Invite & Approval Only: Founders from Seed to Series B 🚀
Make new connections and have candid conversations with other like-minded venture-backed founders and leading VCs.

After a series of successful Private Founders breakfasts and dinners in New York City, San Francisco, and Boston, we're so excited to continue bringing these exclusive events to London!
🍽️ 
Complimentary dinner at 
upscale private dining room in central London, featuring cuisine by a chef with 7 Michelin Stars across their career

Expect to come away with:
💡 New insights on fundraising, investment strategies, and growth in the current market
🔗 Curated connections and conversations with 16-20 fintech founders and funders
🚀 Engage in an enriching exchange of knowledge and experiences, focusing on the critical aspects of company building
🍜 A full stomach from world-class fine-dining cuisine!

We will have a private dining room to ourselves, where we will facilitate conversations at your table over dinner. There will also be ample time for mingling and networking with other founders before and after the seated dinner 🤝

Speaker: 
Maria Markusjan
,  Europe Lead, Citi Ventures:
 Maria leads Citi Ventures' European investment activities, with direct investments in companies including Tuum, PPRO, Soldo, Forto, and Wealth.com. Join us for an intimate Ask Me Anything segment where Maria will share insights on fundraising strategies and what VCs look for in early to growth stage founders.

Brought to you by: 
AWS
:
 AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—use AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.

Supermomos

Deputy General Manager, London

You are the social spark who knows everyone, everywhere, and loves connecting people like pieces of a puzzle

The Connector/Social Butterfly

The Wharton School

Co-Founder & CEO

Invite &amp; Approval Only: Founders from Seed to Series B 🚀Make new connections and have candid conversations with other like-minded venture-backed founders and leading VCs. After a series of successful Private Founders breakfasts and dinners in New York City, San Francisco, and Boston, we're so excited to continue bringing these exclusive events to London!🍽️ Complimentary dinner at upscale private dining room in central London, featuring cuisine by a chef with 7 Michelin Stars across their career Expect to come away with:<ul style="margin: 0px;"><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">💡 New insights on fundraising, investment strategies, and growth in the current market</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">🔗 Curated connections and conversations with 16-20 fintech founders and funders</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">🚀 Engage in an enriching exchange of knowledge and experiences, focusing on the critical aspects of company building</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">🍜 A full stomach from world-class fine-dining cuisine!</li></ul> We will have a private dining room to ourselves, where we will facilitate conversations at your table over dinner. There will also be ample time for mingling and networking with other founders before and after the seated dinner 🤝 Speaker: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariamarkusjan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Maria Markusjan</a>, Europe Lead, Citi Ventures: Maria leads Citi Ventures' European investment activities, with direct investments in companies including Tuum, PPRO, Soldo, Forto, and Wealth.com. Join us for an intimate Ask Me Anything segment where Maria will share insights on fundraising strategies and what VCs look for in early to growth stage founders. Brought to you by:&nbsp;<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/fr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39);">AWS</a>: AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—use AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.

Citi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Citigroup, with over 200 investments and 30 exits across 15 years. The firm invests in category-defining startups across FinTech, Data & AI, Commerce and Payments, Security and Enterprise IT, and PropTech CitiFortune, with notable exits including Plaid, Square, and DocuSign.


Europe Lead

General Admission

London Private Fintech Founders Dinner ft. Europe Lead at Citi Ventures

To be shared on approval

Invite & Approval Only:
 Funders & Founders with $500K-$10M+ in ARR/Funding 🚀

Make new connections and have candid conversations with other like-minded venture-backed founders and leading VCs.

After a series of successful Private Early Stage Founders breakfasts and dinners in New York City, San Francisco, and Boston, we're so excited to bring this to London!

🥞 
Complimentary dinner at an upscale Michelin starred restaurant
Expect to come away with:
💡 
New insights on
 the current state of the market, fundraising, and growth!
🔗 
Curated connections
 and conversations
🚀 Engage in an enriching exchange of knowledge and experiences, focusing on the critical aspects of company building, including getting to $1M, $10M+ in revenue. 🙂
🍝
 A 
full stomach 
from a fine-dining restaurant!

