Upstream Events: Sarah Holmes from Unshackled Ventures, Julia La Roche from Yahoo Finance, Conor Robbins from MSCHF, Nitin Rai from Elevate Capital, Alex Angel at Commsor, & more!
Hi everyone,
Happy Monday! IRL is back and we have amazing events for you, both virtual & in-person.
5 Things You Can’t Miss:
- Tuesday at 6pm ET: Join us for a conversation with the amazing Sarah Holmes from Unshackled Ventures. Unshackled Ventures leads investments and provides full immigration support to help immigrant entrepreneurs succeed faster. (RSVP)
- Tuesday at 7pm ET: Come list to Nikolas Huebecker, 18 year-old co-founder of Quinn, on Pitch Night. Quinn is a next-gen productivity tool inspired by personal assistants. (RSVP)
- Wednesday at 1pm ET: We’ll chat with Conor Robbins from MSCHF, a conceptual art collective known for their activations and interventions (remember the Lil Nas X Satan shoes?) This conversation will cover all things virality, creators, and distribution. (RSVP)
- Friday at 12:30pm ET: In our Beauty x Tech community, Glow co-founders Annie Reardon & Renee Russo will ask the hard-hitting questions about Botox to Dr. Michael Cameron. Preventative botox, botox vs. fillers… when’s too early, when’s too late — or is it even right for you? (RSVP)
- Friday at 3pm ET: Julia La Roche from Yahoo Finance will join us for our Upstream Social. Her speciality is executive interviews — she just interviewed Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai. NBD. (RSVP)
Bonus: New York & Miami IRL Events!
- New York: Next Thursday, 6/24 at 6:30–8:30pm ET, Sarah is hosting a happy hour at Company Ventures’ beautiful rooftop terrace near Grand Central. Capacity is 150 and we’re already up to 120 RSVPs so make sure to sign up ASAP! Made possible by our friends at Carta & Company Ventures. (RSVP)
- Miami: Next Thursday, 6/24 at 6–8pm ET, Ja’dan and I are hosting our Miami Social at the ParkLine Miami Apartments (RSVP). Two weeks later, we’re at the Ritz again on July 8th from 6–8pm ET for another Miami Social at the beautiful DiLido Beach Club (RSVP).
Reminder: You can join from web or mobile!
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Super excited to host our New York IRL event in partnership with Carta and Company Ventures. Grateful for their generous sponsorship and can’t wait to fill the gorgeous Company Ventures terrace!
New Feature Alert: Reminder Emails
You may have noticed that we used to not send reminder emails for, well, anything. That is now changing as our amazing Head of Growth Marketing, Ilana, and Dev team are automating essential reminders via email. We’ve started with Office Hour reminders and are working to add reminders for Events & Asks.
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP
Open the links below from your phone or from your computer!
MONDAY the 14th
Evening: 5pm — 9pm ET
TUESDAY the 15th
Evening: 5pm — 9pm ET
- Investor Series #41 with Sarah Holmes from Unshackled at 6pm ET
- Partnerships #13: Sports at 7pm ET
- Pitch Night #27 with Quinn at 7pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 16th
Afternoon: 11:30am — 5pm ET
- Future of Parent Tech with Parenthood Ventures at 12:30pm ET
- All Things MSCHF with Conor Robbins — Partnerships and Distro at MSCHF at 1pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 9pm ET
- Serial Marketers Salons: NFTs for Marketing… Beyond Collectible Craziness at 5pm ET
- LGBTQ+Up Fireside Chat with Nitin Rai from Elevate Capital at 6pm ET
- LA Tech Summer social at 7pm ET
THURSDAY the 17th
Afternoon: 11:30am — 5pm ET
- Networking Mixer (Startup Lean Coffee) at 11:30am ET
- Community Community Lunch #6 with Alex Angel from Commsor at 12pm ET
- Break Into Tech: Zero Experience at 1pm ET
- Investor / Founder meetup with Beatriz Avecedo from SUMA at 3pm ET
- Social Impact Marketing at 3pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST
- PR Pros Networking XVIII at 5:30pm ET
- Dealflow Event #5: Testflights and Companies I’m Seeing at 6pm ET
- Product Meetup #2: Shachar B. (ex-Dropbox, Accellion) at 6pm ET
- Meet & Greet with Guest Speaker Omri Dor, Founder and CEO Obligo at 8pm ET
FRIDAY the 18th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Debunking Botox w. Michael Cameron, botox king + derm @ Mt. Sinai Hospital at 12:30pm ET
- NFT Community Event #16 at 1pm ET
- Upstream Social #67 with Julia La Roche — Correspondent at Yahoo Finance at 3pm ET
- Community Spotlight: Morgan Polotan, Principal of B Capital Group (VC) at 4pm ET
Notable Upcoming
- Marketing Mixer #11 on 6/22 at 4pm ET
- Recovering the Ecosystem with Leah Kintner on 6/22 at 6:30pm ET
- Future of Hybrid Work with Brian Elliot, VP at Slack & Head of Future Forum on 6/23 at 12:30pm ET
- Startup Best Practices Series #11 w/ Law by Levin on 6/23 at 2pm ET
- Fellow Female Founders #18 on 6/23 at 3pm ET
- Sports Business Event #23 on 6/23 at 6pm ET
- Active Investors #27 on 6/23 at 7pm ET
- BD Meetup #28 on 6/23 at 8pm ET
- Fundraising Breakfast #6 w/ June Choi, Partner at Several Ventures on 6/24 at 10am ET
- Find your cofounder — Law for Founders on 6/24 at 12pm ET
- Founder / Investor meetup with Andrew Gluck, Growth Marketing guru and early stage investor on 6/24 at 4pm ET
- Healthcare Community Social with Lauren Cappell (Worldwide Head, Healthcare @ Amazon Web Services) on 6/24 at 6pm ET
- Miami Tech Social #17 IRL June Gathering II on 6/24 at Parkline Apartments in Miami at 6pm ET
- NY IRL Tech & VC Happy Hour on 6/24 at Grand Central Tech in NYC at 6:30pm ET
- NFT Community Event #17 on 6/25 at 1pm ET
- Upstream Social #68 with Alex Heath — Senior Reporter at The Verge on 6/25 at 3pm ET
- Miami Tech Social #18 IRL July Gathering on 7/8 at The Ritz Carlton, South Beach in Miami at 6pm ET
- Upstream Social #72 with Eliot Brown — Reporter for WSJ / Author of The Cult of We on 7/23 at 3pm ET
If you have any friends you think might like the events above, share the link with them so they can RSVP and join!
Can’t wait to see you at an event!
Alex
