Foodpreneur Collective Networking - Dubai
Do., 30. Mai
|Dubai
This is our fourth Breakfast Networking Event in Dubai and we are particularly keen to connect with Health & Wellness F&B startups interested in potentially collaborating and meeting like minded business locally.
Time & Location
30. Mai 2024, 08:00 – 10:00 GMT+4
Dubai, 2D St - Al Wasl - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
About the event
Following the success of our first seven events in UAE, we are pleased to confirm the following networking opportunity.
This is our fourth Breakfast Networking Event in Dubai and we are particularly keen to connect with Health & Wellness F&B startups interested in potentially collaborating and meeting like minded businesses locally.
“Foodpreneur Collective Networking - Dubai”
This networking event is free to attend but you will have to pay for your own drinks and food.
Please register in advance for our Networking Event so we have an idea on numbers.
RSVP now for our 4th in-person “Foodpreneur Collective Networking - Dubai” at Myocum, 2D St - Al Wasl - Dubai
Website: https://www.myocumdubai.com/
Map Reference:
Co-hosts:
Sascha Dutta, Founder (Marketing Strategiser) & Dubai Lead Ambassador (FoodHack)
Nader Amiri, General Partner (Homegrown Ventures)
Ahmad Shamieh, General Partner (Homegrown Ventures)
Maher El-Tabchy, Founder & CEO Tabchilli & Founder TABAGRO
Event Organisers Associated with:
Homegrown Ventures
Tabchilli
Free From Food & Health Ingredients
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Event Target Audience:
The networking event warmly invites local and international F&B industry professionals and any of the Dubai-based persons amongst the 17k international food professionals on the “Free From Food & Ingredients” email list, 30k+ investors on the Pitch Lounge mailing list, and 2000+ on their combined LinkedIn and Facebook groups as well as anyone in the region who has a particular interest in healthy F&B brands.
Although the networking event is not exclusive, we are particularly interested in founders, buyers and investors involved in producing, buying and funding food & drink CPG products, F&B retailers, FoodTech or AgTech and/or industry professionals seeking business partners, new products and investment deal flow with an interest in Health & Wellness!
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Event Promoters
Sascha Dutta from Marketing Strategiser and FoodHack (Dubai) alongside Jamal Maxey from Pitch Lounge and a mentor on the Techstars Catalyst Program (Saudi Arabia) organise pitching, panelist, and networking-based F&B events matching F&B founders to investors and industry professionals from companies including FoodHack, Flora Ventures, RSVP Business Angel, RePlate Ventures, ProVeg Incubator, IndieBio, Fusion VC, FRESH START FoodTech Incubator IL, and others.
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Event Partners
Marketing Strategiser is a Food & Beverage marketing and branding consultancy with corporate and startup clients.
FoodHack brings together Food & FoodTech professionals where they get the inside scoop on industry news and meet partners, friends, mentors, investors - and everything in between.
Pitch Lounge has produced 80+ pitch events in 4 years including 35+ Food & Beverage events with the support of Marketing Strategiser - that provides Marketing & Social Media Consulting, Coaching & Training for Food & Drink Entrepreneurs to help you grow your business.
Free From Food & Health Ingredients organise Europe’s leading innovation Expos for the free from, organic, vegan, functional and healthy ingredient food industries. They are committed to the development of the F&B sector and provide a platform to collaborate, innovate, and network within the industry.
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Pitch Lounge produces online and hybrid startup-investor pitch events providing the following to fundraising F&B startups:
EXPOSURE: to a vast network of investors, buyers, and channel partners
SUPPORT: live feedback from a panel of experts that includes active investors
CONNECTIONS: sector experts, investors, and other sources of funding and support
We are always open to being approached by companies interested in our events - suitable pitching startups, panelists, investors and sponsor partners, etc.
Please email jamal@pitchlounge.net for more details.
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UPCOMING PITCH LOUNGE EVENTS
“Foodpreneurs Collective Pitch Lounge” (Thursday, 6th June | 6-8 PM UK-time/UTC+1).
"Female Founder Pitch Lounge" (Thursday, 20th June | 4-6.30 PM UK-time/UTC+1) on Zoom - featuring Agata Andryszczak and other fantastic panelists!
"Food & Beverage Pitch Lounge" (Thursday, 27th June | 6-8.30 PM UK-time/UTC+1) on Zoom - panel announced soon.
“FoodTech Pitch Lounge B2B Edition V” (Tue, 2nd July | 6-8.30 PM UK-time/UTC+1) on Zoom.
“FoodTech Pitch Lounge B2B Edition VI” (Thu, 4th July | 9-11.30 AM UK-time/UTC+1) on Zoom.
PITCH LOUNGE - Event Formats
Type A: Advisor Panel - Pitch Feedback Events
Seize a chance to get investor pitch ready by presenting in an informal setting and getting helpful feedback from a panel of experts including those who are F&B focused, excited founders, angel investors/finance professionals, pitch/communication coaches, etc.
This pitching opportunity suits early-stage startups, pre- or post-investment, or revenue. We have even hosted Seed startups wanting to come and receive feedback on their new Seed investor pitch deck to polish it later in advance of investor meetings, where pitch deck and presenting feedback are often in short supply.
No investors are actively invited. However, we usually host 1-2 investment industry professionals on the panel and investors might register to attend as audience members.
For more information please refer to our FAQ document.
Type B: Investor Panel - Pitch Demo Events
Our demo day-style F&B pitch events have since August 2020 in largely the same successful format.
Usually, we host (four-to-six) 5-minute startup pitches and Q&A rounds with an investor panel. We also offer end-of-event breakout room networking, one room dedicated to each presenting company - startup or sponsor. It includes a more generous time allocation than most demo days. Applications are open and startups will be shortlisted on a rolling basis.
There is a wider value offering than the feedback events including pre-event and post-event marketing of your investment raise and a dedicated digital networking room during the event as well as investor introductions and an annotated registration list is shared post-event.
For more information and to register your interest as startup, sponsor, investor or panelist, please email jamal@pitchlounge.net
Our Global Community
For updates on Pitch Lounge events and relevant networking, please also join our event series groups and subscribe to our newsletter:
“Food & Beverage Pitch Events”
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12503914/
To connect, learn and network within this region, join our new “MENATI Food & Beverage” LinkedIn group:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12910098
Foodpreneur Collective:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011595082701141
Subscribe to our “Pitch Lounge” mailing list on our website for periodic updates on pitch events and other support to the startup-investor community:
We can't wait to meet you!
Kind Regards,
Sascha Dutta, Event Co-host & Founder (Marketing Strategiser) & Dubai Lead Ambassador (FoodHack)
Nader Ahmad, Co-host & General Partner (Homegrown Ventures)
Ahmad Shamieh, Co-host & General Partner (Homegrown Ventures)
Maher Al-Tabchy, Co-host, Founder & CEO Tabchilli
Jamal Maxey - Co-Producer & Event Promoter (Pitch Lounge) & Mentor (Techstars - Saudi Arabia)
Meiraj Ahmed - Brand Manager (Pitch Lounge) & Founder (Meiraj.ai)