the z list irl 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻

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officially hosting my first z list event!!! we're chatting all things about VC investing and how to break into VC with Abir, Mason, & Matt. RSVP here (more details below). 

Z List IRL hosted by Zehra

tuesday 4/4 

• Female Founders, Investors, & Operators at 305 Fitness

  • for who: female founders, investors, operators

  • had a few spots open up! reply to this email if you can make it at 6:30pm tomorrow

friday 4/7

• Pitch & Walk

  • for who: investors, founders, operators, creators

wednesday 4/12 

• Fundamentals of VC Panel

  • for who: founders, VCs, operators, aspiring VCs, etc.

  • my first z list event! expect more of these throughout the next few months.

tuesday 4/25 

• NY FinTech Week: Female Founders and Funders Luncheon

  • for who: seed and Series A female founders and investors in FinTech

  • hosted by: LTSE, Meagan Loyst, & Zehra

An exciting new social club is launching in NYC for builders, dreamers, and creatives. It’s called Circle.

Over the next few months, expect delightful experiences like soirées, rooftop parties, and curated dinners.

There’s already a waitlist. But you can expedite approval by using me as referrer (Zehra Naqvi - [email protected]). 

Download it here

people to follow: (aka panelists at the 1st z list event)

• Abir Liben (investor at Primary Venture Partners, fintech, a role model who i admire so much, and an insanely smart person)

• Matt Lewis (investor at Republic Capital, deep tech mostly, very smart fun energy and i call him space boy)

• Mason Murray (investor at NEA, early stage, the nicest person ever and so smart also a fellow Columbia Art History alum)

coming up in april & may: fill out this form 

• speed pitching event

  • for who: investors and founders

• why make an LLC?

  • for who: angel investors, operators, and freelancers looking to create an LLC to standardize/centralize their investments or freelance gigs.

  • for who: VCs, investors, operators interested in starting their own fund 

• pre-seed founder & investor introductions "college fair" style

  • for who: pre-seed investors and founders. this event will feature 15 early-stage NYC-based funds in a "college fair" style room. founders will be able to speak to representatives at each firm and walk around the room meeting each fund. every 45 minutes 30 new founders will enter the space so it doesn't get too busy (this will happen thrice).

Besties' Events & Projects

tuesday 4/4 

• South Asian Trailblazers Presents: Anjula Acharia, Investor & Manager

  • hosted by: Simi 

  • for who: literally anyone. you get to listen to an INCREDIBLE investor.

monday 4/24 

• NYC Fintech Coffee

  • hosted by: Carina (i love her)

  • for who: all besties involved with fintech

first week of may

• Secret Party by Andrew Yeung

  • hosted by: Andrew

  • for who: a secret party for friends in tech, biz, fashion, art

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Please reply to this email if you'd like to amplify your events with the z list community or if you'd like to collaborate on an event together. 

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Have fun! 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