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As per PwC's State of Climate Tech 2022, over US$260 billion in VC money has been injected into climate tech companies since the start of 2018, and in 2022, more than a quarter of total global VC funding went towards climate technology.

Green Future Project provides a platform for individuals and businesses who want to gain access to effective climate solutions, and empower them to have an active role in reversing climate change.

Here's how Harvey and Zahran aim to use the power of celebrity to bring people together.

This group of 16 pre-seed, seed, and Series-A startups has already raised over US$67 million, collectively.

As a facilitator of innovation at the nexus of the public, private, and "third" sector-levels, Ma'an remains committed to investing in and enabling the next generation of innovators that will serve a socially aware, community-founded, and sustainable future for all.

Haj believes that creating a more robust agrifood sector with purpose-led infrastructure and appropriate financial backing will decidedly strengthen gender inclusion, as one in four entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector is female.

By offering Li-ion batteries made out of Silicon anodes, Abu Dhabi-based Heidron Energy Solutions is looking to create a less complex and much cheaper way to produce energy sources for electric vehicles.

Building on the UAE's strategic industrial partnership with Jordan, ADQ commits to investing in advancing Jordan's core sectors.

"I walked into the room expecting to see all men, but there were all women ... This is not how this place [the UAE] is portrayed back home, and to see these women who are real executives, decision makers, and women in power, giving me strategy for my ice cream business, like, 'Do it like this or that,' or 'I can get you this person for distribution,' and so on, was amazing!"

The launch comes in the midst of the Abu Dhabi government's initiatives to attract more investors into its business ecosystem in the near future.

"FortyGuard will become a $10 billion company within five years, and $100 billion in 10 years."

With the new capital infusion, the team plans to launch its new products such as home insurance, as well as scale the enterprise across the Middle East, starting with Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Bin Hendi is clearly bullish about the potential that Abu Dhabi represents for businesses today, and he's making sure he and his team at ADIO are able to showcase this to the world at large.

The GrowthX Accelerator Program aims to link the solutions offered by B2B startups to the challenges faced by corporations.

The acquisition will see FAB consolidate Bank Audi S.A.E's total assets of EGP85.6 billion (as of December 2020) and its well-established retail and corporate banking operations across a network of 53 branches.

Former International Finance Corporation (IFC) head for MENA and Pakistan Issa Aghabi on co-founding Access Bridge Ventures (ABV), a MENA-focused early-stage venture capital fund.

Abu Dhabi looks to boost growth in sectors with a sustainable competitive advantage.

Do not be resistant to the new normal. Digitally empower yourself, and your business will perfectly fall into alignment.

The E-Empower program to offer more than 50 hours of interactive virtual learning content to entrepreneurs based in Abu Dhabi.

"Technology is often viewed as 'a man's world,' but through my company, I hope we are changing that, and showing Emirati women that the UAE technology sector is a place where we belong."

Using a combination of equity investments and incentives, ADQ and ADIO aim to provide opportunities to avail Abu Dhabi's digital infrastructure, regulatory framework, and R&D initiatives.