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Where MENA’s Most Active Investors Meet the Region’s Next Growth Opportunities.

Capital Connect by Alex Angels, part of Middle East Innovation Week, brings together leading VCs, angel investors, family offices, and ecosystem builders for an exclusive investment experience focused on meaningful connections and real opportunities.

Across private gatherings, curated networking events, startup matchmaking, and investor-focused discussions, Capital Connect creates direct access to the people, ideas, and companies shaping the future of innovation across MENA and emerging markets.

Built for investors, it is designed to move beyond networking, giving investors direct access to relevant deal flow, meaningful connections, and opportunities that matter.

+200

Investors

+70

Countries

+1500

Startups

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WHY ATTEND?

Expand Your Investor Network:
Build relationships with the region’s most active investors in an environment focused on quality connections, real conversations, and lasting partnerships.

Investors-only Networking Events

Build meaningful connections with leading investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders through a curated series of private networking events designed exclusively for Capital Connect Investors. These events create space for focused conversations around co-investment opportunities, market insights, and emerging trends, enabling relationships that extend beyond the event itself.

Investors Lounge

A dedicated space for investors to meet, engage, and continue discussions throughout the event. The Investors Lounge is designed to support informal deal conversations, peer exchange, and deeper relationship building in a calm, professional environment.

Stay Ahead of Market Trends:
Gain access to high-level conversations on the key trends, sectors, and market shifts shaping the future of investment and entrepreneurship, from AI and emerging technologies to fundraising, exits, secondaries, and evolving strategies across MENA and global markets.

Capital Connect helps investors stay ahead of the curve by combining structured discussions with real-world insights from experienced investors and ecosystem leaders. The outcome is higher visibility into where markets are heading and where the next opportunities are emerging.

Capital Connect Masterclasses

Designed for investors looking to stay ahead in an evolving investment landscape, Capital Connect Masterclasses deliver practical insights, strategic frameworks, and real-world perspectives from leading investors and industry experts. Each masterclass explores topics shaping the future of private markets, from portfolio strategy and emerging investment trends to liquidity, value creation, and maximizing returns, equipping participants with actionable knowledge they can apply to their own investment decisions.

Discover High-Potential Startups:
Capital Connect connects investors with high-potential startups through structured matchmaking and targeted engagement opportunities.

Investors/Startups Matchmaking:

Through curated matchmaking sessions, investors gain direct access to high-potential startups aligned with their investment interests. Each interaction is designed to be intentional, efficient, and relevant, ensuring investors spend time with founders who match their strategic priorities and growth expectations.

Unlocking Liquidity in MENA Startups:

The Secondaries Marketplace

Powered by Alex Angels, the Secondaries Marketplace is a dedicated platform focused on unlocking liquidity opportunities within the regional startup ecosystem.
It enables investors to explore liquidity opportunities, facilitates smoother exits, and contributes to a more mature and dynamic investment landscape across MENA, addressing a key gap in the regional venture ecosystem.