Press Release
Startupbootcamp launched its inaugural FinTech cohort in Dubai earlier this year in February. After 4 months of recruiting, meeting with, and reviewing hundreds of startup applicants from around the world, the final top 10 startups were selected to participate in a 3 month intensive acceleration program.
The first cohort of 10 innovative startups consists of both local and international entrepreneurs, hailing from 11 different countries: Dubai, Singapore, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Thailand, Ghana, Morocco, Ukraine, and Czech Republic.
The startups’ areas of focus span across Crowd Lending, Remittance, Customer Relationship Management, Financial Education and Inclusion, Risk analytics, Business Valuation, and Payment Processing technologies.
Through working with world-class experts, local and global mentors, and corporate partners, the startups are addressing big problems in emerging markets both in the MENA region and globally.
Startupbootcamp has teamed up with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Visa, Mashreq, and HSBC, who have proudly formed an alliance to support Startupbootcamp and its future cohorts. Together they are working towards developing and strengthening a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem in Dubai and the greater MENA region.
Startupbootcamp is excited to announce their Demo Day on the evening of April 30th where all 10 of their startups will present their businesses, the traction they have made during the program. Click HERE to RSVP
Here’s a full list of the inaugural batch companies
(Click on the name of the startup to visit their website)
The digital wallet for the remittance community; faster, cheaper and providing access for financial inclusion.
Founders: Kevin Kilty
Sector: FinTech, Remittance; B2C
White-label SaaS that simplifies, automates and digitizes the entire process of salary and invoice advances to employees and suppliers of their corporate clients.
Founders: Bruno Gremez, Samir Kasmi
Sector: FinTech; B2B
Crowd-lending platform that connects finance to farmers.
Founders: Akwasi Tagoe, Lovell Larbie
Sector: FinTech, AgriTech
Online lending and client scoring products.
Founders: Oleg Shram, Fred Pollack, Olga Velikaya, Alexey Tsibilyuk
Sector: FinTech, Alternative Lending; B2C
Salutat partners with emerging markets financial institutions to automate and improve digital customer experience via WhatsApp and other channels.
Founders: Mike Driver, Sam Upra
Sector: FinTech, Client Management; B2B
Delivers risk analytics as-a-service, powered by artificial intelligence.
Founders: Pierre Proner, Flinn Dolman, Jaime van Oers
Sector: FinTech; B2B
Finance education for kids and new clients for banks.
Founders: Roman Potemkin, Maryna Potemkina, Dmytro Gusev, Yaroslav Golovach
Sector: FinTech, EdTech; B2B
AI-powered chatbot for retail banks to finally leverage their customer data and offer them a smoother experience.
Founders: Arthur Maisonnier, Jessica Scianimanica
Sector: FinTech, B2B
Valuation as a service technology made to promote equity investments in startups and SMEs.
Founders: Akram El Youssi, Yasir Tahir, Yaser Kanouni
Sector: FinTech, B2B
A seamless and secure mobile checkout solution for retailers to eliminate customer queuing, enable direct marketing, provide in-store data and inventory management optimization.
Founders: Mohammed Saadat, Nick Vamvoukakis
Sector: FinTech, Retail
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