DANA Venture Builder

DANA is an Abu Dhabi based venture builder and investment platform for women-led startups from the MENA region in sectors of agritech, foodtech, water solutions, waste management, and renewable energy through regional collaboration, POC and feasibility testing, design partnerships, innovation mentorship, impact community, and investment. This program emphasizes the importance of diversity, by bringing together women from the MENA region to generate unique solutions. DANA offers an 8-24 month tailor made program to each startup according to its specific needs, with custom selected mentors, product advisors and investing options, design and marketing assistance, beta sites and POC methods, facilitated interactions with relevant corporate enterprise and potential consumers, and access to the most relevant AI tools, azure platform and cloud based features, through collaboration with Microsoft. Additionally, DANA maintains a vast network of accelerators in Israel, the US, and the UAE, and can plug in members of the cohort to programs that address the needs of their specific sector and stage.