Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has welcomed its first cohort of the year comprised of 15 startups operating in priority sectors aligned with Abu Dhabi’s strategic ambitions, including HealthTech, FinTech, and EdTech.
Hub71 and Clara Partner to Digitize Startups’ Legal Needs
Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has announced a partnership with Clara, a LegalTech startup that offers automated legal services for startups. The partnership will support Hub71-based startups and provide them with access to Clara’s innovative digital platform, facilitating the complex legal processes involved in setting up, growing and exiting a startup. Under the agreement, […]
Things to Consider Before Incorporating a Company
Written by Biancka Gracias, Partner and Head of Start-ups and SME’s at The International Consultant Law Office (“ICLO”) The idea of Incorporation to Success seems like a fair few cliché words however any founder can recite memorable ‘painful or painless’ experiences thinking of the start of their entrepreneurial journey. The best way to learn is […]
CorporateStack Launches Special Package for in5 Incubated Startups
CorporateStack has announced a special package for companies that are a part of the in5 incubation program. This package offers a full year of support from CorporateStack to five companies nominated by in5. These companies will be given a 25% discount for the lifetime of the company. All other in5 companies can also apply for […]
Three Startups Win in5 Contest to Ramp Up Dubai’s Next-Gen COVID-19 Response
in5 has announced three winners in its competition challenging entrepreneurs and startups to create an innovative product or service to boost the UAE’s response to COVID-19 using next-generation technology, media or design. Dubai-based ventures Robomask, CoviBot Pro and Vision Health came out on top. The trio have won a year’s free membership with in5, a business […]
Wamda Launches State of Pre-Seed Startups in MENA Report
Wamda has launched ‘The state of the pre-seed startups in MENA’ report in collaboration with STEP Conference, the leading technology festival for emerging markets. The report features findings based on data from 627 startup founders who applied to the Wamda X fellowship programme and includes research supplemented by STEP. The UAE remains the regional hub […]
DIFC’s FinTech Hive Reveals Program for FinTech Startups
DIFC’s FinTech Hive revealed the launch of a new funding accelerator program for FinTech startups in the MEASA region. FinTech Hive Scale Up program benefits scaleups by helping them grow through strategic partnerships and receiving investment resources through the DIFC FinTech Hive ecosystem. Through a series of collaborations with multiple partners, the program provides start-ups […]
Badir-Incubated Technology Startups Raise SR 508 Million in 10 Years
Technology startups incubated by the Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, one of the leading initiatives of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), closed 2019 on a high note, raising a record SR 236 million ($62.93 million) led by venture capital firms, individual investors, private companies, and governmental institutions. The total funding […]
World Future Energy Summit’s CLIX Shortlists 600 Startups From 1,402 Entries
The World Future Energy Summit’s Climate Innovations Exchange (CLIX) 2020, supporting innovative global green tech and sustainability startups, announced today the 42 finalists out of a record-high 600 shortlisted entries. Hosted by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), CLIX 2020 has marked a year-on-year growth of 67 percent in applications and 54 percent […]
Saudi is a Prime Hub for Startups in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia is a prime hub for startups in the Middle East, and its understanding of online business surpasses that of other countries in the region, a young Arab entrepreneur said today. Athbi Al-Enezi, Co-Founder of Kuwait-based technology company JustClean, says Saudi was the easiest country in the Gulf to set up the marketplace application […]