Fueling the Gulf Startup Revolution
with Nermin Fawzi, Sweta Mangal, Brandon Pollak, and Raymond Karam
June 9, 2016
The GCC’s tech startup sector has grown tenfold over the past four years, thanks to the development of the region’s venture capital ecosystem. Now international actors are starting to notice. The Washington, DC based startup incubator and seed fund 1776 recently signed an agreement to open an outpost in Dubai. Two of the startups competing in its upcoming Challenge Cup, MUrgency and SDB (Smart Detection Bra), are based in Dubai and Riyadh, respectively.