Malta Enterprise to host Startup festival between 5th and 6th October 2023
The third edition of Malta Enterprise’s Startup Festival will be held between 5th and 6th October 2023.
The Minister for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli announced the festival dates while addressing more than 200 startups and investors during the Spring Meetup, which was held this week as part of the preparations for this same event.
Following the success of the first two editions, the Startup Festival has established itself as one of the most popular events for entrepreneurs and innovators, as they come together to share knowledge and experiences about different startups. The festival attracts hundreds of local and foreign startups, varying from FinTech (including KYC/AML solutions), digital games, VR/AR, Metaverse, medical cannabis, BioTech, MedTech, and the blue economy.
This year’s event will be held at a larger venue, and the MFCC Ta’ Qali was selected. Malta Enterprise will be setting up a bigger Deal Room area, giving startups more space to have meetings and connect with investors. For this year’s Festival, Malta Enterprise will be launching a new podcast, entitled Business Matters, and featuring interviews with local personalities, business updates, startup advice, as well as collaborations with other entities.
For the first time ever, the Startup Festival will feature Pitch Black, a new pitching competition. Startups can pitch their proposals before investors and compete for a prize package, to turn their ideas into a successful venture.
Minister Miriam Dalli said that year after year, the Startup Festival gets bigger and better. She outlined that Malta is always open for business, and is always on the lookout for innovative and forward-looking startups. Through different initiatives, startups are being attracted, while assisting existing businesses grow and become more efficient and sustainable.
“We want entrepreneurs to make Malta their home and when they succeed, we invite them to help us encourage others to follow in their footsteps. Let’s consolidate this promising startup ecosystem,” said Miriam Dalli.
“The players within the start-up ecosystem are crucial to driving sustainable economic development. Our focus is on attracting innovative businesses that may be relatively small in employment but generate above-average jobs in Malta. The average wage generated by the start-ups we support exceeds €40,000, exemplifying our strategy driven by quality over quantity. This approach aligns with our long-term vision to drive economic development rather than simply economic growth,” highlighted Malta Enterprise CEO Kurt Farrugia.
For more information on the Malta Startup Festival 2023, follow the StartinMalta socials or email info@startinmalta.com.
Il-Ministru Miriam Dalli tħabbar it-tielet edizzjoni tal-Istartup Festival
Malta Enterprise tospita l-Istartup Festival bejn il-5 u 6 ta’ Ottubru 2023
It-tielet edizzjoni tal-Istartup Festival ta’ Malta Enterprise se ssir bejn il-5 u s-6 ta’ Ottubru 2023.
Il-Ministru għall-Ambjent, l-Enerġija u l-Intrapriża Miriam Dalli ħabbret id-dati tal-Festival waqt li kienet qed tindirizza aktar minn 200 startup u imprendituri fl-attività “Spring Meetup”, li saret din il-ġimgħa bħala parti mit-tħejjijiet għall-istess Festival.
Wara s-suċċess tal-ewwel żewġ edizzjonijiet, l-Istartup Festival sar waħda mill-aktar attivitajiet popolari fost l-imprendituri u l-innovaturi, hekk kif jiltaqgħu taħt saqaf wieħed biex jaqsmu esperjenzi u għarfien dwar startups differenti. Il-Festival jattira mijiet ta’ negozji ġodda lokali u barranin minn diversi setturi, fosthom FinTech (inklużi soluzzjonijiet KYC/AML), logħob diġitali, VR/AR, Metaverse, kannabis mediċinali, BioTech, MedTech u l-ekonomija blu.
Din is-sena l-Festival se jsir f’post ikbar, l-MFCC, f’Ta’ Qali. Malta Enterprise se toħloq Deal Room ikbar minn ta’ qabel, biex l-istartups ikollhom aktar post fejn jiltaqgħu u jitkellmu mal-investituri. Għal din is-sena, Malta Enterprise se tvara wkoll podkast bl-isem Business Matters, b’intervisti ma’ personalitajiet lokali, aġġornamenti dwar in-negozju, pariri għall-istartups u kollaborazzjonijiet m’entitajiet oħrajn.
Għall-ewwel darba, l-Istartup Festival se jkollu attività ġdida – “Pitch Black”, kompetizzjoni fejn startups ikunu jistgħu jippreżentaw il-proposti tagħhom quddiem bosta investituri u jikkompetu għal premju finali li jinkludi numru ta’ servizzi minn diversi intrapriżi, biex bihom jibdlu l-ideat tagħhom f’negozju ta’ suċċess.
Il-Ministru Miriam Dalli qalet li sena wara sena, dan il-festival dejjem qed jikber u jsir aħjar. Hija tenniet li Malta hija dejjem miftuħa għan-negozji ġodda u l-bibien tagħna huma dejjem miftuħa għal startups innovattivi b’viżjoni għall-futur. Il-Ministru spjegat li permezz ta’ diversi inizzjattivi, qed jiġu attirati negozji ġodda filwaqt li ngħinu lil dawk eżistenti jikbru u jsiru aktar effiċjenti u sostenibbli.
“Irridu li l-imprendituri jagħżlu lil Malta bħala d-dar naturali tagħhom, u meta jirnexxu, nistednuhom jgħinuna nkomplu ninkoraġġixxu oħrajn jimxu fuq il-passi tagħhom. Flimkien insaħħu dan l-ambjent imprenditorjali li ħloqna biex nattiraw aktar startups,” temmet tgħid il-Ministru Dalli.
“L-istartups huma kruċjali biex inkomplu għaddejjin bi żvilupp sostenibbli ekonomiku. L-għan tagħna huwa li nkomplu nattiraw negozji innovattivi li għalkemm forsi jkunu żgħar jiġġeneraw xogħolijiet ta’ kwalità. Is-salarju medju li jiġġeneraw dawn l-istartups jaqbeż l-€40,000, fejn din hija turija ċara kif l-istrateġija tagħna hija bbażata fuq il-kwalità. U għalhekk dan hu l-mod ta’ kif qed inkomplu naħdmu fuq il-viżjoni fit-tul għal żvilupp ekonomiku,” saħaq il-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-Malta Enterprise Kurt Farrugia.
Għal aktar tagħrif dwar il-Malta Startup Festival 2023 segwi StartinMalta fuq il-media soċjali jew ibgħat email fuq info@startinmalta.com.