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Endeavor Week has officially begun, and New York City is already pulsing with the energy of entrepreneurs shaping the future from all around the world. We kicked things off with a powerful MD Retreat, bringing together Managing Directors from 45+ markets to align on the strategies that will define the next chapter of Endeavor. And from there, the momentum hasn’t stopped. 🇺🇸 Endeavor Week Kickoff: Our global community gathered at the NYSE to mark the start of an unforgettable week — a visual reminder of the scale and ambition that unite us. 💼 Investor Breakfast: Founders and investors are already creating the collisions and conversations that spark what’s next. Silicon Valley Bank 🏠 Endeavor House: Our home away from home throughout the week. Entrepreneurs from every corner of the world are stepping into this space to reconnect, exchange experiences, and learn from one another. Our country offices from: 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇵🇭 the Philippines, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, 🇨🇱 Chile, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico also hosted their own events this week, stay tuned for more! Across diaspora circles, investor breakfasts, founder meetups, intimate gatherings, and unexpected encounters, the people shaping global entrepreneurship are here — together. The future comes from Elsewhere, and this week, Elsewhere is here. #Endeavor #EndeavorWeek #NY #Entrepreneur #Elsewhere

WeTransfer, AOL, and Eventbrite were acquired by this Italian company you probably don’t know about. ⬇️ Born far from traditional tech hubs, Bending Spoons is competing at the highest level on the global stage. For years, it didn’t fit the flashy mold VC tends to chase. Little media buzz, limited name recognition outside Italy, and often overlooked by global investors. Then came a series of quiet, unexpected acquisitions. And suddenly, a company that no one was watching owned many of your favorite apps. Today, Bending Spoons — a unicorn and Endeavor company since 2020 — continues to show the power of elsewhere markets: places where talent, ambition, and technical excellence consistently produce world-class companies, regardless of geography. Their track record speaks for itself. From Evernote to WeTransfer, AOL to Vimeo, and now Eventbrite, they’ve proven their ability to acquire and scale iconic products with discipline and long-term ambition. Congratulations to the entire Bending Spoons team on this milestone! We’re proud to have you in our community, multiplying impact and showing what global entrepreneurship looks like. #BendingSpoons #ElsewhereMarkets #Endeavor #Acquisition #Entrepreneurship

From a local solution to a €300M mobility shift across Europe. Charis Arvanitis turned a simple frustration, trying to buy a reliable used car, into one of the fastest-growing mobility companies in Europe. He saw a market built on low transparency and high friction. And instead of accepting the status quo, he created Spotawheel with a bold ambition: make accessing a car as easy and trustworthy as any online purchase. From Athens to Greece, Poland, and Romania, he scaled a model that solves a real problem. At a time when owning a car is becoming increasingly expensive, Spotawheel offers flexibility, digital subscriptions, and transparent access. The recent €300M funding round validates this vision and accelerates the expansion of a mobility model built for today’s consumers and for the future. Charis is exactly the kind of founder we admire at Endeavor: someone who spots opportunity where others see obstacles, solves a local challenge with a new model, and scales from an unexpected place. #Endeavor #Greece #Elsewhere #Entrepreneurship

Next stop: NYC ✈️🌍 We’re transforming the city into a hub of global entrepreneurship for Endeavor Week 2025! Our community of founders, investors, and leaders from 45+ countries will come together like never before. Across the city, we’ll gather in spaces built for connection, creating unparalleled opportunities to meet the people proving, every day, that the future comes from Elsewhere. See you soon! #EndeavorWeek2025 #ElsewhereMarkets #Entrepreneurship #MoreThanScaleMultiply

Starting the wrap-ups of 2025, and this is a special one: our Endeavor Outliers Payments Peer Group. Today, we had our last session of the year. Since 2020, Tayo, Dario, Aldi and myself meet virtually every quarter to catch up, exchange business ideas, share challenges. As time went by, conversations got much more interesting, more intimate, and included personal and non payments related topics. A good level of trust was developed and I leave each call feeling inspired by these guys. All of us with our own lives, our own wins and struggles, in different corners of the globe. But somehow pushing each other forward with these little moments of shared experiences. Aldi is an incredible serial entrepreneur from Indonesia, ran GoPay Indonesia for many years, and calls Jakarta home. Dario co-founded Satispay in Italy, ultra deep in prod and tech. He complains a bit about Milano, but I believe in the end he really loves the vibes. Tayo is a national reference for entrepreneurship in Nigeria, where he founded Paga Group Ltd. Lagos is home for him and his family, where he is energetic to the fullest. As for myself, I run EBANX from Curitiba, Brazil, also called home by hundreds of capybaras. Running global payments businesses, each of us ends up sending far more emails from airplane wifi than I ever thought. As one can imagine, finding a time slot is not trivial. But Kriti is always there to help us out and put us on track. It is incredible that this group has not wound down with time, like many other peer groups do. I wish it stays on for another five years. And we can discuss more business, more life, more laughs. I also wish we meet more often in person, like we did a few times at Endeavor global events, like ISPs, Gala or Retreats. Thanks very much, Nasim Novin, Kriti Sapra, and the Endeavor team, for the initial spark and also for facilitating this joyful cadence.

