Hub71 and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to collaborate in a series of mutually beneficial programs dedicated to nurturing tech start-ups.
Accelerating development
Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) signed an MoU at Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) to collaborate in a series of mutually beneficial programs dedicated to nurturing tech start-ups. Founders will benefit from direct access to HPE’s experts, mentorship and opportunities to further develop technologies in collaboration with the global edge-to-cloud company.
Signed by Badr Al-Olama, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Hub71 and Ahmad Alkhallafi, Managing Director for UAE at HPE, the partnership will create an acceleration ecosystem with real market demand, processes, and technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing. Participating start-ups can leverage the HPE Digital Life Garage to test or develop prototypes or solutions that are in demand and demonstrate their work.
Badr Al Olama, Acting CEO, Hub71, said: “Partnering with HPE will enable Hub71 start-ups to incorporate domain expertise to deliver cutting-edge solutions to the market. Importantly, founders can collaborate with HPE through our programs and Community Center of Excellence that will provide founders with the expert knowledge and access necessary to innovate and increase their commercial viability. Attracting HPE as a strategic partner elevates our value proposition and we look forward to creating impact together for our start up community.”
The Outliers and Ventures Lab
HPE will participate in the next edition of The Outliers, Hub71’s annual partner challenge program, where corporate and government partners address industry challenges. HPE will set challenges for worldwide founders to solve, with the winning start up will gain the opportunity to secure funding from Hub71 to develop the Proof of Concept selected by HPE. Successful start-ups will be shortlisted to benefit from Hub71’s broad range of flexible incentives.
HPE will also collaborate with Hub71 to support early-stage founders from Hub71’s venture builder program, Venture’s Lab, with insights on market needs and demands to align their business strategies and product growth management.
The move comes as part of HUB71’s series of partnerships designed to foster innovation in the startup community.
