Global
meetup
Get in the Ring winners come together from all corners of the world for the grandest showcase of unconventional solutions. Who will rise above the rest and earn their place in the Global Final Hall of Fame?
Global Meetup
What is the Global Meetup?
The Global Meetup is the final event of the Global Startup Competition “Get in the Ring”. The best startups gather together to create the grandest showcase of unconventional solutions. Founders from all corners of the world come together, make business deals with corporates and investors and battle for the title of Global Winner.
10,000+
applicants
105
Founders
85
Corporates
492
Meetings held
35+
Nationalities
Abidjan
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Algiers
Antananarivo
Astana
Asuncion
Austin
Bahrain
Bamako
Bratislava
Brussels
Bucharest
Casablanca
Chisinau
Cidade da Praia
Conakry
Dakar
Debrecen
Dnepropetrovsk
Dortmund
Douala
Eindhoven
Fukuoka
Geleen
Gitega
Guatamala City
Hannover Messe
Harare
Houston
Istanbul
Jeruzalem
Johannesburg
Kampala
Kansas City
Katima Mulilo
Kharkiv
Khomas
Kiev
Kigali
Kuwait
Lahore
Lomé
Lviv
Maastricht
Malaga
Manama
Manila
Medellin
Mexico City
Minsk
Monrovia
Nicosia
Odessa
Ongwediva
Oran
Parakou
Pasig City
Pittsburgh
Porto-Novo
Pristina
Reykjavik
Rishon LeZion
Riyadh
Rome
Salvador
Santa Cruz
Santa Domingo
Seattle
Sofia
Surabaya
Talinn
Terni
Thimphu
Ulaanbaatar
Waterloo
Winnipeg
Yaounde
Zagreb
Zwolle
Tirana
09 Apr 2024
Ankara
01 Sep 2023
Osaka
17 Jan 2023
Ankara
16 Sep 2022
Ankara
16 Sep 2022
Florianópolis
04 Aug 2022
Muscat
06 Jul 2022
Athens
10 Dec 2021
Osaka
02 Dec 2021
Parakou
22 Nov 2021
Shenzhen
10 Nov 2021
Ramallah
07 Nov 2021
Split
29 Oct 2021
Tel Aviv
20 Oct 2021
Florianópolis
15 Oct 2021
Ankara
17 Sep 2021
Cannes
16 Sep 2021
Ouagadougou
01 Sep 2021
Banjul
01 Sep 2021
Boston
23 Jun 2021
Copenhagen
10 Jun 2021
Abrantes
08 Jun 2021
Angra do Heroísmo
08 Jun 2021
Braga
08 Jun 2021
Fundão
08 Jun 2021
Munich
26 May 2021
Oslo
04 May 2021
Geneva
18 Mar 2021
Tel Aviv
10 Dec 2020
Lisbon
04 Dec 2020
Osaka
03 Dec 2020
Hyderabad
01 Dec 2020
Toulouse
26 Nov 2020
Berlin
19 Nov 2020
Budapest
01 Nov 2020
The Hague
27 Oct 2020
Antwerp
23 Sep 2020
Singapore
27 Aug 2020
San Francisco
06 May 2020
Vienna
27 Apr 2020
Kathmandu
24 Apr 2020
Doha
18 Apr 2020
Montréal
14 Apr 2020
Taipei
08 Apr 2020
London
08 Apr 2020
Warsaw
01 Apr 2020
Ottawa
30 Mar 2020
Saint Lucia
26 Mar 2020
Tokyo
18 Mar 2020
Skopje
15 Mar 2020
Kinshasa
06 Mar 2020
Amsterdam
05 Mar 2020
Boston
04 Mar 2020
Osaka
20 Feb 2020
Seoul
13 Feb 2020
Miami
04 Feb 2020
Eindhoven
03 Feb 2020
Split
12 Dec 2019
Brazzaville
04 Dec 2019
Hargeisa
24 Nov 2019
Monaco
22 Nov 2019
Tbilisi
20 Nov 2019
Groningen
11 Nov 2019
Groningen
11 Nov 2019
Groningen
11 Nov 2019
Groningen
11 Nov 2019
