UAE
The UAE has emerged as a strong technology hub for startups, accounting for an average of 60% of total MENA annual investments as well as 40% of the region’s top exits, it also ranks 16th out of 190 in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index. For all these reasons and more, Flat6Labs has chosen UAE’s capital city Abu Dhabi as a base for its leading program to foster innovation in the UAE and beyond with technology and entrepreneurship as the central themes.
PROGRAMS

Flat6Labs Ignite
Flat6Labs has partnered with ADQ, one of MENA's largest holding companies, for the launch of a seed and early stage funding opportunity for startups; the ‘Flat6Labs Ignite’ Program.
Flat6Labs Ignite - Abu Dhabi Spring 2023 Cycle02 Jun 2023 - 30 Sep 2023
02 Jun 2023 - 30 Sep 2023
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OUR BOARD
OUR TEAM
Lieke Teurlings
Office Manager - UAEMalgorzata Filipowska
Investment Associate - UAEBassam M. ElShorafa
Program Officer - UAEJeremy Shorter
Program Director - UAERyaan Sharif
General Manager - UAEINSIGHTS
DisruptAD and Flat6Labs Launch Ignite In Abu Dhabi, an AED 120m Seed Program
DisruptAD, one of the region’s largest venture platforms, is partnering with Flat6Labs, MENA’s leading seed investor and the largest manager of startup programs in the region, to launch Ignite, a new start-up accelerator in Abu Dhabi that will support early stage companies with AED 120 million in funding and other benefits including office space and […]
Washmen: The Future of Laundry?
The Story Behind Amounting Millions of Investments From Laundry Washmen’s Co-Founder Rami Shaar at our Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi Demo Day Leaders are catalysts of change, they innovate after years of wear and tear to civilisations-old manuals. After graduating from Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi’s Spring 2015 cycle, the laundry startup, Washmen, was already on a path to […]