April 29, 2025

In5 Tech, Dubai

Catalysing Web3 with Capital

Days

Hours

Minutes

SPEAKERS

PITCHES

INVESTORS

STARTUPS

$0B+

BILLION AUM REPRESENTED

DELEGATES

IWF'25

Catalysing Web3 With Capital

Hosted at In5 Tech, Dubai, IWF is the UAE’s premier platform for connecting Web3 ventures with capital. Bringing together policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders, IWF focuses on fueling investments and driving funding opportunities for Web3 growth.

The theme for IWF 2025 is focused on empowering Web3 ventures to drive net-zero goals.
With keynotes, startup pitches, panel discussions, and roundtables, IWF offers unmatched access to investment-ready startups and innovative funding opportunities in the Web3 ecosystem. Be part of the capital shaping the future.
See you at IWF 2025!

Why Invest Web3 Forum?

Exclusive Web3 Startup Pitch Slots

Invest Web3 Forum is a one-of-a-kind event designed for Web3 startups to pitch directly to top investors. Featuring a live Q&A session along with the pitch, startups gain the rare opportunity to present in a closed gathering of venture capitalists, private equity firms, family offices, angel investors, UHNWIs, and corporate venture arms — all looking for their next big investment.

This isn’t just a pitch competition or demo day; it’s a gateway to lasting connections. Participating startups receive post-event access to investors, ensuring the potential for continued discussions, follow-up meetings, and deeper engagement.

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Why Pitch at IWF?

Investor Connections Made

Investors Attended

Success Rate for Follow-Up Meetings

Startups Registered for Startup Pitches

On Spot Commitments

of Startups Received Funding Offers

Glimpse Of Past event

75+

SPEAKERS

50+

PARTNERS

$100B+

AUM REPRESENTED

250

DELEGATES

Agenda

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

(10 min)

Opening Note

Keynote

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM

(10 min)

Chief Guest Address

Keynote

Chief Guest

Cláudia Pinto

Head of Philanthropy & Sustainability Advisor to H.H. Sheikh Marwan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Founder, Empowering Women Middle East Board Member, United Nations | Impact Investor | Global Sustainability Strategist

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

(40 min)

Traditional VC vs. Community-Driven Models

Panel

Session Host

Maryna Barysheva

CEO, LKI Consulting

Speakers

Michael Nicklas

Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group

Laura K. Inamedinova

Chief Global Ecosystem Officer, Gate.io

Mona Tiesler

Head of Investments, tokentus VC | Venture Partner, Edge Capital

Robbie Jeo

CEO, Kommunitas

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

(10 min)

Guest of Honour Address

Keynote

Guest of Honour

Ahmad Al-Mahmood

Strategic Planning & Excellence Advisor

11:10 AM - 12:05 PM

(55 min)

Startup Pitch Session

Pitches

12:05 PM - 12:10 PM

(5 min)

Guest of Honour Address

Keynote

Guest of Honour

Seyed Mohammed Siam Hosseini

Founder & CEO, Maincore AI

Why Pitch at IWF?

Join the most impactful startup event and connect with top investors.

Success Rate for Follow-Up Meetings

Investors Attended

of Startups Received Funding Offers

Investor Connections Made

Startups Registered for Startup Pitches

$M+

On Spot Commitments

Highlights

Who you can expect to meet at IWF

Founders & Innovators

Web3 Founders, Blockchain & Crypto Startups, DApp Creators, Protocol Builders, and Entrepreneurs

Investors & Fund Managers

Venture Capitalists, Private Equity Funds, Crypto Funds, Hedge Funds, Family Offices, HNWI, and Angel Investors

Financial & Regulatory Stakeholders

Regulators, Policy Makers, Government Representatives, Legal Experts, and Compliance Officers

Ecosystem
Builders

Incubators, Accelerators, Media, and Influencers

Themes in Focus

Growth Sectors

Identifying high-growth sectors and emerging trends within the Web3 space.

Regulatory Navigation

Understanding the evolving regulatory landscape and its impact on Web3 investment strategies.

