About Icealex icealex is a community-driven technology innovation hub with a strong social and environmental commitment. We aim to provide an enabling ecosystem for action-oriented minds co-creating sustainable solutions for local challenges in Alexandria. icealex offers a variety of services for Private Sector, Government and Civil Society. Amongst these services are consultation & mentoring, high-end training workshops, impact programmes, co-working facilities, and rapid prototyping and manufacturing services. icehubs is an ever-growing international network of hubs in Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Weimar (Germany). ICE activities seek to enable innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship in terms of actions and behaviors – create, share, and benefit.
Program benefits The Startups of Alex Incubation program package includes Mentoring & Coaching: Business Development, Technical Advisory, Pitching Trainings: Business Modelling, Customer Validation, Sales, Digital Marketing Professional Services: Legal Assistance, Branding, +more Investment Opportunity: Demo Days, Investors Meetups, Seed fund Seed Fund: Up to EGP 50,000 fund with 0% equity Business Networks: Access to Business Associations, investors, connections Professional Consultancy: Custom-tailored consultancy expertise Access to Shared Office: Coworking space, internet, Meeting Room, equipment
Eligibility criteria Age: 18-35 The startup must have a team from 2 to 5. Relevant professional experience. At least one team member dedicated tor 12 hours per week to commit to working on the startup, attending weekly updates, meetings, training & mentorship sessions. The startup must have revenue-generating model with a clear potential for growth nationally and/or regionally. Validated prototype must be submitted. The startup must have a clear, proven social/environmental impact The startup should be operating for at least one year.