AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania visited the Jordanian
offices of Flat6Labs on Wednesday, where she spoke with a number of local
entrepreneurs and startup owners about the opportunities and challenges faced
by their growing businesses.
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According to a statement from Her Majesty’s office, upon her
arrival at Flat6Labs’ offices at the King Hussein Business Park, Queen Rania
joined General Manager Rasha Manna, Founder Hany Al-Sonbaty, and other members
of the firm’s management team for a conversation on its operations, services,
and plans for the future.
As a regional startup accelerator and seed fund management
firm, Flat6Labs works directly with promising entrepreneurs as a corporate
partner, helping them expand their companies and target markets across the
Middle East and North Africa, Sonbaty explained.
First established in Cairo in 2011, the firm has expanded to
six more locations, and plans to enter additional emerging markets in the
future.
Support servicesAccording to Manna, the firm’s Amman chapter, launched in
2021, provides early stage funding and support services to promising Jordanian
businesses, with a particular focus on technology and innovation. During its
first five years, Flat6Labs Jordan aims to invest in more than 90 early-stage
startups in technology-driven fields such as education, healthcare, gaming,
electronics, renewable energy, manufacturing, agriculture, and finance.
Manna also briefed Her Majesty on Flat6Labs’ training and
support programs, which provide non-financial services to help accelerate
startups’ growth. The firm connects participating entrepreneurs with a network
of hundreds of business mentors, investors, and corporates, facilitating
business and learning opportunities to promote their advancement.
During her visit, the Queen met with a number of
entrepreneurs and startup owners who have previously benefited from Flat6Labs
programs to hear about their experiences as business owners in the kingdom. She
also sat in on a training session attended by the firm’s current cohort of
entrepreneurs.
In addition to its Cairo and Amman chapters, Flat6Labs
operates in Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Tunis, and Bahrain. Managing a number of
seed funds valued at 85 million USD, the firm has supported more than 370
startups and 1,000 entrepreneurs across the region to date.
Flat6Labs is supported by more than 25 institutional
investors across the Middle East, allowing it to provide startups with funding
ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 to support them through the early stages of
their businesses.
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