AIM Startup 2019 | AIM Startup | 8 April 2019 | Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

AIM Startup was launched in 2017 as an initiative of the UAE Ministry of Economy to connect promising startups with investors and business partners from other parts of the world— set in the heart of the UAE’s Annual Investment Meeting, the World’s Leading FDI Platform for Emerging Markets and held under the Patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. AIM Startup is an ideal platform for startup companies looking to raise capital, expand into new markets and forge meaningful business relationships with major investors, business leaders, representatives of international institutions and government entities.

2019 Speakers

Dr. Adeeb Al Afeef
Director, the National Program for Smes and Projects the Operation Arm of the Uae Small and Medium Council

Veiko Husse
Founder, Eesty Coin

Inga Veselova
Seed Forum International, Head of Middle East Region

Nicolas Lee
Adgm, Authorization Director

Tariq Qureishy
Chief Executive Officer, Futurist, Media Professional & International Speaker, Mad Talks

Manish Patel
Partner at, Highland Capital & Teaching Faculty at Stanford

Henrik Von Scheel
Partner and Co-founder, Industry 4.0 Lab

Douglas Van Den Berghe
Vice President - Advisory, Conway

Danish Farhan
Chairman, Serial-entrepreneur, Xische

Chris Thomas
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Eureeca

Fouad Fadil Basyyoni
Strategic Partnership & Business Development Partner, Accredited Sme Consultant

Mustafa Shamseldin
Co-founder, Origintrail

Shane Shin
Founding Managing Partner, Shorooq Investments

Peter Tavener
Group Coo, Beehive

Suneel Gokhale
Founding Partner, Venturesouq

David East
Head of Fdi and Economic Products, Bureau Van Dijk

Tomaz Levak
Co-founder, Origintrail

Faisal Al Bitar
Innovation Hub Hanager, Arab Bank

Jenny Ahlzen
Investment Principal, Silicon Badia

Liaquat Ali
Managing Director, Tiybr Payments Llc

Manish Kumar
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grex

Najla Al-midfa
General Manager, Sheraa

Nader Sabry
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Timez5

Osama M. Ashri
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development, Mbsc

Patrick Rogers
Co-founder & Principal, Support Legal

Sara Grinstead
Chief Innovation Officer, Rak Bank

Tarek Amin
Chief Executive Officer & Digital and Founder, Adline Media Network and Dubai Angel Investors

Ragad Al Sharif
Founder, Innoras

Sandeep Mynepalli
Head of Corporate Finance, Bdo

Ahmed Abdulwahab
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Next Arabia

Arrey Obenson
Secretary General, Jci

Cornelia Meyer
Founder, Mrl

Dr. Ajit Nagpal
Chairman & Director General, Amity University Middle East

Dr. Fatima Al Arabi
Partner, Alaf Capital

Dr.ibrahim Al Harkan
General Director, King Saud Institute for Entrepreneurship

Dr. Ross Mckenzie
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, the Startup Business

Ganesh Rengaswamy
Partner, Quona Capital

Huda Allawati
Chief Investment Officer, Savola

Heather Henyon
Founder & Director, Banking & Insurance, Adgm

Mirna Sleiman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Galaxy

Omar Darwazah
General Partner, Arab Angel Fund

Walid Mansour
Partner & Cio, Mevp

Wajdi Ghoussoub
Associate Director, Mevp

Tariq Qureishy
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Mad Talks

Tarek Ghobar
Startup Manager, 1776-union Dubai

Nick Ayton
Technology Veteran & Founder, Chainstarte

Khalifa Saeed Al Kuwaiti
Manager
Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development

Dr.kevin Cullen
Vice President, Kaust Innovation & Economic Development

Jake Zeller
Partner, Angellist

Henrik Von Scheel
Father, 4th Industrial Revolution

H.e. Dr. Nabeel Koshak
Dean, Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College | Mbsc, Kaec

Fahad Al Sharekh
Managing Partner, Techinvest Corp.

Craig Buchan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Qpal

David Shrier
Chief Executive Officer, Distilled Analytics

2019 Sponsors and Partners

KEY PARTNERS:
• BIC
• Careem
• Creative Hub Egypt
• CUBICAL
• Diplomat Summits
• DUBAI SOUTH
• F6S
• FINTECH GALAXY
• BDO
• grex
• e.oman
• King Saudi University
• MANGO VENTURES BRAZIL
• monshaat
• NEST
• PSU
• PSUT
• RIYADAT
• SOLAR IMPULSE FOUNDATION
• STARTUPS HOUSE
• Wadi Makkah

KEY SPONSORS:
• ABU DHABI GLOBAL MARKET
• BADIR
• Khalifa Fund
• SBWC
• SHERAA
• UTS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• 9/10HRS
• OASIS 500
• Qotuf
• SIRDAB LAB
• START UP BAHRAIN
• Startup Grind
• wamda

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• ACCOMODATION TIMES
• African Business
• ART & MUSEUM MAGAZINE
• BNC PUBLISHING
• BUSINESS WEEK
• HAPTIC
• Live Admins
• Startup Grind
• CEO Clubs Network
• Eye of Dubai
• Eye of Riyadh
• Business Live ME
• BUSINESS DAY
• cfi.co
• CHANNEL D
• CLUB OF MOZAMBIQUE
• CONOMY TODAY
• council
• Crowd Reviews
• DAILY NEWS
• FAMILY OFFICE
• Feeds Floor
• World Finance Informs
• Financial Nigeria
• FINTECH MIDDLE EAST
• Forbes
• GADGETS MAGAZINE
• io publications
• Indian News
• International Finance
• Maritime Sky
• STARTUP MGZN
• MIDDLES EAST BUSINESS
• mid east information
• OIL & GAS REPUBLIC
• OXFORD BUSINESS GROUP
• PB Private Banking
• Dubai Survival Guide
• Swiss Arab Entrepreneurs
• TECHGEEK
• The Investor
• TOGY
• AM UNICORNS
• UG Urban Geekz
• WORIFY MEDIA
• MAD TALKS
• arabnet
• The Sustainabilist
• Startup Success Stories
• Infos
• EMEoutlook
• AZERNEWS
• bizbahrain
• FINTECH FUTURES
• Business Money
• Media Hub International LLC
• AMWAL Jigal
• UBGLL
• BUSINESS MEDIA INTERNATIONAL
• INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
• GNN Liberia
• MX Media Group
• UAEBusiness.com
• AFRICABUSINESS.COM
• SmartSMB
• 24x7 NEWS
• myUAEguide
• Focus Economics
• Fintech Middle East
• the business year
• mievento