Asset Tokenization

Unlocking new investment vehicles through tokenization of real-world assets.

Risk Mitigation

Approaches to mitigate risks in volatile Web3 markets, including regulatory, security, and market risks.

Tokenomics Insights

Assessing token models and economics to make informed investment decisions.

Investor Diligence

Conducting rigorous due diligence in Web3 projects, from fundamentals to evaluating technology stacks.

Capital Raising

Effective fundraising strategies and insights into attracting institutional and venture capital to Web3 startups.

Beyond Finance

Investing in non-financial applications of Web3, such as digital identity and global impact.

Growth Sectors

Identifying high-growth sectors and emerging trends within the Web3 space.

Regulatory Navigation

Understanding the evolving regulatory landscape and its impact on Web3 investment strategies.

Asset Tokenization

Unlocking new investment vehicles through tokenization of real-world assets.

Risk Mitigation

Approaches to mitigate risks in volatile Web3 markets, including regulatory, security, and market risks.

Tokenomics Insights

Assessing token models and economics to make informed investment decisions.

Investor Diligence

Conducting rigorous due diligence in Web3 projects, from fundamentals to evaluating technology stacks.

Capital Raising

Effective fundraising strategies and insights into attracting institutional and venture capital to Web3 startups.

Beyond Finance

Investing in non-financial applications of Web3, such as digital identity and global impact.

Chief Guest

Cláudia Pinto

Guest of Honor

Ahmad Al-Mahmood

Strategic Planning & Excellence Advisor

Hosts

Vaibhav Nanda

General partner and Chief Builder, Decoders Labs

Michael Graham

Head of Growth, Cryptorsy

Gordon Einstein

Founding Partner, CryptoLaw Partners

SPEAKERS

Seyed Mohammed Siam Hosseini

Founder & CEO, Maincore AI

Dmitrii Dubkov

Head of Growth, Neoma Ventures

Sofia Kostiunina

Managing Director, 100VP

Nabil Arnous

Executive Director – Commercial, RAK Digital Assets Oasis Freezone Government Authority

Ksenia Babochkina

Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO), AlphaBerry Capital

Aya

Founder, Azintafy

Maryna Barysheva

CEO, LKI Consulting

Kamila Michalkiewicz

Co-Founder and CEO, Most Capital Connections

Amira Soliman

CEO & Co-founder, Time Guardian

Malak Albaw

CEO, Alba Ventures

Andra Nicolau

Co-Founder, LYS Labs

Laura K. Inamedinova

Chief Global Ecosystem Officer, Gate.io

Evgeny Filichkin

Managing Director, AlphaBerry Capital

Michael Clare

Head of Digital Assets and Fintech Operations, Liongate Bahamas Limited

Dr. Wale j Daramola,

Founder, DiFiMeta.

Armands Murnieks

Founder & CEO | Investor | RWA Innovator

Shailesh Kunnath

Founder, Masary Capital

Beka Tchulukhadze

CEO, FU Capital

Artak Seyranyan

Deal Flow Manager, ChainGPT Pad

Fefe Demeny

Crypto Investor & Trader, Crypto Banter

Matt Cepulis

CEO, Luvkaizen

Michael Nicklas

Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group

Tzvi Lev

CEO, AYA Strategic

Mr.Sudeep Saxena

Co Founder, Coin Gabbar

Ruan Botha

Co-Founder, Provenance Compliance

Ling Qing Meng

CEO, Lucia Protocol

Cris D. Tran

Co-founder, MoneyFi

Tomas Martunas

Unicorn Builder / AI & Web3 Investor, WhiteBridge AI / ZenCapital

Martin Wichmann

CEO, Kvarn Capital

Silvia Mogas

CEO & Founder, BMBWeb3 Ventures | Blockchain Marketing Boutique

Gerald Chenyi

Founder, Mobile Wallet Incorporated

Alisa Serebrianyk

General Partner, Infodriver Capital

Milentina Marcus

Romanian Community Ambassador for Sustainable Investment and Innovation

Dr. Adel ElMessiry

Co-Founder, Lussa/AIVP/AlphaFin

Wesley Russon

COO, Outline Investment

Jeff Cafolla

Founder, Earned Network

Mariano Rubinstein

Co-Founder & CEO, Sura Gaming | Sura Ventures

Igor Bershadsky

Co-Founder, Phron AI

Nadim Alain Souss

Co-Founder, Why Protocol

Animositas (Ani)

