Our goal is to foster a sustainable and global entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our programs and activities focus on bringing startups and corporates together to enhance the growth of all parties, and to bring new value to enterprises through innovation.
Mind the Bridge is an international team with experience and a presence in multiple ecosystems.
Mind the Bridge has been running a non-profit foundation since 2007. It was established by Marco Marinucci with the support of a group of entrepreneurs passionate about entrepreneurship education.
Mind the Bridge was established in 2007 by then Googler, Marco Marinucci. Marco now serves as the company’s CEO with Italian university Professor Alberto Onetti as its chairman.
The Scaleup Summits are highly curated, invitation only, matching activities hosted by the most prestigious Stock Exchanges where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends.
Collaboration between corporates and startups, if done right, can bring tremendous benefit to both. Startups can access invaluable resources and market insight which can help them scale, whilst for established companies, such collaborations offer an important mode of innovation – as well as subtler benefits like cultural change.
Corporate Startup Stars is the celebration of Best Practices and Role Models in #OpenInnovation.
The Boot Camp is focused on Open Innovation and Sustainability in MENA.
International corporates and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends.
Exclusive interviews with MENA top notch innovation leaders.
11:30-11:50 CET | Welcome, Agenda, Who’s Who, Expectations Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge |
11:50-12:10 CET | 2021 Corporate Startup Stars Awards – Official Kick Off John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce Amy Neale, Senior Vice President, Mastercard (2020 Corporate Startup Star) |
12:10-12:20 CET | Report Announcement: Tech Scaleup MENA 2021 Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge Kareem Hassan, Executive Director of ESCWA Technology Centre for Development |
12:20-12:40 CET | Fireside Chat Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge Faisal AlHawi, Head of Accelerators and Incubators, Dubai Future Foundation |
12:40-13:30 CET | Corporate Partners Presentations |
11:30-11:45 CET | Welcome Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge Gabriel Petrus, Deputy Director for Global Partnerships & Development, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Kareem Hassan, Executive Director of ESCWA Technology Centre for Development |
11:45-12:15 CET | Tech Scaleup MENA 2021: Preliminary Report Presentation Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge |
12:15-12:30 CET | Consultation Process Kareem Hassan, Executive Director of ESCWA Technology Centre for Development Gabriel Petrus, Deputy Director for Global Partnerships & Development, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |