the z list irl 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻

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i am in LA & SF monday - wednesday next week!!!!! reach out to me if you wanna hang out irl. also officially hosting my first z list event this wednesday - RSVP here.

what events and content do you want to see in the next few months? reply to this email with thoughts :)

Z List IRL hosted by Zehra

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.

thursday 4/13

• NYC Consumer Founders Happy Hour

  • for who: consumer founders

  • hosted by: Zehra, Jack, Brian, & Mayank

friday 4/14

• Pitch & Walk

  • for who: investors, founders, operators, creators

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

thursday 4/27

• No GPs Allowed: nyc young investors social

  • for who: VC analysts & associates

  • hosted by: Zehra & Jack 

friday 4/28

• NY FinTech Week: FinTech Founders & Investors Happy Hour

  • for who: FinTech founders & investors

  • hosted by: Zehra & Jack

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 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

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

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! 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