

Road to PlanX series
Learn from the Top 1% Entrepreneurs in the Game 🇦🇪
Founder Series: CAPITAL
Everyone is pitching. Almost nobody is getting funded. Here is why.
Most founders think they have a pitch problem.
A deck problem. A timing problem. A "we just need the right investor" problem.
More often than not, it is a gap problem.
The gap between how founders think capital moves and how it actually moves.
The gap between sounding ready and being ready.
The gap between what gets a founder in the room and what gets them funded.
AI is moving faster than almost any sector before it, and that speed is exposing this gap in real time. Founders are pitching without understanding how investors are actually deploying capital into AI right now. And even when they get the meeting, most cannot tell the difference between being pitch-ready and being investor-ready.
Learn how capital is really flowing into AI today, and what actually separates founders who get funded from founders who just get meetings.
No hype. No recycled fundraising advice. No theory.
Just perspective from an investor writing checks and a founder who has closed the gap himself.
Agenda
11am – 11.45am
How people are actually investing today
Bashar Aboudaoud
11.45am – 12.30pm
Pitch-ready vs investor-ready: the AI founder's gap
Joe David, Founder & CEO, Nephos Group
Why attend
Every AI founder assumes they are closer to funded than they are.
The ones who raise are not the loudest, or even the most technical. They understand what investors are actually looking for, and they know the difference between a good pitch and a fundable business.
While others guess where the capital is going, they know.
While others polish a deck, they close the real gap.
While others chase interest, they build proof.
That gap compounds with every meeting that goes nowhere.
This session closes it.
What you will learn
From Bashar Aboudaoud, Co-founder and CIO at Brinc
"How people are actually investing in AI today."
From Joe David, Founder and CEO at Nephos Global
"Pitch-ready vs investor-ready: the AI founder's gap."
Together, a clear picture of where capital is going and what it actually takes to be ready for it.
Hosted by Ignyte in collaboration with PlanX, Brinc, Nephos Global, Entrepreneur Middle East and Deel.
Spots are limited and curated. Apply now.
Road to PlanX series
Learn from the Top 1% Entrepreneurs in the Game 🇦🇪