Abu Dhabi Tech Tuesdays No. 1 - Chapter Launch Event / Legacy Rising > Powered by Liora Global w/ BitAngels & VNTR
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📅 DATE: As part of the Legacy Rising series, the FIRST Abu Dhabi Tech Tuesdays event will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, from 4:00 - 10:00 PM. The schedule will include: BitAngels Pitch Competition, VNTR Panel, and the usual amazing Tech Tuesdays programming.
🎭 VENUE: Come mingle with fellow technologists, innovators, and disruptors, at a lovely venue - the amazing FAHID BEACH CLUB BY BARBOSSA. https://www.instagram.com/fahidbcbybarbossa/
🍹DRINK SPECIALS : FREE entrance for women 👠. Men - 150 AED gets you 3 beverages (mandatory for men, but note that venue's mocktails are very nice).
🤝 EVENT PARTNER: BitAngels. BitAngels is an open, thriving community of skilled blockchain professionals, companies, developers, and others, with local events in key cities to create growth and connectivity in the blockchain space and with online communication and collaboration. Founders are invited to pitch their projects to investors, and investors get an inside look at some of the most exciting up-and-coming blockchain ventures. https://bitangels.network/
🤝 EVENT PARTNER: Liora Global. Liora Global curates and delivers worldwide integrated impact campaigns that unite media, marketing, and experiential strategy to create measurable results. They collaborate with brands, family offices, and cultural institutions to transform attention into place-based outcomes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.instagram.com/liora_global/
🤝 EVENT PARTNER: VNTR Investor Forum Abu Dhabi, Tuesday, December 9 (same day) - sign up here https://lu.ma/ezciw2jq. Join a curated circle of global investors — business angels, LPs, family offices, CVCs, and GPs — for a full-day forum focused on the trends shaping venture capital and exclusive co-investment opportunities emerging from the VNTR global community. This is not a traditional conference. It’s a highly-curated investor forum designed for meaningful connections, quality deal flow, and peer-level conversations. https://www.vntr.vc/events/abu-dhabi-807
🤝 EVENT PARTNER: fractl
fractl is a global network of 19,000+ founders, 5,000+ VCs, family offices, and funds of funds, brought together through highly curated in‑person investor events.
🌍 30+ premium investor gatherings hosted worldwide
👥 60,000+ registrants across our events to date
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🤝 EVENT PARTNER: Global Blockchain Show Week (GBSW). GBSW is happening December 3–12, 2025 and will turn the UAE into a powerhouse destination for everything blockchain. The centerpiece of the week is the Global Blockchain Show in Abu Dhabi, December 10–11, your direct gateway to the top 1% of Web3 innovators and leaders. Expect a curated lineup of high-impact blockchain and Web3 experiences: investor roundtables, exclusive networking meetups, VIP dinners, hackathons, workshops, and more. Subscribe & Register: https://luma.com/GBSWeek?k=c
🕕 4:00 - 5:30 pm - BITANGELS PITCH COMPETITION
Pitches presented to a panel of esteemed judges, including Vineet Budki (Sigma Capital), Elena Rakhimova (Rahim Invest), Rime Salmi (fractl), Player1Taco (Manifest Network), Bryan Blake (Hexopay), and Dr. Adel Elmessiry (AlphaFin, AIVP, Lussa.io).
🕕 5:30 - 6:15 pm - VNTR PANEL “Web3/Fintech Investment Trends for 2026”
Moderated by Yuri Rabinovich (Founder of VNTR). Featuring finance leaders, Vineet Budki, Darren Hands (COO of OtherPay), and Yaroslav Writtle.
🕕 6:15 - 7:00 pm - GATHER and SOCIALIZE. We know traffic and parking is crazy! Do NOT stress. Take your time and get here.
🕕 7:00 - 8:30 pm - WELCOME / SPEAKERS & FIRESIDE CHAT. Tech Tuesdays features the best projects and intellectual content. Think well-done TED or Davos talks. We are like that, but even more engaging.
