DIFC FinTech Hive will host its annual flagship Investor Day event in the metaverse for the first time. Investor Day serves as the graduation platform for DIFC FinTech Hive’s programmes with an opportunity for the wider investor community to meet start-up finalists.
Taking place on 10 November, the immersive online event will see the avatars of 41 start-up founders from DIFC’s 2022 FinTech Accelerator programme showcase their innovative technologies to virtual incarnations of investors, industry leaders and the programme’s financial and knowledge partners. The senior stakeholders of leading financial partners in the Middle East will have the opportunity to watch start-ups pitch their ideas in the metaverse of FinTech, as well as attend a virtual exhibition to explore ideas and interact with founders first hand.
Running alongside the 2022 FinTech Accelerator programme, DIFC FinTech Hive also successfully concluded its 2022 Scale-Up programme. 10 Series A+ FinTech start-ups pitched to a panel of funding partners, including Wamda, Gulf Capital, Dubai Cultivat8, Impact46, Dubai Future District Fund and Shorooq Partners. The start-ups came from Belgium, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Turkey, UK and UAE. Additionally, DIFC FinTech Hive’s AccelerateHER programme continued to boost female talent with 35 women participating in more than 20 technical bootcamp workshops and receiving one-on-one mentoring with industry leaders to advance their ideas to shape the future of financial services.
Mohammad Alblooshi, Sector Head for FinTech at DIFC, said: “DIFC’s accelerator programmes continue to attract the world’s most innovative start-ups in the financial services sector and we enjoy connecting them with meaningful partners and serious investors. Interest continues to grow in our region from global investors, which is why we are tapping into the metaverse to offer them increased access to an exclusive cohort of promising start-ups that have successfully graduated from our Accelerator programme.”
