Founder & CEO

Jay Sadiq

35 of the most promising startups will battle it out in the group rounds of PITCH powered by Jusour. 

In this round, 7 of them will fight for a chance to move onto the semi-final. Competing startups will have three minutes to pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

Meet our judges: 

Ghenna Kanawati from Jusour
Muhammad Kandil from Lesha Bank
Soumaya Ben Beya Dridje from Rasmal Ventures
Rami Elkhatib from Acero Capital
Abbas Kazmi from BlackWood Ventures & SABAH.fund

PITCH Group 5

10 group-round winners take to Centre Stage for the semi-final of PITCH powered by Jusour, our startup competition.

Each of the semi-finalists has three minutes to pitch their businesses. Our judges then deliberate and choose three finalists to battle it out in the PITCH final.

Semi-finalists will be revealed following the group stages of the competition, taking place on day 1 of the event.

Meet our judges:
- Emad Hassan from Jusour
- Dana Al Dafaa from Jusour
- Rami Elkhatib from Acero Capital
- Zachary Finkelstein from Class 5 Global
- Ahmad Takatkah from Revenya Capital
- Andre Ayotte from Kapower Investment Cooperative
- Alexander Vaselek from CIMEDO
- Mohamed Mohsen from Microsoft
- Rayan Karaky from Amazon 

PITCH semi-final

Our three finalists battle it out to see who will be crowned winner of the greatest pitch competition in the world.

Meet our judges :
- Amin Matni from Jusour
- Yalda Aoukar from Bracket Capital
- Rashmi Gopinath from BAM Corner Point
- Magnus Grimeland from Antler

Jay Sadiq

Founder & CEO

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