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Runway to Web Summit: Vancouver’s startup scene gears up for the big stage

4Mar

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Runway to Web Summit: Vancouver’s startup scene gears up for the big stage

The latest Runway to Web Summit, taking place on Tuesday, March 4, will bring together Vancouver’s top tech and business leaders for a preview of Web Summit Vancouver 2025. Web Summit is hosting its first Runway to Web Summit event in Vancouver at AWS offices at The Post, offering an inside look at the city’s tech ecosystem, startup landscape, and what’s ahead for Web Summit Vancouver 2025, taking place May 27-30. Representing Web Summit at the event will be Web Summit’s Canadian Deputy Country Manager, Amanda Collett, and Web Summit’s VP of Startup Relations and Special Projects, Richard Forde. The afternoon will start with opening remarks from PacificCan Minister Harjit Sajjan, followed by a panel featuring Web Summit’s Canadian Deputy Country Manager, Amanda C...

PSG announces Doha-based innovation lab at Web Summit Qatar 2025

PSG Labs will focus on identifying and supporting innovative ideas to address the club’s challenges both on and off the pitch. French club Paris Saint-Germain has launched a new platform to collaborate with startups and incubate ideas, with its first regional headquarters based in Doha. The platform, called PSG Labs, was announced by the club’s Chief Innovation and Digital Officer, Jerry Newman, on the sidelines of the Web Summit Qatar 2025 on Tuesday. “By launching this innovation lab in Doha, PSG is demonstrating the impact that visionary leadership and global collaboration can have in shaping the future of sports,” Newman said at the announcement. PSG Labs will serve as the dedicated innovation engine directed towards identifying and supporting ideas t...

WEB SUMMIT QATAR, RECORDS HIGHEST NUMBER OF ATTENDEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST’S BIGGEST STARTUP EVENT

This year’s Web Summit event been held in Qatar-Doha, has welcomed a whopping number of 25,747 attendees from 124 countries across the world. The event which started on Sunday 23, February, 2025 with an amazing opening night has since recorded the largest startup gathering in the Middle East with a total of 1,520 startups and 723 investors.Here are the numbers of the Web Summit Qatar event;A total of 168 partners are exhibiting, including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, TikTok, and Huawei; 381 speakers are taking the stage to tackle issues from AI and global policy to climate change;Over 47 percent women-founded startups – a 51 percent rise from last year – with 37 percent women attendees; 120 new meetups organised through Web Summit’s AI-powered system;AI is the top startup ...