Burgan Bank Concludes Its Strategic Sponsorship of NEXUS 2025, Introducing Kuwait’s First-of-its-Kind Investathon and Championing the Next Generation of Innovators
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- Dec 7, 2025
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Burgan Bank Concludes Its Strategic Sponsorship of NEXUS 2025, Introducing Kuwait’s First-of-its-Kind Investathon and Championing the Next Generation of Innovators
Burgan Bank concluded its participation and strategic sponsorship of NEXUS Technology and Startup Summit 2025, Kuwait’s premier technology and entrepreneurship event held under the patronage and presence of H.E. Omar Saud Al-Omar, Minister of State for Communications Affairs. This year’s edition marked a major leap forward for the event and for Burgan’s participation, drawing thousands of visitors and energizing the country’s rapidly expanding innovation ecosystem.
As part of its ongoing commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and enabling a digitally driven future for Kuwait, Burgan Bank introduced a landmark initiative at this year’s edition: Kuwait’s first-of-its-kind Investathon – a high-impact financial simulation challenge designed to strengthen financial literacy, strategic thinking, and investment readiness among youth and aspiring founders.
A New Benchmark: Kuwait’s First of its Kind Investathon
Through the Investathon, Burgan Bank invited participants to step into a real-world investment environment, compete individually or in teams, and test their portfolio-management skills through a dynamic, gamified simulation. Navigating real-time market challenges and situations, participants were challenged to grow and sustain their portfolio.
Burgan Bank concluded its participation and strategic sponsorship of NEXUS Technology and Startup Summit 2025, Kuwait’s premier technology and entrepreneurship event held under the patronage and presence of H.E. Omar Saud Al-Omar, Minister of State for Communications Affairs. This year’s edition marked a major leap forward for the event and for Burgan’s participation, drawing thousands of visitors and energizing the country’s rapidly expanding innovation ecosystem.
As part of its ongoing commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and enabling a digitally driven future for Kuwait, Burgan Bank introduced a landmark initiative at this year’s edition: Kuwait’s first-of-its-kind Investathon – a high-impact financial simulation challenge designed to strengthen financial literacy, strategic thinking, and investment readiness among youth and aspiring founders.
A New Benchmark: Kuwait’s First of its Kind Investathon
Through the Investathon, Burgan Bank invited participants to step into a real-world investment environment, compete individually or in teams, and test their portfolio-management skills through a dynamic, gamified simulation. Navigating real-time market challenges and situations, participants were challenged to grow and sustain their portfolio.
Burgan Bank concluded its participation and strategic sponsorship of NEXUS Technology and Startup Summit 2025, Kuwait’s premier technology and entrepreneurship event held under the patronage and presence of H.E. Omar Saud Al-Omar, Minister of State for Communications Affairs. This year’s edition marked a major leap forward for the event and for Burgan’s participation, drawing thousands of visitors and energizing the country’s rapidly expanding innovation ecosystem.
As part of its ongoing commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and enabling a digitally driven future for Kuwait, Burgan Bank introduced a landmark initiative at this year’s edition: Kuwait’s first-of-its-kind Investathon – a high-impact financial simulation challenge designed to strengthen financial literacy, strategic thinking, and investment readiness among youth and aspiring founders.
Supporting the Nation’s Brightest Founders
This year, the Nexus Startup Challenge drew an unprecedented 175 startup registrations, from which 20 standout teams were shortlisted for the final pitch stage. Ahead of the challenge, the finalists underwent a rigorous five-day bootcamp designed to elevate their market readiness, refine business models, and sharpen pitch strategies – preparing them for their live presentations at the Arena’s main stage. Restore, the dental AI software, was selected as the winner of the challenge.
Throughout the pitch sessions, Mr. AlMattar joined the judging committee in evaluating the finalists’ ideas, technologies, and scalability, reinforcing Burgan’s role as a key patron of emerging talent and digital entrepreneurship in Kuwait.
Empowering the Public to Champion Innovation
Beyond formal judging, Burgan Bank further expanded public engagement at NEXUS 2025 by inviting visitors to vote for their favorite startup directly and exlcusively at the Bank’s booth. This interactive element amplified community participation and strengthened the culture of open innovation that Nexus seeks to foster.
Driving Impact Across Kuwait’s Innovation Ecosystem
Burgan Bank’s participation in Nexus 2025 builds on its long-standing vision to support digital transformation, cultivate economic opportunity, and empower SMEs – a commitment reflected across the Bank’s initiatives, partnerships, and ESG strategy.
By hosting the Investathon, supporting the Startup Challenge, and contributing thought leadership across the event, Burgan Bank once again reaffirmed its role as a leading enabler of Kuwait’s tech and entrepreneurship landscape – and a keen supporter of Kuwait Vision 2035.
