Startup Pitch

PITCH AND WIN $20k

Are you a startup looking to connect with Investors & decision-MAKERS?

XPANSE is inviting early-stage and later-stage Deep Tech startups to pitch, win, find investment and engage with industry leaders, investors, key players, and relevant entities from the UAE and across the globe at the Startup Lightning Pitch session during XPANSE II in Abu Dhabi.

60 STARTUPS
1 WINNER


XPANSE II Open Call dates to be announceD

WHY SHOULD YOU PITCH

3,000

Trailblazers in Tech, Science, Industry & government

$20,000

For your PITCh

Showcase your solution to leaders in tech, find investment & connect with VC and industry decision-makers

who can apply

Early-stage and later-stage Deep Tech startups.

Startups with solutions, products, services that are commercially available. Applications are welcome from any sector but must be related with digital technologies.

The key themes of XPANSE 2024 are: The New Intelligence (AI), The MATTERVERSE (Advanced Materials),
Transcending Biology (Genomics), Quantum World (Quantum Computing), Ultimate Connectivity (6G & Future G), Exotic Compute (Exotic & Neuromorphic Computing).

HOW TO APPlY

Submit your application before the deadline. The Open Call dates to be announced.

XPANSE team will review your application and select the final participants based on your Pitch Deck.

All selected applicants will be notified within 2 weeks after the deadline.

You will then be given the guidelines to prepare your Pitch to present in person in Abu Dhabi.

Thought leaders & decision-makers at xpaNse

Dr. Steven Chu

Nobel Laureate and Former U.S Secretary of Energy, Stanford University

Dr. Anton Zeilinger

Nobel Laureate in Quantum, University of Vienna

Sir Martin Sorell

Founder of WPP and Executive Chairman, S4 Capital

Sir Ronald Cohen

Co-founder and President, GSG Impact

Dr. Najwa Aaraj

CEO, TII

Dr. Hon Weng Chong

Founder and CEO, Cortical Labs

Cristina Gallach

Former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

Dr, Constantine Kisly

Co-founder, Alef Aeronautics

Dr. Sean Carroll

Best Selling Author and Homewood Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Hiroshi Ishii

Associate Director, MIT Media Group and Head,
Tangible Media Group

Shahid Ahmed

Group EVP, NTT

Dr. Antonio De Lacy

Director of Surgical Institute, Quirónsalud

Dr. Vladimir Falko

Professor and Director, National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester

Lightning Pitch Format | 5 Min Pitches
- You will have 5 MINUTES and a maximum of 8 SLIDES in your Presentation to showcase your solution.
- Impactful presentations have more visuals, less text on the slides.
- Explain the WHY, HOW, and WHAT of your solution, product, service or business model. Tell us the story of WHY your innovation will benefit the world in the future, HOW your innovation will shape the technologies of the future, and WHAT  you did to make that technology happen.
- Include Images, Videos, GIFs, Small demos of your working systems, or anything you want the audience to see, to make the presentation truly unique, truly yours, and give everyone a glimpse into the future of frontier science through the eyes of an exponential tech startup founder.
- The pitch should be easy to understand to people from different backgrounds.

XPANSE 2024 Community partners