Top VCs in New York with decision-making power come together to hear from companies looking to finish a round. Open to any pre-seed or seed round company with at least one professional VC, angel, or family office participating. More information here.

​In this webinar, Charlie O'Donnell of nextNYC and Anthony Rosen of Propeller Industries will discuss how founders should think about building a finance function before they hire for it , the difference between a controller, a VP Finance, and a CFO, when a fractional partner beats a full-time hire, what the "swiss-army-knife" finance leader actually looks like when it works (and when it breaks), and the patterns of misdiagnosis that lead founders to over-title, over-pay, and under-scope their first finance hire. RSVP

​In this session, Charlie O’Donnell of nextNYC sits down with Ravi Ravulaparthi of Qapita to discuss how founders can structure advisor compensation, manage equity thoughtfully, and avoid common cap table mistakes. RSVP

Join us at one of our local meet-up spots across the city at 8:30 AM on May 21st! These coffee meetups are a great opportunity to connect with local VCs in your area as well as other founders at the beginning of their startup journey! RSVP

​In this session, Charlie O’Donnell of nextNYC sits down with Evelyn Tay, who leads Global Valuations at Qapita, to unpack what founders often misunderstand about 409A valuations and the real implications when those numbers move. Most founders treat 409As as a compliance exercise and something to check off between raises. But in today’s market, valuation shifts are happening more frequently, and the downstream impact touches everything from hiring and employee morale to option pricing, fundraising strategy, and board dynamics. RSVP

​In this webinar, Charlie O'Donnell of nextNYC and Raymond Nieuwenhuizen of Propeller Industries will discuss what professional CEOs actually do and what happens when founders hand over the keys. RSVP

Join us at one of our local meet-up spots across the city at 8:30 AM on April 16th! These coffee meetups are a great opportunity to connect with local VCs in your area as well as other founders at the beginning of their startup journey! RSVP

Spend a day in Brooklyn learning from top Series A and seed investors, experienced start-up CEOs, and your fellow founders! Learn more here.

Every startup's success starts with one critical decision: how founders structure their relationship. Founder agreements shape equity splits, vesting, decision-making, and succession and misaligned expectations can derail even strong teams. Join Charlie O'Donnell (nextNYC), Ravi Ravulaparthi (Qapita), and Lindsay Kaplan as they discuss the real purpose of founder agreements and the issues founders should address from day one. RSVP

​Join Charlie O’Donnell of nextNYC and Chris Fenster of Propeller Industries on how the people you bring onto your cap table quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) shape your company’s strategy. From angels to institutional investors, every check comes with expectations, incentives, and timelines that can influence everything from hiring to growth pace to exit outcomes. RSVP

Join us at one of our local meet-up spots across the city at 8:30 AM on March 19th! These coffee meetups are a great opportunity to connect with local VCs in your area as well as other founders at the beginning of their startup journey! RSVP

How I Raised My Seed is a gathering centered around open discussion regarding best practices for raising a Seed round. Every other month, we invite two or three founders who have successfully raised a round in the past few months and foster an open dialogue around what worked and what didn't. RSVP

Moe Aeh of Venhawk is putting his company on the line in front of Charlie O'Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures to get real, unfiltered feedback. No softballs. Just the kind of honest conversation most founders only get after they've already made the mistake. RSVP here.

Top VCs in New York with decision-making power come together to hear from companies looking to finish a round. Open to any pre-seed or seed round company with at least one professional VC, angel, or family office participating. More information here.

​Join Charlie O’Donnell of nextNYC and Chris Fenster of Propeller Industries for a 30-minute webinar on real-world AI use cases in finance, as they go deeper into how finance leaders should think about implementation. What separates successful AI deployments from expensive experiments? Where do teams get stuck? And how do you prioritize the right projects without overwhelming your org? RSVP

Join us at one of our local meet-up spots across the city at 8:30 AM on February 19th! These coffee meetups are a great opportunity to connect with local VCs in your area as well as other founders at the beginning of their startup journey! RSVP

Always Be Closing is nextNYC’s sales-focused event. It’s an opportunity to connect startups with top NYC companies and organizations who can serve as potential customers. The team at KPMG have given us their wish list and we’re selecting the best six companies to pitch key decision-makers as potential customers.

Early cap table mistakes can quietly turn into deal-blocking problems. In this webinar, we’ll cover the most common cap table issues, what’s fixable (and what isn’t), how investors assess risk, and how founders can clean things up. RSVP

Most founders don’t realize they’ve mis-budgeted equity until it’s too late. Join Amit Majumder, Head of Equity Management at Qapita, for a practical, strategic webinar on building an equity budget that actually holds up over time. RSVP

​Join Charlie O’Donnell of nextNYC and Chris Fenster of Propeller Industries for a 30-minute webinar exploring the challenges of building capable finance teams in subscale companies. Together, they’ll unpack why the concept of a startup CFO is often a paradox and how Propeller’s innovative approach is reshaping how finance teams scale. RSVP

Join us at one of our local meet-up spots across the city at 8:30 AM on January 22nd! These coffee meetups are a great opportunity to connect with local VCs in your area as well as other founders at the beginning of their startup journey! RSVP

Join us at one of our local meet-up spots across the city at 8:30 AM on November 20th! These coffee meetups are a great opportunity to connect with local VCs in your area as well as other founders at the beginning of their startup journey! RSVP

As AI reshapes every corner of the startup world, VCs are hearing footsteps. Will algorithms outcompete human investors—sourcing, screening, and selecting founders with unmatched precision—or will AI simply become the sharpest tool in a VC’s belt? Join us for a candid conversation with leading investors and our friends at Harmonic on how AI is changing the craft of venture: from deal flow and diligence to judgment, intuition, and trust. RSVP

​When a company won’t be a breakout — but still has real assets, technology, or talent — how do you recover value instead of walking away empty? In this live session, we’ll go deep on the rarely discussed side of venture: extracting value from stragglers, acqui-hires, asset sales, and strategic shutdowns. RSVP

Top VCs in New York with decision-making power come together to hear from companies looking to finish a round. Open to any pre-seed or seed round company with at least one professional VC, angel, or family office participating. More information here.

How I Raised My Seed is a gathering centered around open discussion regarding best practices for raising a Seed round. Every other month, we invite two or three founders who have successfully raised a round in the past few months and foster an open dialogue around what worked and what didn't. RSVP