1. Naming Right Choose the specific sponsorship naming category you would like to secure
Sponsorship Packages
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Headline Partner
Be recognized as a lead sponsor of the Global Entrepreneurship Festival, exclusive in your category. This sponsorship covers the core execution of the event and positions your brand at the forefront with the highest visibility, premium branding, and first-class access throughout the festival. At this level, we use the term Partner, not Sponsor, because your involvement represents more than sponsorship; it reflects co-ownership, strategic participation, and shared vision.
Principal Partner
Positioned directly after the Headline Sponsor, Principal Partner contributes significantly to the success of the festival and enjoys prominent recognition, strategic branding exposure, and premium access across high-impact areas of the event. At this level, we use the term Partner, not Sponsor, because your involvement represents more than sponsorship; it reflects co-ownership, strategic participation, and shared vision.
Industry Sponsor
This category is for sponsors who want to represent their specific industry at the festival. Only one sponsor is allowed per industry, giving your brand exclusive visibility and positioning as the go-to leader in your sector.
Supporting Sponsors
All other sponsors fall into this category. While their contributions may be more moderate, they still receive meaningful exposure, branding opportunities, and engagement throughout the festival.
Goodwill Sponsors
Individuals or institutions who generously donate toward the success of the festival. Though not tied to specific branding benefits, their contribution is publicly recognized as a gesture of noble support for the GEF mission.
2. Segment Sponsor Choose to sponsor a specific segment of the festival that best aligns with your brand's values, target audience
Sponsorship Category
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Conference
Sponsor the headline conference at GEF and align your brand with the heart of global entrepreneurial dialogue. With over 10,000 participants including global leaders, government officials, world influencers, investors, and entrepreneurs from across the world, this segment offers unmatched visibility and influence at the highest level of the festival.
Networking Session
Sponsor an exclusive and high-level segment of the festival, designed for 300 carefully selected guests including high-net-worth individuals, global leaders, top investors, government representatives, and influential entrepreneurs. This is where strategic relationships are built and deals begin.
Breakout Room
Sponsor focused breakout sessions designed for in-depth industry discussions, expert-led workshops, and sector-specific panels. With expected attendance ranging from 100–200 in smaller rooms to 500–1,000 in larger sessions, this segment offers a powerful platform to align your brand with innovation and thought leadership.
Business Pitch to VCs and Investors
Sponsor one of the most anticipated segments where 5,000 emerging startups pitch virtually and live to a panel of venture capitalists, angel investors, DFIs, and global funders. This session positions your brand at the intersection of innovation and investment, with your company also presenting the cheques to the winners.
Global Recognition Award Gala
Sponsor the most prestigious night of the festival. An exclusive gathering of 700–1,000 high-net-worth individuals, global leaders, industry icons, policymakers, and celebrated entrepreneurs. This black-tie Gala is the pinnacle of recognition and excellence, offering unmatched brand association with influence, elegance, and legacy.
Hackathon Innovation and Robotic Expo
Sponsor one of the most anticipated segments where 5,000 emerging startups pitch virtually and live to a panel of venture capitalists, angel investors, DFIs, and global funders. This session positions your brand at the intersection of innovation and investment.
Arts, Sport, Entertainment
Sponsor one of the most vibrant and culture-rich segments of the festival, attracting 2,000 footfalls at the art gallery and creative showcases. This segment offers powerful engagement with a diverse audience through art, dance, and sports, positioning your brand at the intersection of talent, culture, and celebration.
Trade Fairs and Exhibitions
Sponsor one of the most commercially active segments of the festival, attracting over 10,000 participants including buyers, business owners, and international delegates. This segment offers premium exposure through branded pavilions, booths, banners, and signage.
Global Leadership Forum
Sponsor one of the most influential gatherings at the festival, bringing together over 4,000 top government officials, global business leaders, policy influencers, and development partners. This high-level forum shapes conversations on economic growth, governance, and leadership.
International Women's Congress
Sponsor this high-impact gathering of over 700 participants, including global leaders, first ladies, ministers, women in business, policy advocates, and development partners. The Congress champions gender equity and inclusive leadership.
