Startup Hub

The Startup Hub at Make it in the Emirates 2026 is a dedicated platform designed to highlight the UAE's most promising startups, innovators, and emerging founders. It supports MoIAT's mission to strengthen the national industrial ecosystem by enhancing visibility, enabling commercialization, and unlocking investment opportunities for companies and individuals contributing to the objectives of the UAE's National Strategy for Industry and Advanced Technology and the Make it in the Emirates.

The Startup Hub enables startups and innovators to:

• Showcase innovative products, prototypes, and technologies to strategic partners, investors, and industry leaders.
• Connect with offtakers, enablers, and government entities to explore pilot projects, partnerships, and market opportunities.
• Engage in workshops, founder talks, and networking activities designed to accelerate growth and enhance readiness.
• Access a curated environment bringing together startups, innovators, academia, investors, incubators, and industrial partners.

Applications are open to:

• UAE-registered startups (must hold a valid UAE trade or industrial license); or
• Individual innovators, Students in the UAE (must hold a valid Emirates ID and Student ID)

Applicants should be working on ideas or products that advance national industrial and technological priorities, including (but not limited to):

• Advanced and emerging technologies (AI, robotics, automation, Industry 4.0)
• Sustainability, circular economy solutions, and green materials
• Product design, prototyping, or patented inventions

• Companies (Startups)
• Individuals (Students)

• A dedicated exhibition pod inside the Startup Hub
• Visibility among industrial offtakers , investors, government entities, and media
• Access to pitch opportunities, meeting pods, and investor-facing sessions
• Inclusion in a national platform dedicated to supporting UAE innovation and industrial transformation

Applicants may apply through MoIAT's Startup Hub Application Form (link below) and upload the required supporting documents.

Apply for Startup Hub