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MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab and MITEF Saudi Arabia announced that Al Madinah Al Munawarah Chamber would support the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition this year as a Business Alliance partner, organized by Community Jameel Saudi Arabia and Bab Rizq Jameel, under the patronage and supervision of the governorate of Madinah region. Al Madinah Al Munawarah Chamber and
The General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises, or Monshaat, has become the official government partner of the MIT Enterprise Forum’s Arab Startup Competition. The partnership is in line with the authority’s “mission to support the growth and competitiveness of SMEs by incubating a supportive environment,” it said in a statement. The seven-month competition, which
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In previous years, attending a startup demo day in Beirut where hopeful graduates of accelerator programs present their projects and pitch for recognition and financial investments tended to require a will to smile politely and some tolerance for boredom. But in September and October of this year, demo days and startup competitions with Lebanese entrants some held in Lebanon and others international proved to be exciting, prompting genuine smiles all around.
Officials and observers from accelerators and financial entities in the entrepreneurship ecosystem that Executive spoke with eagerly agreed that the startup pipelines this year are exciting. Such protestations from these players were, of course, unsurprising, but nevertheless convincing; they confirm that the passion and competence of startup teams, and the quality and diversity of the projects presented, are increasing.
RIYADH: On the sidelines of the fifth MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Saudi Startup Competition, the annual Startup Investment Forum will be held for the second year in a row this March.
Held digitally this year due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the forum will be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and will take place from March 4 to 6, with the winners of the competition being announced on the last day.
The forum, open to all startups from outside the Kingdom, allows participants to discover the opportunities available in the Saudi market, learn about investors, and benefit from insights and ideas offered by the StartSmart Conference held along with the forum.