Networking at Expand North Star: Your Digital Business Card Playbook
Expand North Star gathers startups, founders, and investors in Dubai, where the right introduction on a busy floor can shape your next round or partnership.
Expand North Star is dense with founders pitching, investors scouting, and operators comparing notes across Dubai's halls. You meet dozens of people between sessions, and a paper card cannot keep up with that pace or carry your live links. A Scaanme digital business card shares your profile, pitch link, and socials in one NFC tap or QR scan, and drops every contact into your CRM automatically. You walk away with a scored, organized list of investors and partners instead of a pocket full of cards you cannot rank.
Get Started FreeOne tap to share
Tap your NFC card and your profile, pitch link, and socials open on the other phone instantly, with no app to install.
Nothing to reprint
Update your traction, title, or deck link once and every share stays current, even as your story evolves during the event.
Every lead in the CRM
Each tap and scan is captured into Scaanme's built-in CRM with its source and an explainable lead score, so warm investor intros are not lost.
Bilingual EN and AR
Dubai's startup crowd is global, so your card presents cleanly in both Arabic and English from one profile.
Fast follow-up
Message investors and partners the same evening with an AI-drafted follow-up, while your pitch is still fresh in their minds.
How to Work the Event
Before the event: set up your card
Build your Scaanme card, add your startup, pitch or deck link, and socials, then link any NFC card you own.
On the floor: tap or scan to share
After every pitch or intro, share with a tap or QR and let Scaanme record the contact without slowing you down.
After: follow up from the CRM
Rank contacts by lead score, open the AI-drafted message, and follow up with the most relevant investors and partners first.
About Expand North Star
Expand North Star is a major startup gathering hosted in Dubai, connecting founders, investors, and ecosystem builders from the region and around the world. It is designed around discovery and dealmaking, which makes networking the whole point rather than a side benefit. Attendees range from early-stage founders seeking their first cheque to funds scouting the next portfolio company and operators looking for partners. With so many introductions happening quickly, how you capture and prioritize contacts decides whether the event turns into real momentum.
Why a digital business card wins at Expand North Star
Founders live and die by follow-up, and a paper card is the weakest link in that chain: easy to lose, impossible to update, and silent about who gave it to you. A Scaanme digital card shares your profile, pitch link, and socials in one NFC tap or QR scan, on most modern phones and with no app. Every share is captured into a self-building CRM with an explainable lead score, so a strong investor conversation is not lost to a lost card. Your profile reads cleanly in Arabic and English, and the built-in follow-up tools let you act the same day, while attention is high.
Frequently Asked Questions
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