About AUC Venture Lab

AUC Venture Lab is Egypt’s first university-based startup accelerator and an award-winning accelerator in Africa and the MENA region. We support innovation-driven and passionate entrepreneurs looking to turn their solutions and technologies into viable businesses. Since 2013, we have accelerated more than 270 startups covering multiple sectors. We believe in evidence-based entrepreneurship and with the support of our expanded network, we provide you with the right business and specialized know-how, tools and resources to connect with the entrepreneurial world and reach your full potential.

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News

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Eltoukhy Learning Factory: New Teaching Environment to Promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship

November 22, 2022
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Kandil and co-founders ring the Nasdaq Opening Bell on the day of Swvl's debut

AUC Venture Lab Graduate Swvl Debuts on Nasdaq

April 12, 2022
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An award for impact: AUC Venture Lab recognizes its most influential startups

March 29, 2022
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AUC Venture Lab Named Best Accelerator/Incubator Program in North Africa

December 20, 2021
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OUR PROGRAMS

Startup Launchpad

Startup Launchpad

An immersive 8-week program in collaboration with ITIDA helping entrepreneurs turn their innovative ideas into technology startups. Startup Launchpad participants will learn the basics of entrepreneurship and business design, get mentorship, and support with validation and practice the best pitching techniques

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Startup Accelerator

A 16-week program providing support for early-stage, high-growth, and innovative startups. We support startups from different industries including e-commerce, energy and environmental sustainability, healthcare innovation, creative and more! 

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VLab Fintech

Fintech Accelerator

16-week customized program for financial technology (FinTech) startups providing specialized business finance and technology support.

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V-Lab in Numbers

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The V-Lab journey

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Your V-Lab Journey

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V-Lab In Action

In case you missed them, here are our latest Demo Days featuring our Fall'20 cohort

AUC Venture Lab Spring'21 Demo Day

Testimonials

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"It has transformed me from someone with a business idea to an entrepreneur on the right track." - Gehad Abdullah, Founder of Mermaid
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"V-Lab introduced me to their network of partners and mentors who helped me close B2B deals that I hadn’t considered before." Ahmed Tawfik Founder of Instadiet
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"At V-Lab, we were lucky to be part of a big entrepreneurial family and work side by side with other talented entrepreneurs and share our experiences. This helped us learn so much from each other and enabled us to grow." -Alaa Shams, Co-founder
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"Your work is really inspirational for all of us and the graduate startups are really killing it out there." Fadi Antaki, CEO of A15
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​​​​​​“The V-Lab team has been with us through every step of the way, they have inspired us to improve our technologies and basically shaped the business side for WiRE Microsystems.” Mahmoud Saad Founder of WiRE
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"AUC V-Lab is -without a doubt- the best startup accelerator in town. The effort and time put into helping entrepreneurs is incredible." Hussein AlMenawy Co-founder of PayMe
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"In hindsight, joining the AUC Venture Lab was probably the best decision we’ve made so far. Without the constant support, access to mentorship and real-world experience, we wouldn’t have accomplished so much" -Mohamed Zohair, Co-founder

Contact Us

AUC New Cairo, AUC Avenue, P.O.BOX 74, New Cairo 11835, Egypt

 The American University in Cairo

t: 20.2.2615.3295|email: vlab@aucegypt.edu