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Disrupt Asia
Disrupt Asia is a Sri Lankan organization that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship within the startup ecosystem through its annual conference and innovation festival. It connects startups, investors, and ecosystem enablers to promote collaboration and growth.
Overview
What Disrupt Asia does
What Disrupt Asia is
Disrupt Asia is a Sri Lankan organization that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship within the startup ecosystem through its annual conference and innovation festival. It connects startups, investors, and ecosystem enablers to promote collaboration and growth.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Event Organizer
- Founded
- Founded in 2016
- Approximate age
- About 10 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 2, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Disrupt Asia as a community
Community overview
Disrupt Asia is an organization based in Sri Lanka that focuses on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within the startup ecosystem. It was founded to serve as a platform for startups, investors, and ecosystem enablers to connect and collaborate. The organization hosts an annual startup conference and innovation festival, which aims to shape the future of startups and technology in the region.
Community focus
Disrupt Asia invests in and supports startups across various sectors, including FinTech, HealthTech, AI, EdTech, and Climate. The organization provides services such as startup acceleration, investor matchmaking, and networking opportunities. It focuses on early-stage and growth-stage companies, primarily within the South Asian market.
Member value
Members benefit from networking opportunities, access to investor matchmaking, and participation in key events that showcase innovative startups.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- September 1, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Operators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and accelerator
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+ · Series A · Series B
- Regions
- South Asia
Community activity
Events and activity
Disrupt Asia hosts several events, including the Disrupt Asia Conference, an annual flagship summit that unites global visionaries to discuss the future of startups and technology; the Venture Engine, a startup acceleration platform operational since 2012; and the Innovation Fest, a public celebration showcasing groundbreaking ideas from Sri Lanka's emerging innovators.
Notable members
Notable startups featured during Disrupt Asia's events include Aahayani Aviation, Adstudio.Cloud, AGC Innovate, and BioVista Diagnostics, among others.
Capability profile
Disrupt Asia as an event host
Event focus
Disrupt Asia invests in and supports startups across various sectors, including FinTech, HealthTech, AI, EdTech, and Climate. The organization provides services such as startup acceleration, investor matchmaking, and networking opportunities. It focuses on early-stage and growth-stage companies, primarily within the South Asian market.
Format narrative
Disrupt Asia hosts an annual startup conference and innovation festival, uniting global visionaries to discuss the future of startups and technology.
Participant value
Attendees gain valuable insights, networking opportunities, and exposure to innovative startups and technologies shaping the future.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- conference and summit
- Recurrence
- annual
- Modality
- in-person
- Startups can present
- Yes
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
- Next recorded event
- September 1, 2026
- Next event location
- Sri Lanka
Audience and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Growth Equity
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Regions
- South Asia
Speakers and past editions
Speakers
Notable speakers include global leaders in the startup ecosystem who participate in the Disrupt Asia Conference.
Past editions
Disrupt Asia has successfully hosted several events, including the Disrupt Asia Conference and Innovation Fest, showcasing innovative solutions from various startups.
Common questions
What to know about Disrupt Asia
Upseed classifies Disrupt Asia under the Event Organizer organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 2, 2026
Known limits
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