Georgian Startup Summit & Startup World Cup Georgia 2025
- guntsadze
- Jun 11
- 2 min read
We’re excited to introduce to you Georgian Startup Summit & Startup World Cup Georgia 2025, the national gateway to the world’s largest startup competition. The winner of this year’s finale will earn the once-in-a-lifetime chance to pitch on the global stage in Silicon Valley, alongside 100+ country champions, competing for a $1 million investment prize from Pegasus Tech Ventures — backers of companies like SpaceX and 23andMe. 📍 Main Event
Date: June 19, 2025
Location: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)
Summit brings together Georgia’s most promising founders, global VCs, ecosystem builders, and tech enthusiasts for a high-energy gathering focused on innovation, investment, and scaling beyond borders.
🎯 What to Expect:
• High-impact workshops: Fundraising, Legal, Product Ops
• Startup Expo and open networking
• Fireside chats, panels, and international keynotes
• Startup World Cup Georgia Finale — top 10 startups compete live on stage
• VIP Reception for select guests and speakers
🗓 June 20 – Investor-Only Day
This day offers private networking, dealflow discovery, and exclusive roundtables with leading investors, LPs, and family offices.
As Georgia’s startup ecosystem gains global attention, this summit offers the perfect platform to connect with forward-thinking innovators and investors — all set against the academic legacy of TSU, the oldest university in the South Caucasus.
🎙 Speakers, panelists, and workshop mentors include:
● Bill Reichert - Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures; Veteran Silicon Valley legend and
global early-stage investor
● Sheel Mohnot - Founder & General Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures; Pre-seed
and seed stage global fintech investor
● Chris Burry - Founder at Global Innovation Dojo; Helping great startup founders reach
their full potential around the world
● Haytham El-Azaizy - Managing Partner at Intuitio VC (Saudi Arabia); Top 40 Under 40
MENA
● Justin Hwa - E-commerce & AI Guru; Former Global Innovation at Ebay
● Sameer Sortur - Founding Partner at SquareCircle Ventures; Chapter director of Startup
Grind Dubai
● Colin Donohue - Founder at Startup Connect & Co-founder at Global Innovation Dojo;
Bridging founders, investors, and expertise
Join us in celebrating the next wave of Georgian innovation — and watch as one startup
earns their way to Silicon Valley.
Specially under partnership of eCOMMERCE ASSOCIATION GEORGIA,
we would like to offer promo codes for
50% off for the General Pass ticket by applying promo code - ecag*GP3Tq
20% off for VIP ticket by applying promo code - ecag#V!P9rL
Looking forward to welcoming you at the summit,