AUG 29, 2026 — COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM — SILICON VALLEY, CA
For the Muslim buildersof tomorrow.
Our Founders. Our Capital. Our Stage. One room in Silicon Valley for the $7.3T global Muslim economy — pitch the people writing checks, hire your next ten, and leave with deals already moving, not a stack of business cards.
Prayer room and halal catering are on-site, all day — no need to leave the venue.
10 min away
Googleplex
Google's main campus — the Android statues and the original garage energy, Mountain View.
20 min away
Apple Park
The ring, visitor center, and rooftop café, Cupertino.
12 min away
Stanford & The Dish
Hoover Tower, the quad, and a favorite hilltop hiking loop.
12 min away
HP Garage
"The birthplace of Silicon Valley" — a one-car garage in Palo Alto, 1939.
On-site
Computer History Museum
You're already here — the permanent exhibits are open through the day.
8 min away
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Open-air venue and lake, right next to the museum.
Mountain View
Zareen's
Pakistani-Indian, local favorite — order the biryani.
Mountain View
Sakoon
Indian, downtown on Castro St — modern room, halal menu.
Palo Alto
Haji's Restaurant
100% certified halal — a Peninsula staple for Stanford & South Bay Muslims.
8 min away
Shoreline Lake
Trails, paddle boats, and views back toward the venue.
15 min away
Rancho San Antonio
Easy open-space hiking — a quiet reset between sessions.
Mountain View
Castro Street
Downtown strip — cafés, shops, and a walk after the room empties out.
$7.3T
Size of the global Muslim economy this summit is built for.
700–1,000
Attendees on the floor — curated, not a 5,000-badge expo hall.
200+
Founders across Islamic fintech, health, media, ed, and faith tech.
50+
Investors and VCs deploying capital into the ecosystem.
Founders & investors traveling from
United StatesCanadaTurkeySaudi ArabiaPakistanMalaysiaSingaporeQatar
01 — Why this room
Raising and building alone doesn't scale.
Muslim founders are building faster than ever — but scattered across a dozen WhatsApp groups and generic conferences that don't convert. Here's what changes when the founders and the capital of a $7.3T economy sit in one room, for one day.
Founders
Pitch people who already get it
Meet 50+ investors deploying directly into the Muslim economy — on the Main Stage and in the Startup Battlefield.
Investors
See a day of vetted deal-flow
200+ founders across Islamic fintech, health, media, ed, and faith tech — pre-screened, in one room, instead of a thousand cold decks in your inbox.
Everyone
Leave with a network, not a card stack
Sector deep-dives and a room capped near 1,000 — built for follow-through, not a badge and a business-card stack.
02 — Pick a side
Building for the Ummah, or building for the world?
Ask ten Muslim founders and you'll get two camps. One says build parallel infrastructure — halal banks, halal funds, halal everything — for the Ummah, by the Ummah. The other says build for everyone and let the values travel with the product. Niya Summit is the one room where both camps show up, argue it out, and still do business together — Building for the Ummah runs the AM sessions, Building for the World runs the PM sessions.
Building for the Ummah · AM Sessions
Parallel systems, built with intent.
Halal-first by design — banking, investing, and insurance built from scratch to serve the Muslim community's needs and values, without compromise.
Building for the World · PM Sessions
One product, values baked in.
Build for the mainstream market and bring ethical, values-aligned principles with you — bigger reach, same conviction, no separate lane.
03 — The program
Three arenas, engineered for deal-flow.
Main stage, an all-day hackathon, and focused breakout rooms — built so the room stays together instead of scattering across parallel tracks.
01
Main Stage & Startup Battlefield
Keynotes and panels with founders, ecosystem leaders, and global VCs — plus a live pitch competition where founders pitch directly to the people writing checks.
02
All-Day Hackathon
Included with your pass — twelve hours, but needs its own separate (free) registration to attend. Also open without a pass.
03
Ecosystem & sector tracks
Breakout rooms by region — the US, Middle East, Turkey, Pakistan — and by industry: fintech, health, media, ed, and faith tech.
04
Venue & logistics
Computer History Museum, Mountain View. Prayer room, halal catering, on-site parking, minutes from SFO & SJC.
All-Day Hackathon
Organized by Stanford Educated Tech Leaders
The All-Day Hackathon is run in partnership with education leaders from Stanford — included with your pass, twelve hours, but needs its own separate (free) registration to attend.
The venue
Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View — Silicon Valley
No tiers, no add-on pricing, nothing extra at checkout. The All-Day Hackathon is included with your pass, but needs its own separate (free) registration to attend.
Arena
Status
Main stage & Startup Battlefield
Included
All-Day Hackathon
Included · free separate registration required
Ecosystem & sector tracks
Included
Meals & beverages, catered halal, all day
Included
Networking, 700–1,000 attendees
Included
Tickets and event operations are handled by Ummah Unite — checkout completes on their site.
Niya Summit Premium Pass
$149.99USD
245 passes available, max 5 per person. One line item — main stage, expo floor, and meals & beverages all included.
The morning track is Building for the Ummah, the afternoon track is Building for the World. Pick a track to see who's speaking.
AM Sessions
26 confirmed voices, one stage.
Founders, investors, and operators from banking, venture, fintech, takaful, and beyond — already building the $7.3T Muslim economy. Filter by industry to find your room.
