Meet the 10 Middle Eastern Startups Heading to Pitch at Amsterdam’s Ignite for $10,000

The Startups on the Move Incubation program is coming to an end, as 10 finalist startups from Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq are heading to Amsterdam to pitch at the Ignite…

The First Startups Without Borders Chapter Opens Up in Istanbul – with a BANG!

Startups Without Borders Istanbul, the first-ever Chapter run by independent communities of entrepreneurs, launched last July in the Turkish capital, with an event that gathered the movers and shakers of…

Meet Alyona Mysko, the Ukrainian Entrepreneur Building the Future of Cloud-Based Financial Management

In 2019, a young Ukrainian Alyona Mysko founded FuelFinance in Kyiv, setting off to make startups’ finances efficient while saving SMBs from bankruptcy and unlocking trillions of dollars in GDP…

Startups Without Borders and SPARK to Host Event Series in Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq

The series of events will take place in Ramallah, Beirut and Erbil, as part of the Startups on the Move incubation program, created with support from Google.org. Startups Without Borders…

Startups Without Borders Partners with WeMakeFuture to Offer International Startups Free Exhibition Space

From June 16-18, innovative startups have a chance to take part in the World Startup Fest, an event dedicated to startups and scaleups from all over the world taking place…

PODCAST: How a 20-Year-Old Entrepreneur Stood Up for Blue-Collar Workers in Dubai

Young social entrepreneur Spandana Palaypu founded ZoEasy in 2016, in an effort to make the employment systems in Dubai more transparent. In episode 33 of the Startups Without Borders podcast,…

Startup Africa Roadtrip Takes African Entrepreneurs on a Tour of the Italian Ecosystem

6 African startup teams were brought together for Startup Africa Roadshow’s ‘Startup Africa Day’ in Milan and Turin, where they listened to the pitch of 6 Ugandan and Kenyan entrepreneurial…

Seedstars’ Migration Entrepreneurship Prize Program is Calling on Migrant-Supporting Businesses in Middle-Eastern and African Countries

Seedstars has just launched applications for their Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022 program, filled with training, networking, and investment opportunities from June 2022 to March 2023 that will propel businesses towards…

PODCAST: How This Nigerian Entrepreneur Found Her Purpose 3,000 km Away from Home

In Episode 34 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, Jane Oma dives into the mindset that allowed her to overcome the challenges of moving to an entirely new part of…

Startups Without Borders and SPARK launch an Incubation Program with $10k in Cash Prizes and a Final Pitch in Amsterdam

The incubation program, created with support from Google.org, aims to support 130 entrepreneurs in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq. Ten semi-finalist startups will win a trip to pitch in Amsterdam during…

Rome’s Luiss Business School Partners with Startups Without Borders to Offer STEM Scholarships for Women from Around the World

In an effort to foster inclusion and female-led tech startups, Startups Without Borders has partnered with Italian university Luiss Guido Carli University to provide scholarships for women in STEM sciences.  By SWB…

Replica Rolex Air-King 114234: The Silent Witness in a Brief History of Time

The Time Traveler’s Secret weapon Among Einstein’s possessions is an unparalleled work notebook containing the repair records for Replica Rolex Air-King 114234, dated 1915 – the year general relativity was…

PODCAST: 5 Things You Need to Know About the US Startup Visa 

In episode 31 of the Startups Without Borders Podcast, we speak to Tahmina Watson, the valiant lawyer who laid the foundations of the US Startup Visa, to unveil what are…

Meta Partners with Startups Without Borders to Support Palestinian Entrepreneurs with $100,000 in Grants

The program, titled Boost Without Borders, includes mentorship sessions, an investment readiness program and a pitching competition with up to $20,000 in cash prizes for Palestinian entrepreneurs. By SWB Team…

SWB Chapters

Startups Without Borders Announces the Launch of Chapters in Toronto and Other Cities in 2022

Startups Without Borders launched the Startups Without Borders Chapters during the flagship summit last December 11th and 12th. The program offers an opportunity for changemakers around the world to become…