Muslim Tech Fest

What Muslim Tech Fest does

Muslim Tech Fest is a London-based event management company founded in May 2022 by Zahid Mahmood and Arfah Farooq that organizes flagship technology and entrepreneurship conferences for Muslim tech professionals. The company has hosted four sold-out events over two years across London (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), San Francisco (2024), and Istanbul (2025), with each London event drawing approximately 2,000 builders and featuring 50+ speakers and 40+ exhibitors. The platform also includes Muslim Tech Week, a multi-day fringe event series overlapping with London Tech Week, and a curated speaker platform with an open application process.

The core product is in-person conference experiences consisting of townhalls, panels, workshops, roundtables, networking sessions, and pitch competitions. At London 2025, the event featured a £30,000 pitch competition investment and hosted representatives of £190M of talent. The underlying technology is primarily an event management and community platform supporting ticket sales, sponsor onboarding, and content curation, with no proprietary software product or AI capabilities disclosed. The technology stack relies on standard event management tooling and consumer-facing platforms (Replit for hackathons).

The business model is dual-track: ticket sales at £199 earlybird and £249 general admission, with student tickets and scholarship schemes available; and corporate sponsorship packages sold to brands seeking access to the Muslim tech community. The company reports 35+ brand partners including Amazon (Muslims@Amazon), Google, ServiceNow, Financial Times, Ocado, The Trade Desk, and Cur8 Capital. Distribution runs through direct ticket sales on the company website, an email newsletter with 5,000+ subscribers, active social media presence across Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and TikTok, and a network of 30+ community partner organizations including Muslim CEOs, Tech Sisters, Cambridge Female Founders Network, and Gaza Sky Geeks. The company reaches 1.3M people across digital platforms and reports 70% of attendees are decision-makers, positioning the events as a deal-making environment for the Muslim tech ecosystem.

Name

Muslim Tech Fest

Legal name

Muslim Tech Fest

Website

https://muslimtechfest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Muslim Tech Fest is a London-based event company founded in 2022 that organizes flagship technology and entrepreneurship conferences for Muslim tech professionals, with four sold-out events across London, San Francisco, and Istanbul serving 2,000+ builders per event and 35+ corporate sponsors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Conferences and Events

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Technology & Developer Conferences (MPAGAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional & Association Conferences (MPAGAGAB)

Keywords

• Technology conferences
• Tech networking events
• Event sponsorship packages
• Professional event ticketing
• Tech community events

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: The primary revenue stream comes from selling tickets to Muslim Tech Fest events. Ticket pricing includes earlybird tickets at £199 and general sale tickets at £249. The company also offers student tickets with scholarship schemes and travel bursaries.
2. Sponsorship Packages: Brands and companies pay to sponsor Muslim Tech Fest events to access the community of 1,000+ decision-makers. Sponsorship packages provide brand visibility, exhibition space, and direct access to the Muslim tech talent pool. The company reports 1.3M people reached and 70% of attendees being decision-makers as key selling points for sponsors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Muslim Tech Fest operates a portfolio of in-person technology and entrepreneurship conferences for the global Muslim tech community, with a flagship annual event in London and additional events in San Francisco and Istanbul. Each event features panels, workshops, roundtables, networking sessions, pitch competitions, and exhibitions, complemented by side offerings including sponsorship packages for brands and a curated speaker platform.

