There are moments in a company’s journey that you never forget. For TekRevol, October 2, 2019, was one of them. Walking through the doors of Moscone Center in San Francisco, as an official exhibitor at TechCrunch Disrupt, was the kind of moment that makes every late night, every tough decision, and every risk taken feel completely worth it.
Just one year earlier, TekRevol was a two-person startup built on nothing but a bold vision and $2,000. No massive funding. No team of hundreds. Just two entrepreneurs, Abeer Raza and Asim Rais Siddiqui, who refused to think small.
And now, here we were. At TechCrunch Disrupt, surrounded by nearly 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators, not as spectators, but as exhibitors with a product, a story, and something to prove.
This is what it looked like when TekRevol showed up in Silicon Valley.
What is TechCrunch Disrupt?
For those who haven’t experienced it, TechCrunch Disrupt is the startup world’s most important annual gathering. Held at the iconic Moscone Center in San Francisco, Disrupt 2019 brought together nearly 10,000 attendees, founders, venture capitalists, investors, developers, and enterprise decision-makers, all under one roof for three days of innovation, networking, and ideas that actually move industries.
The energy inside that building is unlike anything we had experienced before. Every conversation felt meaningful. Every connection felt intentional. This wasn’t a room full of people passing business cards,it was a room full of people genuinely building the future.
For us, being there as official exhibitors, with our own booth, our own product, and our own story, made it one of the most memorable three days in TekRevol’s history. Disrupt 2019 wasn’t just an event. It was the kind of room where anything feels possible. And we felt every bit of it.
What We Brought to Disrupt — Start Inc.
Our presence at TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 centered around the debut of Start Inc. A product born out of our own entrepreneurial struggles, built specifically to solve the real problems that aspiring entrepreneurs face every day.
The idea was simple but powerful: give entrepreneurs a platform to accelerate and validate their business ideas in a short span of time. From market research and marketing collateral design to building a minimum viable product that stands out in today’s competitive landscape, Start Inc. was the tool we wished we had when we were starting.
Because we lived that struggle. We knew what it felt like to navigate the early chaos of building something from scratch with limited resources and no roadmap. Start Inc. was our answer to that, a product made by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs.
The response at Disrupt was exactly what we had hoped for. Visitors, venture capitalists, and fellow founders engaged with genuine enthusiasm, giving us the kind of exposure and market validation that only an event of this scale can provide.
Connections That Matter
One of the most defining aspects of TechCrunch Disrupt is the quality of the people in the room. For TekRevol, the opportunity to meet and connect with global innovators and investors was just as valuable as showcasing Start Inc.
During the three-day event, the TekRevol team crossed paths with some remarkable individuals:
- Yousuf Motiwala, Founder of Mesibo — a real-time messaging and communication platform
- Jonathan Tower, Founder & Managing Partner at Catapult VC — one of the most active early-stage venture funds in the US
- Tammy Cho from WeAreBetterBrave — a platform dedicated to inclusion and belonging in the workplace
- Paul McGillivray, Founder of Code Assembly — a leading coding education platform
- Neil Shah and Anthony Costanzo from Exeest — a forward-thinking tech startup
Each conversation was a reminder of why events like TechCrunch Disrupt matter — not just for pitching products, but for building relationships with the right people at the right time.
The Journey That Made This Moment Special
What made TekRevol’s presence at TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 truly meaningful was the journey behind it. The company had been founded just a year earlier, in 2018, by Abeer Raza and Asim Rais Siddiqui, two tech enthusiasts who left the comfort of stable careers to build something they believed in, starting from a small shared workspace with minimal resources.
In just over a year, TekRevol had grown fast enough not only to survive but to earn a spot at one of Silicon Valley’s most competitive events. And they didn’t just attend; they exhibited. They built a product from scratch, brought it to Disrupt, and stood shoulder to shoulder with some of the most ambitious and well-funded startups in the world.
Critically, TekRevol followed its own internal philosophy to get there: a maximum 5-day decision-making window. When the opportunity to participate in Disrupt came up, the team didn’t deliberate endlessly. Within two weeks, they organized, planned, and executed the prototype for Start Inc. and unveiled it on one of the world’s biggest startup stages.
That discipline and speed of execution are at the core of what TekRevol is.
Silicon Valley’s Energy, and What TekRevol Took Home
Beyond the booth, the product, and the connections, TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 offered TekRevol’s team an immersion in Silicon Valley’s culture of bold thinking and relentless ambition. Sharing a roof with some of the brightest minds in technology and witnessing firsthand the energy of the world’s most innovative startup ecosystem was an experience that left a lasting mark on the team.
The three days in San Francisco confirmed what TekRevol had always believed: that great products, genuine passion, and the willingness to move fast can take a company anywhere in the world, including one of the most prestigious stages in the global technology industry.
About TekRevol
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in the United States, TekRevol is a global digital transformation company helping startups, SMEs, and enterprises build powerful digital solutions across mobile, web, AI, blockchain, and enterprise software. With 500+ professionals across the USA, GCC, Europe, and Asia, and a portfolio of 800+ successful projects, TekRevol has grown from a two-person startup to one of the Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing private companies. This journey began with exactly the kind of bold, decisive action that took the team to TechCrunch Disrupt in 2019.
