Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) will identify and collaborate with startups to advance the tourism and culture sectors, collaborate on high-impact events and provide mentorship to founders and entrepreneurs.
Saeed Al Fazari, Executive Director at DCT Abu Dhabi, and Badr Al Olama, CEO, Hub71, signed an MoU under which DCT Abu Dhabi will fund the Proof Of Concepts (POCs) of the startups identified for future work so that they overcome challenges that will enhance tourism and culture experiences.
Also, Hub71 will provide DCT Abu Dhabi with access to a broad pipeline of startups, regionally and globally, that can provide a wide range of innovations to upscale the sectors’ services, in addition to Hub71’s quarterly cohort of startups.
The two will collaborate in organizing knowledge and expertise-based programs to foster existing startups within Hub71.
DCT Abu Dhabi will also take part in Hub71’s flagship challenge, The Outliers, which invites the best and brightest startups from around the world to solve real problems set by Hub71’s corporate and government partners. The winning startup will be granted endorsement for the POCs by DCT Abu Dhabi.
Al Fazari said, “This partnership will enable us to widen the net of potential startups we could collaborate with.”
