Our Members Are Building The Future Of Tech

From artificial intelligence (AI), to fintech, big data, IoT, blockchain, 3D printing, digital government and smart city initiatives, the UAE has become a hub for not just the implementation of technologies but also their future development.

The MBRIF identifies, in alignment with the UAE’s digital agenda, supports and invests in high potential startups with brilliant ideas in the field of technology.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies that fit the country’s developmental plan in the post pandemic era, and help companies secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include Letswork, the Middle East’s largest flexible workspace solution provider, and Spidersilk, a cybersecurity technology firm, specializing in attack surface management (ASM) and threat detection.

State-of-the-art technology for Brand authentication
& Engagement.

Created 18 new jobs

+140% revenue increase

Fundraised $5 million in a Series A round

Letswork is a marketplace that connects individuals and teams to shared workspaces, private offices and meeting rooms near them

+5000 clients & +35 new partnerspaces

+90% UAE revenue increase

Created 3 new jobs

Letswork acquired
Krow and is expanding to Portugal!

SpiderSilk is re-imagining threat detection from a multi-solution, resource intensive proposition today, to an automated, intelligent, cost-effective & easy to deploy one

Best Tech Startup Award

Raised $10 million

Created 20 new jobs

Expansion to the UK and US

OUR MEMBERS ARE ON A MISSION TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE IN THE UAE

The MBRIF, in line with plans of health regulators to prioritize the adoption of futuristic technologies, identifies, supports and invests in high potential startups with brilliant ideas in the field of healthcare.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies for the healthcare sector, and help them secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include P4ML, a precision medicine company, and Count’d, a personalised healthy meal subscription app that leverages insights in real-time to achieve health goals.

Count’d is a health and personalized nutrition platform which empowers people to design their optimal meal plan with meals curated from select healthy restaurants in the city based on their goals and preferences

Gitex Future Stars 2021

Dubai Fitness Show

2x number of employees

1000+ meal plans on the platform

Provides an analytical platform that aggregates genetic and multi-omic data for disease diagnosis in infants, aiding in advanced prognosis, therapy selection, and future drug development for rare diseases.

Pilot studies at Dubai Hospital and Latifa Hospital

Winner of the Future Falcon Award 2021

Raised $6 million

OUR MEMBERS ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IN THE REGION

The MBRIF identifies, supports and invests in high potential startups with brilliant ideas in the field of education.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies that benefit learning, research and classroom infrastructure, and help companies secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include I Hear You, a digital platform that converts text and speech to sign language to support the hearing impaired community and help them participate in the community

Digital screening for early diagnosis and preventive medicine (autism, giftedness, depression and Parkinson’s disease).

Expanded Screening Capabilities to Parkinsons and Mental Health

Partnership with Deloitte Brazil for mental healthscreening

A digital platform that converts text and speech to sign language.

Added American sign language to their offering.

Expanded to other industries including Government and Airlines

Revenue generating by the end of the program

Received a MAAN social contribution grant of AED 200,000

OUR MEMBERS ARE LEVERAGING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO DELIVER INNOVATIVE GEO-SPATIAL SOLUTIONS

The MBRIF supports and invests in high potential startups with brilliant ideas in the field of space.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies for the space sector, and help them secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include Farmin, an Emirati-founded tech company that utilizes the power of AI and remote sensing to deliver innovative geo-spatial solutions and critical insights for smart cities along with other applications.

Farmin is an Emirati-based tech company that was born after winning the Geotech Innovation Program. Farmin utilizes the power of AI and Remote Sensing to deliver value-based solutions.

Over AED 1.1 Million in secured projects

Partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, Abu Dhabi Ports and Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA)

Created 6 new jobs

OUR MEMBERS ARE TACKLING WATER SCARCITY AND TRANSFORMING FOOD PRODUCTION

The water sector plays a critical role in the UAE’s energy transformation agenda and new technologies are key to confronting issues of water scarcity.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies and sustainable solutions for the water sector, and help them secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include Hawa Water, which converts humidity into mineral drinking water; and Krispr, which provides a plug and play pesticide-free indoor farming solution with minimal water use.

Hawa Water is the UAE premium drinking water, harvested from a new source, the sky & freshly delivered in a returnable glass bottle

Produced in excess of 6,000+ litres of water from the air

Hawa Water now available across 23 Spinneys supermarkets

A movement for better agriculture, helping to transform food production and reverse nutritional decline

Created 8 new jobs

Added 3 more products
to the leafy greens growing portfolio

OUR MEMBERS ARE SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN THE REGION

The MBRIF, in alignment with the UAE’s National Innovation Strategy, identifies, supports and invests in high potential startups with brilliant ideas in the field of clean energy and renewables.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies for the sector, and help them secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include CupMena, an agritech building a waste collection system to exploit nutrition and organic matter in coffee grounds waste; and FortyGuard, a technology platform that measures the impact of urban cooling solutions to drive optimization.

Providing agri-Solutions and agri-Products from the spent coffee ground.

Created 3 jobs in the UAE

+500% revenue increase

Raised 1.3 million AED

Data experts using a cooling platform to reduce street-level outdoor temperatures

Featured at Gitex 2021 at the MBRIF pavilion

Speaker at #Innovate at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

Pilot project with Masdar City

The world’s first microclimate heat-map.

Created 4 new jobs

OUR MEMBERS ARE DRIVING STATE-OF-THE-ART SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

The MBRIF, in alignment with the UAE’s National Agenda, identifies, supports and invests in high potential startups with brilliant ideas in the field of transportation.

We enable innovators to develop and test advanced technologies and sustainable solutions for the transportation sector, and help them secure meaningful market access opportunities in the UAE.

Our promising startups include Immensa, a solution provider that leverages advanced technologies such as additive manufacturing to transform the world’s spare parts supply chain and eliminate time lost on cross-border transportation.

Shorages helps e-commerce brands launch in the MENA market by ffering
them a full suite of warehousing and fulfillment services.

Created 3 new jobs

2X revenue increase

Immensa is a solution provider that leverages advanced technologies such as additive manufacturing (AM) to take physical spare parts and dematerialize them into the digital, on-demand world

Created 6 new jobs

Expanded to 3 new countries

Raised $7million USD in a Series A round