In Focus - Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund
Startup Spotlight: US-Headquartered BigDot Enters The UAE Market With A Promise To Digitally Empower SMEs
"BigDot is on a mission to empower small and medium businesses to run profitable operations without relying on resource-heavy aggregators," says founder and CEO Mahesh Prajapati.
Startup Spotlight: How Estonia-Born BaseTrack Is Introducing Its Automated Trucking Services In The UAE
The BaseTrack team's ultimate goal is to ensure a transition from human-driven trucks to fully automated fleets that can be managed remotely and with reduced CO2 emissions.
Startup Spotlight: Palestine-Based Aqlama Offers A Platform That Can Build And Train Industry-Specific Virtual Assistants
"Aqlama essentially specializes in providing curated and structured high-quality data for artificial intelligence and machine learning training purposes."
Here Are The 20 Startups Selected For The Eighth Cohort Of The MBRIF Innovation Accelerator Program
The final participants of the year-long program were selected from over 200 applicants from across 35 countries.
The Recap: The Demo Day Of The Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund Accelerator Program's Seventh Cohort
18 startups presented their ideas in front of a panel of regional investors, following which three startups emerged as the winners of the Demo Day.
Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based TranspRight Is Helping Create A More Sustainable Supply Chain Ecosystem In The Region
Through carbon emission tracking, TranspRight aims to optimize cargo deliveries in an inexpensive, efficient, and fast manner.
Startup Spotlight: With A Mission To Develop Efficient Antigen Tests, Kazakhstan-Headquartered Arlan Biotech Makes Its Way To The UAE
Arlan BioTech utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a predictive model for nanobody sequences, which are highly specific to selected proteins.
Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Finanshels Offers SMEs A Dedicated Finance Team At An Affordable Cost
Launched in September 2022, Finanshels currently has over 200 customers, with this figure growing at a rate of 30% per month.
Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Egrobots Is Enabling Early Detection Of Crop Diseases In The MENA
Egrobots' robots can navigate complex terrain and confined spaces, ensuring access to hard-to-reach areas, and are equipped with sensors for comprehensive data collection.
Startup Spotlight: With Its Flagship Multi Cancer Early Detection Tool, UAE-Based Detectiome Is Addressing Multiple Pain Points For Patients
Detectiome aims to address a number of issues, the first of which is the late detection of cancers, which is often when the disease has reached a terminal stage.
Startup Spotlight: Here's How UAE-Based Appro Is Simplifying Customer Onboarding For Banks
In its current iteration, the platform is able to help its users find for themselves the right credit cards, home loans, personal loans, as well as car loans.
Startup Spotlight: SpaceTIS Is Bringing Innovative Space Technologies To The UAE
"The key UAV challenge in the industry that inspired this product development is the lack of versatile and high-endurance platforms to meet the old as well as emerging needs of many drone clients."
Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Uktob Is Ensuring Arabic-Speaking Businesses Have Easier Access To Artificial Intelligence
Among the AI tools Uktob offers, there is one that is named Faheem, an AI-powered personal assistant that offers a range of productivity tools and services for day-to-day tasks.
Startup Spotlight: Hong Kong-Based ViAct Is On A Mission To Create A Safer Work Environment In Risk-Prone Industries
While ViAct is now a part of the MBRIF Innovation Accelerator program with a goal to prepare for a Series A funding round, its journey in the UAE began through a participation in the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence's (DCAI) accelerator programs.
Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Oscar Is Helping Businesses Attain Supply Chain Sustainability In Their Journeys Towards Net-Zero
Data collection is a pivotal aspect of how Oscar helps businesses transform their procurement chains. But the startup's unique selling point lies in its ability to take a very localized approach.