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Top 24 Startup accelerators and incubators based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 156 startup accelerators and incubators headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 2,149 professional contacts across them, including 179 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers startup accelerators and incubators headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 24 largest startup accelerators and incubators based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ignyte is a global start-up ecosystem, guided under the vision of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is a digital ecosystem removing barriers to building a company with free access to technology, coaching, and support for founders in any stage…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Home to Tech Startups from all sectors looking to disrupt industries, setup and grow their businesses from Abu Dhabi to the world.#Hub71” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The DIFC Innovation Hub is home to the largest innovation ecosystem in the region and paves the way for early-stage start-ups, growth stage start-ups, unicorns and big Tech firms…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Dtec, MENA's largest award-winning co-working hub.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SEEP International provides you the facilities to run your entrepreneurship programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At OAKTREE TECH Solutions, we don’t just understand supply chains, we’ve spent over 30 years living them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Adding Passion to Passion - helping passionate Entrepreneurs and SME founders build successful businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Innov8 Incubator, we are more than just a workspace provider; we are architects of innovation and champions of entrepreneurial spirit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Continuous Ventures is a private investment and venture platform headquartered in Dubai, focused on selective opportunities across the MENA region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fuelling and empowering startups, early-stage ventures, and growth-focused companies with disruptive business ideas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Boutique advisory supporting startup ecosystems, institutions, corporates, and governments in venture capital and innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CALYP is an inspiring platform for aspiring entrepreneurs, providing them a nourishing environment and empowering them to achieve their dreams & goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HUB47: Empowering Entrepreneurs in the UAE HUB47 is a support system for entrepreneurs, providing essential business skills to help enterprises thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EQ2 Ventures is a Dubai-based evergreen investment company that invests in Seed to Series B-stage startup companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gingo Foundation is a purpose-driven organization dedicated to enabling innovation that creates meaningful, long-term impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a community with the purpose to help bold entrepreneurs succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Further we work with founders as early as idea stage to validate, prototype, and launch new companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MARYA Leadership Academy is an International Organization providing coaching, Training and accountability support to early stage entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 2020, Startupscale360 is a startup ecosystem builder based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to support founders in validating their ideas and launching successful products by acting as their co-founder.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, MENA Moonshots is a boutique early stage investor that offers funding, strategy design and direct operational mentorship to our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sawadi Ventures is an innovative venture building and investment firm, recognized for its unique, three-tiered approach to nurturing businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nadmah is a Dubai-based advisory firm built by founders who've navigated the frontier.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: startup accelerators and incubators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names startup accelerators and incubators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of startup accelerators and incubators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name startup accelerators and incubators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Startup accelerators and incubators based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 156 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup accelerators and incubators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “startup accelerators and incubators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup accelerators and incubators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup accelerators and incubators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 179 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup accelerators and incubators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many startup accelerators and incubators are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 156 startup accelerators and incubators headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Ignyte, headquartered in Dubai, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most startup accelerators and incubators?
Dubai leads with 110 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (17) and Dhabi (2).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 179 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 156 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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