Dubai's 20 Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators [2024]

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Updated: January 20th, 2022

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Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators In Dubai

#	Accelerator/Incubator	Funding	Location	Apply
1	Intelak	AED 50K	Dubai	Apply
2	Wamda	$30K	Dubai	Apply
3	Startupbootcamp	$20K - $250K	Global	Apply
4	Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA)	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
5	Interplay	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
6	Government Accelerators	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
7	Innoway	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
8	TALG	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
9	The Co - Dubai	Not Disclosed	Dubai & L...	Apply
10	Hi2	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
11	British Centres for Business	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
12	Bedayat	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
13	Faster Capital	Not Disclosed	Dubai, Ac...	Apply
14	in5	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
15	Dtec Ventures	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
16	DIFC Fintech Hive	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
17	TURN8	Not Disclosed	Dubai, Sa...	Apply
18	Ztartup Village	Not Disclosed	Dubai, Si...	Apply
19	Amity University Dubai	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply
20	Dubai SME	Not Disclosed	Dubai	Apply

Dubai's 20 Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators [2024]

1. Intelak

Location: Dubai
Industry: Travel & Aviation
Investment Size: AED 50K
Program Length: Varies
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Intelak runs a business accelerator program that helps and assists businesses in the niche of travel, tourism, and aviation industry. This program has a holistic business approach to support startups. They host an 8-week comprehensive accelerator program for the startups to take business solutions to the next level by providing them with mentorship, resources, and a networking platform. This program also hosts a 3-month immersive incubator program that helps early-stage startup businesses to move forward in the industry. They provide them with support of AED 50K, access to a digital alumni network & boot camp, and pitching opportunities to investors.

Apply to Intelak, or learn more ➜

2. Wamda

Location: Dubai
Industry: MENA focused Businesses
Investment Size: $30K
Program Length: 4-months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Wamda X runs a 4-month business program that accelerates the ecosystem of entrepreneurs in the MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) region. They help technology-enabled business startups by providing them with leadership, guidance, research, integrated programs, access to initial funding, and the Wamda network. Wamda X guides idea-stage and early-stage business entrepreneurs who have a knack for solving business problems and market failures and have 5-10 years of working experience in a business environment.

Apply to Wamda, or learn more ➜

3. Startupbootcamp

Location: Global
Industry: Healthcare Industry
Investment Size: $20K - $250K
Program: 6 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Startupbootcamp's Scale Digital Health is an accelerator program designed to scale growth-stage healthcare businesses.

This 6-month program offers the customized support, fundraising and revenue-increasing opportunities, exposure channels, an unparalleled network of industry professionals, expertise, tailored mentorship, perks & benefits, access to a global network of corporate partners and investors, and co-working space to the healthcare startups.

Apply to Startupbootcamp, or learn more ➜

4. Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA)

Location: Dubai
Industry: Technology Companies
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 10 weeks
Equity Taken: No Equity Taken

Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) is a unique business program that provides a dynamic environment, new business opportunities, resources, services, access to expertise, and experienced staff to the technology businesses in Dubai. This 10-week business program is structured into two parts; a 4-week virtual program & a 6-weeks in-residence program. They take no equity in the businesses and offer participants a game-changing level of partnerships with government officials, mentorship, prototyping equipment, and a state-of-the-art workspace. The mission of this program is to combine innovation with startups and co-create global business solutions for a better future.

Apply to Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA), or learn more ➜

5. Interplay

Location: Dubai
Industry: Technology Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 3 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Interplay organizes a business program whose mission is to accelerate business ideas and human potential to build disruptive technology businesses. They partner with early-stage business companies and helps them to succeed and scale in the industry. This program leverages growth-platform, knowledge, business connections, and incubation services to accelerate the growth of businesses. They also provide participants with business education on topics such as marketing, fundraising, legal, and outsourcing, one-on-one business meeting opportunities, entrepreneur-in-residence programs, and various business perks to move forward in the industry.

