MBRIF Innovation Accelerator Program Graduates Its Sixth Cohort And Opens Registrations For The Seventh Cohort

MBRIF Innovation Accelerator Program Graduates Its Sixth Cohort And Opens Registrations For The Seventh Cohort

The sixth cohort of the Innovation Accelerator program by Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) -an initiative launched in 2016 by the UAE Ministry of Finance to foster innovation in the UAE- officially graduated on May 15, 2023 during an event hosted in Dubai. MBRIF immediately opened applications for the seventh cohort of its Innovation Accelerator Program which will be open until 13 July, 2023.

The Demo Day for the sixth cohort which included entrepreneurs from the UAE, UK, Canada, Tunisia, KSA, Lebanon and the USA whose ventures are at various levels of business maturity (from prototype to growth stages) was kickstarted by a welcome speech from Shaker Zainal, Chief Business Officer at Emirates Development Bank and Head of MBRIF. Following this, H.E. Dr. Tariq Bin Hendi, Senior Partner at UAE-based international venture capital firm Global Ventures, gave a keynote address.