WHERE GLOBAL INVESTORS COME TO DISCOVER THE NEXT BIG STARTUP
FREE-FLOWING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The biggest startup-investor networking platform
It has been a very challenging year for the full startup ecosystem, but it is time to move forward and start doing business again.
Only in its 5th year, GITEX Future Stars is already among the top 5 largest startup shows in the world – bringing startups from AI & Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cloud and Edge computing, Digital Economies, Blockchain and other enterprise solutions to drive innovation forward.
This year the event is co-located with 5 major tech shows making it the biggest cross-sector showcase ever (GITEX Tech Week, GITEX Future Stars, GISEC Cybersecurity, Future Blockchain Summit and Marketing Mania).
GITEX Future Stars & Future Blockchain Summit join forces this year to create the most powerful startups/investors networking programme.
We rally some of the top-ranked investors from around the world - from Silicon Valley to Europe to Asia - in one location just for you. With an average of US$ 18 billion of funds under management represented at the event, just one chance encounter here can catapult your startup towards new success.
400+ INVESTORS, ACCELERATORS & INCUBATORS MAKE IT HERE EVERY YEAR
- 500 Startups
- Arzan
- VCAstroLabs
- BECO Capital
- Behavioral Signals
- Brightly Ventures AB
- DEWA
- DTEC
- Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority
- Endure Capital
- European Business Angel Network
- Frontier
- Gilda VC
- Global Ventures
- Greyhound Capital
- Gulf Capital
- Hala Venture Capital LP
- Higher Colleges of Technology
- Hyalescent Ventures
- IFC
- ILIAD PARTNERS
- Modus VC
- Oman Technology Fund
- ORIGEN VENTURES FUND
- Saned Equity Partners
- SEA Fund
- Shorooq Partners
- TECHSTARS
- THE HELENIC BUSINESS ANGELS
- NETWORK
- UCL EDUCATE Venture fund
- Unicorn India Ventures
- VentureSouq
SOME OF LAST YEAR’S KEY INVESTOR NAMES
WHAT INVESTORS SAY
Kareem Elsirafy, Managing Partner
Modus Capital (New York)
“GITEX Future Stars is the best concentration of the highest quality companies in the MENA region. It is an extremely supportive structure at GFS that ensures support and drives engagement between startups and investors.
It provides investors a platform to share knowledge & best practices which A) provides value to the startups and B) helps match the right investors with the right companies. Modus Capital has invested in 3 companies from GITEX Future Stars”
WHAT STARTUPS SAY
Piyus Kanti
CEO, Cloudstrats Inc. (USA)
“For Cloudstrats GFS2018 was simply "Awesome". Opportunity to meet several key investors from the MENA region and across the world fuelled our desire to be back this year. We were blessed to find some enthusiastic marquee names to back us with investment, guidance and support.”
Umer Abbas, CEO
Narsun (Pakistan)
"Narsun would like to show gratitude to GITEX for their exceptional support in providing an immense opportunity to cabinet our services in front of prominent capitalists. More than 500 people visited our stall and amongst them almost 8 potential investors were gained. We successfully signed a project with MOU and earned many mature leads who resulted into a few more sales. Good luck for the event, we are ecstatic to be a part of it yet again."
GITEX FUTURE STARS, THE CAPITAL OF VENTURE CAPITAL – STAY TUNED FOR OUR 2020 INVESTOR LIST
