Fintech and AI Pitch Forum at New York Tech Week 2026
A curated fintech and AI gathering during New York Tech Week, bringing together founders and investors operating at the forefront of financial innovation.
This is an application-based event designed for those actively building, raising, and deploying capital across fintech, AI, payments, wealthtech, and regtech.
The evening features a curated lineup of startup pitches from selected founders, followed by an investor panel sharing real perspectives on what is getting funded in today’s market. Conversations continue through structured and open networking designed to create meaningful connections and tangible outcomes.
Founders interested in pitching will be reviewed in advance, with selected participants moving through a structured evaluation process. The room is intentionally sized to maintain quality, access, and strong signal across attendees.
This is not a volume-driven event. It is built for focused conversations, real alignment, and high-context networking.
What to expect
• Curated fintech and AI startup pitches
• Investor panel with active angels and venture funds
• High-quality founders and investors in one room
• Structured networking with meaningful introductions
• Light bites and drinks
Who should apply
• Founders currently raising or preparing to raise
• Investors actively deploying or sourcing deal flow
• Builders and operators within fintech and AI
Attendance is application-based to maintain the quality of the room.
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⚠️ Important: Please be sure to get your ticket according to your role (Founder, Investor, Operator, Others etc.). Tickets that do not match your role will not be approved for entry to the event.
Yorkseed has always been a founder- and investor-led community built on real connections, not transactions. In these two years, our gatherings have helped founders raise capital and investors discover exceptional talent — all through genuine conversation and trust.
To keep delivering this level of value and maintain the quality of every experience, we include a small confirmation fee to helps us cover operational costs and ensures that only confirmed, committed guests attend. It is a simple way to sustain our community and support the team that makes it possible.
If you believe in what we’re building and want to meet others who share that mindset, we’re excited to welcome you to this Yorkseed experience.
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About Wallet Max:
Wallet Max is an inclusive global community of corporate executives and venture capitalists with a mission to expand fundraising access for high-growth startups in the technology, AI, fintech, and climate sustainability sectors.
With more than 10 investments directly in impact entrepreneurs thus far, Wallet Max’s network of 2,000 innovators and 60 partners regularly meet in person and virtually throughout the year to mutually exchange connections and drive collective action. Wallet Max ecosystem of events and initiatives are prominent during the New York Fintech Week, the New York Tech Week, and the New York Climate Week every year.
Wallet Max's Planet Positive Podcast is a monthly interview with investors driving impact globally. Aligned with our mission to challenge the status quo, we showcase personal and professional journeys of diverse investors (Angels, VCs, PEs, Family Office, Corporate Venture) looking to leverage inclusion and impact without compromising growth of investments. Supporting sustainable innovations is good for people's wellbeing, planet survival, and financial profits.
Learn more about Wallet Max success and 2026 global initiatives: https://getwalletmax.com/climate-forward
About Bhuva Shakti:
Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the futuristic founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of corporate executives, policy leaders, and venture capital investors expanding fundraising access for high-growth impact startups. With an MBA from Columbia University in New York and as a senior executive director on Wall Street for three decades, Bhuva has managed diverse financial portfolios and launched several digital transformation products for investment banks, capital markets, and payment networks.
Bhuva’s leadership and risk governance oversight, during the global financial crisis and the pandemic, was pivotal for the success of regulatory compliance and mergers acquisitions at the world's top banks and credit rating institutions. Bhuva is a board director and C-Suite advisor for people and planet friendly businesses, without compromising profits, and a keynote and TEDx speaker advancing economic inclusion and climate-fintech partnerships.
Bhuva is the USA country director for World Business Angels Investment Forum and the Chief Ethics & Culture Officer for Women in AI worldwide. She leads fundraising strategy and product operations for market expansion and manages investor relations from diligence to investment. Bhuva is the founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global, offering board and enterprise risk advisory services for public and private corporations.
About Yorkseed
Yorkseed is a curated global venture network and platform connecting founders, investors, fund managers, family offices, and ecosystem leaders across major innovation hubs worldwide.
We operate at the intersection of capital and connection, hosting high-signal gatherings, investor salons, and conference activations where founders raise, investors source and deploy, and fund managers connect with LPs and strategic partners. Every interaction is intentional, built within a trusted and vetted network.
Today, Yorkseed spans 50+ global city and conference hubs, bringing together a highly curated base of founders, angels, VCs, corporate venture arms, GPs, LPs, and family offices across key markets.
Alongside our global network, we are launching Yorkseed Connect, a venture platform designed to power how capital moves and relationships are formed. Yorkseed Connect brings together curated deal flow, fund diligence tools, portfolio and pipeline management, intelligent matching, and a structured intro and syndication layer, all built on top of a live global venture network.
As Yorkseed continues to expand, we are also introducing selective co-investment opportunities through Yorkseed Capital and developing Yorkseed Summit, our flagship global convening bringing together leading founders, investors, and industry leaders on an international stage.
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