We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over dinner. There will also be ample time for mingling and meeting other founders and funders 🤝

Assistant General Manager

You are the compassionate listener who holds space for everyone’s secrets and offers wisdom that runs deep

The Therapist/Confidante

Deputy General Manager, San Francisco

Assistant General Manager, New York

Invite &amp; Approval Only:&nbsp;Funders &amp; Founders with $500K-$10M+ in ARR/Funding 🚀 Make new connections and have candid conversations with other like-minded venture-backed founders and leading VCs. After a series of successful Private Early Stage Founders breakfasts and dinners in New York City, San Francisco, and Boston, we're so excited to bring this to London! 🥞 Complimentary dinner at an upscale Michelin starred restaurantExpect to come away with:<ul style="margin: 0px;"><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">💡&nbsp;New insights&nbsp;on the current state of the market, fundraising, and growth!</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">🔗&nbsp;Curated connections&nbsp;and conversations</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">🚀 Engage in an enriching exchange of knowledge and experiences, focusing on the critical aspects of company building, including getting to $1M, $10M+ in revenue. 🙂</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">🍝&nbsp;A full stomach from a fine-dining restaurant!</li></ul> We will have a private room to ourselves, where we will also facilitate conversations at your table over dinner. There will also be ample time for mingling and meeting other founders and funders 🤝

Sofina is a Belgium-based investment company listed on the Brussels stock exchange and a supportive partner of entrepreneurs and families managing growing companies. 

Sofina invests both directly and through Private Equity funds. Its geographical scope is Europe, the United States, and Asia (www.sofinagroup.com).

Investment Manager

Aramco Ventures is the corporate venturing arm of Saudi Aramco, a prominent energy and chemicals company. It focuses on investing in innovative technologies and startups within the energy and chemicals sectors. The aim is to foster innovation and drive growth by supporting early-stage companies that align with Saudi Aramco's strategic interests.

The company provides investment and strategic support to its portfolio companies. This includes capital investment, access to Saudi Aramco's extensive network, and expertise to help these companies scale their technologies and expand their market reach. Aramco Ventures encourages the development of new technologies that enhance operations and contribute to the energy transition.

Investment Principal

London Private Founders Michelin Dinner ft. Investment Manager at Sofina ($10B AUM) & Investment Principal at Aramco Ventures ($7B AUM)

Supermomos is bringing the iconic FAANG++, IVY++, and Russell Group++ Gala to London for the very first time! The theme this year is Great Gatsby. 
✨ This event is co-hosted with SGN.

A dazzling night of elegance, cocktails, music, and networking with the brightest minds from the world’s most prestigious universities and companies. Expect to meet bright minds from 
Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, LSE, King’s, the Ivy League
 and beyond, as well as leaders from top firms like 
Google, J.P. Morgan, Airbnb, Microsoft, Uber, Stripe, Amazon, Netflix, BlackRock, LinkedIn, Spotify, ByteDance, Bloomberg, Meta, and more
.

What to Expect:

Chill vibes conducive to talking in themed sections around fun, games, and love. Epic DJ, music, dancing, and a photo booth.

* Check-in: Grab your wristband indicating your relationship status (single/taken/complicated)

* Game Lounges: At the back, find our game lounge with Jenga, Exploding Kittens, Uno and more!

* Professional Networking Section: Meet fellow software engineers, product managers, sales & BD, marketing, strategy & bizops friends and discuss work or side hustles! You can identify people's functions based on the color of their name badges :)

* Singles-Only Section: Love is in the air, come down to our singles section and meet new friends, connections, or your perfect match👀

💡 PSA:
 Food and drinks will be on individual tabs—so bring your sparkle, your charm, and your wallet. Each cocktail will be topped with 
edible flowers
, a little nod to Singapore, the Garden City.

✨ Enjoy 
Happy Hour
 from 6-7PM, come and join us early!
£7 for any cocktail
£25 bottles of Prosecco
£15.50 selected bottles of Wine
£4.50 pints of Madri

🤩 
Dress to Impress: 
Bring the Roaring Twenties to life with 
sparkly dresses, feathers, pearls, and glam accessories.
 For the gents, think 
sharp suits, bow ties, and polished shoes
—just like a classic Gatsby party.🚫 No casual wear like sneakers, hoodies, or sports clothes.

♠️♥️♦️♣️ And don’t forget: every guest will receive 
colored wristbands and name badges
 to signify both their 
relationship status
 and 
professional function
—so you can spot the right allies for business or maybe a little personal intrigue. Consider it your secret advantage for making the right connections. 🤫

🎉 
VIP tickets are £40 per ticket now (Prices will go up closer to the date!)
Your VIP Ticket comes with a VIP wristband to bypass the queue, access to our VIP lounge, a free drink ticket, coat check, 2 raffle entries with attractive prizes to be won!

🎁 Attractive prizes await!
 Win a Samsung Galaxy Fit, 🎧 Soundcore headphones, 🔊 JBL speaker, and more!