Product overview

Muslim Tech Fest is an event/conference company operating as a single unified offering centered around annual flagship technology and entrepreneurship conferences. The portfolio consists of physical events across multiple cities (London, San Francisco, Istanbul) featuring talks, workshops, roundtables, networking, and pitch competitions. Additional offerings include Muslim Tech Week fringe events, a speaker platform for curated talent, sponsorship packages for brands, and ticket sales. The events are not a software platform with modules but rather in-person gathering experiences. Event formats include townhalls, launchpad sessions, panels, debates, workshops, office hours with investors, roundtables, and networking activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• £190M of talent represented at London 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Al Sharq YouthflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Muslim Tech Fest partnered with Al Sharq Youth International Conference in Istanbul (December 12-13, 2025) bringing technology and entrepreneurship expertise to the global changemakers gathering. The partnership included Tech Hack Challenges powered by Replit, Tech Clinics, Tech Labs, Spotlight Talks, and Curation Labs on Digital Ummah and Ummah LLM topics.
• Deen DeveloperscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for the Al Sharq 2025 event, providing tech clinic consultations and supporting the Muslim tech ecosystem.
• ReplitcoreTechnology or IntegrationReplit powered the Tech Hack Challenge at Al Sharq 2025 with 30-minute vibe-coding sprints. Free Replit Core provided to all participants. Partnership enables rapid coding competitions during events.
• Quran FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered for Al Sharq 2025 event, contributing to Tech Clinic and Curation Lab sessions on Digital Ummah topics.
• IbtikarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Al Sharq 2025 event, supporting Tech Lab and Curation Lab initiatives.
• London Tech WeekflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMuslim Tech Week 2026 (June 6-14) overlaps with London Tech Week (June 8-12). Strategic partnership positions Muslim Tech Fest within the broader UK tech ecosystem.
• LaunchGoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe world's largest faith-inspired crowdfunding platform (raised £500M+ across 160 countries). CEO Chris Blauvelt featured as speaker at Muslim Tech Fest events. GMW (global convening body for Muslim changemakers) also associated.
• Hulm ClubcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partner for Muslim Tech Week 2026, providing exclusive accommodation deals with signature Hulm House + co-working + socials. Community houses across London for Muslim Tech Week with Brixton & Battersea (Brothers houses) and King's Cross (Sisters house).
• AroojminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCurated accommodation for Muslim women in tech during Muslim Tech Week 2026. Private London home for up to 10 women with hand-picked programme including welcome dinner, coaching session, and archery social.
• Community Partners Network (30+ organizations)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerNetwork of 30+ community partners promoting Muslim Tech Fest events: Emerald Network, Cambridge Female Founders Network, Muslim CEOs, Muslim Youth Alliance, Tech Sisters, Muslims in Real Estate, Muslim Women Connect, Muslims in Public Policy, Gaza Sky Geeks, Tech 4 Palestine, Deen Developers, INNOX, BIMA, and many more.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SXSW London: SXSW (now also expanding to London) is a large-scale technology, music, and culture festival that competes for the same corporate sponsorship budgets and tech professional mindshare. It is a useful benchmark on festival-style event economics and on potential competition for Muslim Tech Week's London Tech Week overlap.
• TechCrunch Disrupt: TechCrunch Disrupt is a flagship startup and venture-focused tech conference featuring pitch competitions, exhibitors, and high-decision-maker attendance. It overlaps directly with Muslim Tech Fest's founder-investor programming and pitch competition format.
• Collision Conference: Collision is a major North American tech conference owned by the Web Summit organization, targeting startups, enterprise buyers, and investors. It is comparable in attendee profile and sponsor mix to Muslim Tech Fest's flagship events.
• Slush: Slush is a Helsinki-based founder-and-investor focused tech conference known for high-quality curation and strong startup-to-investor matchmaking. It benchmarks the European tech event model that Muslim Tech Fest's London flagship competes within.
• Web Summit: Web Summit is one of the world's largest generalist tech conferences (Lisbon, Rio, Qatar, Vancouver) and serves founders, engineers, and investors. It benchmarks the upper bound of what a global tech conference franchise can scale to, and represents the broader competitive context for premium tech event sponsorships.

Regional players

• LEAP: LEAP is a major Saudi-based tech conference with deep enterprise sponsorship and strong attendance from Muslim-majority markets. It is a key regional competitor and potential partner for any MENA expansion of Muslim Tech Fest.
• GITEX Global: GITEX Global is the largest tech and startup event in the Middle East and Africa, held annually in Dubai. It overlaps with Muslim Tech Fest's potential MENA audience and competes for enterprise sponsors targeting Muslim-majority markets.

Direct peers

• AfroTech: AfroTech is the largest annual conference for Black technologists and founders, drawing tens of thousands of attendees and a roster of enterprise sponsors. It is the most directly comparable community-anchored tech conference model to Muslim Tech Fest, validating the demand for identity-aligned, high-quality tech gatherings.
• Grace Hopper Celebration: Grace Hopper Celebration is the world's largest gathering of women technologists, combining conference programming with a recruiting expo and heavy enterprise sponsorship. It is the canonical peer for identity-based, high-quality tech conferences with strong sponsor pipelines.
• Black Tech Fest: Black Tech Fest is a UK-based annual conference for the Black British tech community with a similar in-person, sold-out, sponsorship-funded model. It is the closest geographic and structural peer to Muslim Tech Fest's London flagship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/muslimtechfest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/muslimtechfest
• Instagraminstagram.com/muslimtechfest
• TikToktiktok.com/@muslimtechfest

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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