International Fashion Show
Sponsor a glamorous showcase that brings together 1,000 participants including fashion icons, creatives, global influencers, designers, and high-net-worth guests. Theme: EARTH: Fashion for a Sustainable Planet. This segment offers your brand association with elegance, creativity, and global style.
Closing Concert
Sponsor the most iconic moment of the Global Entrepreneurship Festival, the electrifying Closing Concert. With over 12,000–15,000 attendees, this grand finale offers unmatched energy, cultural impact, and global attention. It's a rare opportunity to align your brand with a world-class experience.
3. Branding Opportunities Select the level of branding exposure your organization prefers
Branding Category
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Dominant Branding
Enjoy the highest level of visibility with your brand positioned across all 12 event venues, including the Deal Rooms, MoU Lounge, registration area, media wall, and festival courtyard. This includes exclusive branding at major festival experiences such as the Closing Concert, International Fashion Show, Award Gala, and the Nominees All-White Beach Party. Your brand will also appear on LED screens, main stage backdrops, press conference materials, and in the speaker green room. Exclusively reserved for Headline and Principal Partners.
Prestige Branding
Gain powerful branding across select high-visibility zones of the festival, including strategic placement at the registration stand, Deal Room or MoU Lounge, and selected signature experiences such as the International Fashion Show, Award Gala, or Nominees Beach Party. Your logo will be included in LED screen rotations, flying banners, and featured during press engagements.
Prime Branding
Position your brand across essential, high-traffic areas of the festival such as the food court, expo zone, and breakout rooms. Your logo will appear in shared media spaces like the media wall, corridor posters, directional signs, and on the official festival website. You will also benefit from mentions in GEF blog features and digital recaps.
Partial Branding
Maintain a modest but valuable presence with your logo featured in the official printed brochure, grouped sponsor boards, and directional event signage. Your brand will also be included in collective social media appreciation posts and acknowledged verbally by the MC during select moments.
Human Branding
Sponsor select entrepreneurs to wear your brand throughout the festival, turning real people into powerful, walking brand ambassadors. This is the most emotional and relatable form of branding, creating authentic visibility, human connection, and lasting impressions as your brand moves, speaks, and networks across every touchpoint of the event.
4. Festival Zone Branding Strategic visibility across key touchpoints at GEF, from city arrival to beachside celebration
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Festival Zone Exclusive Branding
Have your brand flag flown with prestige from the International Airport to the main GEF venue and beachside zone, alongside the flags of nations. Enjoy full branding across high-traffic areas including walkways, lounges, registration stands, and media backdrops. Exclusively reserved for Headline and Premier Partners.
Airport Arrival Branding
Welcome international guests as they arrive with your flags and signage placed along arrival routes, shuttle pickup zones, and terminal exits. A powerful first impression for thousands of GEF participants.
Main Festival Venue Branding
Position your brand throughout high-traffic festival areas, including walkways, lounges, registration stands, and press backdrops, ensuring continuous exposure where conversations and coverage happen.
Beachside Branding
Align your brand with one of the most iconic experiences of the festival. Feature your visuals along the beach entrance, with branded flagpoles set up throughout the beach zone, offering stylish, high-energy visibility in a vibrant outdoor setting.
5. Speaking Opportunity Speak on a global stage, addressing an influential audience of global decision-makers, world leaders, industry giants, and visionary entrepreneurs
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Main Stage Keynote Speaking Opportunity
Deliver a powerful keynote address at one of the festival's flagship events, reaching a global audience of entrepreneurs, leaders, and influencers, positioning you as a thought leader on a major platform.
Main Stage Fireside Chat
Take the spotlight in an exclusive fireside chat on the main stage, interviewed by a global moderator before a live audience, blending storytelling, insight, and influence in an unforgettable exchange.
Main Stage Panel Session
Participate as a featured speaker on a high-profile panel discussion on the main stage, engaging with global leaders and spotlighting your brand before a large, diverse audience.
