A fintech founder talk, then startup pitch practice: teams pitch on stage and get questions from the jury and the room. We finish with networking and an after-party. In English, free entry. What did building in Iraq, Nigeria and Turkey teach a fintech founder? Some of Hassan Zanjani's startups worked, some didn't. One shipped a good product and still struggled to find traction. Today he is a co-founder of walllet.com, a fintech with 100,000+ users. He'll talk about why good products fail and how a fintech really runs, from product and regulation to team problems. Plus the AI tools his team uses every day. Bring your questions and your own founder struggles. Program 17:00 Arrivals and intros 17:30 Founder talk and Q&A · Hassan Zanjani 18:30 Networking break 18:50 Startup pitch practice 19:40 Open networking 20:30 After-party and dinner Speaker Hassan Zanjani, co-founder and Growth Lead of walllet.com, a fintech startup simplifying cross-border payments. 10+ years in product, growth and entrepreneurship: he has helped build and scale tech companies across emerging markets such as Iraq, Nigeria and Turkey. Earlier, Senior Product Manager at Divar (40M+ users), where he ran an AI-focused engineering team of 14. Startup pitch practice Building a startup? Practice your pitch in front of a live room: five minutes on stage, then five minutes of questions from the jury and the room. Up to five teams. To apply, pick "Yes" under "Want to pitch?" in the registration form and add a link to your project by Thursday, 12 November. We'll confirm on Telegram by Friday, 13 November. Showing your startup at Digitec on 20-22 November? Rehearse your pitch here first. Your host Serafim Prokofev, Community Lead of Unicorn Embassy in Yerevan. Founder and CEO of Prokofev Studio, which builds websites and apps with AI integration. Ask questions and meet other attendees in our Telegram chat: @unicornembassy_yerevan