Formula 1
World tour
One international calendar. A season that builds toward Dubai.
The ultimateglobalpitch show.
01 / The concept
Think bigger.
Bring it together.
Five familiar ideas.
One unmistakable format.
Beast Games
Competition
Big moments. Real competition. An audience invested in the outcome.
Shark Tank
Pitching
Ambitious founders put their businesses in front of investors.
Web Summit
Innovation
Scaleups, technology and capital at the heart of each city.
Private Members’ Club
Community
Relationships and curated introductions continue all year.
The ultimate
pitch show.
A world tour where scaleups compete, investors discover and audiences decide.
The show brings people in. The community keeps them connected.
Conceptual comparisons, not partnerships or endorsements. Images are illustrative. The real Shark Island format is shown in the film above.
02 / The business
Three engines.
One global platform.
01Solid revenue
Solid revenue
streams.
Event tickets
Guests join the live competition.
Annual premium membership
Year-round connections for investors, scaleups and business leaders, with free tickets to Shark Island events worldwide and database access.
Local sponsorship
Brands activate in a specific market.
The complete season
International partners gain visibility across the tour.
The Shark Island format
Universities, accelerators and operators run local events.
Stories and distribution
Branded content, advertising and media opportunities.
The event is the entry point. The network delivers continuing value.
A separately structured investment fund is an additional long-term opportunity. Fund commitments and potential manager economics are excluded from operating revenue.
02Global
Global
exposure.
24 cities.
6 continents.
One connected international season brings founders, investors, brands and technology communities together. Local City Captains deliver each competition; Shark Island provides the brand, format and production standard.
The official tour is designed to be capped at 24 cities. Its winning scaleups and international network converge in Dubai.
03Media
Media
empire.
100+content pieces per city
Founder stories. Interviews. Pitch highlights. Audience votes. Investor conversations. Behind the scenes.
2,400+ content pieces per complete season.
Every story builds attention. Every winner builds anticipation. The audience creates opportunities for sponsors, branded media and distribution.
Production targets for a full 24-city season, not achieved output or contracted distribution.
Events create discovery.
Membership creates continuity.
Media creates scale.
03 / The experience
Welcome to
Shark Island.
The ultimate pitch show per city.
The side event
everyone plans around.
Our ambition is to become the most anticipated side event of the world's major tech shows.
The scaleups, investors, partners and local networks are already there. We turn that access into a show, stories and lasting connections.
Example / Lisbon alongside Web Summit
One city.
Five stages of momentum.
Build anticipation. Own the moment.
Keep the story moving.
Pre-event
Build
anticipation.
- Voting for the 12 seats
- Location reveal
- Speaker & panel announcements
Attention. Votes. Demand.
Day 1
Discover
Lisbon.
- Tech show reports & city footage
- Scaleup meetings & short interviews
Golden Pineapple
One scaleup discovered on the ground earns a wildcard for the Pitch Show.
Discovery. Stories. Local access.
Day 2 / The main event
Shark Island
Pitch Show.
2Panels
12Scaleups
100Participants
Live pitches. Audience voting.
One winner advances toward Dubai.
The 12-scaleup lineup includes the wildcard.
The show. The winner. The highlights.
Day 3
Open
doors.
- 12-person investor & partner breakfast with the winner
- Winner's office visit & interview
- City recap
Introductions. Insights. Winner profile.
Post-event
Content
blast.
- Video snippets & standout moments
- Stories across channels
- Next-event announcement & city teaser
Reach. Updates. Anticipation for the next city.
Illustrative example alongside Web Summit, not a confirmed partnership or event booking. The format and participant counts are plans.
One repeatable engine
Content. Network.
Local access.
Insights. Updates.
× 24
cities around the world.
Planned full-season scaleEvery city creates new stories and relationships. The network stays connected between stops. The season builds toward Dubai.
The global season / planned expansion
24 cities.
Six continents.
One champion.
Each city adds a new chapter. Local winners advance toward one world finale.
Las Vegas / CESParis / VivaTechBarcelona / MWCLisbon / Web Summit
Proposed tech-show locations, not confirmed event partnerships. The complete 24-city season is the global ambition; cities and dates remain subject to agreements.
The world finale / Dubai
The world's best scaleups.
The world's most ambitious investors.
One final showdown.
Dubai becomes the home of the annual world finale, bringing the season's winners and international network together.
04 / The track record
We have already
built the format.
Now comes the global season.
2,000+Participants
70+Scaleups
6International event editions
2Dubai finales
London · Zürich · San Francisco · Vienna · Dubai
Proven format.
Global ambition.
05 / The investment opportunity
From an exciting format
to a global business.
The 2030 ambition.
Annual revenue
Premium memberships, sponsorships, events, licensing and media.
Cumulative startups reached
An international pipeline for discovery and qualified investor access.
Annual video views
A full 24-event season and 2,400+ content assets support the distribution ambition.
Cumulative fund commitments
Beginning with a planned $10M fundraise in 2027. Subject to launch, fundraising and regulatory requirements.
Forward-looking planning scenarios, not historical achievements or guaranteed outcomes. Fund commitments are separate from operating-company revenue. The $9.5M ambition is a higher-growth scenario than the retained operating model below.
Valuation perspective
Building a $50M+
global platform.
Today / implied post-money$5M
2030 / premium execution scenario$50M+
Recurring membership. Global sponsors. International distribution. Media IP. Proprietary startup access. Licensing.
Illustrative aspirational enterprise valuation, not an independent appraisal or assured return. Today's figure is an equity post-money valuation; the 2030 enterprise value is not a like-for-like return multiple. Separately negotiated fund-manager economics remain unresolved.
The Founding 10
Ten founding investors.
One global vision.
We are assembling ten founding shareholders to help establish Shark Island as a global business entertainment, media and investment platform.
$100,000Investment
2%Company equity at closing
10Founding investors
$1MTotal capital raise
$5MImplied post-money
Indicative terms, subject to final agreements, legal structuring and future dilution. No sweat equity or equity in exchange for services.
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