<aside> 🔥 Leading Cardano's successful launch into the MENA region and the institutionalization of their Midnight brand.

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✨ Client description ✨

Input Output (IOHK) is a global blockchain research and engineering company and a core member of the Cardano group.

The company has been building blockchain infrastructure for over a decade and is best known for developing Cardano, one of the world’s leading research-driven blockchain networks. Input Output works closely with governments, enterprises, and academic institutions to design secure, scalable, and long-term blockchain systems.

As part of its broader work on blockchain infrastructure, Input Output also develops Midnight, a privacy-focused data protection protocol. Midnight is designed to enable compliant, enterprise-grade use cases and support real-world adoption in regulated environments.

Services provided

⭐️ Institutional introductions (MENA)

⭐️ Abu Dhabi Finance Week meetings

⭐️ Panel placements at ADFW

⭐️ Tier-1 MENA media access

⭐️ Private dinner hosted for Midnight

⭐️ Institutional positioning and messaging.

⭐️ Strategic advisory.

Timeline

⏰ Started working: Q4 2025

✅ Time worked: 2 months

💻 Senior stakeholders reached: 500+

<aside> 💡 Goals:

• Identify primary decision-makers & cultivate relationships with the yield providers, UAE VC firms, sovereign wealth funds, and governmental associations.
• Open an office for Input Output in the UAE and make the first official announcement of the company’s entrance into the Gulf during the Abu Dhabi Finance Week.
• Secure high-impact speakerships at ADFW to position Input Output & Midnight within top-tier institutional and regulatory conversations. </aside>

Gameplan

We focused on high-impact institutional access.

• Curated a target list of 500+ institutional decision-makers attending Abu Dhabi Finance Week and converted 90+ into on-ground and online meetings through LKI’s network.
• Invited 76+ senior institutional stakeholders to attend the Input Output Polo event in person.
• Supported the opening of the UAE office, assisting with ADGM incorporation and venue sourcing.
• Positioned the UAE office launch ahead of ADFW, enabling engagement with 1,000+ institutional attendees.
• Secured organic ADFW speaker placements for the Midnight COO and RealFi Investment Director by engaging 21+ programme curators.
• Connected the media team with Tier-1 regional and global outlets including Bloomberg, Khaleej Times, and Gulf Business.

Private Polo gathering during Abu Dhabi Finance Week

During Abu Dhabi Finance Week, we organized a private Polo event to bring together senior institutional stakeholders and create a high-trust setting for conversations with Input Output leadership.

Highlights

• 76+ institutional attendees joined the private gathering