As part of The Crimson Collective Week 1.0 in the United Arab Emirates, Crimson Founders hosted Crimson Elevate x DMCC on February 25, 2025, in Dubai. The event featured 13 groundbreaking startups from the Crimson Founders 2025 Cohort in the UAE, presenting at the DMCC AI Centre. Each pitch was followed by thoughtful questions from guest speakers Dr. Manolis Kellis (Professor, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Head of Computational Biology at MIT) and John D’Agostino (Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional). The audience included select investors invited by DMCC. The evening concluded with a networking dinner for founders and investors, celebrating innovation in AI, biotech, energy, fintech, and beyond.