This discussion paper examines how gender and age bias shape Egypt’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and constrain the ability of women and youth entrepreneurs to start, finance, and scale startups. Drawing on global evidence and the Egyptian context, it unpacks how implicit and structural bias operates across the entrepreneurial pipeline—from startup formation and sectoral participation to access to mentorship, networks, and debt and equity financing. The paper challenges persistent narratives that women- and youth-led ventures are inherently lower growth, demonstrating how biased perceptions influence investment and support decisions even when startup quality is comparable. Developed to inform a high-level roundtable convening of Egypt’s key entrepreneurship ecosystem actors, the paper makes the economic and development case for investing in women and youth entrepreneurs, situates their experiences within the country’s evolving entrepreneurship ecosystem, and proposes eight concrete actions to advance more inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems, concluding with targeted discussion questions to catalyze policy dialogue and coordinated ecosystem action.