Dubai startup resources
Crash course on Dubai’s startup ecosystem from co-working spaces to accelerators and a list of Dubai startups.
Jun 22, 2014
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Crash course on Dubai’s startup ecosystem
Times have changed from 6 years ago (2008) when our startup DUPLAYS was just getting off the ground, holding meetings at Caribou Coffee. Today Dubai has a number of co-working spaces, accelerators and an overall much more vibrant startup scene.
Co-working spaces
- The Shelter - co-working, events, and more
- MAKE Business Hub - Dubai Marina cafe, co-working space
- Impact Hub - Dubai - part of network of 30+ “hubs” around the world
- The Cribb - part of Innovation 360 that also run i360 and Turn8 below
- The Pavilion - sadly closing/closed
- Astrolabs - coming soon!
Startup news
- Wamda - the source for MENA startup news, that also has a fund, and does great events like Mix N Mentor
Accelerators
Startups
- Dubizzle - Buy, sell, find anything in Dubai
- DUPLAYS - Play rec sports and meet new people
- PropertyFinder.ae - Rent/buy your apartment
- Nabbesh - Post and search for skills, find a co-founder
- Eureeca - Crowd investing platform
- Restronaut - Social dining, like “DUPLAYS for dining out” :)
- Careem - Dubai’s own Uber / car service
- Qordoba - Translation marketplace
- Astrolabs - Startup education programs “Scaling online startups”
- FishFishMe - Go fishing!
- JadoPado - Buy electronics and more online
- …plus 100s more on AngelList angel.co/dubai