CEO, Lizard Labs

Chris James Murphy

Co-Founder, Klink Finance

Jan Švach

Portfolio Manager, Black Alpha Capital

Robbie Jeo

CEO, Kommunitas

Chirag Mehta

Head Institutional Partnerships and Strategic Deals, Hedgit

Mona Tiesler

Head of Investments, tokentus VC | Venture Partner, Edge Capital

Benedek Orban

Head of Ecosystem, CV VC

Petro Yanytskyi

Senior Investment Analyst, Monolith

Patrick Martin

Managing Partner + Head of Strategy, EMF Family Office + Uphold.com

Sasha Mai

Co-Founder, RISE

Ana Y

COO, AlphaStack Ventures

Hardeep Singh Mehta

Partner, Rosato Ventures

Joydeep Mondal

Founder, Terra Forum | Alumni - Global Entrepreneur Programme, United Kingdom Government

Megan Nilsson

Founder, Crypto Megan

Jake Lee

Founder and CEO, Magnet

Daniel Malinovski

Co-Founder & CEO, Simplicity Group

Mariangel Garcia

Chief Marketing Officer, Mintlayer

Yeo Gan Peng

CEO / Co-Founder, PeerHive

Bob Vosalik

Founder and CIO, 319 Capital

Vlad Svitanko

Founder, Cryptorsy

Katherine Dowling

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Bitwise Asset Management

Abhay Mishra

Founder & CEO, Monet Work

Nadine Wilke

Co-Founder & CGO, Particula

Ms. Laura Estefanía

CEO & Founder, Conquista PR

Parker Tagtmeier

Co-Founder and CMO, 3VO

Adrià Roig Bravo

CEO & Founder, FOHLE Finance

Iris Meng

Co-Founder, Investment Officer, Jadeite Family Office

Rupesh Pednekar

Partner, ALTINAD Capital

Benjamin James

Founder, 404 (Bittensor Subnet 17)

Martin de Rijke

Head of Growth, Maple Finance

Renee Francis

Founder & Director, Take3

Gary Yang

Founding Partner, Eureka Capital and Skysaga Capital

Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh

Co-Founder & CEO at Lagrange

Dr. Bassel Assaad

Founder & CEO, Tracee

John Bui

Venture Partner, Trive Digital

Dr. Claus Skaaning

CEO and Co-Founder, DigiShares

Radoslav Poljasevic

Director Sales

Andrew Vranjes

Chief Revenue Officer, Blockdaemon

Tiffany Chang

Investment VP, Gate Ventures

Vignesh Keserala Raja

Founding Partner, Amigoo Ventures

Marc Taverner

Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, XEROF

Zsófia Szathmáry

Chief Innovation Officer, Head of Business Development, InsightX

Milan Jandik

Founder & CEO, Frictionless Network

Evgen Verzun

Founder, Kaizen.Finance

Faraj Abutalibov

Co-founder & CBDO of CrossCurve by Eywa, Founder of Ace Capital & Crypto Executives

