Startup Grind Europe-Asia Connect
By Mariam Chanishvili
Tuesday, October 29
On November 8-10, the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi is hosting a Startup Grind Europe-Asia Connect, connecting founders of startups and investors coming from Silicon Valley, UK, Israel, and around the world.
The regional Startup Grind event will be the third-largest event after Silicon Valley (8,000 delegates) and London (3,000 delegates).
The event will take place at the Rustaveli Theatre.
The event will feature more than 30 speakers, including Sacha Michaud, founder of startup Glovo, Amrit Dhir who led Google for Startups' global expansion in London, Berlin, Warsaw, etc., Georgian founders overseas George Arison and Tamaz Giorgadze, who have raised a combined $500 Million for their companies, Sheel Mohnot, head of Fintech Fund for 500 Startups and Marvin Liao who runs 500 Startups top San Francisco Accelerator, Founders of US Market Access Center helping global startups access Silicon Valley for funding & Customer growth, Amy Peck, AR/VR strategist, Venture Partner, Bill Richert of Pegasus Ventures and Garage Ventures and others in 17 country region for Visa, Ethan Pierse, founder Borderless Ventures and many more.
Brigitte Baumann will be one of the speakers at the Startup Grind regional event. She has been named an angel investor of the year in Europe, personally invested in almost 100 companies, and was named one of the Top 50 Women in Startup and VC in Europe.
Startup Grind is one of the largest international networks of startup founders, with over 600 chapters around the world and a reach of 2 million.
An informative meeting of Startup Grind took place on October 24 at Tbilisi State Conservatoire.
GITA - Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency is one of the partners of the event, along with the British Embassy in Tbilisi.
The event will provide a perfect opportunity for the Georgian startup community to fully stepping onto the world stage as a place for brilliant founders and technologists to come.
Speakers, entrepreneurs, trainers, and investors will have a chance to network and connect with various companies.
