the z list irl 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻

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the rebrand is here! i've been working on this for a few months now. what can you expect next? a z list website, the reformatted z list deal flow newsletter, the investors you need to know z list newsletter, & more. i'm continuously so grateful that you're all part of this community. so much love!

p.s. planning an event with an incredible VC for deep tech investors & founders later in the spring. reply to this email if you want to get involved.

Z List IRL hosted by Zehra

monday 3/27

• NYC Scouts & Friends Happy Hour

  • for who: casual meetup for scouts at top funds like Accel, Sequoia, a16z, BCV, Bessemer, and more!

  • hosted by: Zehra, Jack, & Umesh

thursday 3/30

• NYC Founders & Investors Ramadan Iftar

  • for who: Muslim founders, operators, & investors

friday 3/31

• Pitch & Walk

  • for who: investors, founders, operators, creators

monday 4/3

• The Future of Social Media is Collective Panel

  • for who: consumer founders, investors, operators, community builders

  • hosted by: Volv & Zehra 

tuesday 4/4

• Female Founders, Investors, & Operators at 305 Fitness

  • for who: female founders, investors, operators

  • you'll get an email with confirmation tomorrow :)

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

people you should follow on twitter

• Johnnie Yu (part of the consumer council team & possibly the smartest consumer investor i know)

• Kylie Bourjaily (2x founder with one exit under her belt and she's the boston founder community queen)

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

• Amber Illig (GP at The Council Cap, an incredible investor)

coming up in april & may: fill out this form 

• speed pitching event

  • for who: investors and founders

• creator, operator, & influencer angel investing 101 series

  • for who: creators, operators, and influencers with disposable income looking to learn how to angel invest. virtual & irl programming.

• 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

• female founders & investors event

  • for who: femme identifying founders and investors

• beauty founders, investors, & operator event

  • for who: founders, investors, operators, & creators in beauty

• 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

tuesday 3/28

• Tech Female Founders Fireside Chat & Mixer - feat. Robin Li (Principal of GGV Capital)

  • hosted by: Edwina (Supermomos)

  • for who: female founders, leaders, investors, and allies in the tech ecosystem

• TikTok 101 for Startups

  • hosted by: Dulma (102.8K on TikTok)

  • for who: startups from pre-seed to later stage, ​B2B startups especially SMB software, & ​consumer tech, healthtech, fintech, AI, creator economy, web3, climate tech, biotech (any vertical whose target customers aren't heavily concentrated or enterprise / government)

• REAL TALK: focusing on diversity led to a bank failure?

  • hosted by: Workweek (Alifya)

  • for who: founders, investors, etc.

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.

• This is NYC Tech.

  • hosted by: Andrew

  • for who: NYC tech founders, operators, and investors

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! 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