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Local incubators and hubs
- The Venture Lab of the American University of Cairo is a technology and innovations startup incubator. It selects six to eight startups per cycle in two cycles per year for a eight-month incubation program.
- Flat6Labs is a Cairo-based incubator which provides seed capital (60,000-75,000 EGP) as well as training and incubation services to promising young entrepreneurs.
- Startup MENA accelerates startups at various stages of their venture via premium entrepreneurial workshops and events such as “GearUp sessions”, “Investor Lounge”, “Create 48” and “Investment Lab”.
- Innoventures is a venture capital firm at its core that manages early stage Egyptian tech startups until they are profitable, high-impact, growing businesses.
- Youth Entrepreneurship Project (YEP) is a program by Positive Planet to improve access to financial and non-financial services for young entrepreneurs in Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon.
- E-Commerce Entrepreneurship offers a eight-week program to aspiring entrepreneurs who have simple innovative business ideas that will contribute to Egypt’s growing electronic retailing market.
- TechWadi is a non-profit organization which aims to build bridges between Silicon Valley and the Arab world. In Egypt, they regularly organize events targeted at MENA students and entrepreneurs.