The Global Blockchain and DeFi Congress event set the gold

The Global Blockchain and DeFi Congress event set the gold standard in investors conferences. From the caliber of the speakers & panelists to the white-glove service provided by the organizers; any inves-tor, project or thought leader in the space should strongly consider participation. Meetings were tailored exactly to our needs and the partnerships we formed from the events are invaluable. We will regularly be attending all of these events moving forward. Thanks again to Hadi, Rim and the rest of the Agora Group team!

Cli�ord Sarkin, COO - CasperLabs

GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN CONGRESS

Type of Blockchain projects raising funds at the event:

8th Edition

The Global Blockchain Congress is a closed door, by invitation only, exclu-sive event that connects, via pre-arranged and pre-scheduled one on one meetings, crypto projects that are raising funds with pre-qualified inves-tors from all over the world.

DeFi

Mining and Agriculture

NFTs

Gaming

Healthcare

Security

IoT Renewable EnergyEducation

This is not a conferencenor an exhibition.This is an exclusive, closed-door, congress between investors and hand-picked Blockchain & DeFi projects looking to raise funds.

It is the only event of its kind and it will bring together qualified investors (VCs, Private Equity Firms, Family O�ces, Crypto Funds and High Networth Individuals) with Block-chain & DeFi startups looking to raise funds.

The Global Blockchain Congress leverages the experience gained through the hosting of the first 7 editions of the event to ensure maxi-mum return on investment for all our sponsors.

What makes The Global Blockchain Congress di�erent?

We bring the investors for you.

We qualify them for you.

We send you, 10 days prior to the event, a complete list of investors attending the event, including their company names, job titles, investment budget, and background info.

You choose the investors you want to have one-on-one meetings with during the event.

We arrange one-on-one meetings for you with the Investors of your choice & send you your personalized schedule before the event.

The event is not a conference or an exhibition, it is an investment platform.

The entire event is focused on prearranged meetings between you and qualified investors of your choice.

This format guarantees the best return on investment of your time and money.

Qualified investors (Family O�ces, VCs, Private Equities, Crypto Funds, etc) will meet with you to explore the opportunities of investing in your company.

How does it work?

80 Investors with a combined budget of over 5 Billion Dollars.

Only 20 Blockchain Startups will be introduced to the Investors.

Live Streaming of all pitches with more than 10 thousand viewers.

This is how we qualify the investors

Each investor fills in a booking form that extracts important data for you: Their name and title, contact details, the name of the investment organization they represent, the type of investment organization they represent (VCs, Private Equity, Crypto Fund, Family O�ce, etc), their investment budget, the industries they invest in and their investment strategy (short-term or long-term focused).

They are the ultimate decision makers in the organization when it comes to investment decisions.

They are actively looking to invest in Blockchain Startups & Digital Assets.

They have a minimum investment budget of $5 Million.

The investors have all been qualified based on the following:

Crypto has had a tough year in the spotlight amongst allegation of excessive energy consumption on mining and the heavy ecological footprint it leaves behind. In this edition of the event, we will shed light on the impact of Blockchain on sustainable development, especially on the role that this technology can play in developing innovative solutions in renewable energy. Can Blockchain be the future of renewable energy and the next chapter in smart technology, as the online platform is helping develop consumer-driven power generation?

Fundamentally, Blockchain will let people trade energy amongst themselves, putting control into the hands of those consuming energy, rather than purely those who supply it. This, in turn, creates a bigger push towards more renewable energy projects: wind, solar and hydro producers can easily connect directly with investors – a distributed system, it allows for the middleman to be removed. As well as this, Blockchain technology lets energy producers make more money by issuing energy tokens that can either be consumed or resold, creating a clean, multidimensional grid.

At the same time, Crypto Mining has had a bad reputation for energy consumption and ecological foot print. This industry is built by innovators. It has defied what many perceive to be impossible time after time, and now these innovators must continue to push the technology forward as we face the challenge at hand: to reduce energy consumption across the board without sacrificing security, decentralization and scalability. Our ability to do so as an industry is critical to ensuring this technology can support the evolution of society as a whole.

