, hearty breakfast will be provided. It will be a great time - expect to come away with new learnings, curated connections and conversations, and a full stomach!

Fri, Apr 26, 12 PM: Crossingz AI Hackathon
Join us for the Crossingz Hackathon! Let’s build our future of networking with AI. Work in teams to create innovative solutions and win cash awards. Mentors will be on hand to assist with our activities.

Sat, Apr 27, 6:45 PM: Before it gets too warm waterside party
Come through and have some fun. We will have DJs, party games, drinks, and etc.

Sun, Apr 28, 6 AM: NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half Marathon
The Brooklyn Half Marathon: Unleash your inner runner in the heart of Brooklyn. A 13.1-mile journey through iconic streets, vibrant neighborhoods, and a sea of enthusiastic runners. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a first-timer, this event is your chance to conquer Brooklyn's roads and create unforgettable memories. Join us for the ultimate running experience!

Sun, Apr 28, 6 PM: Yoga for Founders | Shanti House x Brez
​Come join us at the beautiful Humming Puppy oasis for the first event to launch our community!

Spring highlights!

Fri, May 3, 5 PM: Gustav Klimt’s Landscapes at Neue Galerie Full; Waitlist Available

Fri, May 10, 1:45 PM: 2024 Second Annual AAPI Celebration at NYSE Spotlight

Tue, May 14, 5:30 PM: Power Women of Grace

Wed, May 15, 5:30 PM: Leaders in Impact Happy Hour

Wed, May 22, 6 PM: Marketing Leaders Panel & Mixer Spotlight

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What Happened Last Week

What better way to wrap up a week than a HIIT class at Equinox? Supermomos FAANG++ friends gathered at Equinox looking over the High Line and sweat all the stress out, mingled over sparkling beverages, and finished it off with a steam room session 🤩 

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Signing off from The Yard! (Super good value memberships available starting from $169 per seat - quote SUPERMOMOS VIP)
Edwina 💜💛