Breakout Room Keynote Opportunity
Deliver a keynote presentation in a focused breakout room, ideal for targeted conversations, thought leadership, and connecting deeply with a niche audience.
Exclusive Breakout Session Host
Host a personalized breakout session curated specifically around your area of expertise or brand focus, offering high-level insights, tailored content, and direct engagement with a targeted audience.
Breakout Room Fireside Chat
Host an intimate fireside conversation in a breakout room setting, allowing for a more personal and interactive dialogue with a targeted group of attendees.
Breakout Room Panel Session
Join a themed panel discussion in a breakout room setting, ideal for deeper engagement with a focused audience and meaningful exchange within your area of expertise.
Host a Room
Gain exclusive control over a dedicated breakout or networking space during the festival. As a room host, your brand curates the experience, from speakers and design to branded materials and audience engagement.
Global Leadership Forum
Deliver a high-level keynote or participate in a curated panel session during the Global Leadership Forum, addressing top business leaders, policymakers, and global influencers.
International Women's Congress
Take the stage during this premier gathering focused on women's advancement in business, leadership, and innovation. Ideal for female leaders or organizations championing inclusion and empowerment.
6. Exhibition Position your brand at the commercial core of the festival through dedicated exhibition spaces
Exhibition Category
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Pavilion Exhibition Stand
Secure the biggest and most prominent exhibition stand in the expo zone. The Pavilion, usually taken by large companies, corporates, industries, and embassies, offers a high-impact and immersive experience designed to attract thousands of festival attendees.
Prestige Exhibition Booth
Gain an exclusive exhibition stand placement in the VVIP zone, designed specifically for global leaders, dignitaries, and special event package holders to showcase their brands with elevated prestige.
VIP Exhibition Booth
Obtain a dedicated exhibition stand within the VIP section of the expo, providing excellent foot traffic and opportunities for meaningful engagement with influential guests and decision-makers.
Standard Exhibition Booth
Reserve a standard exhibition booth to display your products or services, perfect for startups and growing brands looking to connect with festival participants in a well-trafficked area.
7. Event Access Access the festival through exclusive ticket tiers designed for premium experiences, high-level networking, and priority entry
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Black Card
The most prestigious level of access, the Black Card grants you exclusive entry into high-level private meetings, VVIP lounges, deal rooms, and restricted sessions with high-net-worth individuals, government leaders, and the President.
VVIP Ticket
Enjoy all-access entry to the entire festival with exclusive benefits including priority seating, fast-track protocol, a luxury gift package, and entrance into private networking lounges. VVIP guests will also receive red carpet chauffeured arrival to the Gala, dedicated concierge support, and special meet-and-greet moments with keynote speakers and global leaders.
VIP Ticket
Gain full access to all 12 festival events with reserved VIP seating, expedited entry, and access to the VIP lounge. Enjoy exclusive meet-and-greets with speakers, curated breakout sessions, special gifting, and access to the Global Entrepreneurs Award Gala.
8. MoU Lounge and Product Experience Leverage a high-level space to launch products, sign deals, and engage global media and stakeholders
Lounge Experience
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Product Launch
Officially unveil your new product or service to an international audience in a high-profile, media-accessible setting. Ideal for creating buzz and industry attention.
Partnership Signing
Sign MoUs or strategic partnerships live at the festival, in the presence of global media, investors, and top-level guests, reinforcing credibility and brand strength.
Press Conference
Host your exclusive global press event within the MoU Lounge, engaging top-tier international media, influencers, industry analysts, and stakeholders. Position your brand at the center of global attention.
Investor Briefing
Host exclusive, high-level briefings with global investors, venture capitalists, and funding partners in a private, curated setting. Designed for strategic dialogue, deal-making, and investment visibility.
Branded Environment
Feature your brand across the MoU Lounge with signage, media backdrops, and branded materials creating an immersive and experiential space that reflects your identity.
9. Festival Side Attractions Sponsor high-impact lifestyle or strategic experience segments where business meets culture, celebration, and visibility
Festival Side Attractions
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All White Nominees Welcome Party
Sponsor the most exclusive social experience of the festival. A glamorous beachfront gathering for global leaders, high-net-worth individuals, top government officials, elite investors, and distinguished guests. This stylish evening blends music, elegance, and premium networking.
