Overview

What is RiseUp? RiseUp is a platform that connects entrepreneurs and innovators with the resources they need. RiseUp is the glue in the ecosystem, sticking it together to make it collaborative and inclusive, active and impactful, locally and globally. RiseUp is only relevant because it has the support of the whole ecosystem. It is a crowd-sourced platform whose goal is to enable the ecosystem to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship.

RiseUp SummitRiseUp Summit is the region’s top annual event for connecting entrepreneurs and innovators to local and international investors, media, support organisations, knowledge, customers, mentors, and partners.

A 2-Day event packed with workshops, inspirational stories, highly relevant panel discussions, interviews, pitch events, mentorship sessions, and a Trade Fair for entrepreneurs to show their products and services to potential customers and partners.

#RiseUp14 by the numbers Attendees: 3000+ (from 42 countries) Speakers: 200+ (local, regional & global shapers) Workshops: 40+ Panel Discussions: 16 # of Booths in the StartUp Trade Fair: 50+

What People Said About #RiseUp14

Fireside Chats: 10 Partners/Sponsors: 50+ Journalists: 100 (from Egypt and Europe) Pitch Events: 2 # of people watching Live Streams 5000+ Investors: 70+ (from Egypt, the region, Europe, and the US). Reach on Social Media 71,000

What’s new in RiseUp Summit 2015?

• The whole MENA-region entrepreneurship scene in one place; entrepreneurs and investors from Morocco to UAE, Yemen to Turkey, and everywhere in-between, in addition to key players from East and West Africa.

• New global partners! We are currently working with Seedstars, Get in the Ring, Startup Travels, Startup Safary, Startup Pirates, Startup Addventure, IE Venture Lab, Endeavor Global, Stanford SEED, World Bank, Black Box, MiT Tech Review, and others.

• Top notch speakers from the startup, innovation and business world, regional and global.

• Even more customized knowledge-sharing sessions specifically for entrepreneurs.

• Social events. Dinners, breakfasts and parties.

• Phenomenal Opening and Closing Ceremonies directed by Jordan’s Visual Laundry and in partnership with local partners The Pop-Shop, and 5D.

• A powerful Networking app (by Egyptian startup Eventtus) which allows you to connect to any other attendee, track sessions, interact in real-time with panels, receive alerts and promotions, and manage your whole event experience.

Content

This year we will have a strong emphasis on delivering the highest quality content throughout the event. This is reflected in the following tracks:

Global Trends - where they are heading and how the MENA-region fits in (such as e-economy, the collision of science and environment, state of tech, rise of the machines, smart living and hardware etc.) Keywords include: Cryptocurrencies, robotics, AI, IoT, Bitcoin, renewable energy, Big Data, SaaS, 21st Century Work.

Entrepreneurship Know-How - always at the core of the Summit! Everything ranging from starting, to growth, scale and exit, as well as marketing, sales strategies, business development, design thinking, code surgery, customer acquisition & retention etc.

Sponsors and Partners

Sponsoring or partnering with RiseUp is more than simply branding at an event. Entrepreneurs are the business leaders of tomorrow, and entrepreneurship is the hope for growth in the economy, creation of jobs, and scalable solutions to the problems of today. RiseUp is at the heart of the entrepreneurship movement in Egypt (and MENA), connecting entrepreneurs to customers, partners, investors, mentors, and organisations that can increase their chances of success. Sponsoring RiseUp is being part of the movement, and positioning your company and brand with the future of Egypt and the wider MENA region. RiseUp Summit 2015 has several opportunities for sponsorships and partnerships. Sponsors and partners can enjoy unprecedented exposure, cool perks, and outstanding presence at the region’s top entrepreneurship and innovation event.

Coverage and Reach Rise Up is typically covered by over 50 local media and news organisations, as well as a host of international ones such as TechCrunch, WSJ, Forbes, Wamda. A couple of articles by journalists that attended: Nina Curley, Wamda http://www.wamda.com/2013/12/way-forward-egypt-rise-up-entrepreneurship-cairo-s-tahrir-square Ben J Rooney, WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2013/11/28/egypts-uprising-sparked-startup-revolution/ In addition, RiseUp’s video-streamed sessions were watched by a global audience of over 5000

For more: For the latest updates on #RiseUp15 you can take a look at our summit website where we will be announcing the speakers, special events, partnerships and sponsors. To stay engaged with us, and the wider ecosystem, be sure to like our Facebook page, or follow us on Twitter