Groningen
11 Nov 2019
Budapest
07 Nov 2019
Barranquilla
07 Nov 2019
Nice
24 Oct 2019
Ho Chi Minh City
13 Oct 2019
Dhaka
12 Oct 2019
Copenhagen
18 Sep 2019
Berlin
17 Jun 2019
Ericeira
14 May 2019
Portimão
13 May 2019
Guatemala City
09 May 2019
Cotonou
04 May 2019
São Paulo
02 May 2019
Doha
28 Apr 2019
Moscow
26 Apr 2019
Ouagadougou
26 Apr 2019
Singapore
26 Apr 2019
Kathmandu
26 Apr 2019
Madrid
25 Apr 2019
Skopje
21 Apr 2019
Sarajevo
12 Apr 2019
Jakarta
11 Apr 2019
Ankara
06 Apr 2019
Ottawa
04 Apr 2019
Saint Lucia
28 Mar 2019
Nijmegen
13 Mar 2019
Osaka
28 Feb 2019
Rotterdam
20 Feb 2019
New Delhi
04 Feb 2019
Monaco
18 Dec 2018
Budapest
29 Nov 2018
Khartoum
19 Nov 2018
Montréal
18 Nov 2018
Brazzaville
15 Nov 2018
Barranquilla
14 Nov 2018
Hargeisa
14 Nov 2018
Freetown
14 Nov 2018
Tbilisi
14 Nov 2018
Seoul
13 Nov 2018
Bogota
26 Oct 2018
Chengdu
12 Oct 2018
Cagnes-sur-Mer
10 Oct 2018
Copenhagen
25 Sep 2018
Bangalore
09 Aug 2018
Santo Domingo
23 May 2018
Belgrade
12 May 2018
Sarajevo
06 May 2018
Portimão
01 May 2018
Nairobi
30 Apr 2018
Dhaka
29 Apr 2018
Beirut
28 Apr 2018
Guatemala City
25 Apr 2018
Cascais
23 Apr 2018
Doha
21 Apr 2018
Porto
20 Apr 2018
Ouagadougou
20 Apr 2018
Coimbra
19 Apr 2018
Amman
16 Apr 2018
Tirana
14 Apr 2018
Rabat
14 Apr 2018
São Paulo
12 Apr 2018
Kabul
29 Mar 2018
Athens
21 Mar 2018
Saint Lucia
21 Mar 2018
Colorado Springs
12 Mar 2018
Osaka
28 Feb 2018
Jakarta
24 Feb 2018
Limassol
23 Feb 2018
Cotonou
03 Feb 2018
Niamey
13 Jan 2018
Monaco
01 Dec 2017
Budapest
01 Dec 2017
Brazzaville
30 Nov 2017
San José
28 Nov 2017
N’Djamena
17 Nov 2017
Rotterdam
16 Nov 2017
Khartoum
14 Nov 2017
Seoul
14 Nov 2017
Ramallah
13 Nov 2017
Skopje
31 Oct 2017
Bangalore
25 Oct 2017
Montréal
14 Oct 2017
Nice
14 Oct 2017
Antibes
04 Oct 2017
Rotterdam
28 Sep 2017
The Hague
26 Sep 2017
Bogota
21 Sep 2017
Singapore
14 Sep 2017
Enschede
07 Sep 2017
Lagos
28 Aug 2017
Nur-Sultan
14 Jul 2017
Berlin
16 Jun 2017
Chengdu
11 May 2017
Osaka
13 Dec 2016
Seoul
16 Nov 2016
Milan
N.d.
Ankara
N.d.
Montréal
N.d.
Seoul
N.d.
Montréal
N.d.
Istanbul
N.d.
Bangalore
N.d.
Toronto
N.d.
Madrid
N.d.
Budapest
N.d.
São Paulo
N.d.
São Paulo
N.d.
Moscow
N.d.
Porto Alegre
N.d.
Stockholm
N.d.
Cape Town
N.d.
Porto Alegre
N.d.
Jakarta
N.d.
New York
N.d.
Tel Aviv
N.d.
The Hague
N.d.
Not an event near your location?
Previous Global Meetups
Exciting 3-day program
Founder Welcome Drinks
Founders get to know each other during our network-oriented welcome drinks to kickstart the Global Meetup with local ecosystems.
Dealmaking Day
1-on-1 dealmaking meeting with startup founders, industry leaders and investors.
Jury Pitches & Award Show
Startup winners of the competition compete for a spot at the award show.
Epic final of the competition in Get in the Ring pitch battle style.
