Call for founders and startups: The 5th Tatweer Misr Innovation Competition

After a successful innovation competition last year, Tatweer Misr is proudly announcing the launch of this year’s 5th round! 

Apply now for a chance to take part in one of Egypt's most esteemed innovation challenges with grand prizes up to EGP 250,000. Application deadline: 21 April, 11:59 PM.

This year, we’re happy to accept applicants that are innovators and entrepreneurs, individuals or teams, with innovative solutions that are adaptive, resilient, and transformative to the Real Estate sector.

For this year’s theme, we’re looking for SUSTAINABLE solutions tackling issues with built environment, SMART solutions that have a positive impact on resident’s livability and solutions affecting wellness and recreation, leading to a community that can exist being truly HAPPY.

Apply before the 21st of April to the relevant track: Ideation Track or Startups Track

It is recommended that these solutions take into account the themes outlines and the rising need for digital products and processes, socially beneficial practices, changing behaviors in spending patterns, and an overall increase in health-consciousness of consumers.

The competition has two tracks:

• The ideation track includes individuals or teams with an idea catering to the real estate industry and
• The startups track includes businesses with a prototype/MVP that has not been released to the market or startups with an operating and existing real estate product/service.

Accepted applicants will be notified by the end of April. Workshops, pitches will begin in mid-April and end with the pitch competition and awards ceremony at The GrEEK Campus Downtown in mid-July 2022. 

Apply if your idea:

• Caters to the real estate industry as a whole
• Complements at least one of the competition’s categories
• Puts forward a new and innovative solution
• Can feasibly be localized and launched by you/your team

What to expect ...

Selected applicants are supported throughout the course of the competition with a number of trainings, eye-openers and mentorship opportunities that help them further develop their solutions from both technical and business angles. Phase 2 ends with another round of pitching and filtration.  Successful pitches will move on to a second round of workshops that will be presented as a bootcamp. Successful applicants will receive one-on-one coaching to transform their solutions into concrete business opportunities. In the pitch nights which represents the final stage of the competition, contestants pitch their solutions to a panel of world-class experts and compete for a grand prize.

A total of 4 winners will be selected: 2 idea stage winners and 2 startup stage winners. The reward for idea stage winners will be funding up to EGP 60,000 as well as mentoring sessions. The reward for startup stage winners will be funding up to EGP 250,000 and a 3-month mentoring period with experts in multiple disciplines to support their business’ launch and operations. 

What are you waiting for? Click the link and apply before the 21st of April to the relevant track: Ideation Track or Startups Track to complete your application and fast track your path to true innovation.