AUC Venture Lab Fintech Spring'19 Brochure

AUC Venture lab is Egypt’s first university-based startup accelerator and a leading accelerator in the Middle East and Africa. We support innovation-driven and passionate entrepreneurs looking to turn their solutions and technologies into viable businesses.

Since 2013, we have accelerated more than 150 startups covering multiple sectors.

We believe in evidence-based entrepreneurship and with the support of our expanded network, we provide our entrepreneurs with the right business and specialized know-how, tools, ressources and networks to connect with the entrepreneurial world and reach their full potential.

150+ GRADUATE STARTUPS

IMPACT

2000+

1500+

MENTORING & TRAINING HOURS

JOBS CREATED

FINTECH GRADUATE STARTUPS

MILLION EGP INVESTMENTS

MILLION EGP REVENUES

27

958

300

MISSION

Our mission is twofold: to help Egyptian startups commercialize their innovative solutions into viable businesses, and to provide a learning and research platform for AUC community to connect and engage with entrepreneurs.

LISTEN TO YOUR MARKET

STAY PASSIONATE

MENTORING & TRAINING HOURS Hold on to passion in everything you do

Be customer focused, data driven

MOVE FAST

WORK TOGETHER

Stay agile, stay ahead

Collaborate to drive our entrepreneurial ecosystem

VALUES TAKE INITIATIVE STARTUPS

Think smart, think new, take risks

A 16-week customized acceleration program for financial technology (FinTech) startups providing entrepreneurs with specialized business finance and technology support. The program is designed to help idea and early stage startups to explore the ultimate product market fit empowered by business training, dedicated coaching, specialized industry insights, and mentorship by financial institution partners and field experts.

As a startup, you will get to understand the ins and outs of working within the evolving government regulations, and gain valuable insights from some of the smartest minds in the startup and FinTech worlds.

INTENSIVE BUSINESS TRAININGS

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

ACCESS TO TEMENOS SANDBOX

MENTOR MATCHMAKING

CO-WORKING SPACE

SEED CAPITAL AWARD

BUSINESS COACHING

ACCESS TO AUC COMMUNITY AND FACILITIES

NETWORKING EVENTS

OFFERINGS

WHO’S PITCHING?

CAISHNI Caishni is a zero-fee online platform based on the rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) model - a form of peer-to-peer lending. Through Caishni, customers save money by joining flexible daily and monthly cycles with no waiting lists.

Michael Samy and Michael Hany Info@caishni.com facbook.com/caishni

SLYD Slyd is a micro-mobility startup offering affordable rides for first and last mile trips of short distances of less than 5KM. Through its app, riders can locate a scooter near them, unlock it, and rent it for the duration of their trip.

The Slyd wallet is charged once the user parks and locks their scooter after the trip.

Mohamed Hamza, Aladdin Shalaby, Mohamed Hanafy www.slydapp.com slyd@slyd.com

EL LABAN El Laban is an agri-fintech platform that enables farmers with best online/offline cow milking practices and provides them access to financial services. Milk factories on the other end are able to yield milk traceability and quality of individual milk market. Through its platform, El Laban ensures a smooth operational process in the dairy industry.

Ahmed Okasha and Abdel Rahman Elbarbary info.ellaban@gmail.com

A-EYE TECH A-eye Tech is a full offline-retail analyzer producing live analytics of shelf insights, customer behavior and inventory while using the latest techniques in artificial intelligence applications to enhance the customer experience of retailers and vendors, such as bank branches.

Abdelghaffar Ismail and Ahmed Bahgat A.ismail@aeyetech.com www.aeyetech.com

AUC Angels is the first university-based angel investment network in the MENA region, with a mission to create an angel investor community at AUC to invest in innovative Egyptian startups. In partnership with V-Lab, AUC Angels has access to vetted and scalable startups that have proved traction in the market and have a strong potential for positive returns. AUC Angels provides financial and legal training to new angel investors and helps startups develop attractive investment cases and matches them with angel investors. aucangels@aucegypt.edu

