Global startup growth solutions

We engineer startup
ecosystems, not just run programs.

We are not a program-running company. We are a growth-problem-solving company. Name the growth problem and we compose four verified engines against it — from a raw idea all the way to a signed corporate contract.

See open programs How we operate

30+: markets sourced
800+: startups accelerated
$630M+: raised by our startups
Fortune 500: partners & sovereign funds

Programs

Programs across our markets.

Live, upcoming and past cohorts. Open a live program to see the details and apply — or explore what we have run.

Applications openCambodia Startup Launchpad

For founders

Phnom Penh, Cambodia Oct 2026 12 weeks

This sector-agnostic program is committed to advancing world-class startups from Cambodia, with a strong focus on MVP validation, acquiring first customers, and preparing for regional expansion and fundraising readiness.

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CompletedMisk Launchpad

For founders

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia549 founders

Run with Misk in Saudi Arabia — our largest cohort to date, taking founders from idea to investment readiness across the Gulf.

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CompletedCIS Founders Accelerator

For founders

CIS region125 founders

A corporate-backed acceleration and scale-up program that took 125 founders across the CIS region from growth to global expansion.

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CompletedNIPA Global Accelerator

For founders

South Korea38 founders

A national ICT program with NIPA advancing Korean deep-tech founders toward investment and global markets.

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CompletedRAPA Cre-up

For founders

South Korea37 founders

A creative-tech acceleration program with RAPA, building Korean founders from prototype toward commercialization.

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CompletedInvest Seoul Global Track

For founders

Seoul, South Korea24 founders

An Invest Seoul program preparing Seoul startups for global market entry and fundraising across multiple regions.

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CompletedJordan 2080 Demo Day

For founders

Amman, Jordan Jun 2026 10 weeks15 founders

A cohort of MENA founders building across fintech, deeptech and climate, culminating in a regional demo day connecting startups with investors and corporate partners across Jordan and the wider region.

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CompletedYC Express

For founders

United States10 founders

An intensive US track connecting founders to Silicon Valley investors, partners and the Bay Area ecosystem.

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The solution engines

Four engines. One growth problem solved at a time.

Selection

The Validator

The ecosystem-readiness engine

From idea to product-market fit

“We have plenty of would-be founders, but no teams good enough to invest in.”

Inside the engine

Multi-stage filtering — the top 8% of applicants, scored on execution and market validation
Vibe-coding sprint: a working MVP in two weeks, no technical debt
Customer validation (The Mom Test, JTBD) to real paid intent, not surveys
Investor-metric fluency — MRR, CAC, LTV and weekly KPI tracking

Idea → Pre-MVP

1,207→109

applicants to shipped MVPs

Gulf sovereign launchpad

Growth

The Expander

The global-expansion engine

From local hero to global player

“We do well at home, but we have no overseas revenue.”

Inside the engine

Market-specific localization through the local VC and buyer lens
Curated strategic introductions to vetted partners and buyers
Hybrid model: online prep, then on-site deal closing
Revenue-first — the first reference customer before the round

Seed → Pre-A

207%

revenue growth

MENA national accelerator

Funding

The Dealmaker

The investment-readiness engine

From pitch deck to deal closing

“Our startups keep failing investor screens.”

Inside the engine

Metrics clinic — the investor's core questions answered in seconds
IR-story localization per market (US, SEA, MENA)
Investor-in-Residence 1:1 pitch practice with real feedback
A curated top-investor portal that turns into real meetings

Pre-Seed → Series A

$6.75M+

investment pipeline secured

National ICT agency

Innovation

The Connector

The corporate-innovation engine

From POC to commercial contract

“We run open innovation, but nothing turns into results.”

Inside the engine

Push over pull — direct sourcing against the corporate's real need
Frame the problem: pain point and KPI defined up front
A POC-to-contract roadmap, not a demo-day event
Build the internal team's evaluation capability

Series A+

$24M+

raised, 3 years running

Fortune 500 bank

The Validator × The Dealmaker · in one funnel

A 1,207-team open call, down to 10 committed investor follow-ups.

