Startup Grind hosts forum on Qatar’s evolving startup ecosystem

Startup Grind hosts forum on Qatar’s evolving startup ecosystem

Winners of a recently held ‘hackathon’ have lauded major entities in the public and private sector for their key role in the development and growth of the country's start-up ecosystem during a panel discussion organised by Startup Grind Doha.

Titled ‘Qatar’s Growing Startup Ecosystem – The Hackathon Narrative’, the discussion revolved around the experiences of Ariva and Magaia at the ‘E-commerce Hackathon’, a first-of-its-kind competition in Doha organised last month by Innovation Café.

Placing third in the hackathon, Ariane Gibert, founder of Magaia, and second place winners, Swapan Saha and Khaled al-Adba, CEO and CMO of Ariva, respectively, led the panel discussion, which was moderated by Agata Braja, UI/UX designer at Qatar Foundation.

“Last month, we were really excited about Innovation Cafe's E-Commerce Hackathon because 360 Nautica and Startup Grind were strategic partners of the event. This month, we would like the winners to share post-event updates with the participants. What is the story after that?

“We are happy to learn that after the hackathon, the winners, such as Magaia and Ariva, are being incubated in different places and that a lot of funding is in the pipeline for them,” 360 Nautica Startup Programme manager Avneet Kaur told Gulf Times on the