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This Week in NYC (May 27 2024) - Private Founders Omakase Dinner, Panels feat. founders with $200M funds raised & VC Partners with $100M-$3B AUM, $1.50 Oysters, Mafia Night, and more!

May 29, 2024

Hey homies,

Lots of events happening this and next week, featuring founders who have raised $10-200M and Partners at VCs with $100M-$3B in AUM. RSVP now to secure your spots - momos will not be deducted unless you are approved 😀 

Also, available to redeem with Momos:  Yoga at Equinox with FAANG+ Friends, Happy hour at Edge with complimentary entry, and 5 Pack of Happy Grub Squeezable Instant Pancake Mix (Worth $40+): Redeem with 3,000 Momos – email [email protected] to redeem!

Spotlights

Invite & Approval: Founders & VCs only. This event has limited capacity. RSVP now to secure your spot!

Come join us to make new connections, exchange ideas, and gain valuable insights during an intimate fireside chat. There will be time for mingling and light bites and drinks will be provided. There will also be a showcase session with venture-backed female founders. Speakers include:

  • Elise Brown - Partner & Chief Marketing Officer, Anthemis ($1.2B+ AUM)

  • Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl - Co-founder and CEO at Natural Cycles (raised $44M+)

    ***she was part of the team that discovered the Higgs boson at the CERN, which led to the Nobel Prize in physics in 2013!!

  • Shashi Srikantan - Head of Level Up Ventures, MD at Hearst

Thank you to our co-hosts NYEDC and Perkins Coie, and to Justworks for supporting!

NachoNacho - The B2B SaaS + Services Marketplace and Turing, the AI-powered Tech Services company, hosts this exclusive happy hour event alongside our partners Supermomos, Generative AI Network, and TechUnited. This networking event will be exclusively for SaaS Founders, C-Suites, investors, Tech Media, and Tech Leaders. If you’re tired of having attended panels all day and just want to make quality new business connections while having a good time, then this is the event for you.

Invite & approval only: Venture-backed B2B SaaS founders & senior executives

This event has limited capacity. RSVP now to secure your spot!

This event will bring together venture-backed B2B SaaS founders & C-Suite execs to connect, learn from each other, and learn more about how to hire a remote, complete team & security in today’s data-centric world. Speakers include:

  • Eva Pittas - COO, President & Co-Founder, Thoropass (Raised ~$100M; Series C)

  • Kate Welsh - Senior Director, Expansion Strategy & BizOps at Deel (Raised ~$700M)

  • Lauren Hogan - Executive Director, JP Morgan, Innovation Economy (previously Director, Fintech, at Barclays)

Thank you to our co-hosts Thoropass, Deel, and J.P. Morgan!!

Founders & VCs only!

Join us for an engaging and informative evening curated for founders, VCs, LPs, and senior execs. This event is a collaboration between L’ATTITUDE Ventures, Supermomos, and the VC ecosystem. Speakers include:

- Gabriella Garcia: Deal Partner, Felicis ($3B+ AUM). Ex-Two Sigma Ventures; MIT

- Laura Lucas: General Partner, L’ATTITUDE Ventures ($100M+ AUM). Ex-Managing Director, NASDAQ

- Oriana Papin-Zoghbi: Founder, AOA Dx (raised $25M) - Using AI for early-stage cancer detection

- William A. Gaviria Rojas: Founder, Coactive AI (raised $44M) - Leveraging multimodal AI + unstructured visual data at scale

- Gina Perrelli: Founder, Stay Ai (raised $19M) - Using AI to boost retention

AI at the heart of the conversation, "Pathway to Progress" draws a compelling connection between the innovative work of and the impactful technologies explored by our venture community. This event provides a platform to explore how AI technologies facilitate business growth and can be instrumental in advancing diversity, with a particular emphasis on the experiences of Latino entrepreneurship. It's an opportunity to reflect on the broader implications of AI in creating equitable growth opportunities within the tech industry.

There will be fireside chat panel and mixer. Light bites and drinks will be provided.

​This event presents a valuable opportunity for the community to engage with industry leaders' latest AI, technology, diversity, and entrepreneurship insights. It will be a space to understand the dynamics of AI in enhancing business operations and fostering diversity through the lens of successful Latino entrepreneurs.

