Dubai launches Founders HQ to energy subsequent wave of UAE startups 

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Govt Council of Dubai, launched Dubai Founders HQ.

The flagship initiative is designed to strengthen the emirate’s startup and small and medium enterprise (SME) ecosystem.

Dubai Founders HQ

A joint initiative by the Division of Economic system and Tourism (DET) and the Chamber of Digital Economic system, Dubai Founders HQ is the first-of-its-kind “phygital” platform.

It combines a bodily campus with a complete digital ecosystem. The platform brings collectively founders, buyers, corporates, and enablers beneath one roof to foster collaboration, innovation, and enterprise development.

Greater than 25 main private and non-private sector companions — spanning enterprise capital, monetary companies, authorities, telecommunications, and innovation hubs — have already joined the platform, reinforcing its function as a central hub in Dubai’s entrepreneurial panorama.

A unified hub for Dubai’s entrepreneurs

Throughout his go to to the Dubai Founders HQ, positioned on the 25Hours Lodge in One Central, Dubai World Commerce Centre, Sheikh Hamdan stated the brand new campus will play a key function in uniting Dubai’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and advancing collaboration between private and non-private sectors to empower innovators and startups.

He stated: “In Dubai, entrepreneurship is taken into account a key engine of complete and sustainable improvement and a significant power shaping the longer term.

“We’re dedicated to fostering an atmosphere that embraces creativity, encourages new concepts and transforms them into success tales that improve Dubai’s place as a worldwide centre for innovation and creativity.

“Supporting entrepreneurs is an funding in human potential and in our society’s capability to innovate and transfer confidently in the direction of a extra affluent future.

“Many startups have begun their journey in Dubai and grown to succeed in world markets, and our intention is to make town a platform the place daring concepts can flourish and scale up.”

D33 Financial Agenda

Dubai launched Dubai Founders HQ as a key initiative beneath the Dubai Financial Agenda (D33) to empower founders with the instruments and networks to launch, scale, and thrive.

The initiative helps D33’s aim to scale 30 unicorns — startups valued at greater than $1bn — and allow 400 SMEs to develop by 2033.

Via partnerships with main native and worldwide ecosystem gamers, the platform accelerates innovation and strengthens Dubai’s place as a worldwide hub for entrepreneurship.

The initiative serves as a transformative method to ecosystem-building, consolidating assets and delivering end-to-end companies to founders throughout all phases of development.

Its hub-and-spoke mannequin connects the Founders HQ to Dubai’s free zones, accelerators, and incubators, making a unified gateway for startups.

Dubai Founders HQ gives entrepreneurs with sector-specific acceleration programmes, professional mentorship, investor entry, and networking alternatives by means of its bodily campus and digital platform.

The neighborhood hub contains state-of-the-art co-working areas, occasion services, assembly rooms, and collaboration areas, supported by curated workshops and occasions.

Reflecting the emirate’s inventive spirit, the area additionally options artwork by native creators, combining innovation with tradition.

Management views

Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Synthetic Intelligence, Digital Economic system and Distant Work Functions, stated the launch marks a serious milestone in positioning Dubai as a worldwide hub for digital entrepreneurship.

Al Olama stated: “The launch of Dubai Founders HQ marks a major milestone in our journey to place Dubai as a worldwide hub for digital entrepreneurship.

“This initiative displays our dedication to creating an built-in and founder-focused ecosystem that accelerates innovation, attracts worldwide expertise, and empowers startups to scale past borders.”

Helal Saeed Almarri, Director Normal of the Dubai Division of Economic system and Tourism (DET), stated Dubai Founders HQ highlights the emirate’s willpower to construct an financial system powered by creativity, innovation, and world connectivity.

Almarri stated: “The launch of Dubai Founders HQ is a testomony to the visionary management of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and displays our willpower to construct an financial system powered by creativity, innovation, and world connectivity.

“By consolidating assets and constructing bridges throughout the ecosystem, Dubai Founders HQ will present the launchpad for the following era of pioneering entrepreneurs.”

Complete assist for startups

Dubai Founders HQ will ship bespoke acceleration and mentorship programmes in collaboration with worldwide companions together with Endeavor and Plug and Play, tailor-made to the wants of startups throughout a number of sectors.

Entrepreneurs may also profit from tailor-made advisory companies, licensing assist, entry to funding networks, and studying assets, with a digital library providing upskilling and sensible insights.

By serving as a gateway for worldwide startups and SMEs getting into town, the initiative simplifies market entry and connects world innovators to key gamers throughout the ecosystem.

Empowering founders

Dubai Founders HQ designs each facet of its platform round founders’ wants, delivering mentorship, assets, and alternatives that speed up development.

Its collaborative ecosystem encourages steady engagement between startups, buyers, corporates, and authorities entities, reinforcing the emirate’s function as a number one world centre for entrepreneurship and innovation.