Valentina Primo

Valentina is an entrepreneur and a journalist with a Masters in peace studies, Human Rights, and EU policies. She is the founder of Startups Without Borders, a platform that builds world-class entrepreneurship events, training programs, and media products where diversity takes center stage. The annual Startups Without Borders Summit was featured amongst the Top 60 startup events to follow, and hosted entrepreneurs from 84 different countries. Valentina is also a member of the Advisory Board at SXSW Pitch, and was awarded the Women Economic Forum's Women in Excellence Award 2019. She has been involved in the Middle East's entrepreneurial landscape since 2013, having launched Egypt's largest platform on entrepreneurship, Startup Scene Middle East, in 2017, and frequently speaks at conferences in Europe and the Middle East.