3rd Foodpreneur Collective Networking - Dubai
Di., 07. Nov.
|Dubai
Are you a Food & Beverage (F&B) industry professional based in Dubai and/or a MENA-based F&B startup visiting Dubai who is looking to expand to the region? RSVP now for our in-person “Foodpreneur Collective Networking - Dubai” at The Eloquent Elephant, Taj Dubai
Time & Location
07. Nov. 2023, 18:00 GMT+4 – 08. Nov. 2023, 21:00 GMT+4
Dubai, Burj Khalifa St - Business Bay - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
About the event
Following the success of our first two Dubai events, we are pleased to confirm the following networking opportunity:
“Foodpreneur Collective Networking - Dubai”
This event is free to attend, but you must register in advance so we have an idea on numbers. You will also have to pay for your own drinks and food. Make sure you arrive before 7pm if you want to take advantage of the Happy Hour! From 7pm there is also the option to have the BBQ & Grill Night package which includes free-flowing French grapes for 3 hrs with either 2 starters or a main.
Venue:
The Eloquent Elephant, Taj Dubai, Burj Khalifa Street, Dubai on Tuesday, 7th November 2023
Valet parking is available at the Taj Dubai Hotel.
Google Map Reference - https://maps.app.goo.gl/Efcp4xAz9DcMwgtR6
Co-hosts:
Sascha Dutta - Event Co-host | Founder (Marketing Strategiser) | Dubai Ambassador (FoodHack) | F&B Startup Community Builder.
Nader Amiri - Event Co-host | Founder (elGrocer - Online Grocery Delivery) | Panelist (Pitch Lounge) | CPG/FMCG & FoodTech Expert | Investor.
Ahmad Shamieh - Event Co-host | General Partner (Homegrown CPG) | Former Director/Country Manager (Danone).
Event Organisers Associated with:
Homegrown CPG
elGrocer - Online Grocery Delivery
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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 attending the F&B Trade Shows in Dubai from 7th-9th Nov.
Although the networking event is not exclusive, we are particularly interested in founders, buyers, and investors involved in producing, buying, and funding healthy, diet, vegan, free-from, and functional foods and/or industry professionals seeking business partners, new products, and investment deal flow!
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Sascha Dutta from Marketing Strategiser and FoodHack (Dubai) and Jamal Maxey from Pitch Lounge and Techstars (Saudi Arabia) alongside organise pitching, panelist, and networking-based F&B events matching F&B founders to investors and industry professionals from companies including FoodHack, Phoenix Investments, RSVP Business Angel, RePlate Ventures, ProVeg Incubator, IndieBio, Fusion VC, FRESH START FoodTech Incubator IL, and others.
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Marketing Strategiser is a Food & Beverage marketing and branding consultancy with corporate and startup clients (including Marketing & Social Media Consulting, Coaching & Training for Food & Drink Entrepreneurs to help you grow your business).
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 50+ Food & Beverage events with the support of Marketing Strategiser.
Free From Food & 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:
1. EXPOSURE TO GLOBAL FOOD & BEVERAGE ECOSYSTEM
2. LIVE INVESTOR FEEDBACK, NETWORKING, AND INTEREST
3. ACCESS TO FUNDING, PITCHING, AND SCALING OPPORTUNITIES
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Our next online event:
“MENA Food & Beverage Pitch Lounge” (Thursday, 16th November | 19:00 – 21:30 GST)
https://www.pitchlounge.net/event-details-registration/mena-food-beverage-pitch-lounge
Please use coupon codes EARLY50SAVER16NOV or 50SAVER16NOV for 50%-off observer tickets!
The pitch event format is usually 6*5-minute pitches and Q&A rounds with an investor panel. Applications are open and startups will be shortlisted on a rolling basis.
For more information and to register your interest as startup, sponsor, investor or panelist, please email info@pitchlounge.net
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/
“Foodpreneur Collective”:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefoodpreneurssocialmediacollective/
Subscribe to our mailing list on our website:
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Our next in-person event:
Free From Food Amsterdam - Startup Investor Pitch Lounge (22nd November 2023)
Please visit our website for more details:
https://www.pitchlounge.net/freefrom
Please see the link below for your general pre-booking form for startup booths and other Expo services can be accessed here, and you will be contacted by the teams at Free From Food & Ingredients & Expo Business Communications
https://form.jotform.com/232842692746365
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Kind Regards,
Sascha Dutta - Event Co-host | Founder (Marketing Strategiser) | Dubai Ambassador (FoodHack) | F&B Startup Community Builder.
Nader Amiri - Event Co-host | Founder (elGrocer - Online Grocery Delivery) | Panelist (Pitch Lounge) | CPG/FMCG & FoodTech Expert | Investor.
Ahmad Shamieh - Event Co-host | General Partner (Homegrown CPG) | Former Director/Country Manager (Danone).
Jamal Maxey - Co-Producer & Event Promoter (Pitch Lounge) & Mentor (Techstars - Saudi Arabia)
Meiraj Ahmed - Brand Manager (Pitch Lounge) & Founder (Meiraj.ai)