10 Techween tech start-ups head to Ireland

expandable and the team should not have less than 2 and not more than 4 members present at the training programme.”

“The participant teams made presentations about their tech ideas during the filtration stage — from the date of registration until it ended. Later, their ideas were evaluated by an evaluation committee from OTF and NDRC, then 10 teams were selected to join Techween as tech start-ups at the pre-seed stage.”

He continued, “Those teams joined an intensive 12-week training programme to measure the adequacy of their ideas and projects with the market and further develop them to become more expandable. Afterwards, they will participate in NDRC training programme in Ireland to gain the needed expertise in order to enter the market and support the growth of the national economy.”

Al Rasbi added that Techween holds weekly meetings with Omani entrepreneurs to share their inspiring experiences.

First cohort of the participant tech start-ups at the pre-seed stage are DataBlock75, Accomplish, Adeeb, Envago, Eshara, Hands, Peekaboo Guru, SilkFlows, TBD and TelyPay. Techween aims at supporting the stage of adequating the product with the market and ascertaining the economic feasibility.

OTF is a specialist fund in investing in start-ups and innovative and creative ideas in the IT sector in Oman and the MENA region.