The event was launched with the theme of “Break Borders, Build Global Horizon”, and will happen on May 10 -11 at Kamelizer Spaces, in District 5.

The newest season of Startups Without Borders has recently launched and preparing for its kick-start on May 10 to May 11. This year the event will begin its fifth season and will take place at Kamelizer Spaces, in Mindahus Campus, District 5, Cairo.

The event has been launched under the theme of “Break Borders, Build Global Horizons” and aims to bring together over 3000 investors from across the world. At this event, the attendants can also witness the leading players of the technological industry, coming forward with their remarkable business ideas to create history together.

Alongside, the event will also be featuring some leading investors and dominant speakers from different parts of the world like Japan, London, Saudi Arabia, the USA, Kuwait, and Senegal such as Sadaharu Seiku, Michael Lints, Ibrahim Sgana, etc.

The major focus of the event is to help entrepreneurs build an effective and successful business ecosystem and open a door full of new scopes. There will be dedicated workshops guided by Jackie Jircitano and John Gamba and will focus on the method to enter the US market and the presentation of many more soft landing programs Related to the current market trend of Saudi Arabia and the US.

 Valentina Primo, the founder and CEO of the summit, Startups Without Borders said, “For the past 6 years, we have gone from city to city in the MENA and Europe on a mission to build a transnational ecosystem for entrepreneurs, no matter where they come from. In a difficult year for the region, we believe there couldn’t be a better time to join forces and connect the visionary entrepreneurs that turn every crisis into an opportunity. By bringing startup delegations and investors from all corners of the world, from Italy to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, we are certain that the power that cross-border collaboration can spark is boundless.”

One of the most iconic and remarking features of this summit is going to be the launching of the AI Salon, a completely new format for the event going to land for the very first time in the Middle East, alongside a partnership with VC Blitzscaling Ventures a venture capital based in the US.

Apart from the panel discussion and talks with all the renowned speakers, the event will also be organising an Investor Room, an iconic part of the event where approximately 460 meetings will be hosted between the investors and the startups of 2023. The startup companies will further participate, discuss, and get matched with the investors in terms of the particular industry, ticket size, and geography and make their way to participate in 101 meetings with the globally leading investors and venture capitalists. 

The summit in 2024 will also be bringing a match-making room for corporates, where the leaders of leading industries can meet and connect with innovational entrepreneurs, an area for matching talents and investing scholarships for refugee business owners in collaboration with the Netherlands’ Forward Inc.

The aligned speakers to participate in this summit include some of the most active venture capital firms, investors, and accelerators, who will further discuss and disclose the new landscape of investments and, at the same time and also will organize 30 dynamic workshops, which will offer insights and different tools to the entrepreneurs to grow and balance, starting from growing a strong channel of sales to be familiar with the powerful features of AI technology.

The partners and sponsors of this summit include Odoo, Qewam, Aspire Consulting, Blitzscaling Ventures, and GSE-Penn University along with the venue partners District 5 and Kamelizer.

Startups Without Borders is globally known as an organisation to supports entrepreneurship worldwide and organises some remarkable events, media products, and programs where variety takes the spotlight. Launched back in 2018 in Cairo with teams from Italy and Egypt, this global platform has successfully created a community of over 15,000 entrepreneurs and more than 700 mentors and coaches from global positions. The summit also partners with 300+ globally known corporations, academia, and international institutions such as UNDP, UNHCR, Meta, and even Google. The platform has also empowered and trained 6800 entrepreneurs from 15 countries worldwide.