Investors Invited to attendAlpha Sigma Capital VP, Middle East

BECO Capital Partner

Blockchain Founders Fund Managing Partner

Binance Labs Director

ChainLink Crypto Fund General Partner

CV VC Founder & Board Member

Darq.Capital Partner

Draper Goren Holm Founding Partner

Endemaj Funds CEO

Fenbushi Capital Senior Investment Manager

FD7 Ventures Managing Partner

Iconic Funds Partner

LEAD Ventures - The O�ce of Sheikh Sultan Bin Abdullah Al Qasimi CEO & Managing Director

Maven 11 Capital Chief Investment O�cer

Middle East Venture Partners CEO

O1ex Founder

Phoenix VC Managing Partner

Quara Holding Head of Blockchain Ventures

Qtum VC Chief Strategy O�cer

Shorooq Partners Managing Director

The Private O�ce of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum Senior Manager

Titans Ventures Founder

Tsangs Group Chairman

Tezos Foundation Managing Director

Woodstock Fund Chief Investment O�cer

Zokyo Founder & Partner

Attendees From The First Seven BlockchainCongresses

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O N E - O N - O N EM E E T I N G S

2 8 0 +

S P E A K E R S

2 2 0 0 +

D E L E G A T E S

6 0 0 +I N V E S T O R S

1 6 0 +S P O N S O R S

ATTENDEESVISITEDFROM MORE THAN75 COUNTRIES

Based in the UK, TDeFi is the world’s first acceleration program dedicated to Decentralised Financing. A group of professionals and serial entrepreneurs with diverse experience in various aspects of ‘Traditional Finance’ and CryptoCurrency Projects, came together to bring order, compliance, precision, business, connections, and most importantly, ‘Real-world utility’ to this emerging industry.

TDeFi has structured an intensive mentor-driven program that brings all the building blocks for a DeFi startup under one roof through the established portfolio companies of the Partners/In house group infrastructure serving the Fintech and Crypto ecosystem for over 4 years. TDeFI incubated xBTC, OroPocket, POP Network, Dfyn Network and Cashfi in its pilot cohort.

TDeFI is powered by Tradedog - A Crypto investment advisory firm that provides market intelligence and analysis to the institutional and retail investors.

Check out more details at www.tde.fi and www.tradedog.io

Co-Host

Previous Sponsors & Partners

Alon GorenFounding Partner,Draper Goren Holm

Andrea Bonaceto Founding Partner & CEOEterna Capital

Ahmed Bin SulayemExecutive Chairman & CEODMCC

Dr. Obaid Al ZaabiCEOSecurities & CommoditiesAuthority, UAE

Gaurav DubeyFounder & CEO,O1ex

Hubertus ThonhauserChairman of the Board,Tezos Foundation

H.E. Hussain MohammedAl MahmoudiCEO, Sharjah Research,Technology, & InnovationPark, UAE

Jorge SebastiaoCEO,Global BlockchainOrganization

Josef Holm Founding Partner,Draper Goren Holm

Nikola StojanowManaging Partner,Meta Change Capital

Ralf GlabischnigFounder & Board Member,Crypto Valley Venture Capital

Saeed Hareb Al DarmakiManaging Director,Alphabit DigitalCurrency Fund

Sergei KhitrovFounder,Listing.Help& Jets.Capital

Talal TabbaaCOO,Tranche.Finance

Wai Lum KwokSenior Executive Director &Financial Services RegulatoryAuthority, (ADGM)

Previous Speakers

When we participated in the 1st edition of the Global Bockchain Congress, we were able to secure funding and partnerships that allowed us to get to where we are today.To all the Blockchain projects, whether in the early or advanced stages, we assure you that the Global Blockchain Congress experience is unlike any other summit. This Congress is an exclusive, closed-door opportunity to connect with the greatest investors from the MENA region.

Daniel Santos, Woonkly - CEO

Testimonials

Maisa Vahedi , Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum -Senior Manager

Agora’s events have been very profitable and crucial for us at the private o�ce. It always brought us in contact with the decision makers and potential companies. We have strategic partnerships with a few of the companies that we met at Agora’s events.“

Anderson Tan, Alpha Omega Capital - Co-Founder

Nikita Sachdev, LunaPR.io - Co-Founder

Pitches are good and all, but have you ever sat on a table for 8 hours with 30 minutes one-on-one meetings with 50 rotating investors?Agora is next level. I went to this conference last year, and it was like speed dating with investors. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD BE. If you’re in #Dubai or can get there, and are looking to raise funds for your project, this is your jam.