Examples of past soirées:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0ubMfNOso-/?igsh=MWJwcXVkZzBiZWR1MA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0mpQymOFlt/?igsh=MWhscGhxdmFjb2txaw==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C40695qvJK6/?igsh=emo5bXFpOHJsMDBq

Supermomos is bringing the iconic FAANG++, IVY++, and Russell Group++ Gala to London for the very first time! The theme this year is Great Gatsby.&nbsp;✨ This event is co-hosted with SGN. A dazzling night of elegance, cocktails, music, and networking with the brightest minds from the world’s most prestigious universities and companies. Expect to meet bright minds from Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, LSE, King’s, the Ivy League and beyond, as well as leaders from top firms like Google, J.P. Morgan, Airbnb, Microsoft, Uber, Stripe, Amazon, Netflix, BlackRock, LinkedIn, Spotify, ByteDance, Bloomberg, Meta, and more. What to Expect: Chill vibes conducive to talking in themed sections around fun, games, and love. Epic DJ, music, dancing, and a photo booth. * Check-in: Grab your wristband indicating your relationship status (single/taken/complicated) * Game Lounges: At the back, find our game lounge with Jenga, Exploding Kittens, Uno and more! * Professional Networking Section: Meet fellow software engineers, product managers, sales &amp; BD, marketing, strategy &amp; bizops friends and discuss work or side hustles! You can identify people's functions based on the color of their name badges :) * Singles-Only Section: Love is in the air, come down to our singles section and meet new friends, connections, or your perfect match👀 💡 PSA: Food and drinks will be on individual tabs—so bring your sparkle, your charm, and your wallet. Each cocktail will be topped with edible flowers, a little nod to Singapore, the Garden City. ✨ Enjoy Happy Hour from 6-7PM, come and join us early!<ul style="margin: 0px;"><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">£7 for any cocktail</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">£25 bottles of Prosecco</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">£15.50 selected bottles of Wine</li><li style="padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px;">£4.50 pints of Madri</li></ul> 🤩 Dress to Impress:&nbsp;Bring the Roaring Twenties to life with sparkly dresses, feathers, pearls, and glam accessories. For the gents, think sharp suits, bow ties, and polished shoes—just like a classic Gatsby party.🚫 No casual wear like sneakers, hoodies, or sports clothes. ♠️♥️♦️♣️ And don’t forget: every guest will receive colored wristbands and name badges to signify both their relationship status and professional function—so you can spot the right allies for business or maybe a little personal intrigue. Consider it your secret advantage for making the right connections. 🤫 🎉&nbsp;VIP tickets are £40 per ticket now (Prices will go up closer to the date!)Your VIP Ticket comes with a VIP wristband to bypass the queue, access to our VIP lounge, a free drink ticket, coat check, 2 raffle entries with attractive prizes to be won! 🎁 Attractive prizes await! Win a Samsung Galaxy Fit, 🎧 Soundcore headphones, 🔊 JBL speaker, and more! Examples of past soirées:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/c0ubmfnoso-/?igsh=mwjwcxvkzzbizwr1ma==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: rgb(19, 89, 122);">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0ubMfNOso-/?igsh=MWJwcXVkZzBiZWR1MA==</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/c0mpqymoflt/?igsh=mwhscghxdmfjb2txaw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: rgb(19, 89, 122);">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0mpQymOFlt/?igsh=MWhscGhxdmFjb2txaw==</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/c40695qvjk6/?igsh=emo5bxfpohjsmdbq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: rgb(19, 89, 122);">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C40695qvJK6/?igsh=emo5bXFpOHJsMDBq</a>

Your VIP Ticket comes with a VIP wristband to bypass the queue, access to our VIP lounge, a free drink ticket, coat check, access to participate in our mystery game with prizes to be won!

VIP Tickets

Great Gatsby FAANG++, Ivy++ & Russell Group++ Gala in London

Join us for an enlightening and transformative evening where you’ll learn how breathwork and somatic healing can unlock your intuition and reveal your true self.

 
In this session, we’ll explore how tuning into your body’s wisdom can deepen your connection with your inner self and open up new levels of insight. You’ll discover simple yet effective ways to clear your mind, calm your emotions, and align with your higher purpose.

 
Whether you're seeking emotional healing, greater peace, or guidance through life’s transitions, this event offers valuable tools and deep insights to support your journey. 

 
Come breathe, reflect, and connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals, and leave feeling rejuvenated and inspired to live more fully from your heart.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

traceyzhang.com

Coach, Speaker, Somatic Practitioner

How to unlock your intuition and true self

Join us for an enlightening and transformative evening with Tracey, a certified life coach and breathwork facilitator. This special talk will guide you through a powerful journey to find inner peace and clarity using the transformative power of breathwork. 