OUR NETWORK

SPONSORS

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

A15

EL-SHAWARBY ATTORNEYS

HULT PRIZE

ALMAQARR

ELGOUNA

INJAZ EGYPT

ARAB MOBILE CHALLENGE

BERKELEY UNIVERSITY

ELRE7LA

ENDEAVOR EGYPT

NAHDET EL MAHROUSA

RISEUP

CAIRO ANGELS

CAIRO INNOVATES

MIT ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEURS’ FORUM SOCIETY

TECHNE SUMMIT

TEMENOS

EGYPT INNOVATE

HEALTH 2.0

LEVARI LEGAL CLINIC

PARTNERS

Ahmed Abdel Meguid

MENTORS

Ahmed Abou El Haz Ahmed AlFalasi

Aliaa Bassiouny

Amir Beshai

Hamed Shamma

Hamza Tag

Karim Beshara

Karim Gad

Ahmed El Gaby

Ahmed Ellaithy

Amr Fawzi

Amr Hareedy

Ashraf Nashed

Hani W. Naguib

Hany Moussa

Hany Soliman

Karim Hussein

Kevin O’Connell

Khaled Ismail

Mohamed Farag Mohamed Gamal Mohamed Hafez Mohamed Hossam Mohamed Younis

Rafeh Saleh

Ram Akers

Randa Victor

Rawiah Abdallah

Sahar El Sallab

Ahmed Emad

Ahmed Galal

Ahmed Hassanein

Ahmed Mourady

Ahmed Tolba

Akram Farag

Akram Salama

Alaa Arafah

Alaa Hashem

Ali Awni

Ashraf N. Shenouda

Ayman Ismail

Dina Bassiouni

Dina El-Mofty

Emad Fouad

Fady Morcos

Fady ChehadĂŠ

Fady Ramzy

Fikry Boutros

Hakim Meshreki

Hassan El Sokkary

Hatem Abdo

Haytham Wagih

Ihab Naguib

Irini Raafat

Islam Shawky

Islam Zekry

Jacqueline Kameel

Karim Abdel Kader

Karim Ahmed

Maha Mourad

Maie El Zeiny

Marwan Hamad

Menna Sabry

Michael Messiha

Moataz Kotb

Mohab Moubashir

Mohamed El Sabban

Nagla Samir

Nashwa Saleh

Nellie El Enany

Neveen El Tahri

Nizar Becheikh

Noha Shaker

Norhan El Sakkout Omar Soudodi

Sherif Shabana

Shima Barakat

Tamer Azer

Tamer Saber

Tarek Abou Alam

Yaseen Abdel Ghafar

Khaled Bichara Loay El-Shawarby

Mohamed Shehab

Mohga Badran

Sally Asaad

Sherif Kamel

Ziad Mokhtar

Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and AUC Venture Lab Director

Ayman Ismail

AUC Angels Manager

Ahmed Amin

Ahmed El-Bayoumi

Lydia Kamiel

Maureen Guirguis

Mohamed Hamza

Noha El Kholy

Nour Ibrahim

Senior Program Coordinator

Nada Beshir

Logistics and Procurement Coordinator

Senior Program Coordinator

Logistics and Procurement Coordinator

Program Manager

AUC Venture Lab Associate Director

Senior Media and PR Coordinator

Fatma Abou Ali

Hadeel ElShabba

Mohamed Yehia

Mohamed Younis

Samy Medhat

Verina Rizkallah

Marketing & Communications Manager

Senior Program Coordinator

Senior Program Coordinator

Partnerships and Outreach Officer

Senior Advisor

Program Coordinator

TEAM

Lina Zalat

Partnerships Manager

Mostafa Ahmed Events Support

Yasmine Nagaty Acceleration Manager

Youssef Moemen Investment Analyst

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Boasting over six decades of history, the AUC School of Business is profoundly committed to excellence, achieving real transformation and creating tangible impact on the society. Recognized as the top private university in Egypt, the School of Business has embarked upon a journey of rediscovery since its restructuring in 2009 with a vision to be the leading knowledge hub with Arab region relevance and global influence and a mission to develop entrepreneurial and responsible global leaders and professionals.

AUC’s School of Business is accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), making it among one percent of business schools worldwide to achieve triple-crown accreditation, as well as the first in the Middle East and third in Africa. These accreditations are the world’s most widely recognized and sought-after endorsement for business programs.

The American University in Cairo (AUC) is a premier English language institution of higher learning. The university is committed to teaching and research of the highest caliber, and offers exceptional liberal arts and professional education in a cross-cultural environment. AUC builds a culture of leadership, lifelong learning, continuing education and service among its graduates and is dedicated to making significant contributions to Egypt and the international community in diverse fields.

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO

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@aucventurelab AUC Venture Lab vlab@aucegypt.edu 0226153295

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