Abu Dhabi Tech Tuesdays No. 1 - Chapter Launch Event > Powered by Liora Global w/ BitAngels & VNTR
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📅 DATE: Our FIRST Abu Dhabi Tech Tuesdays event will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, from 4:00 - 10:00 PM.
🎭 VENUE: Come mingle with fellow technologists at our 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: 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 - 6:00 pm BitAngels Pitch Competition
With panel of esteemed judges including Vineet Budki (Sigma Capital)
🕕 6:00 - 8:00 pm GATHER and SOCIALIZE. We know traffic and parking is crazy! Do NOT stress. Take your time and get here.
🕕 8:00 - 9:00 pm SPEAKERS & PRESENTATIONS. Tech Tuesdays features the best tech projects and intellectual content. Think well-done TED or Davos talks. We are like that.
🎙 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
🎙 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/
🎙 More speakers added soon!
🕕 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. Everyone is friendly and open - so introduce yourself to someone new.
🎥 MEDIA PARTNER: The Mora Agency
👔👗 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.
ALSO we welcome the referral of other quality guests.