🎙 H.R.H. SHEIKH ABDULAZIZ BIN ALI AL NUAIMI (GREEN SHEIKH), Royal Changemaker | Champion of Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship H.H. Sheikh Dr. Abdulaziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, widely known as The Green Sheikh, is a visionary royal changemaker and a global advocate for sustainability. A distinguished member of the ruling family of Ajman and Environmental Advisor to the Government of Ajman (UAE), he is renowned for his pioneering work in environmental advocacy, corporate social responsibility, and ethical leadership. As the founder of the Green Sheikh Academy, he has empowered countless youth, women and changemakers around the world to lead with purpose, protect the planet, and build a legacy rooted in compassion, wisdom and action. https://www.instagram.com/greensheikh https://www.linkedin.com/in/greensheikh
🎙 DARREN HANDS, COO, OtherPay. Darren Hands is a seasoned business leader and entrepreneur whose 25-plus-year career spans finance, operations, property development, and emerging fintech innovation. As COO of OtherPay, he works alongside the CEIO to shape the company’s vision, secure global partnerships, and deliver transformative payment solutions—most notably HoliWallet, an anti-fraud card set to modernise the tourist spending landscape. Darren is deeply involved in the company’s expansion into India & the GCC, collaborating with regulators, financial institutions, and industry leaders to build a secure and scalable payments ecosystem. With a strong history in fundraising and investor relations, Darren is known for his integrity, long-term thinking, and ability to turn strategic ideas into operational reality. His experience stretches from leading charitable fundraising initiatives to negotiating high-value land, construction, and technology partnerships across multiple countries. Darren’s leadership philosophy centres on trust, transparency, and sustainable value creation—qualities that underpin every venture he champions.
🎙 DR. ADEL ELMESSIRY, PH.D. Founder of AI Value Protocol AIVP.ai, AIDCToken.com, AlphaFin, Co-founder of Lussa.io, the Creators Union of Arabs representative at the United Nations. He has a Ph.D. in AI/ML/Blockchain with over two dozen academic publications. Supervises students at the AUC. Three successful exits with one unicorn, LP in DGH/DGB, advisor, and world speaker. He serves on several boards, including the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
🎙 MICHELLEE FOX, Founder and CEO of Liora Global. Liora Global is a strategic impact studio working where culture, capital, and consciousness meet. A Brazilian-born, Green Michelin–trained chef and global storyteller, she has led humanitarian food operations in Eastern Ukraine, produced large-scale cultural events, and created cinematic documentary work filmed entirely solo in her signature “one woman, one camera, one take” style. She is also the architect behind DGRID, a unified AI-driven response system designed to deliver actionable intelligence within the first twelve hours of crisis. Her work spans food sustainability, ancestral knowledge, and systems design, advising brands, institutions, and global leaders on regenerative strategy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleefox https://www.instagram.com/michelleethefox
🎙 YURI RABINOVICH, Super Connector, Investor, Founder @ VNTR. Yuri is an entrepreneur, investor, and community builder with over a decade of experience in launching and scaling tech startups. As the founder of VNTR, StartupMonthly, StartupSocials, GrowthMarketingConf and other ventures, Yuri has been at the forefront of accelerating innovation and creating thriving ecosystems and communities. Yuri will discuss VNTR, a community of accomplished investment peers who collaborate, share deal flows and co-invest alongside top global investors and funds. https://www.vntr.vc/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/byuric/
🕕 9:00 pm onward - NETWORKING + DINNER by Barbossa. Now is the time to meet everyone else you might have missed earlier in the day. Grab a (new) friend, grab a drink, and grab a table, feel like Mexican? Or a poke bowl? Barbossa Restaurant at Fahid has you covered. Create and deepen your connections with good conversation, with incredible tunes in the background. Everyone is friendly and open - good vibes only, so introduce yourself to someone new. It may open a new chapter for you.
🎥 MEDIA PARTNER: The Mora Agency, Gulf Buzz, ESG News
🤝 COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Also Thanks to Web3 Future Space for their continued support. https://web3future.space
👔👗 DRESSCODE: Please dress to impress - this is a high-level business and social event.The venue WILL block access in case of inappropriate, sloppy, or indecent attire.
Lastly, we welcome the referral of other quality guests.