AUC Venture Lab Spring'18 Brochure (Five Years Anniversary)

FINTECH ACCELERATOR

STARTUP ACCELERATOR The startup accelerator is a 12-week program for innovative startups. It provides entrepreneurs with specialized business support to take their business further, in order to increase their impact on the Egyptian economy. This April, the startup accelerator celebrates its tenth cycle.

AUC Venture Lab houses the FinTech accelerator, a 12-week program for FinTech startups that provides entrepreneurs with specialized business fincance and technology support to take their venture further, gain invaluable insights from some of the smartest minds in the start-up and FinTech worlds and increase their impact on the Egyptian economy.

This April, the FinTech accelerator completes its fourth cycle.

ARAB AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL BANK CYCLE

“AAIB’s initiative to partner with AUC Venture Lab as a Leadership Corporate Co-founder in 2013 is a translation of AAIB’s belief in the potential of Egyptian entrepreneurs. The collaboration between AAIB and AUC V-Lab marks a unique alignment between a financial institution and an academic institution for the interest of entrepreneurs. We strongly believe that innovative youth are the key drivers of Egypt’s future growth. As a main driver in the Egyptian economic scene, the financial sector must play a role in empowering the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country.”

Hassan Abdalla

CEO, Arab African International Bank

1,578 Mentoring and Training Hours

220 Million EGP Investments

500+ Jobs Created

115 Startups Accelerated 48% of Stratups Received Investment as of May 2018

88.5 Million EGP Revenues AUC VENTURE LAB IN NUMBERS

“The Venture Lab at the American University in Cairo (AUC) has been evaluated as the most promising incubator in Africa in the Global University Business Incubators List for 2014.”

“AUC Venture Lab’s network includes entrepreneurs from all over Egypt in different sectors. The networks also include industry people, as well as the AUC network of students, faculty, alumni, board members, etc.”

“At AUC Venture Lab, we aspire to become the driving force behind the spark in innovation within this community. Youth today have the ability to change the way Egyptians live, work, learn and play and inspire the next generation of innovators. Our partnership with GE will further support the program and our ability to incubate more start-ups and provide them with the best available tools in the market,” said Ayman Ismail, assistant professor and Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at AUC’s School of Business

“The real benefit was the networking that the university made possible for us with the business, media, mentors, and students community, as well as the massive amount of information that we learned during the three month incubation period,” Tayssir Ibrahim of Tatweer, to City Lab

TESTIMONIALS

ACCELERATION SERVICES

FACULTY MENTORS

Badgewell A platform that allows people to record various professional and educational experiences, whether these experiences are previous job posts, courses and webinars attended, articles published or assessments taken. Badgewell collects and analyzes career-related data points and uses machine learning to serve its job recommendation engine. contact@badgewell.com 01006689643

www.badgewell.com

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

CubeZy A double-sided platform that facilitates the connection between tutors/centers and customers looking to book online and offline educational as well as recreational courses.

youssef.medhat@cubezy.net

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

01111105853

www.Cubezy.net

DentaCarts DentaCarts provides a vast collection of dental supplies via their official agents. Their platform connects dentists with vendors and provides them with the ultimate shopping experience. Dentists can easily browse products, add them to the cart, checkout and DentaCarts would deliver the orders to their doorsteps. ahmed.yehia@x-martgroup.co 01024257000 www.dentacarts.com

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

FilSekka A solution that makes new mothers’ worlds easier by educating them about their pregnancy and motherhood journeys and providing them with all medical and non-medical services and products that they would need to look after themselves as well as their babies. ibrahim.g.afia92@gmail.com

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

01444781659

facebook.com/Filsekka.net

INDOTS INDOTS offer reliable, plug and play home monitoring solutions that notify users on their mobile phones if any danger occurs at their homes as a result of breaking in, fire, gas leakage,.. etc. Users can easily install INDOTS’s solutions without any help from technicians.

info@indots.net

01008284436

www.facebook.com/indotsofficial

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

Owls An online community for night owls where they get to share real night thoughts, exchange advice and talk about their daily stories anonymously. The platform is only accessible at certain night hours and threads and conversations are wiped clean everyday which allows the users to share their opinions and experiences freely. h.yones@owlsapp.net 01124230371

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

www.owlsapp.net

Pixellion Pixellion provides retail insights for retailers and their suppliers through capturing, processing and analyzing in-store images. Pixellion’s services are based on AI deep learning techniques which provide instant in-store data for both retailers and their suppliers.

akram.m@pixellion.net 01116016025

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

Sports of Egypt An online platform that documents the official results of all national sports competitions. It gathers all information regarding professional sports in Egypt, from athletes’ results and CVs to competitions’ dates and venues and contact information of official sports entities (federations, clubs...etc ). The platform also facilitates the registration process to competitions, saving athletes and competitions organizers time and providing them with valuable statistics. info@sportsofegypt.com 01005870402

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

www.sportsofegypt.com

VIA VIA connects its customers with a wide array of vendors through utilizing state-of-the-art communication technology. VIA’s seamless, fast, reliable service and customer experience ensure that a user can order their purchases easily and have them ready to be picked up from the vendor’s venue without having to find a parking spot, wait in line or waste time on other processes. shadyashawky@hotmail.com 01208466666

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

YallaSa7el This online platform makes vacation rental within Egypt a simple, stress-free experience for both guests and landlords. By helping families and friends find their perfect vacation rental within a wide range of options, YallaSa7el offers a simple booking process that leads to a relaxing hotel-like experience at an affordable price. Their platform also gives homeowners the tools to easily boost their earnings. mouawad@yalasa7el.com

STARTUP ACCELERATOR

01069658518

www.facebook.com/YSa7el

Hood Hood provides a device for cars that is synced with a mobile application, which informs the user when an error is detected and whether it is minor or requires immediate attention. Users can also check and clear the code of the engine light, track their trip history, locate near car shops, keep gas expenses in check, monetize the car’s movement and have a big cloud of data of miles driven. Hood offers insurance companies and executives regular customized reports of their clients’ most recurrent car breakdowns, allowing them to determine their best insurance policy. The app’s smart dashboard displays new offers, specials discounts and loyalty programs to customers.

Info@hoodeg.com 01114688599

FINTECH

www.hoodeg.com

Q-Less Q-Less provides a digital solution that eases convnectivity between businesses and payment service providers allowing customers to complete payments within the education and sports sectors in Egypt. It facilitates renewal of subscriptions, payment of tuitions and more; saving time, energy and hassle.

Info@qlesseg.com 01001700010

www.qlesseg.com

FINTECH

YallaPay YallaPay is a payment solution app. The platform serves as a facilitating tool for collecting payments from multi-participants. Whether users are attempting to pay for a trip, buy an event ticket, sell a service or a product, YallaPay eliminates the hassle and inconvenience associated with collecting expense cuts from all members.

Info@yallapay.me 01273666688

www.yallapay.me

FINTECH

VENTURE LAB TEAM