Dubai · Technology & Startup Festival
STEPDUBAI
The meeting point for the region’s boldest founders, investors, and technology leaders — two days of ideas, capital, and connections that move ecosystems forward.
Dubai builds fast.
Step brings the room.
Dubai has become one of the world’s fastest-moving startup and technology hubs — capital, ambition, and founders from every direction. Step Dubai puts the most valuable people in that ecosystem in one place.
Across two days at Dubai Internet City, the festival connects early-stage founders with investors, operators with new ideas, and global technology leaders with the region’s next wave of builders.
- 2
- Days of programming
- 4+
- Stages & tracks
- 1:1
- Curated investor meetings
Built for people
who build.
Main Stage
Keynotes, fireside chats, and founder-led conversations from the people building what comes next.
Explore agenda → 02Startup Showcase
A curated floor of startups building for the region and beyond — demo, meet, and get discovered.
Meet the startups → 03Pitch Competition
Founders take the stage and pitch live to investors. High signal, real feedback, one winner.
How it works → 04Investor Meetings
Structured 1:1 meetings connecting startups with the investors they actually want to meet.
For investors → 05Satellite Events
Meetups, dinners, and partner events around the main days — the week around the conference.
See satellite events → 06Partners
Brands and ecosystems putting their name behind the next generation of builders.
View partners →Be in the room where the region builds what’s next.
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The first names
are coming.
The 2027 speaker lineup is being curated now. Expect founders, investors, and operators with real scars and real numbers — the people worth flying in for.
Previously on
the Step stage.
Startups and partners
from across the ecosystem.
8 companies are already part of the 2027 edition. If your company belongs in the room, there is still time to join.
Dubai · February 3–4, 2027 · Dubai Internet City
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