Mark Magliocco

Founder, Lexie Crypto

Robert Hirsch

CEO, Continuum Protocol Co. | Founder, ZKalyx

Henry James

General Partner, Rolle Capital

Sachin Kumar

Founder, Jumbo Blockchain

Josh Roizen

Founder & CEO, The GG Company

Le Zhuo

Vice President, Amber Group

Aly Madhavji

Managing Partner, Blockchain Founders Fund

Gaspard Bonnot

Founder & CEO, DIV Protocol

Alexis Sirkia

Chairman, Yellow

Max Kuersteiner

Head of BD and product, Decubate / Decubate Technologies

Ashish Baphana

Co Founder, Law Blocks

Sadri Sali LL.M., CCAS

Managing Partner, Sali Law Group

Mantas (Matt) Jalincas

Co-founder / CEO, Spirex.io

Cole Kennelly

Founder & CEO, Volmex Labs

Anastasia Lukach

CEO, Marsbase

Samuel Macintyre

CEO & Co-Founder, Zenith Labs

Steve Wood

Founder/CEO, Earnscape

Adrien Stern

Founder & CEO, Reveel

Andrés Felipe Fonseca Duque

Cofounder - COO, VIIO

Jasvir Dhillon

CEO & Co-founder, Penomo

Mihai Mosneanu

Capital Markets Chief, Penomo | ex-Executive Director, JPMorgan

Duncan Murray

Co-Founder, OnTac

Heston Harper

CEO & Founder, GIGATONS

Illia Pashkov

CEO, SINT

Akshay Aggarwal

Founder & CEO, Blockchained India

Ruchir Punjabi

Co-founder & CEO, ReNRG

Krishnendu Chatterjee

Co-founder, CEO, XTrading

Michael Gord

Co-Founder & CEO, GDA Capital

Mikael boshian

CEO, SFTY.AI

Nawal Kishor

Nathaniel

Co-founder & CEO, Manifest

participated SPEAKERS

They attended & partnered

Attended Investors

Attended Media

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WHY ATTEND?

Benefits for Investors

Access High-Potential Startups
Navigate Regulatory Insights
Expand Investment Strategies
Network with Thought Leaders
Stay Ahead of Trends

Benefits for Web3 Startups

Pitch to Targeted Investors
Gain Industry Visibility
Refine Fundraising Strategy
Engage with Regulators
Connect with Ecosystem Builders

WHY UAE?

Rank for Foreign Direct Investment across the globe

of all VC deals in MENA are held in the UAE

$ Bn

private wealth in Dubai – the largest in the region

Free Zones dedicated to the Web3 and Crypto Ecosystem

$ Bn

received in cryptocurrencies between July 2023 & June 2024

year-on-year growth in UAE crypto markets

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Invest Web3 Forum - 2025

16th January, 2025 | Dubai

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October 19, 2024 | New Delhi, India

Decentralized Web3 Investment Conclave -2024

15-21 April 2024 | Dubai

Gujarat Blockchain Summit - 2024

2nd March, 2024 | Gujarat, India

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Why Pitch at IWF?

Glimpse Of Past event

75+

50+

$100B+

250

Agenda

Why Pitch at IWF?

Highlights

Who you can expect to meet at IWF

Founders & Innovators

Founders & Innovators

Investors & Fund Managers

Investors & Fund Managers

Financial & Regulatory Stakeholders

Financial & Regulatory Stakeholders

Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builders

Themes in Focus

Growth Sectors

Regulatory Navigation

Asset Tokenization

Risk Mitigation

Tokenomics Insights

Investor Diligence

Capital Raising

Beyond Finance

Growth Sectors

Regulatory Navigation

Asset Tokenization

Risk Mitigation

Tokenomics Insights

Investor Diligence

Capital Raising

Beyond Finance

Chief Guest

Cláudia Pinto

Guest of Honor

Ahmad Al-Mahmood

Hosts

Vaibhav Nanda

Michael Graham

Gordon Einstein

SPEAKERS

Seyed Mohammed Siam Hosseini

Dmitrii Dubkov

Sofia Kostiunina

Nabil Arnous

Ksenia Babochkina

Aya

Maryna Barysheva

Kamila Michalkiewicz

Amira Soliman

Malak Albaw

Andra Nicolau

Laura K. Inamedinova

Evgeny Filichkin

Michael Clare

Dr. Wale j Daramola,

Armands Murnieks

Shailesh Kunnath

Beka Tchulukhadze

Artak Seyranyan

Fefe Demeny

Matt Cepulis

Michael Nicklas

Tzvi Lev

Mr.Sudeep Saxena

Ruan Botha

Ling Qing Meng

Cris D. Tran

Tomas Martunas

Martin Wichmann

Silvia Mogas

Gerald Chenyi

Ecosystem
Builders

Ecosystem
Builders