Agora’s event exceeded my expectations. Very professionally curated agenda and most importantly the attending audience made a di�erence. In a market full of events and conferences the methodol-ogy of executing these businesses should be di�erent, they understood it well. Kudos to the team! Wishing them all the best.

Nameer Khan, MENA Fintech Association - Founding Board Member

Agora was everything and more than I expected. We had the chance to meet some incredibly well-respected individuals of the blockchain investment communities. The event was organized to the T, well-structured and we'll be coming out again soon!

Jamie Thomson, Vulcan Forged - CEO

Ideaology is working with Agora for almost a year now, and their events always provide us visibility and partnerships we need to grow our project. It was awesome to be back to live events after all those online events last year!

Amar Kovacevic, Ideaology- CTO

Bijan Alizadeh, Phoenix VC - Managing Partner

We love the format of the Global Blockchain and Global DeFi Congress. The meetings with the projects are well organised and they are very e�ective in identifying investment opportunities. We are in talks with many projects that we have met at the event and we look forward to attending the next edition.

Christian Roemlein, Intelligent Fluids - CEO & Managing Partner

Thank you Agora Group for the great services and support during the DUBAI event. We appreciated the organization of the 1:1 meetings and the high quality of delegates.

AOCP attended the 3rd edition of the Global Blockchain Congress to raise funds and met over 20 investors here in Dubai, including the Sheikh Sultan of Sharjah and we are very happy to announce that we just got our first investment deal for $1 million. Many thanks to Hadi and the team. You are a superman with the most amazing network of investors. Amazing event, best I’ve ever attended.

What a phenomenal event!! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. It was the most innovative and valuable blockchain event the industry has seen. Can’t wait for future editions!

Amanda Joki, Ludena Protocol - Senior Marketing Manager

Harishkarthik Gunalan, Coin Fantasy - Co-Founder

Tyler Doussan, Inheriti - Head of Community Growth

Thank you very much for hosting such an amazing Congress!Safe Haven was extremely pleased with the networking opportunities provided by Agora at the Global Blockchain Congress in Dubai - commu-nication was clear, smooth, and concise. Our primary goal was to increase awareness about the importance of decentralized inheritance and personal backup plans, via Inheriti, which was facilitated well with the guidance and assistance of Agora’s organization skills. Many angel investor and venture capitalist meetings were hand-picked by Agora to match sought services and blockchain technology that we provide. Accommodations pertaining to lodging/catering was above expectations and all levels of comfort were taken into consideration. We strongly recommend other blockchain projects to attend congresses held by Agora in the future.

Constantin Ene, Vanilla Network - CTO

As an early stage startup, Agora's model of connecting great projects directly with a fantastic set of investors in a tightly held event and over one-on-one meetings is very unique and extremely rewarding. The feedback, interests and partnership that are possible because of this format of engagement, makes it unique and trust-worthy. Not only is Agora able to bring together the comprehensive set of investors and ventures together, but they are hands on when it comes to making sure and mutually productive event for investors and startups alike.

Ganeshram Gunalan, Darq. Capital - Co-Founder

Jack Smies, IOP Capital - Executive Director

The 7th Edition of the Global Blockchain Congress exceeded our expecta-tions and I am glad to have been a delegate at the event. I have attended many industry events but I can’t boast that any met the standard of this Congress.From the presentations, fire-side chats, networking opportunities to the social events, everything was well planned. What amazes me the most is that no delegate was left behind as we all felt that sense of belonging. If the future of blockchain is to be exactly how we have all imagined it, a decentralized world where systems work, this event needs to bring all industry players together periodically. Can’t wait for the next event!

I really enjoyed the Agora blockchain conference. A great format with interesting speakers and one on one meetings with startups. It was good to meet people in person again and share our ideas. The quality of the presentations was excellent and we met again some interesting startups with whom we have follow up discussions. The format is very e�ective and allows us to have exposure to great startups in a couple of days what otherwise would have taken months.