GEF Festival Parade
Sponsor the vibrant opening showcase of GEF, a dynamic city parade that blends culture, music, and fashion. This high-visibility experience marks the official kickoff of the festival, drawing attention from the public, media, and dignitaries.
Outdoor Cinema
Sponsor a magical evening where the energy of innovation meets the calm of culture and connection. This open-air cinema experience is specially curated for startup founders, offering a moment to unwind under the stars through film, storytelling, and curated entertainment.
Founders Pool Party
Sponsor an exciting, energy-filled gathering organized exclusively for startup founders and budding entrepreneurs. This experience gives the next generation of innovators a chance to relax, build peer connections, and celebrate their entrepreneurial journey.
Breakout Room
Host an intimate conversation in a breakout room setting, allowing for a more personal and interactive dialogue with a targeted group of attendees.
10. Podcast Stations The GEF Podcast Station offers an exciting opportunity for media teams, content creators, entrepreneurs, and brands to capture and share meaningful conversations live from the festival
Exclusive Podcast Station
This top-tier booth comes with a fully enclosed podcast pavilion styled for high-end production, complete with professional microphones, two camera operators, and an on-site editor to handle post-production. It includes full technical support, branding within the space, and scheduled recording blocks.
Gold Podcast Station
The Gold option provides access to a well-equipped podcast station with a dedicated production crew, including a videographer and basic sound support. It comes with quality microphones, lighting, limited post-production edits, and your brand's slot integrated into the podcast schedule.
Standard Podcast Station
This entry-level option gives you access to a branded podcast booth within the festival zone, where you can bring and operate your own equipment. It includes scheduled booth time and access to the vibrant energy of the festival.
11. Sales & Brand Activation For brands that want more than visibility — they want interaction, conversion, and impact
Sales & Brand Activation Category
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Product Interaction & Retail Sales
Create hands-on opportunities for attendees to experience, sample, or purchase your product in real time. This category is ideal for brands that want to generate revenue, test new products, or drive brand awareness through direct consumer interaction. Whether through a branded pop-up shop, sample distribution, or live product demonstrations.
Experiential Brand Engagement
Immerse attendees in a physical experience they'll never forget. This sponsorship category allows your brand to design its own emotional footprint through interactive lounges, high-energy games, exclusive hospitality spaces, and curated VIP experiences.
Digital & Social Engagement
Extend your reach beyond the venue and into the digital universe. Sponsors in this category can lead social media activations, app-based missions, QR code challenges, and influencer-led campaigns that dominate timelines.
Sampling & Distribution
Get your product or promo material into thousands of hands. Perfect for FMCGs, beauty brands, beverage companies, tech firms, and lifestyle products. This category covers flyer distribution, sample giveaways, branded merchandise placement, and inclusion in curated festival gift bags.
12. Others Unique, experience-driven partnership opportunities that allow your brand to connect with the festival community in authentic and impactful ways
Other Opportunities
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Volunteer Program Sponsorship
Sponsor the vibrant force behind the festival — over 1,000 passionate and dedicated volunteers who make GEF possible. This sponsorship will cover their feeding, logistics, and allowances. In return, your brand will be prominently featured on all volunteer T-shirts, ID badges, training kits, and briefing banners. With volunteers stationed across all 12 events and key zones, your brand will enjoy unmatched visibility.
Merchandise & Festival Gift Bag Sponsor
Have everyone leave with a piece of your brand. Sponsor official festival merchandise or contribute to curated gift bags distributed to VVIPs, speakers, and participants. From T-shirts and mugs to branded journals and premium gifts, these items will carry your logo across borders.
Sustainability & Eco Partner Sponsorship
Position your brand as an advocate for sustainability by sponsoring the recycling and carbon-neutral initiatives at GEF. Your logo appears on eco-stations, refill points, and green awareness signage across the venue, making you part of the GEF Team.
