PARIS — July 11, 2026 — Yorkseed House, Yorkseed's curated founder and investor pop-up series, closed out a five-day activation in Paris this week, running a full venture headquarters out of Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP's (OBWB) offices at 2 Rue de la Paix during RAISE Summit 2026. The edition marked the series' first stop in Paris and the first Paris salon for Valois by Yorkseed, the network's curated inner circle for family offices, GPs, and LPs.
Open free of charge from July 6–10, Yorkseed House Paris drew founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders daily from 9AM to 6PM, hosted in partnership with OBWB, a full-service intellectual property law firm with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Attendance built steadily across the week, with the busiest days each drawing standing-room crowds through OBWB's office space. The week opened with an Opening Reception and Pitch Roulette on July 6, and closed with a session on doing AI business in the MENA region on July 10.
The choice of OBWB as host was deliberate. As an intellectual property and business law firm active across both European and North American venture markets, OBWB gave the week a working-office feel rather than a conference-adjacent one — founders moved between pitch practice, IP office hours, and casual introductions in the same rooms lawyers were using for client work between sessions.
"Paris has always been part of the plan. Putting Valois' first European salon at a private residence overlooking the Louvre, in the same week as the House itself, was our way of showing what the full range of the network looks like — from an open pitch night to a room that never gets photographed."
The week's programming included:
Valois at the Louvre, held the evening of July 8 at a private residence overlooking the museum, was Valois' first activation in Paris since its launch — bringing together family offices, GPs, and LPs for an invitation-only salon distinct from the open-access programming running at OBWB the same week. Guest names and attendance figures were not disclosed, in keeping with Valois' policy of not publicizing its gatherings; Yorkseed described the room as small by design, with conversation prioritized over headcount.
Yorkseed extends its special thanks to Jonathan Osha of Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP for his generous support in helping bring Valois at the Louvre to life. Jonathan's partnership was instrumental in securing the evening's setting and in welcoming Valois' principals into a space befitting the occasion, and his continued championing of the Yorkseed and Valois community in Paris helped set the tone for the week that followed.
"What made this week work was the contrast, not just the calendar. You could spend your morning in office hours with fifty other founders and your evening in a room with a dozen allocators who'd never normally be in the same building as a pitch deck. That range is the point."
Yorkseed House has now run editions in three cities — Austin, New York, and Paris — with a fourth planned for Lisbon during Web Summit in November 2026, and a return to Austin confirmed for SXSW 2027.
Yorkseed House is Yorkseed's curated founder and investor pop-up series, traveling with major global tech events. Editions to date: SXSW Austin (2025, with The Lively & Grit Daily House), NY Tech Week (2026, with BelongNYC, Flowstate, and Elevate), and RAISE Summit Paris (2026, with Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP), with Web Summit Lisbon and SXSW Austin 2027 upcoming. Learn more at yorkseedhouse.com.
Valois by Yorkseed is Yorkseed's curated inner circle for family offices, GPs, LPs, and allocators. Membership is invitation-only, by referral or direct application. Learn more at thevalois.com or read the Valois overview on yorkseed.co.
Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP (OBWB) is a full-service intellectual property law firm with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia, serving innovators from patent prosecution through IP litigation and business counsel. The firm has been repeatedly recognized among the industry's leading IP practices, including for its patent prosecution work. Yorkseed House Paris was proud to partner with OBWB as its venture headquarters and host for RAISE Summit 2026. Learn more at obwb.com.
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