We have been Investing in Crypto Ventures for years now including participating in unique and well-known projects right from their seed days. What Agora does is provide a trust-worthy platform for funds like us to engage with the choicest of projects and get an early access to either partner with them, or, participate in their funding rounds. More important-ly, they bring "trust" to this process, which is a crucial factor. Looking forward to participating in more such events in the future.

g.a mercado, estudios amazonia - Director

As expected, Hadi, Rim and the entire Agora Team delivered a superb event. The event was professionally executed – Superb planning and great investors.They managed to deliver on their promise: Showcasing talented Blockchain based entrepreneurs and their crypto business solutions to savvy and seasoned investors.

Daniel Kohler, edeXa - CEO

The Global Blockchain Congress in Dubai is one of the most exclusive events for innovators, startups and investors, bringing people together. We didn’t experience the event as just one conference among many, but it was about companies and investors to really move forward and close deals and partnerships.

Ritam Gupta, DeFi11 - CEO

As a whole, I really liked the way Agora pulled o� the entire event with such sheer class. With a seamless management and helpful processes, it gave a real nice experience to the delegates and projects as well. A big thumbs up from DeFi11 for the post event support that was provided. Highly appreciated!

Program - The Global Blockchain Congress

Day 1 - Monday, November 8th , 2021

Registration and Refreshments

Keynote Opening Address TBA

Panel DiscussionTBA

Sponsor Presentation






Co�ee Break and Networking Session

08:00 - 09:00

09:00 - 09:1010 Minutes

11:15 - 13:001hr 45 Minutes

Fireside ChatTBA

Panel DiscussionTBA

Presentation

Prayer break and lunch

14:00 - 14:4040 Minutes

14:40 - 15:0020 Minutes

15:00 - 15:1515 Minutes

15:30 - 16:3060 Minutes

13:00 - 14:0060 Minutes

Co�ee Break15:00 - 15:3030 Minutes

Chairman closing remark and end of Day One 16:30

09:10 - 09:3020 Minutes

09:30 - 10:0030 Minutes

10:00 - 10:1010 Minutes

10:10 - 10:2010 Minutes

10:20 - 10:3010 Minutes

10:30 - 10:4010 Minutes

10:40 - 10:5010 Minutes

10:50 - 11:0010 Minutes

11:00 - 11:1515 Minutes

Opening remarks – welcome of the chairman of the event

Meeting 1 - 15 Minutes











Program - The Global Blockchain Congress

Day 2 - Tuesday, November 9th , 2021

Registration and Refreshments

Presentation TBA

Panel DiscussionTBA







Co�ee Break and Networking Session

08:00 - 09:00

09:00 - 09:1010 Minutes

11:30 - 13:001hr 30 Minutes

PresentationTBA

Panel DiscussionTBA

Prayer break and lunch

14:00 - 14:4545 Minutes

14:45 - 15:0015 Minutes

15:30 - 16:1545 Minutes

13:00 - 14:0060 Minutes

Co�ee Break15:00 - 15:3030 Minutes

Chairman closing remark and end of Congress16:15

09:10 - 09:3020 Minutes

09:30 - 10:0030 Minutes

10:00 - 10:1010 Minutes

10:10 - 10:2010 Minutes

10:20 - 10:3010 Minutes

10:30 - 10:4010 Minutes

10:40 - 10:5010 Minutes

10:50 - 11:0010 Minutes

11:00 - 11:3030 Minutes

Opening remarks – welcome of the chairman of the event










StrategicPartner

“Lunchsponsor”

StrategicPartner

“Co�ee breaksponsor”

GoldSponsor

SilverSponsor

BronzeSponsor

Sponsorship Packages

15 Meetings20 Meetings20 Meetings20 Meetings 12 Meetings 8 Meetings

4 4 4 3 2 1

Full database ofinvestors

Live presentationspeech & online streaming

One on one meetings

Representatives

Access to high levelpost-event report

2 night accommodation at the venue of the event, full access to the conference agenda, cocktail reception, 2 breakfasts, 4 co�ee breaks, 2 lunches and 1 Gala Dinner.

Partner recognition in all Event’s media/promotion: Includes event website, event marketing campaign, brochure, stage backdrop, event booklet, event post-event report, etc.

StrategicPartner

“Gala dinnerSponsor”

For pricings please contact: [email protected]

Head O�ce Location

Creative Tower ST Fujeirah, UAE | No 2, Second Floor

+971 50 857 4008 | +961 3 478 007

www.agoragroup.ae

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The Global Blockchain and DeFi Congress event set the gold