Supernova 0X Pitch Competition at Expand North Star 2026
2026-12-08 · 00:00:00 · Dubai
Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai
Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai
The premier global pitch competition at Expand North Star 2026, structured across Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A venture stages with a $200,000 equity-free prize pool, connecting founders directly with relevant cheque-size investors.
Organizer: Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy
At a glance
- Theme
- No Noise. Just Deals.
- Stage
- Pre seed, Seed, Series a
- Sectors
- Ai, Fintech, Deeptech, Enterprise
Speakers, judges and hosts
- Christian Weedbrook — CEO & Founderጨማሪrole: speaker,company: Xanadu Quantum Technologies,bio: DEWA recently met him to discuss strategic cooperation in energy systems. The fourth industrial revolution unicorn, Xanadu has b (Speaker)
- Gilberto Silva — Founderጨማሪrole: speaker,company: Striver,bio: Former Arsenal and Brazil national team football player, part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup-winning squad. He is also the founder of Striver, focusing on ath (Speaker)
- Greg Jackson — CEOጨማሪrole: speaker,company: Octopus Energy,bio: (Speaker)
- H.E. Alia Abdulla Al Mazrouei — Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEsጨማሪrole: speaker,company: UAE Cabinet,bio: Supporting entrepreneurship and SMEs in the UAE (Speaker)
- H.E. Omar Sultan Alolama — Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applicationsጨማሪrole: speaker,company: UAE Government,bio: Appointed in 2017 as the world’s first Minister of State for Ar (Speaker)
- Jason Derulo — Investor and Award-Winning Singer & Songwriterጨማሪrole: speaker,company: ,bio: Award-winning American singer, songwriter, and dancer known for hits like "Whatcha Say" and "Talk Dirty." He is also an in (Speaker)
- Neil Patel — Co-Founderጨማሪrole: speaker,company: NP Digital,bio: (Speaker)
- Peng Xiao — CEOጨማሪrole: speaker,company: G42,bio: (Speaker)
- Sean o'Sullivan — Co-Founder & Managing General Partnerጨማሪrole: speaker,company: SOSV,bio: Co-founder and Managing General Partner, SOSV, a global venture capital firm with accelerator programs like IndieBio and HAX. (Speaker)
- Sir Martin Sorrell — Founder/Executive Chairmanጨማሪrole: speaker,company: S4 Capital, bio: Founder of WPP, the world's largest advertising and PR group, and founder/executive chairman of S4 Capital plc. (Speaker)
- Vinod Khosla — Co-Founder & Investment Partnerጨማሪrole: speaker,company: Khosla Ventures,bio: Co-founder, Sun Microsystems and founder of Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in innovative technologies (Speaker)
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