Intelak names finalists for 7th cohort

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dubai — Intelak, an industry-focused incubator programme for the aviation, travel and tourism sectors, has selected four winning startups from its latest cohort.

Led by principal partners Emirates Group and Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, the programme is committed to supporting promising startups in the industry to launch, scale and grow their concepts, underlining its support of the UAE’s vision to establish itself as a global hub for entrepreneurship.

Ten startups were shortlisted from over 100 applicants from 20 countries to attend a weeklong pre-incubation boot camp in February, following which the four finalists were selected by an esteemed jury of industry experts, including Yousuf Lootah, executive director for tourism development and investments at Dubai Tourism; Alex Alexander, group chief technology officer at Emirates Group; and Hans Henrik Christensen, vicepresident of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus.

The winning startups are Sherpa, Troop Travel, Mobimatter and Seafood Souq, with each business idea focused on making customers’ travel journey more seamless and sustainable. Throughout the programme’s four-month incubation period the start-ups will have unrivalled access to Intelak’s corporate partners, industry investors and world-class mentoring from travel and tourism experts to grow their businesses.

Their journey will conclude on June 24 with a Demo Day in which the startups pitch their ideas to the programme’s principle partners, leading industry experts and investors for partnership and funding opportunities.

Finalists readying to pitch their ideas to investors for funding opportunities