Networking nights, pitch events, mixers and workshops — for founders, investors, operators and builders across New York.
Pitch nights and mixers. For founders, investors and operators — one format an evening, a room small enough to finish a conversation, and every guest checked in at the door.
The record in New York
“Met some incredible people this week who reminded us: offline still wins. Real conversations. Real connections. Real momentum. That’s what events are for.”
The history of New YorkNew York runs on proximity — capital, operators, press and customers sit inside a few square miles, and that density is exactly why the signal gets buried. Across fintech, AI, health and media, Ascent Valley runs curated, in-person events — networking nights, pitch events, mixers and demo nights — where founders, investors, operators and builders actually meet. Verified in the room, matched by stage and focus, and kept connected across the network long after the night.
Next in New York
Startup pitchAmerican Whiskey - Midtown · 🇺🇸 New York · Free – $66
Before the doors open: set what you offer and what you're looking for in the community layer, in beta, and you'll see matches from the same event.
The calendar
American Whiskey - Midtown · 🇺🇸 New York
Five founders, five minutes each, then questions from the room. Tables on topics NYC voted for, and an open hour after the stage.
American Whiskey - Midtown · 🇺🇸 New York
Five founders, five minutes each, then questions from the room. Tables on topics NYC voted for, and an open hour after the stage.
American Whiskey - Midtown · 🇺🇸 New York
Five founders, five minutes each, then questions from the room. Tables on topics NYC voted for, and an open hour after the stage.
Who you'll meet at the event
Sectors and stages are declared up front, so you know who is attending before you register.
Pre-seed to Series A — mid-build, raising, or hiring. Met in person, then tracked in the startup base.
Pitch slotsEngineers, product people and technical co-founders — looking for a team or a problem worth solving.
Co-founder matchesAngels and seed funds who come when the stage fits. Every company met in person also reaches investors through the weekly digest.
Approved on applicationBusiness owners moving into tech, or scaling a company that isn't a startup yet — here for partners, customers and playbooks.
Asks & OffersGrowth, sales, hiring and finance leads who have already done the job — the experience layer founders come for.
Experience exchangeThe community layer · live in New York
Your ticket includes a real profile in the Ascent Valley community. Two fields do the work — what you offer and what you're looking for — and matches are made on that overlap: in New York first, then across cities and globally when the fit is real.
Say what you need and what you can give. Introductions are made on substance, not on who has the loudest profile.
See who to meet before the doors open. Accept a match and it becomes a direct line.
Who you met, what happened, what's next — the event's memory in one place.
After the event you land in the New York space — topics, intros and momentum that keep going.
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One system, six layers
Working today
Curated, in-person nights in New York — pitch nights, mixers, themed tables. Every guest checked in at the door.
Real profile, asks and offers, curated matches, the New York community, recap and gallery.
Apply and present in person, and your startup joins the private base behind our weekly investor digest. Introductions are made by our team.
In development
A founder's weekly report, read by the investors following that company — progress followed over time instead of re-read from a deck.
Practices, recommendations and tools from founders across stages in the community — an answer written down once instead of repeated at every table.
What you need and what you can offer: a co-founder, an introduction, a hand with something specific.
Past evenings · 9 delivered
Wed, Sep 16 · A to Z Rooftop on Fifth
See what happenedWed, Aug 5 · Sugar Mouse NYC
Met in person here
1 pitched
See what happened13 companies met in person at New York events
Stage, sector and traction in the city listing.
Field notes
NewNine Wednesdays, five rooms and one company's name. Everything our New York record holds, and the gaps in it.
NewWe ran nine evenings in five New York bars before settling on one. Where the room is, how the night is timed, and four Wednesdays this fall.
These are the venues we have actually run nights in — bars, breweries and rooms that hold a real conversation rather than a conference hall. Useful whether you are coming to one of ours or looking for somewhere to host your own.
Business networking in New York is a full-time industry and most of it is transactional. This runs on the city's real advantage instead: capital, operators, press and customers sit inside a few square miles, and the night is built so the right four people in that radius actually end up talking.
Attendees register with a real profile and are checked in at the door. Registration runs through Eventbrite.
New York's tech events span fintech, AI, health and media, and the technical side is routinely outnumbered by the commercial one. We weight it back: engineers, technical founders and product operators, with sectors declared up front so you know who you are walking in to meet.
Formats rotate between pitch nights, demo nights, mixers and workshops across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Startup events in New York are easy to find and hard to filter, and that signal problem is the entire reason this exists. Every founder and investor at the event is met in person, matched by stage and focus, then kept connected across the network afterwards.
Pre-seed through Series A, plus the operators who have already shipped at that stage.
New York — frequently asked
Curated, in-person events across NYC — networking nights, pitch events, mixers, demo nights and workshops for founders, investors, operators and builders. Upcoming dates are listed above.
In the Ascent Valley room — verified attendees, matched by stage and focus across fintech, AI, health and media.
Access is by application; tickets go through Eventbrite (some free, some paid). We curate the room, not open the doors.
Founders, investors, operators, builders and entrepreneurs — everyone verified in person.
Yes, with one difference from the usual format: the event is weighted toward founders, investors and operators rather than general business networking. Every guest is checked in at the door and introductions are made on request, so you meet four relevant people instead of collecting twenty cards.
Yes. Technical founders, engineers and product operators are a deliberate part of the event, and the sectors are declared up front so you know who is attending before you register. Formats rotate between pitch nights, demo nights, mixers and working sessions.
Three things. Every guest is checked against a real profile and checked in at the door, so the people you meet are who they say they are. Every evening has one format with a stated purpose, and you write your role and your ask on your badge, so introductions are made on request rather than left to luck. And the city community layer, in beta, keeps the conversation going between evenings.
No. The room is built around founders, but investors and operators (product, engineering, marketing, people who have done the job) are who founders come to meet. Each format says who it is for, and the event page repeats it for that evening.
Founders from pre-seed to Series A, engineers and product people, operators who have done the job, and investors when the format is Investor Connect or a pitch night. Sectors are declared up front, so you know who you are talking to before you register.
Every guest is checked against a real profile when they register and checked in against the list at the door. It is a check, not a rating: it tells you the people you meet are who they say they are, nothing more.
Next in New York
Wed, Oct 14 · American Whiskey - Midtown — the profile, the matches and the New York community come with the ticket.
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