1,207

Open call

Broad sourcing

109

MVPs shipped

Validation

First revenue

Commercial

Investor meetings

Deal-making

A Gulf sovereign launchpad · 92% satisfaction, 109 products launched.

Problem → solution fit

Start with the problem. We map the engine.

“We can't find good teams”

Idea → Pre-MVP

The Validator

1,207 → 109 MVPs

Gulf sovereign launchpad

“We can't go global”

Seed → Pre-A

The Expander

207% revenue growth

MENA national accelerator

“We can't raise”

Pre-Seed → Series A

The Dealmaker

$6.75M+ pipeline

National ICT agency

“Corporate partnerships stall”

Series A+

The Connector

$24M+, 3 years running

Fortune 500 bank

Why partners choose 2080

Others report activity. We report outcomes.

Skin in the Game

We invest our own capital

“We just mentor.”

“We build the companies worth investing in.”

ProofDirect investments into IRVIS and Kooky prove the selection bar to our partners.

Push, not Pull

Active, curated matching

Open call → applications → manual sort

Partner interviews → targeted sourcing → curation

ProofA corporate open-innovation challenge: push sourcing signed 4 NDAs; the open call, zero.

Hybrid Execution

Online reach, on-the-ground closing

Pure online mentoring, or a costly on-site program

Online efficiency, then local deal closing

ProofA MENA accelerator: online mentoring plus an on-site demo day drove 207% revenue growth.

Outcome Accountability

Business numbers, not satisfaction

“5 workshops held, 20 mentoring hours.”

“19 investor meetings set, 10 follow-ups committed.”

ProofEvery report shows investment, revenue and contracts — never a survey score.

Case studies

Verified across governments, banks and universities.

Flagship · 3 years runningValidatorConnectorDealmaker

Three-year corporate-innovation partnership

A Fortune 500 bank

Multinational · Corporate innovation

A Fortune 500 partner that renewed for three straight years: $3.8M (2023) → $10M+ and 104 AI products (2024) → $11M+ deep-tech (2025).

$24M+

raised, cumulative

96K+

AI/LLM users

93%

LLM adoption

2023$3.8Mraised

2024$10M+raised · 104 AI products launched

2025$11M+deep-tech & Series A focus

Gulf Sovereign Launchpad

A Gulf sovereign foundation

Gulf · Idea → Early revenue

ValidatorDealmaker

A four-stage funnel took a 1,207-team open call down to 109 shipped MVPs, 33 first-revenue startups and 10 committed investor follow-ups.

1,207→109

applicants to MVPs

MENA National Accelerator

A national digital-economy ministry

MENA · Seed → Pre-A

ValidatorExpander

13 hours of dedicated mentoring per team plus a hybrid on-site + Zoom demo day; startups expanded into 5 new markets.

207%

revenue growth

Creator-Economy Program

A national ICT agency

East Asia · Seed → Series A

DealmakerExpander

Full-cycle training with Disney- and TikTok-alumni mentors turned content creators into fundable businesses, including a direct 2080 investment.

$6.75M+

pipeline secured

Top-University Global Track

Korea's top university

SEA + United States · Seed → Pre-A

ExpanderDealmaker

A dual-track program — a 6-week SEA market-entry sprint and an 8-week US investor track — took a top national university global.

31 + 57

strategic intros

Emerging-Market Launchpad

A national enterprise agency

Southeast Asia · Idea → Pre-MVP

Validator

A 12-week hybrid program pairing local EIRs with global IIRs built a growth mindset in an emerging ecosystem — rated “world-class methodology.”

4.25

paying customers / startup

Global Acceleration & Scale-up

A top financial group

Silicon Valley · Series A → B+

ExpanderDealmaker

A dual global-acceleration and scale-up program run across Asia and Silicon Valley for a financial group's startup platform.

$500K

direct investment

Capital-City Global-Expansion Program

A city investment agency

MENA / North America / SEA · Series A

ExpanderDealmaker

A three-track global-expansion program; a healthtech startup took first place at a leading Gulf tech conference.

