Accelerator

Dubai Future Accelerators invites applications from startups

Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA), an initiative of Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), has opened registration for The Fall 2020 Program. The eighth edition of the program aims to attract startups from arou...

Over 600 start-ups apply for DIFC FinTech Hive’s latest accelerator programme

DIFC FinTech Hive, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has attracted an unprecedented 620 global, regional and local applic...

12 Fintechs selected for Finance Forward MENA 2020 accelerator

Village Capital today announced the twelve early-stage fintech startups selected to take part in Finance Forward MENA 2020. An accelerator, Finance Forward MENA will provide the startups with five wee...

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center announces winners

The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), has awarded its first Access Sharjah winner, ‘Little Thinking Minds’, a $100K equity-free grant. ‘BoBu’, ‘Narrativa’, ...

Dubai Smart City Accelerator graduates new batch

The Dubai Smart City Accelerator (DSCA), the leading smart city program in the MENA region, hosted its third Demo Day for the 11 startups that have made it into the program’s third cohort. The h...

10 new global innovators join accelerator programme

The Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund, MBRIF, an initiative launched by the UAE Ministry of Finance to support innovation in the UAE, has selected ten local and global innovators for the Summer Coho...

Saudi startups join regional accelerator

Saudi British Bank (SABB) has joined partner bank HSBC to open the regional ‘C3 Social Impact Accelerator’ to Saudi startups for the first time. The program is the region’s flagship accelerator progra...

Saudi Arabian launches business accelerator for electronic games

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) signed a MoU with the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), on the sidelines of the entertainment industry conference held in Riyadh to la...

500 Startups and Misk Innovation announces second cohort of the accelerator program

500 Startups, in collaboration with Misk Innovation have announced today, the 20 companies which are participating in the second cohort of the Misk 500 Accelerator program currently underway in Riyadh...