Demo Day 2023, 🛩 Founders Fireside Chat, 🚀 portfolio news, and more 🎉
Demo Day is in 4 days!
Hello and happy Friday!
Welcome to the bi-weekly newsletter from Aerospace Xelerated, where we keep you up-to-date with the latest news, updates, and events from our portfolio companies and programme partners. In this edition, we are thrilled to invite you to join us for Demo Day 2023, where you can meet the innovative startups from Cohort 4 and learn about their groundbreaking solutions. We also have some exciting events in store, including a Founders Fireside Chat on April 26th, and a glimpse into the activities of the AX C4 Programme. Don't miss out on the latest happenings at AX, read on to find out more! 🎉
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👋 the programme team
Aerospace Xelerated 2023 Demo Day
Join Aerospace Xelerated on Tuesday April 4th to hear from our early-stage startups who have worked incredibly hard over the past 12 weeks to push their innovative solutions forward.
This year's cohort is developing tech ranging from digital twin manufacturing and flight ops to VR training and people analytics. We'd love you to join us to meet our teams and celebrate the cohort moving the aerospace industry forward.
Founders Fireside Chat - What it takes to thrive in the UAE
Have you ever wondered what it takes to successfully build a startup in the UAE? Join AX for a Founders Fireside Chat on April 26th to participate in an insightful discussion on building and scaling startups in the UAE.
This event will be moderated by Roberto Croci, an innovation & startup expert who is currently the Director of Value Creation & Transformation at Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
We're delighted to have a group of wonderful local entrepreneurs making up our panellists:
Omar Abou Faraj: CEO and Co-founder of Dubz
Samer Sobh: COO and Co-founder of Dubz
Mustafa El Maghraby: CCO and Co-founder of Dubz
Anastasia Pash: Founder of Globetrotter VR
AX C4 Programme
Ahead of Demo Day, the cohort has been participating actively in different networking events, including Corporate Matchmaking Days and Investor Networking, in order to seek potential collaborations with corporations and investors on a global scale. Additionally, we organized the Tawazun Council Industry Days, during which the cohort gained valuable knowledge about the organization and Tawazun Industry Park, and received guidance from key stakeholders at Tawazun Council.
The AX programme was delighted to welcome Andreas Panayiotou, Director of Pricing & Monetisation at Notion Capital who came to share his insights and strategies to optimise pricing and monetisation strategies.
Portfolio news
Congratulations to Quaisr on their strategic partnership with QinetiQ to explore innovative materials using AI technologies!
By combining QinetiQ's material design and discovery expertise with Quaisr's AI-powered connectivity technology, this partnership has the potential to revolutionise the discovery of new materials and significantly reduce development times.🚀
Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eiQtnEUs
Exciting news from portfolio company neurobotx! The company has teamed up with JETX to create a highly realistic air taxi simulation for gamers. This simulation, called Metapilot, will allow users to experience the future of transportation firsthand by simulating different air taxi models in a digital twin of Manhattan.
Find out more about this collaboration here!
