NYC Scouts & Friends Happy Hour
Organizing a casual meetup for scouts at top funds like Accel, Sequoia, a16z, BCV, Bessemer, and more!
Join us for some light food and drinks at a nice office space in Flatiron! - meet other top-tier scouts and investors and enjoy the evening.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
⏰ Time: starts at 7:00pm
📍 Location: provided after registration
🍻 Food & drinks: provided!
🤝 Organizers:
Jack McClelland (Engineer & Investor @ Afore) - Twitter • LinkedIn
Zehra Naqvi (Head of Founder Community @ Republic) - Twitter • LinkedIn
Umesh Khanna (Product @ Middesk & Sequoia Scout) - Twitter • LinkedIn
Afore (http://afore.vc/) is a $300m pre-seed-focused VC investing $1-2m checks into tech founders across all industries and geographies. Since Afore's inception 5 years ago, the fund has invested in 75+ companies that were almost all pre-traction, pre-revenue, and pre-obvious at the point of investment. Portfolio companies have raised $2 billion in follow-on capital and are valued collectively at $11 billion.
Republic (https://republic.com/) is a financial technology company that specializes in investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, and a private capital division. Republic has deployed over $900 million in investments, supported over 600 companies, with a community of over 1.5M users across 100 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity.
Middesk (https://www.middesk.com/) enables every business to access the products and services they need to grow and thrive. By making it easy for a business to access financial products, hire new employees, and transact with other businesses, Middesk can increase the odds of success for that business to contribute to its community and the broader economy. Customers include Affirm, Brex, Plaid, Mercury, Divvy, Rippling, Gusto, and others.