Just back from an action-packed week in #Asia where Caela Tanjangco and I met with over 130+ Endeavor Entrepreneurs, LPs and supporters! 5 cities in 4 days: ✈️ Tokyo > Hong Kong > Bangkok > Singapore > Kuala Lumpur In total, we hosted/attended 4 fantastic dinners, 3 breakfasts, 20+ individual pitch meetings and met more than 130+ amazing people! So excited to see what is happening on the ground with Endeavor Japan and Endeavor Malaysia, to move things forward on our exciting 2026 plans in #Singapore (more on that soon!) and to "dream big" about what might be possible for Endeavor in markets like Hong Kong and Thailand! Huge THANK YOUs to so many people who helped make this whirlwind trip so productive - and so fun! In Tokyo: Rina Otsuka and her team are amazing -- and Koichiro, Phil, Rob and the Sozo Ventures team are wildly supportive of Endeavor! ありがとう In Hong Kong: Jina, Anurag & Tomas from J.P. Morgan Private Bank were awesome to host us, and Evan T. made us feel like a local! In Bangkok: Shannon Kalayanamitr was truly above-and-beyond generous with her time and network, and Supachai Kid Parchariyanon was awesome! I can't wait for my next trip! Singapore and #Malaysia had too many highlights to include here. Will have to do a separate post! Shout-out to Caela for architecting and "maximizing" our week -- and to Manny Ayala, Shan Li Tay and so many others for supporting! #OneEndeavorAsia #Elsewere

We’re thrilled to welcome Tamer Al-Salah as the new Managing Director of Endeavor Jordan! 🇯🇴 With more than a decade building platforms for founders to scale, Tamer has played a pivotal role in strengthening the region’s entrepreneurship and investment landscape. From his early days working directly with founders at Endeavor to leading Beyond Capital and driving SME advisory projects at the EBRD, his career is a masterclass in ecosystem building. Today, he leads Endeavor Jordan’s strategy and growth, supporting high-impact entrepreneurs who are transforming industries and creating jobs across the Kingdom. Welcome, Tamer! #Endeavor #Entrepreneurship #Elsewhere #EndeavorJordan #MultiplierEffect

Meet the newest Endeavor Entrepreneurs selected in November! We’re thrilled to welcome 13 founders leading 7 companies that are shaping the future on a global scale: Bankuish (Miami - USA), Carmoola (Ukraine), Lace (Bulgaria), MagicSchool AI (Colorado - USA), Nuvemshop (Argentina and Brazil), Preply (Ukraine), and Reflection AI (Greece). From reshaping credit access for gig workers to revolutionizing how students learn languages, these founders are pushing the boundaries of innovation across industries and regions. We look forward to helping them scale up, achieve their goals, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs. 👉 Learn more about the entrepreneurs and the businesses they are building in the comments. #EndeavorISP #Entrepreneurship #MultiplierEffect #EndeavorEntrepreneurs #MoreThanScaleMultiply

OMG ❗️❗️ Are you as hyped about it as we are? Selling the OC is back! Also, thanks for the Times Square shout-out Nasdaq.

AI’s next big hubs aren’t where you might expect. According to Stanford’s Global AI Vibrancy Tool, the usual suspects still lead: The U.S., China, and the U.K. But there are new contenders shifting the gravity: 🇦🇪 UAE broke into the global top 10. 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇸🇬 Singapore, and 🇪🇸 Spain outrank many traditional venture powerhouses. The playing field is wide open, and Elsewhere markets are rising fast. At Endeavor, we’re seeing that future unfold: A world where AI hubs are thriving far beyond Silicon Valley, and everywhere ecosystems empower founders to thrive. #Endeavor #Elsewhere #AI #Innovation #MultiplierEffect #Entrepreneurship #EndeavorCatalyst