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Hub71

Abu Dhabi's government-backed technology ecosystem, offering incentives to companies that relocate.

Program Type
Government Ecosystem
Headquarters
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Focus
Relocating Technology Companies

Overview

Hub71 is Abu Dhabi's government-supported technology ecosystem, built to attract companies to the emirate through incentive packages covering housing, office space, and healthcare alongside capital access.

It is industrial policy expressed as a startup programme: the objective is to establish a technology sector in a hydrocarbon-based economy, and the incentives are sized accordingly.

Program Structure

  • Incentive packages covering housing, workspace, and insurance
  • Access to government and sovereign-linked investors
  • Specialist tracks including fintech and emerging technology
  • Requirement to establish operations in Abu Dhabi
  • Connections to regional corporate and government buyers

What They Look For

  • Companies willing to establish a base in Abu Dhabi
  • Post-seed businesses able to use regional market access
  • Sectors aligned with the emirate's diversification priorities
  • Founders comfortable operating under a government-linked programme
  • Ambition to serve Gulf and wider MENA markets
Notable Portfolio

Companies they've backed.

Resident companies work in fintech, artificial intelligence, health technology, and climate, with several relocating from Europe and Asia to access the Gulf market.

Its comparative advantage is capital proximity: few ecosystems place early companies as close to sovereign-scale investors.

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