Andrew's Tech Events (Oct 13, 2025)

🍽️ Upcoming dinners for entrepreneurs and PRE-SEED founders (we want to meet you!)

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Andrew Yeung
October 13, 2025

👋 Hi, friend.

Welcome to Issue #18 of our biweekly events newsletter. After a whirlwind year of 100+ events – dinners, summits, parties, and everything in between –we're back with more. More curated gatherings, more intentional programming, and more ways to meet exceptional people.

📅 Upcoming Events 📅

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This is a dinner for builders at the earliest stages, whether you’re validating a concept, seeking your first hires, or deciding which problem is worth dedicating years to.

Oct 22 | 🍽️ Junto Founder Dinner (NYC)

A curated dinner with 24 Seed–Series B founders in NYC.

A curated breakfast event for 30 early-stage founders and investors hosted at the Google Ventures NYC office.

🗽 Fresh Finds 🗽

#1 🍗 COQODAQ

The name of this restaurant took me forever to learn how to spell. But this is the BEST FRIED CHICKEN in the city, hands down.

The concept: Korean-American fried chicken elevated to a destination dining experience — not just wings in a bucket, but a full story around the chicken, the setting, the beverage program

It was opened in early 2024 by Simon Kim, the group behind Michelin-starred COTE Korean Steakhouse… but you can actually get a res here.

What's more surprising is the ambiance and design. This looks nothing like what you would expect from a fried chicken place. In fact, it's pretty high-end classy, great for a date night spot, and the fried chicken bucket combo is only ~$40.

Someone told me their technique and the type of oil they use makes the chicken healthy, too. Not sure if it's a myth.

I might start coming every week. Check it out.

#2 🧖 Atoboy

Not just another fine dining Korean place. Funny enough, this place is known for its fried chicken, too.

I did their tasting menu for ~$75, and tried the sea urchin (amazing), fluke (ok), sweet shrimp (ok), pork galbi (amazing), and fried chicken (solid). I loved my experience there and was mind-blown. I recommended it to friends who loved it too

You can't tell from the picture, but the vibe + ambience is underrated. It reminds me of an experimental open kitchen, the type of place you would find in a place like Berlin.

#3 🧖 noreetuh

I took my team here the other night. This modern Hawaiian restaurant in East Village is supposed to be fairly affordable ($30-50 a head), but it was so good I ended up spending about $300.

They're known for their musubi – popular Hawaiian snacks made with rice and ingredients wrapped in a sheet of nori seaweed, and have a vast menu ranging from the standard Spam to Hokkaido uni and scallop with caviar.

I don't know of any other Hawaiian place in the city, and this has become my go-to.

Great for sharing a meal with friends.

I’m curious—what did you think of today’s edition? Hit ‘reply’ and share your feedback—I’d love to hear it!

Andrew Yeung 🤘

Andrew is the Founder of Fibe and an investment partner at Next Wave NYC, an early-stage investment fund based out of New York. He has hosted over 200 events for 50,000+ entrepreneurs, investors, and tech professionals. Business Insider dubbed him“The Gatsby of Silicon Alley” and he has been featured on Bloomberg, Fast Company, Axios, Morning Brew, and AdAge.