L’ATTITUDE Ventures is a $100M+ institutional venture capital platform invested exclusively in early-stage innovative companies primarily owned and led by U.S. Latinos.

Join us to for a yoga class at Equinox with FAANG+ friends, overlooking the famous High Line in Chelsea!

There will be 45-minute yoga session at Equinox, with mingling time after. If you have time, don't miss out on their steam room as well!

Thank you Equinox for co-hosting this event. Equinox is an American luxury fitness company that operates several lifestyle brands such as Precision Run, Pure Yoga, Blink Fitness, and SoulCycle.

Come out and support the band that was created with connections from Supermomos! We started out as a jam session hosted on Supermomos. Now, we will be performing on stage for a full set.

Get ready to groove with cover band, Good Chemistry, at Brooklyn Music Kitchen! Our eclectic cover band is bringing you a night filled with soulful tunes spanning genres like indie pop, classic rock, and alternative. From feel-good melodies to anthemic ballads, we'll have you dancing to and sing along hits like "What’s Up", "Valerie", “Iris”, and more. Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and memories!

There is a cover fee of $15 which includes one drink at the door

We're excited to extend an exclusive invitation to our private breakfast event & panel at a Michelin Guide restaurant. This breakfast will be held at an American fine dining restaurant in Midtown. Speakers include:

- Shashank Dixit, Founder & CEO of Deskera (raised $180M)

- Chinmay Malaviya - Previously co-founder & CEO, Foodpanda (acquired by Delivery Hero for $500M), present co-founder & CEO at Ridepanda (raised $10M+)

This intimate event offers you the unique opportunity to engage in candid discussions with the panelists and connect with other high-level executives driving growth and revenue. You’ll also enjoy a complimentary, hearty breakfast in our private room, facilitating deeper conversation and networking.

We will have a private room to ourselves at an American fine dining restaurant, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over a complimentary, hearty breakfast. There will also be time for networking and meeting other Founder/C-Suite/VP/Director executives driving growth and revenue.

This event is organized by Supermomos and supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).

Come join us for a night of Navigating the US Ecosystem Panel & Mixer with Micheal Bermingham, Co-founder of Nium ($280M+ raised) and Robin Li, Partner of Notable Capital ($9B+ AUM)! The panelists will share how to break into the US market, how to raise funds in the US, and best advice on how to gain customers in this market.

Micheal Bermingham is Co-founder and Chief Business Officer Nium (raised $280M+). Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today.

Robin Li is an Operating Partner and Investor at Notable Capital (former known as GGV Capital), a VC firm focused on early-to-growth investments in technology companies across North America, Latin America, Israel, Europe, India and Australia. Notable investments include Square, Airbnb, Hashicorp, Slack, Peloton, StockX, Quince, Ibotta, Orca Security, Drata, Poshmark, and more

There will be dinner and drinks provided.

Thank you Enterprise Singapore for co-hosting this event. They champion enterprise development and work with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate, and go global. They also support the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups.

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.

Events this week

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

Thu, May 30, 7:30 PM: Mafia Night, hosted by Googlers Spotlight

Fri, May 31, 5 PM: TGIF $1.50 oyster happy hour Spotlight

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

Sun, Jun 2, 3:30 PM: The Supermomos Band performs - 🎶Good Chemistry Concert🎶 Spotlight

Spring highlights!

Thurs, Jun 6, 5 PM: Private Founders Omakase Spotlight

Sat, Jun 8, 10:30 AM: Qigong in Central Park

Sun, Jun 9, 12 PM: Christians in Tech Picnic at Central Park Spotlight

Sun, Jun 9, 10 AM: Hike at Mount Tammany

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What happened last week

The Supermomos community had a blast at our curated dinner with strangers last week. It was a great way to get out of comfort zone and meet new people in the city over yummy food! We had various groups of 6 people all over the city grab dinner together, sorted based on our proprietary AI algorithms 👀 If you missed out on the last one, fret not – we have another one upcoming in June. Grab your spot here before it sells out like last time 😁 

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