Apply to Interplay, or learn more ➜

6. Government Accelerators

Location: Dubai
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 100 Days
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Government Accelerators program is an initiative of the Government of UAE that focuses on accelerating strategic business problems and enhancing government business policies. Through their 100-day business program. This program accelerates business teams and helps them achieve measurable, specific, relevant, time-bound, and attainable business goals. They empower employees and enable innovation and experimentation through better integration between local and federal governments.

Apply to Government Accelerators, or learn more ➜

7. Innoway

Location: Dubai
Industry: Innovative Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 3-6 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Innoway is an innovative business program that helps corporates and business organizations with modern business methodologies by providing them training, business coaching, acceleration services, mentorship, and investment. The training sessions at Innoway provide members with inspiration, management certification training, and innovative tools and ideas to build the next-gen business companies. This program also offers 3-6 months of acceleration services to the participants and helps them to achieve business goals.

Apply to Innoway, or learn more ➜

8. TALG

Location: Dubai
Industry: Retail Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

TALG or The Arabian Luxury Group operates a business accelerator program that helps and assists luxury retail businesses to grow in the industrial ecosystem of the UAE. This program takes up high-quality fashion wear business companies in the niche of shoes, leatherwear, perfumery, womenswear, menswear, beauty, leather products, and other consumer goods with the vision of providing them acceleration and incubation services. Some of its portfolio companies are; Carter & White Dubai, Al Maha Design, Feather Coffee, and more.

Apply to TALG, or learn more ➜

9. The Co - Dubai

Location: Dubai & London
Industry: Retail Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

The Co - Dubai runs an accelerator program that helps retail businesses to launch successfully in the industrial ecosystem of Dubai. This program provides entrepreneurs with assistance in product approval, the online selling of products & online payment gateway methods, access to a trading license, delivery & shipping solutions, storage & warehousing facilities, business mentorship & educational program, and flexible & low-cost working space.

Apply to The Co - Dubai, or learn more ➜

10. Hi2

Location: Dubai
Industry: Innovative Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Hi2 or Hamdan Innovation Incubator program empowers entrepreneurship in Dubai, the entrepreneurial capital of the MENA ( the Middle East and North Africa) region. They help and assist entrepreneurs by providing them with business strategies for growth and the successful establishment of business firms and assistance in the niche of robot designing, marketing, information technology, legal advice, prototyping, and intellectual properties. This program also offers incubation services, mentorship, seed capital, counseling, and access invention lab to the participants.

Apply to Hi2, or learn more ➜

11. British Centres for Business

Location: Dubai
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

British Centres for Businesses operates a business program that provides UK-based companies in the Middle East with operational business tools, support, and market entry services. This program assists business firms in the niche of education & training, construction & infrastructure, food & drink, technology, energy, manufacturing & engineering, retail, medical & healthcare, security, financial services, oil, gas & renewable energy, and business & consumer services. They also offer market-introductory research & services, assistance in business setup & site selection, and access to market and connection-building opportunities to the participants and help them achieve business success.

Apply to British Centres for Business, or learn more ➜

12. Bedayat

Location: Dubai
Industry: Sustainable Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Bedayat hosts a business incubator program that helps business firms and startups to develop sustainable businesses in the industry. This program supports technology, innovation, and ideas to build successful business firms that may bring change in society and contribute to the social environment. They also form a collaborative business environment to partner with government corporations, companies, universities, and professional organizations for offering tailored facilities, expertise, access to training sessions, and networking opportunities to entrepreneurs.

Apply to Bedayat, or learn more ➜

13. Faster Capital

Location: Dubai, Accra, Ghana
Industry: Product Development Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Faster Capital hosts a startup program that helps businesses to grow from the idea stage to the product stage, scale their business firms, raise capital for the business firm and make a technical team for building a product. This program provides entrepreneurs and startups with services such as guidance in technical development, funding & investment, marketing assistance, raising of capital, mentorship advice, boosting up of sales, growth-enabled business tools & resources, CTO service, and help to create high-quality business documents. They also provide startups with resources to grow & scale businesses to new market levels and building a minimum viable business product.

