Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system supported 127 startups with launch or growth in Q1 

This represents a 135 per cent improve in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, reflecting the chamber’s ongoing efforts to cement Dubai’s place as a most popular world hub for tech startups.

Throughout Q1 2025, the chamber organised 4 occasions geared toward supporting the enterprise neighborhood, empowering startups, nurturing expertise, constructing partnerships, and enhancing the benefit of doing enterprise in Dubai.

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As well as, 729 contributors obtained coaching by way of the chamber’s digital upskilling programmes, that are designed to boost the capabilities of specialized expertise in superior expertise sectors and construct a future-ready workforce.

The chamber additionally continued its efforts to assist firms seeking to launch or increase their operations within the emirate by way of its “Enterprise in Dubai” platform, which provides entry to a complete suite of institutional providers.

The platform additionally gives enterprise matchmaking providers to assist firms establish appropriate companions, traders, and shoppers.

Throughout Q1 2025, the chamber expanded its community of service suppliers with the addition of 20 new companions, bringing the entire variety of platform companions to 114 throughout a variety of service classes.

Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Synthetic Intelligence, Digital Financial system, and Distant Work Functions and Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system, stated: “The chamber is dedicated to enjoying a pivotal function in positioning Dubai as a worldwide chief within the digital financial system, in keeping with the imaginative and prescient of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai.

“We’re persevering with to assist the event of a totally built-in digital ecosystem, constructed on world-class infrastructure and forward-looking laws. Our intention is to foster the expansion of each rising and established digital firms, allow their world growth from Dubai, and drive innovation and digital entrepreneurship throughout the financial system.”

He added, “Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system is targeted on accelerating digital transformation and reinforcing town’s attractiveness as a major vacation spot for expertise funding, innovation, and digital expertise, creating impactful options that contribute to each financial and social growth.”

In the course of the first quarter of this 12 months, the chamber carried out 12 worldwide roadshows to showcase Dubai’s superior digital enterprise ecosystem and spotlight the importance of Increase North Star, the world’s largest occasion for startups and traders.

This marks a major improve from the three roadshows that came about in the identical interval final 12 months.

Organised by the Dubai World Commerce Centre and hosted by the Chamber of Digital Financial system, the 2025 version of Increase North Star will happen at Dubai Harbour from twelfth to fifteenth October.

The primary promotional marketing campaign in america coated Las Vegas, Phoenix, and San Francisco, attracting greater than 200 contributors from throughout the startup, funding, and tech ecosystems.

The second leg of the marketing campaign came about in Canada, with occasions in Toronto, Mississauga, and Vancouver, the place the chamber engaged with greater than 350 entrepreneurs, startup founders, traders, accelerators, and digital policymakers.

The classes highlighted Dubai’s strengths as a worldwide hub for digital enterprise progress and growth, whereas additionally outlining the advantages of collaborating in Increase North Star.

In March, the Chamber additionally organised a promotional marketing campaign for the exhibition in Australia, with occasions held in each Sydney and Melbourne. The marketing campaign attracted 400 tech stakeholders, together with startups, traders, and expertise companies.