About Accelerators & Incubators in MENA
MENA hosts 532 Accelerators & Incubators, including Drive TLV, 8200 EISP, Intel Ignite, The Builders, and TLVGenerator. Collectively they have invested more than $607B across 28,842 rounds in over 7,900 companies. In the past five years, these funds have participated in 4,022 seed-stage rounds ($11.2B), 3,758 early-stage rounds ($89.1B), and 1,588 late-stage rounds ($193B). The most active sectors are Enterprise Software, SaaS, & Deep Tech, while some of the most recently funded companies include ChimpX, AIdoc and Dodai.
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Here is the list of top Accelerators & Incubators in MENA
1. Drive TLV
DRIVE is a startup accelerator which runs a 5-month long program. Accepts startups working on sectors such as sensors, smart city, autonomous vehicles, cyber security, machine learning. The startups receive $250K funding from the firm. It offers co-working space and services on the basis of monthly rental membership.The accelerator runs its programs in Europe, Japan and the USA. As of Jan-17, a total of 400 startups are graduated from the programme.
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2. 8200 EISP
8200 EISp is a sector agnostic startup accelerator for Israeli companies. Offers a 5-month accelerator program for startups and the intake is 15.
Key facts about 8200 EISP
- Founded Year: 2011
- Portfolio count: 88
- Sectors of Investment: Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 26 more
- Stages of Investment: Seed
- Locations of Investment: Israel, United States & 3 more

3. Intel Ignite
Accelerator focused on deep tech startups. Providing mentorship, technical support, and business acumen needed to build industry-disrupting companies, and continues to support founders throughout their entrepreneurial journey.
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4. The Builders
Key facts about The Builders
- Founded Year: 2014
- Portfolio count: 97
- Sectors of Investment: Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 19 more
- Stages of Investment: Series A
- Locations of Investment: Israel, United States & 1 more

5. TLVGenerator
Key facts about TLVGenerator
- Founded Year: 2016
- Portfolio count: 7
- Sectors of Investment: Retail, Enterprise Applications & 7 more
- Locations of Investment: Israel, Italy