The finalists for the Arabian Business StartUp Awards 2017 have been unveiled and will recognise the region’s outstanding entrepreneurs, investors, accelerators, mentors, SMEs, funding initiatives and start-ups at a gala dinner and awards ceremony on Tuesday 24th October in Dubai.
The full shortlist, which appears at the end of the article, was yielded from over 350 nominations that were assessed under the following categories:
• Entrepreneur of the Year• SME of the Year• Mentor of the Year• Incubator / Accelerator of the Year• New Media Start-up of the Year• Social Enterprise of the Year• Start-up of the Year• Young Entrepreneur of the Year• Intrapreneur of the Year• Investor of the Year• Funding Initiative of the Year• Start-up Programme of the Year• SME Leader of the Year
Judging PanelThe nominations are now being scrutinised by the Panel of Judges, which includes VCs, seasoned entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Your VotesArabian Business StartUp readers will decide who wins the People’s Choice Award for their Entrepreneur of the Year. The voting period for this category will open this week, with the ultimate choice of winner entirely in your hands.
The Arabian Business StartUp Awards 2017 winners will be announced and honoured at the Arabian Business StartUp Awards 2017 ceremony, taking place on Tuesday, October 24 at the Rixos Hotel in Dubai’s JBR at a lavish gala dinner event.
The Arabian Business StartUp Awards is one of the key business and networking events of the start-up and SME business calendar.
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The Arabian Business StartUp Awards 2017 shortlisted finalists are:
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
• Abdullah Jassim• Afnan Ali• Anilesh Kumar• Maaz Sheikh• Nadine Hachach• Philip Bahoshy• Ibrahim Colak• Ross Milton
SME OF THE YEAR
• Beehive• The Box Self Storage• The Perfect Help• The Snack Society• Tow My Drive• TPH Group• Xpand Retail by Savant• YallaCompare• Zero.1
MENTOR OF THE YEAR
• Tarek Amin• Tammer Quddumi• Peter Stojanov• Paul Kenny• Helen Al Uzaizi• Hans Christensen• Dr Mourad Mansour• Christos Mastoras
INCUBATOR / ACCELERATOR OF THE YEAR
• IN5• Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre SHERAA• Take a Leap (TAL)• Badir Program for Technology Incubators• Dubai Smart City – Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority• KAUST Entrepreneurship Center
NEW MEDIA STARTUP OF THE YEAR
• MAGNiTT• Nearbuy Group• PerksPlus• ServiceMyCar.ae• 360VUZ• BOOKLAVA• MENAbytes• ALRAWI
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OF THE YEAR
• NOW Money• Teach Me Now• Woman-able• Taka Solutions• The Ajala Project• Nabta• Iris Solutions• Integreat Center
STARTUP OF THE YEAR
• almentor.net• Fetchr• Proximie• SuperHydrate• MrUsta• MAGNiTT• Hammerheads• The Improbable Agency
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
• Rami Salman• Jassim Arif• Yamna Naveed Khan• Mohammed Saif• Harsh Jaswani• Diksha Vohra• Khaled Zaatarah• Thea Myhrvold
INTRAPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
• Christina Andreassen• Mohammad Khaled Al Hassan• Nadine Halabi – Dubai Women’s Council• Zaid Zureikat
INVESTOR OF THE YEAR
• Dr Mussaad Al Razouki• Elissa Freiha• Heather Henyon• Wamda Capital
FUNDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
• NOW Money• ekar Series A• el Grocer• Fetchr Series B Round• STARZ PLAY
STARTUP PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
• Womenable• Startup Oman• Mompreneur Rising• Mind Cloud Academy• Eureka Tech Academy• Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (DTEC)• TAQADAM Start-up Accelerator
SME LEADER OF THE YEAR
• Anilesh Kumar• Maaz Sheikh• Shelina Jokhiya• Geet Bhalla• Mahmoud Adham• Rohit Dalmia• Dr Peter Tignini• Jon Richards
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