Startopia

    Partnerships

    Bring founder education to your students, members or network.

    We work with schools, universities, accelerators and companies across the MENA and GCC region. Every partnership runs on one method, ProofScaling, and ends with evidence you can check.

    26student ventures taken to market, by founders aged 6 to 17.
    A Startopia cohort gathered around one table, mapping problems with sticky notes

    What a partnership has produced.

    Two recent partnerships, and what each one produced. Every figure here can be opened and checked.

    Two delivered partnerships: a family programme with GEMS Education in the UAE, where 24 families completed every gate and 5 founders were fully funded; and a four-day bootcamp with the American University in Cairo, where 21 students built 5 working products

    Talks and mentoring.

    Beyond the programmes, Louis speaks and mentors founders across the region's startup and education ecosystem.

    Louis Ravenscroft with a Startopia cohort. Louis has spoken and mentored founders at Plug and Play, Omantel, INJAZ, Universities of Canada in Egypt, DMZ Cairo, Founders Live and Spring VC
    Plug and Play
    INJAZ
    University of Canada
    DMZ
    Founders Live

    Three ways to partner.

    Most partnerships take one of three shapes. Every one of them starts the same way.

    Three ways to partner. Distribution partners, such as schools, universities and education networks, bring the students; Startopia brings the programme, platform, facilitation and a scored record for every student. Ecosystem partners, such as accelerators and hubs, bring mentors and investors; Startopia brings founders with evidence. Sponsors fund a challenge or Buildathon; Startopia brings validated ideas, working prototypes and a talent pipeline

    How a partnership starts.

    No long proposal first. You see the method work in your own room before you commit to anything.

    How a partnership starts: a 30-minute call with Louis, then a pilot of one free masterclass or one Buildathon day, then a scoped partnership

    Start with a 30-minute call.

    Tell us who you work with and what you want them to leave with. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.