35+

startups, 3 tracks

Outcomes from 2080 case files. Fund-level returns are shared with LPs under NDA.

The record

27 programs delivered, with the institution that commissioned each one.

Every row below is a program we ran end to end for a government agency, a bank, a corporate or a university. Rows we could not verify internally are not listed.

Program	Commissioned by	Market	Type	Startups
Misk Launchpad	MiSK Foundation	Saudi Arabia	Acceleration	549
Sber500 Batch 5	SBER Bank	Moscow, Russia	Acceleration	151
Sber500 Batch 4	SBER Bank	Moscow, Russia	Acceleration	139
Sber500 GigaChat	SBER Bank	Moscow, Russia	Acceleration	20
Cambodia Startup Launchpad	Khmer Enterprise	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Acceleration	19
Jordan Accelerator	MoDEE (Ministry of Digital Economy & Entrepreneurship)	Amman, Jordan	Acceleration	15
GITA Innovative Startup Acceleration	GITA (Georgia Innovation & Technology Agency)	Tbilisi, Georgia	Acceleration	—
K-metaverse Global Market Entry	NIPA	Seoul, Korea	Global Market Entry	70
CES Awards Support Program	Hyundai Motor Group (ZER01NE)	Seoul, Korea	Open Innovation	20
2024 Marketing & Global Program	Seoul National University	Seoul, Korea	Global Market Entry	7
2023 Media Complex Global Expansion	RAPA	Seoul, Korea	Global Market Entry	25
2023 Y Combinator Express Program	SCCEI (Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center)	Seoul, Korea	YC Prep	10
North Star Competition	Seoul Invest	Seoul, Korea	Conference Prep	10
US & Singapore Market Entry	Seoul Invest	Seoul, Korea	Market Entry	—
KISED Startup Inbound to Korea	KISED	Seoul, Korea	Korea Inbound	3
2023 Daegu ABB Venture Forum	DDIP	Daegu, Korea	Ecosystem Networking	—
2022 Global Star Venture Challenge	GCCEI (Gyeonggi CCEI)	Gyeonggi, Korea	Conference Prep	6
Overseas Sales Expansion Training	BEPA (Busan Economic Promotion Agency)	Busan, Korea	US Market Entry	30
2024 Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam University Global IR	University of Ulsan Technology Holdings	Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam, Korea	Global Market Entry	4
Shinhan Bank Shoot Up 1	Shinhan Bank	Seoul, Korea	Global Market Entry	—
2022 Global Expansion Support	KAMS	Seoul, Korea	US Market Entry	—
2022 Spark IR Day	Incheon Startup Park	Incheon, Korea	US Market Entry	5
Global IR Education & Consulting	IBK ChangGong	Busan, Korea	Mentoring & Consulting	12
OASIS Program	KISED	Korea	Korea Inbound	—
2022 Global Expansion IR Education	KAMS	Seoul, Korea	IR Education	—
SDGs Challenge	City of Kobe & Hyogo Prefecture	Kobe, Japan	Open Innovation	30
ClimateTech Challenge	City of Kobe & Hyogo Prefecture	Kobe, Japan	Open Innovation	—

Let's engineer your ecosystem

Name your growth problem. We'll compose the engines.

Delivered in 7 countries with 21 institutions, customised to your ecosystem.

Start with your problem

We engineer startup ecosystems, not just run programs.

Programs across our markets.

Four engines. One growth problem solved at a time.

The Validator

The Expander

The Dealmaker

The Connector

A 1,207-team open call, down to 10 committed investor follow-ups.

Start with the problem. We map the engine.

Others report activity. We report outcomes.

Skin in the Game

Push, not Pull

Hybrid Execution

Outcome Accountability

Verified across governments, banks and universities.

Three-year corporate-innovation partnership

Gulf Sovereign Launchpad

MENA National Accelerator

Creator-Economy Program

Top-University Global Track

Emerging-Market Launchpad

Global Acceleration & Scale-up

Capital-City Global-Expansion Program

27 programs delivered, with the institution that commissioned each one.

Name your growth problem. We'll compose the engines.

We engineer startup
ecosystems, not just run programs.