Cohort 9 Incubation kicks off in Dubai on the 4th of February, 2021. Workshops and mentoring will be split between digital and physical sessions.

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Q: Intelak Incubator submissions

Submissions opened for cohort 8 of Intelak Incubator on 5th of September, 2020. Submissions for cohort 9 of Intelak Incubator will close on 11th of January, 2021. Note: 2021 timeline dates are subject to change. Please visit the below website for the latest details.

Q: Top 10 finalists are selected

The top 10 finalists for the pre-incubation bootcamp for cohort 9 of Intelak Incubator will be announced on the 25th of January, 2021.

Q: Pre-incubation bootcamp

The pre-incubation bootcamp for cohort 9 of the Intelak Incubator will commence on the 25th of January, 2021 with a week of workshops and training with industry experts and mentors in Dubai.

Q: Top 4 finalists are selected

The top 4 incubated start-ups for cohort 9 will be announced and commence their incubation programme on the 1st of February, 2021.

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Intelak Incubatorsuccess stories
DubzBaggage collection
Dubz enhances the experience of travellers by providing a convenient home and hotel baggage collection and delivery service that can be booked online 24 hours a day. They graduated from cohort 1 of Intelak Incubator and were acquired by dnata in 2018.
Intelak Incubatorsuccess stories
BonfliteDuty Free delivery
Bonflite is a Duty Free e-commerce platform for air travellers to purchase and collect duty free items at any point across their travel itinerary from pre-journey to pre-flight, in-flight, post-flight or in destination. Post-graduating from cohort 5 of Intelak, Bonflite raised US$130,000 in investment in January 2020 and are now a licensed UAE company.
Intelak Incubatorsuccess stories
Hotel Data CloudHotel bookings
Hotel Data Cloud enables hotels to increase bookings by controlling how they are portrayed on booking channels. The company raised US$500,000 in investment in April 2020, post-graduation of cohort 5.
Intelak Incubatorsuccess stories
Eddy TravelsTravel bookings
Eddy Travels, is an AI travel assistant that helps people find the best flight and accommodation offers in seconds. Eddy Travels graduated from cohort 6 and raised US$1.3 million in investment in April 2020.

Eligibility

A viable business solution
You have an innovative tech solution specifically for the travel and tourism space
Early-stage business
Your start-up is at launch-stage and you have a minimum viable product (MVP)
Dubai is a strategic market
Your start-up can be based in any geographic location but you have a strategy to implement your solution in Dubai
Personnel
Your start-up has at least one full-time employee