Yorkseed Connect is the intelligence and relationship infrastructure underneath the network — founder and investor matching, deal flow, 15+ purpose-built tools, and membership workflows. All in one environment.
We kept watching people look for capital, connections, and resources in a circle that only went one way.
Most platforms are built for one side of the table. Founders only. Investors only. We built Yorkseed after watching the entire global venture ecosystem up close — what was working, what was broken, and what was missing for every player in it.
Serious founders struggle to raise — not because they aren't ready, but because their local ecosystem has no relevant capital, and the signal they're trying to send gets buried in noise. In a world where warm introductions are everything, cold outreach rarely lands. The right investor is out there. Getting to them is the problem.
On the other side, investors face the same wall from the other direction. Quality deal flow is hard to find when you're drowning in pitches that don't fit your thesis, your stage, or your sector. The great founders exist. Finding them — reliably, efficiently, across markets — is what's broken.
And the networks that were supposed to solve this? Built for one side. Local by default. Passive in design. A database of people hoping someone else makes the move.
Yorkseed is the answer to both sides at once — the first multi-directional platform where founders get to the right investors, investors find quality deal flow, and every other player in the ecosystem has infrastructure built specifically for their role.
Most networking platforms are passive — a directory of profiles waiting for someone to make the first move. Yorkseed Connect is different. It is active infrastructure designed around how relationships in venture actually work.
Every connection on Connect is mutual. Intro requests require both parties to agree before a conversation opens. Your visibility is yours to control at every stage — you choose what you show, who can see it, and when.
Underneath the relationships sit 15+ purpose-built intelligence tools for pitch, diligence, fundraising, and capital structuring. Not generic AI. Not a chatbot. Tools designed for specific jobs in the venture lifecycle.
Connect is the platform layer underneath the broader Yorkseed ecosystem — the conferences, the city hubs, the community. Membership gives you access to all of it.
Five distinct roles. Purpose-built for each — with full privacy controls and member-controlled introductions across all of them.
Whether you're raising your first round or scaling revenue, Connect gives you the tools, the network, and the privacy to move on your own terms.
Access deal flow from vetted, active founders — on your terms. Control your visibility, accept only the intros you want, evaluate investments with purpose-built infrastructure.
Browse deal flow, evaluate fund managers, and access every tool — with complete control over your visibility. Stay fully private while enjoying the full benefit of the network.
Connect with LPs, source deal flow, and access the full platform — built for fund managers at every stage of their lifecycle.
Give your portfolio companies access to the full Yorkseed ecosystem — tools, network, and global activations — as a program benefit.
Founders submit raises. Investors access curated deal flow. Every deal reviewed by the Yorkseed team before it goes live.
Deals published in the Yorkseed Deal Room are reviewed by our team. Those that match the Valois audience may be pushed directly into the Valois private deal room — putting your raise in front of family offices, HNWIs, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and GP/LPs who operate entirely outside public channels.
Learn about Valois →Every tool designed for a specific moment in the venture lifecycle — pitch, fundraising, diligence, and capital structuring. Included with Core membership and above. Free members get one run per month.
Tools that previously required $20,000+ in legal fees just to understand the options — now inside your membership.
Input your fund name, strategy, target size, and manager experience. The builder generates a complete, benchmarked term sheet covering economics, fund structure, and LP protections — calibrated to ILPA guidelines and real market data.
Understand the full cost of standing up a fund — legal formation, regulatory filings, fund admin, and audit — before engaging counsel. Covers 15 domiciles across five regions with plain-English guidance on when each structure is appropriate.
Valois is the private upper layer of Yorkseed — an invitation-only network for family offices, HNWIs, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and GP/LPs operating at the intersection of capital, access, and trust.
It is not a platform. Not a club. Not a perk bundle. It is private relationship infrastructure — a Circle of people who move capital, broker relationships, and make decisions in rooms most people do not reach.
Visit Valois ↗Every tier includes full privacy controls, 2FA security, and access to the global Yorkseed ecosystem. Founding rates are locked for life — limited allocation. Full details and checkout at app.yorkseed.co/pricing.
Full platform access for founders building venture-backable companies. Founding rate locked for life.
For investors deploying capital or raising funds who want better deal flow and stronger diligence.
For GPs, fund managers, and family offices who want private access, curated capital relationships, and white-glove support.
Yorkseed Connect is not a marketplace you scroll. It is curated infrastructure with intention at every step.
Applications are reviewed by our team to preserve signal quality. Tell us your role, what you're building or investing in, and what you need from the network.
Stage, sector, thesis, geography, check size — your profile powers the matching engine. Choose exactly what to show and who can see it. Full privacy controls from day one.
Send intro requests to members you want to meet. The other party must accept before any conversation opens. You control who can reach you at all times.
Run your raise, evaluate deals, source LP capital, score an investor, decode a term sheet — 15+ purpose-built tools inside one environment.
Join curated gatherings at SXSW, Web Summit, Davos, VivaTech, GITEX, and 25+ other conferences. Yorkseed activates where the ecosystem moves.
Every introduction, every tool run, every event deepens your position in the global ecosystem. Access and trust build over time, not overnight.
Yorkseed Connect is available by application. Every applicant is reviewed by our team. If you are serious about what you are building or deploying, this is where you belong.