Expand North Star 2026 is one of the world’s largest startup and investor connector events, bringing together startups, founders, venture capital funds, family offices, corporate innovation teams, governments, and ecosystem leaders. The event is focused on fundraising, founder-investor matching, startup scaling, market entry, and access to global capital. Official website
The 2026 edition will take place on December 8–10 in Dubai, UAE, at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai. According to the official website, Expand North Star connects founders, investors, and visionaries from across the world, helping startups access capital, partnerships, corporate collaboration, and new markets.
Key focus areas include startups, venture capital, fundraising, founder-investor matching, scaleups, emerging markets, deeptech, AI, creator economy, digital health, biotech, corporate innovation, venture debt, family offices, sovereign funds, and international market expansion. The event also features the Investor Programme, Founder’s Pass, startup pods, pitch opportunities, pre-arranged onsite meetings, and Supernova 0X, a venture-stage-focused pitch competition.
For startups, founders, VCs, family offices, corporate innovation teams, and ecosystem partners, Expand North Star 2026 offers strong value as a fundraising and market-entry platform, especially for companies targeting MENA, GCC, Africa, India, LATAM, and broader emerging-market growth corridors.