overview

Khalifa Innovation Center (KIC) runs incubation and accelerator programs tailored to provide participants with the necessary entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to push research discoveries from laboratory to market. This involves focused training on understanding the market, development of business models, assessing financial plans, product development, startup organization, investment models, team role and pitching to investors, and much more to support launch of successful startups.

KIC Program & Activities
Entrepreneurship & Mentorship
Business Model
Technology Acceleration & Product Development
Investment Cycles
Intellectual Property Review
Pitching to Investors
Vision

To become the prime driver of the high tech, high impact innovation ecosystem in the UAE.

The strategy to make our vision a reality,
  • Make available all necessary support required to create and sustain start-ups.
  • Deliver the benefit of a diversified knowledge ecosystem to the UAE as described in the Abu Dhabi 2030 plan and the UAE 2021 plan.
  • Increase the competitiveness of the UAE by increasing patent applications, start-ups and licensing.

Entrepreneurship-focused incubator and accelerator for transforming science and engineering research discoveries into successful startups.

Founders
KIC Board Members
Hind T Baker Director -General, Sandooq Al Watan
CHAIRMAN Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi Executive Vice President, Khalifa University
Mouza Al Nasri Acting Chief Executive Officer, Khalifa Fund
Dr. Yehya Al-Marzouqi, Executive Director of Strategy, Tawazun Economic Council
Dr. Abdelqader Abusafieh Head of R&D Mubadala Aerospace
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Our Location

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KHALIFA INNOVATION CENTER
Khalifa University
Al Zafranah - Abu Dhabi
Call : +971 2 401 8000 Fax : +971 2 4472442

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