Innovate For Tomorrow Impact Accelerator (2025 edition)
Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.
In its 2025 edition, the program shortlisted 15 scale-ups from over 1,400 submissions across 93 countries for a hybrid accelerator, after review moved through eligibility scoring, a pitch deck review and founder interviews. The overall winner received AED 500,000 plus a fully-funded pilot inside Dubai Holding's ecosystem, the first runner-up received AED 250,000, and the second runner-up received …
Dubai Holding's Innovate For Tomorrow accelerator backs early-stage circular-economy scale-ups working on food loss and waste, resource recovery and regeneration, and digital tools for sustainability, aligned to the UAE's Net Zero 2050 and Circular Economy 2031 policies. It looks for founders with a scalable regional or global vision who can operate across Dubai Holding's UAE business areas, from food and packaging to construction and electronic waste.
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