Dubai Future District Fund stories $1.65bn increase, help for 190 startups 

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), has unveiled a dynamic efficiency replace for 2024 at its Annual Basic Assembly, highlighting greater than $1.65bn in capital commitments and strategic help for greater than 190 portfolio firms.

The announcement cements DFDF’s place as a key driver of innovation, expertise growth, and enterprise capital progress aligned with the emirate’s Financial Agenda (D33).

All through 2024, dubbed the UAE’s 12 months of Sustainability, DFDF accelerated its mission to foster long-term worth via accountable innovation and community-focused funding. The Fund’s affect prolonged past capital, enjoying a pivotal function in advancing public-private partnerships that align authorities priorities with startup-led options.

Dubai Future District Fund

• Assist for greater than 190 startups and scale-ups within the metropolis
• Engagements with Land Division and Dubai Well being to co-create innovation methods
• Pilots with Nestlé and AWS to drive tech adoption and operational excellence
• Ongoing ecosystem partnerships via 12 Fund of Funds initiatives

Khalfan Belhoul, the DFDF Board of Administrators Chairman and CEO of the Dubai Future Basis mentioned: “These achievements underscore the central function that the Dubai Future District Fund performs in driving the expansion of Dubai’s digital economic system – one which thrives on innovation and leverages the newest future applied sciences throughout key sectors.”

As 2025 is formally designated by the UAE because the 12 months of the Group, DFDF is setting its sights on deepening collaboration throughout the innovation panorama—from startup founders and world buyers to authorities our bodies and regulators.

Arif Amiri, DFDF Board Member and CEO of DIFC Authority, mentioned: “Innovation thrives not in isolation, however inside inclusive, related communities. Because the Fund continues to place Dubai as a world pioneer for innovation, we’re extra dedicated than ever to cultivating collaboration with companions globally who’re additionally dedicated to driving future financial progress.” 

For 2025, DFDF’s strategic focus will embody:

• Increasing capital deployment to funds and startups that drive financial resilience within the emirate
• Strengthening ecosystem platforms that join founders, operators, buyers, and policymakers
• Scaling impact-driven innovation aligned with Dubai’s imaginative and prescient as a world hub for future economies

Nader Albastaki, Managing Director at DFDF mentioned: “2024 marked a pivotal 12 months for DFDF, the place objective met efficiency. We scaled our investments, aligned with Dubai’s methods, and supported innovators driving significant change.

“As we enter 2025—the 12 months of the Group—we’re excited to deal with deeper collaboration, ecosystem resilience, and a shared imaginative and prescient of Dubai as a world capital of innovation and alternative.”