Showing all 26 speakers
Junaid Wahedna
CEO / Founder (former)
Wahed
Wealth & Investment
Monem Salam
EVP & Portfolio Manager
Saturna Capital
Wealth & Investment
Irshad Rasheed
President
Stearns Salaam Banking
Banking & Deposits
Aijaz Hussain
EVP Sales & Director
UIF Corporation
Banking & Deposits
Amr Mohsen
Founder
Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Club
Community & Ecosystem
Omar Munshi
General Partner
HASAN VC
Venture Capital
Morrad Irsane
CEO & Co-Founder
Takadao
Insurance & Takaful
Sharene Lee
Co-Founder
Takadao
Insurance & Takaful
Owaiz Dadabhoy
Senior Vice President
Saturna Capital
Wealth & Investment
Mafaz Jaufer
CEO & Founder
VEPAY INC
Fintech & Payments
Souhail Meftah
Co-Founder & CTO
VEPAY
Fintech & Payments
Amber Gerstung
Chief Deposit Officer
Stearns Bank
Banking & Deposits
Anouar Adham
Founder
Bayuti
Halal Fintech
Zain Jeewanjee
Serial Entrepreneur
Insure123 Insurance Agency
Insurance & Insure-Tech
Rayyan Naik
Founder
Ummah Unite
Community & Ecosystem
Yasin Amawi
Founder
Ummah Unite
Community & Ecosystem
Taqi Hasan
Co-Founder
Niya Venture Studio
Venture Capital
Tanveer Ali
Founder
Halal Money Forum
Community & Ecosystem
Abdullah ibn Oda
Co-Founder / Author
Bitcoin Majlis
Community & Ecosystem
Shakeb Kundiwala
Head of Platform Partnerships
Shariawiz
Wealth & Investment
Saad Hazari
Founder & CEO
Sarf
Fintech & Payments
Raza Abidi
Co-Founder
Dhow VC
Venture Capital
Souhayl Maronesy
Founder & CEO
EdificeX
Real Estate Tokenization
Saad Zariff
Co-Founder
Nama VC
Wealth & Investment
Ali Farooq
Co-Founder
Nama VC
Wealth & Investment
Kyle Natter
Co-Founder
Halal Wallet
Fintech & Payments
PM Sessions
Speakers confirming soon, one stage.
The afternoon track — founders and operators bringing values-aligned, mainstream-facing products to the world stage. Filter by industry to find your room, once announced.
Lineup to be announced
Building for the World
Speakers to be announced soon.
We're lining up the afternoon lineup. Check back — or if that's you, reach out to our support team at admin@ummahunite.com.
06 — The ecosystem
Real operators, already building this economy.
Leaders from Niya Summit's partner network — the Main Stage speaker lineup for Aug 29 will be announced separately, closer to the event.
Junaid Wahedna
CEO / Founder (former)
Wahed
Monem Salam
EVP & Portfolio Manager
Saturna Capital
Irshad Rasheed
President
Stearns Salaam Banking
Aijaz Hussain
EVP Sales & Director
UIF Corporation
Kyle Natter
Co-Founder & CEO
Halal Wallet
Omar Munshi
General Partner
HASAN VC
Morrad Irsane
CEO & Co-Founder
Takadao
← Drag to see the full network →
07 — Organized by
A joint initiative, three organizations.
Powering the global Muslim founder ecosystem together — capital, community, and campus reach in one room.
SVEC
Co-organizer
sventclub.org — part of the three-organization team running Niya Summit.
Niya
Co-organizer
niyasf.com — part of the three-organization team running Niya Summit.
Halal Money Forum
Co-organizer
halalmoneyforum.com — part of the three-organization team running Niya Summit.
Sponsors & partners — hover or tap to see who they are
iUmmah UniteEvent & growth partner
The business, tech, and media behind Niya Summit — vendor marketplace, spot booking, and ticketing all in one platform.
iWahed
Global Islamic robo-advisor — halal investing app founded by Junaid Wahedna, managing $1B+.
iStearns Bank
Independent Minnesota bank — commercial & equipment financing.
iUIF
University Islamic Financial — Sharia-compliant home and commercial real-estate financing.
iAmana Mutual Funds
Amana Funds, managed by Saturna Capital — halal mutual funds investing since 1986.
iVePay
Ethical, interest-free factoring and working-capital fintech for eCommerce sellers.
iHasan VC
Venture fund backing halal, ethical startups — founded by Umar Munshi.
08 — Our startup ecosystem
Companies already building the $7.3T economy.
A sample of the founders, funds, and platforms in Niya Summit's network — halal fintech, investing, and community tools already live today.
09 — Questions
Before you get your pass.
The short version of everything above, in case you skimmed.
Main Stage & Startup Battlefield, Ecosystem & sector tracks, the full expo floor, meals & beverages all day, and networking with 700–1,000 attendees. One flat price — nothing extra at checkout.
No. The All-Day Hackathon is included with your Niya Summit pass at no extra cost, and it's also open without a pass. Either way, it requires its own separate, free registration to attend.
Founders raising or scaling in the Muslim economy, investors deploying capital into it, and builders/engineers who want in on the Hackathon. See "Choose your path" above for what each day looks like.
The AM sessions are Building for the Ummah — halal-first, parallel infrastructure built for the Muslim community. The PM sessions are Building for the World — mainstream products with Muslim values built in. Same pass, same room, both tracks in one day.
Yes — a dedicated prayer room and fully catered halal meals & beverages are on-site all day, included in your pass. No need to leave the venue.
Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA. On-site parking, minutes from Palo Alto and San Jose, and a short drive from both SFO and SJC airports.
Secure your seat before the room fills.
Saturday, August 29, 2026 — Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley. 700–1,000 seats, not 5,000.
