A founder network connected to legal and investment experience.
AIFC grew from the founder’s work across law, technology and entrepreneurship. Westminster & Partners’ legal and investment businesses bring distinct professional perspectives to the network. Their roles remain separate from AIFC's founder education and events. AIFC is a separate, volunteer-led New York not-for-profit organisation. Network participation is free and does not require becoming a Westminster client.
Westminster & Partners · Legal
Explore specialist legal support through the Westminster & Partners legal-services business. Any professional engagement is agreed separately with the relevant provider.
Westminster & Partners · Investment
Learn about Westminster & Partners’ investment approach and areas of interest. Community participation is separate from any investment evaluation or decision. There are separate routes for different needs. Peer feedback belongs in the free AIFC community. Independent legal advice requires a separate engagement with the appropriate professional provider. Investment evaluation follows the investment business’s own process. These routes do not imply endorsement, pitch selection or a funding outcome.
Different roles, clear boundaries
AIFC connects founders and investors through pitches, education and events. You can explore the Westminster businesses separately where relevant. Joining, buying an event ticket or expressing interest in Founder Support does not create a legal retainer, investment relationship or entitlement to funding.
Turn a business question into a measurable next step. Founder Support combines monthly office hours, one document review and focused follow-up. Pay $200/month for your first 3 monthly billing periods, then $500/month. Prices are in USD, including applicable tax. Any legal engagement remains separate.
Connected through Westminster: founder-support and entrepreneurial relationships
The network is visible in specific programmes and public records—not only in the logos on this page.
SMU · Founder-support connection Westminster’s related legal practice is listed in SMU IIE’s legal startup perks for BIG incubatees. Explore
City · Entrepreneurial roots City’s 2023 alumni profile documents Muklesur’s LaunchLab involvement; Westminster also appears in the CityVentures startup directory. Read the 2023 founder profile · View the CityVentures directory
Franco-British Lawyers Society · A legal-and-technology conversation. Muklesur is listed in the Society’s June 2023 AI and LegalTech programme. Explore the original programme.
Venues for startup pitches and investor panels
UC Berkeley · 20 March 2025. The organiser’s recap names five VC-panel contributors. Open Round 13 for those people, founder presentations and the public recap source. Explore this edition.
Cornell Tech · 23 April 2026. Revisit the panel and eight startup pitches at the New York edition. Explore this edition.
West Hub, Cambridge · 29 May 2025 and 29 January 2026. Two separate editions, each with its own people and programme. Explore the January 2026 edition at Explore this page or the wider event history at Our Event Library. The wider history also includes the early Plug and Play gatherings, Sydney and NYU. These are dated event stories; the institutions are identified in that context.
The investors and practitioners behind the names
For example:
- Aaron Yang · AV8 Ventures · Round 2 — a contributor in the early event history.
- Rachna Dayal · Sugati Ventures · Round 5 — a contributor in the early event history.
- Kieran Corbett · Studio VC · Round 18 — Explore this edition. Explore the supplied featured event pages for contributor roles, historical affiliations and available professional profiles. The wider event history is at Our Event Library. Participation by an individual is distinct from corporate sponsorship.
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