Apply to Faster Capital, or learn more ➜

14. in5

Location: Dubai
Industry: Tech, Design, and Media
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: No Equity Taken

in5 runs a business program that provides a platform for startups and entrepreneurs to grow and scale in the industry. They assist members through mentorship, training programs, networking events, access to investors & industry experts, coworking space, ideas & growth-enabled strategies to take businesses to the next level. This program helps innovative business firms in the niche of tech, media, and design and offers them comprehensive benefits, a creative business environment, and specialized & state-of-the-art facilities to take business ventures forward.

Apply to in5, or learn more ➜

15. Dtec Ventures

Location: Dubai
Industry: Technology Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Dtec or Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus is a tech startup hub and entrepreneur ecosystem in Dubai that provides everything a business needs to start and grow in the industry. Dtec runs a business acceleration program that provides technology startup businesses with a rapid growth cycle, immersive business education, learning by doing opportunities, coworking space, networking opportunities with mentors, business experts & educators, and access to startup funding. This program also assists business corporations to discover, design, and deliver new disruptive and innovative technologies in the industry to bring a technology-driven transformation to the world.

Apply to Dtec Ventures, or learn more ➜

16. DIFC Fintech Hive

Location: Dubai
Industry: Fintech Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

DIFC Fintech Hive operates a business program that offers acceleration services, mentorship & guidance, dedicated workspace, and networking opportunities with like-minded entrepreneurs to the Reg Tech, InsurTechs, and Islamic Fintech businesses in the MEASA (Middle East, Africa, and South Asia) region. They collaborate with insurance companies & leading brands to fulfill business needs and provide them with access to markets, funding, and business intelligence. To date, they have accelerated 100+ startups, have raised 300+M of funding, and have created 100+ jobs.

Apply to DIFC Fintech Hive, or learn more ➜

17. TURN8

Location: Dubai, San Francisco, and Denver
Industry: Technology Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

TURN8 hosts a business program that assists businesses in the niche of fintech, health tech, logistics, transportation, smart cities, SaaS platforms, AI, and IoT to build transformative companies in the industrial ecosystem of Dubai. This program provides entrepreneurs with fundamental business research, networking opportunities with business experts & corporate partners, and innovative business ideas to develop, launch, and grow businesses in the industry. To date, they have helped more than 30 corporate partners through innovative & venture-building strategies, accelerated more than 120 startups, and invested more than $150M in the success of early-stage startups.

Apply to TURN8, or learn more ➜

18. Ztartup Village

Location: Dubai, Singapore & Cochin
Industry: Technology Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Ztartup Village, hosted by MUrgency Business Incubator, organizes a business program that assists technology businesses to grow and move forward in the industry. They help business firms in the niche of health tech, mobile apps, AR/VR tech, legal tech, fintech, trade tech, medical tech, safety tech, digital media, emergency tech, and real estate tech. This program offers acceleration & incubation services, networking opportunities, growth-enabled business strategies, access to markets & business operations, and workspace to the business ventures. The mission of this program is to catalyze entrepreneurial development and innovation for fostering sustainable economic growth in the industry.

Apply to Ztartup Village, or learn more ➜

19. Amity University Dubai

Location: Dubai
Industry: Innovative Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Amity University Dubai hosts a business incubation program to help student entrepreneurs to turn their business ideas into reality. This innovation hub has a team of mentors, experienced entrepreneurs, and volunteers who welcome business ideas from any business sector and enable students to fulfill their entrepreneurial dream. They create a collaborative working environment to empower future entrepreneurs and provide them opportunities to support communities and humanities through their startup businesses. To date, they have mentored and assisted 19 student-owned startup business firms.

Apply to Amity University Dubai, or learn more ➜

20. Dubai SME

Location: Dubai
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Dubai SME runs a business program that provides support, resources, business information, and outreach to small and medium business enterprises. They assist businesses of all stages of development by focusing on turning ideas into creative and successful business firms. They promote leadership and innovation and provide participating business ventures with guidance to launch a product, planning business projects, accelerating business growth, business training, seed capital loan, and necessary business licenses.

Apply to Dubai SME, or learn more ➜

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