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04th November, 2024
Egypt’s ICT Minister Attends Launch of ‘InvestIT’ Program in Partnership with ITIDA, Flat6Labs

Cairo, Egypt – November 4th, 2024 — The Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, Dr. Amr Talaat, has attended the launch of “InvestIT,” a program aimed at supporting tech startups. The program is a joint effort by the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and […]

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16th October, 2024
Entrepreneurs Triumph at Organon and Flat6Lab’s Women’s Health Accelerator Demo Day

The Demo Day, held in collaboration with Flat6Labs, marked the closing of the second edition of the Women’s Health Accelerator Program Eight start-ups from the UAE, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Poland presented their women’s health solutions to a panel of industry experts   Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 15 October 2024: Eight pioneering start-ups who […]

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31st July, 2024
Shell Egypt Relaunches Intilaaqah Programme in Collaboration with Flat6Labs

Shell Intilaaqah Egypt Programme will support & influence more than 1000 young entrepreneurs per year through matchmaking, boot camps & incubation. Cairo, Egypt – 22 July 2024 – Shell Egypt is excited to announce the relaunch of the Shell Intilaaqah Egypt Programme, in collaboration with Flat6Labs. This initiative is part of flagship enterprise development global […]

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29th February, 2024
Organon and Flat6Labs Announce Second Cycle of Women’s Health Accelerator Program, Expanding Focus to Address Key Women’s Health Challenges Across MENAT

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Empowering Female-Led Innovation in Healthcare Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 29 February 2024: Organon, a global healthcare company dedicated to improving women’s health, in partnership with Flat6Labs, MENA’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, is thrilled to announce the launch of the second cycle of the Women’s Health Accelerator Program. […]

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09th August, 2023
Flat6Labs, SIAC, and Dar Launch “Makers” ConTech Accelerator Program

Investing Up to $100K in Construction Tech Startups in Egypt Flat6Labs, the region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, has launched the “Makers” ConTech Accelerator Program in partnership with SIAC and Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners). The program is the first-ever construction-focused accelerator program in the Middle East that aims to support advanced startups […]

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30th May, 2023
New entrepreneurship initiative to boost job creation in Libya

Tripoli, May 2023. The new “Deraya – دِرَايَــة Entrepreneurship Initiative” for young entrepreneurs seeks to build a dynamic ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurs and startups in Libya. Young entrepreneurs in Libya face many challenges, including accessing markets and financial resources, and navigating regulations and administrative procedures. The Deraya initiative is designed to equip entrepreneurs with the […]

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06th March, 2023
Flat6Labs Launches ‘StartMashreq’ Initiative to Support Entrepreneurs across the Levant Region

– StartMashreq seeks to support innovative entrepreneurs in Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq, with a focus on empowering women, refugees, minorities, and displaced persons. – The program will work to build a diverse digital community of entrepreneurial pioneers, while promoting socioeconomic development, prosperity, and sustainability through innovation and inclusion. – StartMashreq will provide comprehensive business incubation […]

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14th February, 2023
Flat6Labs signs MoU with PwC to support regional startups

Flat6Labs, the MENA region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, and PwC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide support to start-ups with high growth potential in the region. “Flat6Labs has a proven track record in carefully vetting out and investing in promising start-ups, and thereby enabling thousands of passionate founders to […]

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03rd January, 2023
Flat6Labs and Wio Bank sign MoU to streamline and enhance SME-centric banking services for start-ups in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – In a bid to further strengthen Abu Dhabi’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, Flat6Labs, the MENA region’s leading seed-stage program and early-stage venture capital firm, and Wio Bank, the region’s first platform bank, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the agreement, start-ups from Flat6Labs Ignite, a specialised seed program run […]

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12th December, 2022
ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC and The Knowledge Hub Universities in Partnership with Flat6Labs Launch Climathon – Clean and Deep Tech Hackathon Program

Cairo, Egypt – 12 December 2022 ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC – the leading energy & infrastructure solution provider, The Knowledge Hub Universities (TKH), and Elsewedy Education’s initiative – the Innovation Hub – launch a “Clean and Deep Tech Hackathon Program” (Climathon) in collaboration with Flat6Labs – the region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm. The program […]

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23rd November, 2022
Flat6Labs in partnership with SIAC and Dar-Al-Handasah launch “Makers”, ConTech Innovation Program to foster construction startups across Egypt

Cairo, Egypt – 23 November 2022 Flat6Labs, the region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, has launched ‘Makers’ a construction-tech Innovation Program in collaboration with SIAC, a leading regional private construction firm, and Dar-Al-Handasah (Dar), an international consulting company in engineering, to foster startups in the construction technology solutions across Egypt. Makers ConTech program […]

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14th September, 2022
Organon and Flat6Labs Announce Winners of MENA Region’s First Digital-Health FemTech Accelerator

Omgyno’ founded by Doreen Toutikian and Elisabeth Milini in Greece and Lebanon, ‘Siira’ founded by Sandra Salame in Lebanon, and ‘Maternally’ founded by Yasmin El Mouallem in the UAE, were announced the winners of the region’s first digital-health FemTech accelerator, marking the culmination of the program that was launched by Organon and Flat6Labs at Expo […]

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11th September, 2022
Is the Global Femtech Industry Empowered Enough?

