AsiaBerlin Summit 2025 Recap

Event Summary

AsiaBerlin Summit 2025 marked the 28th edition of AsiaBerlin’s flagship conference, celebrating two decades of connecting Berlin’s startup ecosystem with leading innovation hubs across Asia.

ABS Summit 2025 brought Berlin and Asia’s innovation communities together for five days of conference programming, matchmaking, and city-wide partner activations. Alongside the main conference days, the summit expanded into satellite events and ecosystem touchpoints across Berlin, creating more moments for founders, investors, corporates, and public actors to meet and collaborate. With strong international participation and an active matchmaking program, ABS2025 focused on turning cross-border exchange into practical partnerships and next-step conversations.

Key Numbers / Outcomes

Scale & Program

total participants (whole week)

participants across the first two main days (Rotes Rathaus)

Satellite Events

Business Meetings (Matchmaking)

Startup Pitches

Matchmaking Active Users

Speakers

Startup Juries

Matchmaking Average Rating

0 /5

Delegations

Audience mix

International reach

15 delegations from Asia across 11 countries
International diversity: 29% foreigners (place of work) / 69% foreigners (nationality)

Startup pitching

71 startups pitched (with international mix incl. Germany, South Korea, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, and China)