Tracey will introduce you to a unique framework she developed called the 4C process—Clearing, Clarifying, Creating, and Connecting—demonstrating how each step can help you transition from stress to a state of peacefulness. 

Whether you're seeking emotional healing, greater peace, or guidance through life’s transitions, this event offers valuable tools and deep insights to support your journey. In this safe and supportive space, you will be guided to use your breath to tap into your intuition, uncover your authentic self, and navigate life with greater clarity and ease. 

Come breathe, reflect, and connect with a supportive community of like-minded individuals, and leave feeling rejuvenated and inspired to live more fully from your heart.

How to Shift from Stress to Peace

Join us for an exclusive networking mixer in the heart of London, bringing together likeminded professionals from the tech industry for an evening of connections and conversations. We are keeping this event curated to the FAANG++ and startup community.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with the best and brightest in the tech industry in London. We look forward to seeing you there!

About Supermomos 

Supermomos is the largest tech community of over 30,000 professionals in tech, business, and finance based in NYC, now expanding to London. We previously hosted a FAANG++ Holiday Gala in NYC last December with more than 1,000 FAANG++ employees in attendance including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and more. We have been featured in Forbes & have hosted Women's Leadership Summit at New York Stock Exchange (summit.supermomos.com/) a few months ago featuring top female founders, investors, and senior executives in NYC.

Chief of Staff

You are the caring soul who’s always there with a snack, a hug, and a gentle reminder to stay hydrated

The Mom

Cornell

General Manager

London FAANG++ Happy Hour with Supermomos!

Paper: Tree of Thoughts: Deliberate Problem Solving with Large Language Models

Presenter: Peter Terlecky, Senior Data Science Manager, QVC

Civic

AI Paper Reading Session [Hosted by Tourii Tech!] - Tree of Thoughts: Deliberate Problem Solving with Large Language Models

Online

Paper: Improving Diversity of Commonsense Generation by Large Language Models via In-Context Learning
Presenter: Wyatt Marshall, CTO, Halluminate

AI Paper Reading Session [Hosted by Tourii Tech!]

The engineering and data science team at Tourii.com invites the AI community and interested learners to join our weekly AI Papers reading session.

AI Paper Reading [Hosted By Tourii Tech]

Are you a startup founder looking to raise venture capital this year? ​Do you want to decipher all the games and strategies that go into the fundraising process? ​​Are you looking to learn how fundraising has changed since last year? If you answered "yes" to any of the above, this workshop is for you.

​Join us for an exciting 90-min online workshop with Jason Yeh who will provide insightful guidance on how to prepare for a fundraise.

​ ​By the end of this workshop, you will:

​​- Learn the first principles of fundraising (investor psychology) and the changing dynamics of startup capital

​​- Know how to avoid the pitfalls of fundraising in this new market

​​-Improve your storytelling
​​

This workshop is part of the 2024 Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge online workshop series. Participants will have a chance to win a $20K grant for their startup businesses. Applications are due March 1, 2024. Learn more at http://queensstartup.org/

​About Jason and his fundraising experiences:

​2012: He joined Greycroft Partners after graduating from Harvard Business School. Through 3.5 years at the firm he saw 1000+ pitches and was a part of 50+ investments.

2016: He led a Seed investment for Greycroft and joined the company to help close out the fundraise of $2MM from top-tier firms.

2017: He co-founded Tape and closed $2MM, again from top tier firms. Tape would eventually sell to Hustle
‍
2020: He launched Adamant to share more insights into fundraising with founders everywhere
‍
As a formal and informal advisor to startups, Jason has helped companies raise over $250MM in capital.

Queens Economic Development Corporation

Deputy Executive Director

How to Raise from VCs in 2024?

Access the metrics powering big VC deals with co-founder and former CMO of DigitalOcean, Mitch Wainer. We’re cracking the code on the KPIs, analytics, and data top investors use to optimize returns. We’ll go over the KPIs for startups, uncovering the secrets behind Customer Acquisition Cost, Lifetime Value, and conversion rates, empowering you to make strategic investment decisions.

MAXIMIZE

Managing Partner

Quantifying impact: A deep dive into key marketing metrics for VC investments

Hatch Labs is pleased to welcome you to a 60-minute Demo Day (Jan 23, 4pm EST) featuring AI startup founders:
 
- Ioanna Mantzouridou Onasi, Co-founder & CEO, Dextego
- Ryan Grossman, Co-founder & CEO, Brill
- Todd Mansfield, VP of Product, OneIPM

After the demos, an overview of Hatch Labs will follow.

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