Erbil’s tech story is no longer a pitch — it’s a pipeline of talent, capital, and enterprise demand.
- 2025
- Technology
- BIP Summit
At BIP Summit 2025, founders, investors, and public-sector leaders sat down for a blunt conversation: what would it take for the Kurdistan Region to graduate from “promising market” to dependable tech hub?
The panel focused less on slogans and more on the plumbing — fiber and data-center capacity, university-to-startup pathways, and procurement rules that let local software firms compete for government and enterprise work.
Investors in the room were clear about what unlocks follow-on capital: credible revenue, transparent corporate structures, and introductions that survive the conference hallway. BIP’s dealroom format was designed for exactly that kind of continuity.
Several attendees left with scheduled diligence calls on SaaS, logistics tech, and AI tooling for industrial operators — the kinds of unglamorous products that tend to stick in regional markets.
