Afkar.me, a digital oriented product incubator run by Intigral, is calling for start-ups and entrepreneurs to apply for the schemes second round of incubation. The move follows the announcement of the winners of the first round. Afkar.me is open to applications both from the region and globally until July 1, 2014, offering anyone with a […]
Afkar.me, a digital oriented product incubator run by Intigral, is calling for start-ups and entrepreneurs to apply for the schemes second round of incubation. The move follows the announcement of the winners of the first round. Afkar.me is open to applications both from the region and globally until July 1, 2014, offering anyone with a great idea an opportunity to receive support from Intigrals expertise, and access to the Middle East market.
The six vital areas of support that will be provided for winning entrepreneurs and start-ups to turn their ideas into valuable products are: a seed fund of 20,000 USD per team; mentorship from leading experts in the MENA region as well as from Intigrals management staff; office space at Intigrals Dubai and Riyadh offices; hands-on training and support from subject expert in different areas including business and product development; access to MENA markets with a special focus on KSA; and exchange programmes with leading international incubators.
Juan Jose Del La Torre (J.J.), VP of Digital at Intigral commented:We were very pleased with the overall quality of entries for Afkar.mes first intake, and we are looking forward to the second round of entries. At Intigral we are committed to contribute and support the growing digital sector in MENA. While there are a number of existing initiatives that help entrepreneurs and start-ups at various stages of their development, Afkar.me is the first full-spectrum program developed in the region.
We believe in the value proposition we are offering the market and this has been validated through multiple partners both regionally and internationally. As such we are happy to announce that soon afkar.me participants will have a chance to go on an exchange program to Europe and the US and benefit from international expertise and exposure.
Through Afkar.me we are giving anyone with a great digital idea not only support at every stage of its development, but importantly direct access to the MENA markets via our existing clients and investors.
