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This Week in NYC (Apr 29 2024) - B2B Founders Panel with Series C Founder (raised $100M+), Marketing Leaders Mixer with ex-CMO at Wix.com, AAPI Board Game Night, & more!

April 30, 2024

Hey homies,

Tomorrow marks the start of AAPI Heritage Month and we have lots of interesting events to celebrate this, including a Private Founders Dinner featuring an exquisite Chinese tasting menu including Peking Duck at an Asian fine dining restaurant 😋 

Also shout-out to our fave Columbia Professor who teaches Game Design at Columbia University and created his own board game Trailblazer Heroes — the first AAPI card game! He will be hosting an AAPI Game Night featuring Asian themed tabletop games including Sabobatage, Sushi Go, and his very own Trailblazer Heroes, and they will also have Asian-themed snacks! Check out these events below 😀 

Last but not least, we are excited to kick-off May together (tmr) with our AAPI & Southeast Asian Consumer Carnival and Food & Beverage Fair co-hosted with Singapore Global Network! The event is SOLD OUT!! Huge thank you to Usage AI for supporting! Optimize Cloud Savings with Insured Commitments – visit Usage.ai and complete a savings test in under 5-minutes. Save $$$ on cloud spend 🤑 

Spotlights

The Marketing Leaders Panel & Mixer is a rare opportunity for senior marketing executives and leaders to come together in a to network, share insights, and discuss the future of marketing in an ever-evolving landscape. Come and connect with other marketing leaders in NYC and be inspired, share ideas, and build a community.

We will feature Naomi Roz, previously CMO at Wix.com (valued ~7B). Naomi is a co-founder at RENN, advising early stage startups and building meaningful stuff and advisor to Grateful Giving. She has been scaling startups and companies from go-to-market, sales, product marketing, operations and acquisitions.

Thank you Republic for supporting this event. Republic: Giving everyone access to early-stage startup investing. We will also have one of our fav marketing gurus Shivina Kumar, Director of Brand & Comms at a Series C company, hosting and moderating!

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

Make new connections with other like-minded venture-backed 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!

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.

🌐 We're thrilled to announce the fifth iteration of 'Proof of Community' event in NYC by Shardeum, centered around the theme - "Web3: Fun & Games Edition".

Get ready for an evening filled with Codenames, Jenga blocks, and a trivia night revolving around blockchain concepts. It's the perfect gathering for crypto-curious individuals and seasoned experts alike to unwind and have a blast!

Our past events have seen over 100 Web3 enthusiasts come together, forging meaningful partnerships and friendships.

🧠 Network and learn about the latest industry trends in Web3

💡 Share your Web3 products and ideas with angels and enthusiasts for potential collaborations, advice, and opportunities

💼 Meet potential employers and employees to supercharge your career in the blockchain space.

🚀 What is Proof of Community? It's a series of meetups and workshops by Shardeum, designed to educate and raise awareness about the thrilling world of Web3, all while having a ton of fun with games.

Thank you Republic for supporting this event. Republic: Giving everyone access to early-stage startup investing

We invite an exclusive group of founders to join us for a complimentary 5-course dinner including Peking duck. 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!

Security will be very tight and only approved attendees will be allowed in.

More about the hosts:

Zendesk is a complete customer service solution that helps companies empower their customer service agents and sales teams with the tools they need to get the job done right. Zendesk serves more than 100,000 customers across industries in over 30 languages.

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.

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!

Food and beverages will be provided and are included in the ticket price. This event will be held in a private space in Trump Tower.

Speakers include:

- Sean Ro, Co-founder of Lunar Hard Seltzer (award-winning Asian hard seltzer)
- 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)
- Marc Seah, Co-founder of Tochi Snacks (Asian flavored pop corns and salmon skin chips)

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, Tochi 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.

Huge thank you to Usage AI for supporting this event! Optimize Cloud Savings with Insured Commitments – visit Usage.ai and complete a savings test in under 5-minutes.

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!

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.

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.

Events this week

Mon, Apr 29, 6 PM: Private Founders Dinner at Korean Fine Dining Restaurant Spotlight
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.

Tue, Apr 30, 7 PM: Mundo Lingo
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.

Tue, Apr 30, 7 PM: Just Write! Tea Club 2
I am hosting a 2 hour session to write and get feedback! Can be on any topic or genre, just use this time to draft, ideas, write, or hit that publish button

Wed, May 1, 9 AM: Startup Lean Coffee - May 2024
Startup Lean Coffee is a community of over 500 founders, employees, advisors, and investors. Our sole purpose is to help each other continuously improve by sharing some of the questions, concerns, challenges, opportunities, and experiences that we have all encountered in our startup journeys.

Wed, May 1, 11 AM: Startup (Coffee) Grind at The Yard: Greenpoint
Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators and creators. We help startups get the education and opportunities they need to build, grow, and scale their companies.

Wed, May 1, 4 PM: Media Executives Panel Discussion
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) is celebrated each May to pay tribute and celebrate the countless achievements and contributions made by generations of Asian, Desi, and Pacific Island Americans and a time to commemorate their vital role in shaping our nation’s rich tapestry of diversity and progress in the US.

Wed, May 1, 6 PM: AAPI & Southeast Asian Food and Beverage Fair hosted with Supermomos and Singapore Global Network! Sold Out
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!

Wed, May 1, 7:30 PM: Midweek Dinner @ Empellón
Come for a Mexican dinner to beat out the midweek blues and meet fun people!

Thu, May 2, 8 PM: Supermomos Supper Club at Take 31
Come join the Supermomos Supper Club to eat Korean food!

Fri, May 3, 5 PM: Gustav Klimt’s Landscapes at Neue Galerie 
Join us for First Friday at Neue Galerie! It’s free for anyone to visit the museum and there’s usually a lot of demand - we will line up together and visit Gustav Klimt’s Landscapes exhibit that isn’t on view for much longer

Sun, May 5, 4 PM: Sunday Bar Crawling In Brooklyn
Join us as we explore the vibrant craft beer scene of Gowanus BK, hopping from one brewery to another and sampling some of the finest brews the neighborhood has to offer. We will end the day with some amazing tacos @ Chela!

Sun, May 5, 6 PM: Exclusive Michelin-Starred Dining | Networking
Join me for an amazing Michelin-starred dinner at The Musket Room on May 5th at 6 PM for a good cause! 🌟

Spring highlights!

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

Sun, May 12, 2 PM: Sui Overflow Picnic Bash

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

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

Wed, May 22, 5:30 PM: Ruby 🤝 AI Happy Hour

Mon, May 27, 11 AM: Memorial Day grill at Central Park 🍗

Sat, Jun 1, 9 AM: 🥇Annual LIC Waterfront 5K Run/Walk 🏃🏃‍♂️💨

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What Happened Last Week

Last Friday, we held Private Early Stage Founders Breakfast at a Michelin Guide Restaurant right by Madison Square Park! It was a morning with making new connections, sharing experiences, and full stomach! Huge shoutout to Perkins Coie for co-hosting this event.

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