Women’s healthcare looks uncertain in the future. But, the femtech industry is still developing and you’ll find out why. The lack of research into the health of women led to the need for femtech. Despite the fact that women spend $500 billion on medical costs each year, just 4% of research and development funding was […]

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06th September, 2022
Flat6Labs and SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy Launch Agritech Accelerator Program to Support Agri-digital Start-ups Across Egypt

Flat6labs, the region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, in collaboration with SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy launched an agritech accelerator program to assist 10 to 12 startups in each cycle to improve their business models, product development, customer relationships, marketing plans, and financial management. The collaboration marks the beginning of Flat6Labs’ mission to support emerging […]

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06th April, 2022
Survey Results: Key Insights About the Startup Ecosystem in KSA

Over the past few months, we conducted a survey to gain more insight about Saudi startups, including early-stage funding, specifically pre-seed funding, as well as the overall challenges facing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in KSA. We gathered the responses of 100+ full-time startup founders in KSA, who shared their diverse experiences and perceptions throughout their entrepreneurial […]

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15th February, 2022
Flat6Labs and Taibah Valley Sign MoU to Support IT Entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, KSA: 15 February 2022 – Taibah Valley, owned by Taibah University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and one of the investment companies investing in innovation, modern technologies, building emerging companies, and venture investment, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Flat6Labs, a leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm. Taibah Valley will […]

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20th December, 2021
Flat6Labs partners with ESLSCA University to Launch Innovation & Entrepreneurship Incubation Program

Cairo, Egypt. 19th December, 2021 – Flat6Labs, in partnership with ESLSCA University, has launched a new innovation and entrepreneurship incubation program to empower undergrad students to develop viable and sustainable businesses upon graduation. The partnership was signed in October this year, marking the commencement of the program for the current semester’s business students. The program […]

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07th December, 2021
Flat6Labs Launches the DICE Program Demo Day in Cairo In Partnership with The British Council and Hatch Ideas

Cairo, 30 November 2021 – The DICE Program Demo Day launched in Cairo where 24 startups unveiled their remarkable products and services to investors, prospective clients and guests who were looking forward to providing additional support. This day is a culmination of all the effort and work done by the participating startups on their products […]

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24th November, 2021
The GrEEK Campus in Cairo Hosts HRH Prince Charles of Wales as part of the StartEgypt Annual Forum 2021 powered by Flat6Labs

On November 19th, 2021 (Cairo, Egypt), His Royal Highness, Prince Charles of Wales, was the guest of honor at StartEgypt’s Third Annual Forum 2021 at the GrEEK Campus in Cairo. The program is funded by the British Embassy in Cairo in partnership with the IFC and is powered by Flat6Labs. Ten startups were selected to […]

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14th November, 2021
BLOMINVEST Announces Partnership with Flat6Labs Targeting Saudi Startups

Leading KSA-based Asset Manager BLOMINVEST has announced a new partnership with Flat6Labs, one of the MENA region’s largest seed-stage VC firms, to launch funds targeting early-stage start-ups in the Saudi market. Flat6Labs runs some of the region’s most notable startup programs and invests in 100 tech startups a year. Its seed-stage VC funds and programs […]

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27th October, 2021
Organon and Flat6Labs Launch Accelerator for Female Founded Start-ups Operating in Digital Healthcare in MENA

Organon and Flat6Labs launch the Femtech Accelerator Program to help female-founded digital health start-ups, across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), succeed by providing support to build products, test market fit, and improve business models. Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 26 October 2021: A global healthcare company with the vision of creating a better […]

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11th October, 2021
Flat6Labs Celebrates 10 Years of Investing in MENA Startups

Cairo, Egypt. 11th of October, 2021. Flat6Labs, MENA’s leading seed and early-stage VC firm and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region, celebrates 10 years of supporting startups and empowering entrepreneurs all over the region. Launched in Cairo in 2011 by the founders of Sawari Ventures, Flat6Labs has since expanded to […]

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02nd June, 2021
Ignite Tunisia: A New Program Launched by Flat6Labs and Supported by the EU

Building Capacities for 20 Regional Supporting Structures in Tunisia Launched by Flat6Labs, Ignite Tunisia is a capacity building program for regional support structures in Tunisia and is a part of the “Innov’i” initiative which is funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France.   Given the fact that 90% of startup support structures […]

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31st March, 2021
DisruptAD and Flat6Labs Launch Ignite In Abu Dhabi, an AED 120m Seed Program

DisruptAD, one of the region’s largest venture platforms, is partnering with Flat6Labs, MENA’s leading seed investor and the largest manager of startup programs in the region, to launch Ignite, a new start-up accelerator in Abu Dhabi that will support early stage companies with AED 120 million in funding and other benefits including office space and […]

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01st March, 2021
The National Council for Women, UN Women, and Flat6Labs Launch a Hackathon on “Fighting Violence against Women Using Technology”

Cairo, 24 February 2021 — Today marks the launch “Fighting Violence Against Women Using Technology” Hackathon on social media platforms.  This hackathon is organized by StartEgypt powered by Flat6Labs in collaboration with the National Council for Women (NCW) and UN Women Egypt, recognising the significant role that entrepreneurship plays in providing innovative solutions to address […]

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05th February, 2020
The Flat6Labs-Powered StartEgypt Hosts Its 2020 Forum

StartEgypt, the pre-acceleration incubation program, established to inspire and support thousands of Egyptian entrepreneurs in the field of social impact enterprises, held its second annual forum to showcase its 45 graduating startups, from all over Egypt incubated in Cairo, Assiut, and Alexandria during 2019. StartEgypt Forum is an annual showcasing event that presents the incubated […]

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19th December, 2019
Flat6Labs Trains 100+ Saudi Entrepreneurs at Misk Innovation Startup Bootcamps

5 Cities, 5 Bootcamps, 75+ Startups, 100+ Saudi Entrepreneurs Empowered by Flat6Labs The Misk Innovation Startup Bootcamps powered by Flat6Labs program, was held late 2019 in five different cities across the kingdom to see that those with vision, ambition, and insight, get the best the MENA has to offer of mentorship, funds, and exposure to […]

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