AI startups in Abu Dhabi look to possible $300,000 funding boost from Hub71 and Google collaboration
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Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Hub71 tech start-ups raised $1.2bn in VC funding last year
Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 community expanded by 102% last year
Expo 2020 Dubai
New $150m UAE-India fund aims to create 10 $1bn start-ups by 2025
India-UAE VC Fund will be funded by investors across UAE, India and wider GCC countries
ESG
PepsiCo launches accelerator for MENA start-ups
Looking to drive the ESG narrative forward, PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator: MENA Sustainability Edition will support start-ups and small businesses across the region to launch and scale concepts for reducing, recycling, or reinventing food and beverage packaging
Raed Ventures
Saudi fintech start-up Lamaa secures $5.5m seed funding
Investment is co-led by Raed Ventures and Saudi Aramco’s entrepreneurship arm Wa’ed
digital economy
Dubai launches AED1bn fund in push to encourage public listings
New Future District Fund will help to establish 1,000 digital companies in the emirate in the next five years
doha venture capital
US start-up plans Qatar expansion to produce cell-based meat
San Francisco-based Eat Just Inc, plans to build a commercial facility in Qatar
AI in hospitality industry
Hotel management company hoping start-ups have the answers to boost hospitality industry over a year into Covid-19
Dubai-based Aleph Hospitality has launched its Innovation Lab to incubate pre-seed stage start-ups that may have solutions to the sector’s problems
AB Tech Forum
How learning from mistakes helped drive billion-dollar Dubai-based start-up
Regional managing director of Kitopi, Jihad Bou Nasr, shared the secrets behind the success of the cloud-kitchen start-up at the inaugural AB Technology Forum
digital economy
Cracking the code – how golden visas will help unlock the UAE’s digital economy
The country furthers its goal to attract international tech-talent by promising 100,000 golden visas for entrepreneurs and startups well versed in coding
Azure Cloud
Microsoft for Start-ups: Propelling B2B entrepreneurs for post-COVID growth
Roberto Croci, regional head of Microsoft for Start-ups, makes the case for the future of start-ups in the Middle East and Africa, and lays out a recipe for success that can propel entrepreneurs to become societal pioneers
Abu Dhabi
How the UAE can become ‘the Silicon Valley of the Middle East’
Babak Ahmadzadeh, director of Plug and Play Abu Dhabi said more must be done to foster corporate innovation and integration of start-ups in businesses
Arabian Business StartUp
Why the next Gulf business disruption could be from venture builders
Experts say the venture builder model could pose a major challenge to global consultancy majors
Financial Services
Video: GCC is moving in the right direction in the fintech space
Hisham Al-Falih from fintech firm Lean Technologies believes the GCC has done a good job in enabling fintech companies to enter the markets, but says more can be done on the regulatory and security fronts.
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Seven new start-ups pick Abu Dhabi’s tech hub
Hub71 has welcomed seven new start-ups to its incentive programme from around the world
Baza Bazaar
UAE e-commerce start-up sells rare clothing, fights forgery threat
Baza Bazaar, an e-commerce start-up that sells rare clothing, sneakers, has gone live in the UAE
