<p>Our startup programme – ALPHA – shines a spotlight on early-stage startups with outstanding potential, connecting them with the world’s most influential people and companies.</p>
<p class="p1">Please note <b>applications for 2025 have closed now</b>.</p>
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<p>You&#8217;ll receive an email with more information.</p>
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Thanks for your interest in ALPHA at Web Summit Qatar 2026.

PITCH winner Mariam Nusrat, Founder & CEO, Breshna.io (No Code Video Games), with the PITCH trophy backstage on Centre stage during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2024

Startup? Join us at Web Summit Qatar

These investors have attended our events

Founder

Vinod Khosla

Founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Chairman

Ray Dalio

CEO & Chief Investment Officer

Cathie Wood

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Annie Lamont

Managing Partner

Jenny Lee

Founding Managing Partner

Neil Shen

General Partner

Bill Bryant

Co-founder

Fred Wilson

Founding Partner

Harry Man

Managing Director

Satish Dharmaraj

Dana Settle

Partner

Ann Bordetsky

Bedy Yang

Founder & Partner

Neil Rimer

Chairman

Peter Thiel

Leigh Marie Braswell

Luciana Lixandru

Jixun Foo

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Hernan Kazah

Logan Bartlett

Mike Maples

Navin Chaddha

Wendy Xiao Schadeck

Aileen Lee

Co-founder & General Partner

Rebecca Lynn

<p>ALPHA gives you the chance to join a global community of startups, each one selected by the Web Summit Qatar team for its potential, uniqueness and world-changing ideas.</p>
<p>If selected, you’ll get three tickets to Web Summit Qatar and you’ll be eligible to take part in investor to startup meetings, startup masterclasses, PITCH, Mentor Hours and much more.</p>
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What is Web Summit Qatar’s ALPHA startup programme?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The world’s leading media publications and journalists join Web Summit Qatar looking for the next big news story. They’ll help you share your startup’s message with the world – and the world’s leading businesses.</span></p>
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Brand awareness

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Investor to startup meetings are pre-scheduled sessions between the world’s most influential investors and the startups that excite them. If selected, you’ll get insider advice on making your startup irresistible to investors.</span></p>
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Funding

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Networking opportunities are woven through every Web Summit Qatar experience. In addition to activations such as Mentor Hours, you can start networking weeks before the event with the Web Summit Qatar app, reaching out to investors and finding potential leads.</span></p>
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Networking

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schedule meetings with founders who’ve overcome all the odds. Connect with the leaders of trendsetting companies in your industry and follow up on these leads after the event. You never know who may become your new business partner, investor or mentor.</span></p>
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Meaningful connections

What happens when I apply?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of our startup experts will be in touch to discuss your company, goals and objectives for Web Summit Qatar.</span></p>
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Chat to our specialist team

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our team dedicates countless hours to finding the most exciting, high-potential startups to join our events.</span></p>
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Assessment and selection

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your dedicated startup success manager will work with you to help guide you through the startup journey and make the most of attending Web Summit Qatar.</span></p>
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Prepare with our startup success team

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now for the main event! Fill your time at Web Summit Qatar with our many startup activations: our startup battle, PITCH; our advisory sessions with business leaders, Mentor Hours; and much more.</span></p>
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