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Gulf Business - Saudi Arabia’s start-up VC ecosystem grew record 65% y-on-y in H1 2021

Eye of Riyadh - One giant ‘Leap’: Saudi Arabia’s new global technology event to reshape lifestyles, transform economy and put the Kingdom among the world’s top technology-enabled nations

Dezeen - Stufish designs "world's largest kaleidoscope" in Saudi Arabia
 

Daily Mail - Saudi Arabia announces $6.4 billion investments in future tech
 

WIRED - Saudi Arabia unveils more than $6.4bn in technology and startup investment at LEAP22
 

ARAB NEWS - Global tech event LEAP22 receives 5 Gold Awards for its inaugural edition
 

TESTIMONIALS

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"This is my first LEAP and I'll be leaping again in the future. It's a place where global leaders and policy makers in this industry come together to do business and to learn."

Michelle Zatyln

President, Founder and COO, CloudFlare

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"LEAP is the biggest tech show I have seen in the Middle East and beyond. I've been here the first and second time, and this time it's bigger and much more impressive than it ever has been."

Margarete Schramboeck

Former Minister of ICT, Austria

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"The atmosphere here today is buzzing. That's the best word for it. This is my ninth time in Saudi Arabia. I love coming here. To see the growth, transformation and the appetite to transform even more."

will.i.am

Tech Enthusiast, Investor and LEAP 2023 speaker