Disrupt.com x COLABS: Builder's Meetup | Riyadh Edition
Most people talk about building a startup. Few understand what building actually looks like before the first venture gets off the ground.
Disrupt is an ai native venture builder. We co-found ventures, operate them, and commit capital from our own balance sheet. We built Cloudways ($350M exit) and PureVPN (5M+ users). We have 20+ active ventures running now with $100M deployed.
If you are in Riyadh for Money20/20, add one more stop. As this showcase, we open the process - from idea validation to funded venture - and show you how it works in practice.
You will see the real process. Meet the operators. Hear directly from founders who have built and exited. Not advisors. Not academics.
You will see the tools and infrastructure these ventures are actually built on. You leave with a clear next step. And if the fit is there, you leave as our next co-founder.
Speakers:
Dr. Jonathan Doerr; SVP - Venture Building: Built and exited companies across three continents. Scaled Jumia to NYSE and Daraz to Alibaba acquisition. Ex partner at Antler, have helped hundreds of founders. Now leads Venture Building at Disrupt.
Ali Samir Oosman; SVP - Strategy, Partnerships & Investments: Spent over 15 years building, operating and investing. Advised 6,000+ startups across MENAP and help them raise millions in capital. Led strategic partnership and deal flow with Microsoft for Startups. Founding MD of Endeavor Pakistan and now leading strategy, partnership and investment at Disrupt.
Alemsah Ozturk, Chief Storyteller: Founded 41-29 and sold it to WPP, now Ogilvy and one of the region's largest creative agencies. Featured at Cannes, Clio, D&AD and Eurobest.
Who should come:
If you have built something before and know exactly what you would do differently this time, come. If you have been sitting on an idea for months and just need the right room, come. If you are a senior operator who has spent years building inside someone else's company and are finally ready to build your own, come.
You do not need a technical background. You do not need a polished pitch. You just need the drive to build something real and the honesty to know you cannot do it alone.
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About our partner: COLABS is the region's leading flexible workspace provider and community-building platform, helping companies launch, grow, and scale across emerging markets. Home to 300+ companies spread across 10+ locations, positioning itself as the go-to platform for founders, creatives, and innovators building what's next in the region.