About Us

Mia Jafari

Chief Collaborator & Founder

Mia is an execution-oriented innovator and entrepreneur with exceptional communication and management skills.

She helps her partners and clients transform their organizations by designing and delivering startup and innovation programs that bring stakeholders across the value chain together to solve environmental, social, and business challenges, ultimately producing measurable value for all stakeholders.

With her human-centric approach, facilitation training, and excellent communication skills, Mia simplifies complex technology and business concepts and communicates them in a way that delivers action-oriented results.

Maryam Shahin

UAE Co-Founder

With an impressive 15-year track record of collaborating with leading UAE government organisations, Maryam has honed her skills and expertise in partnering with government entities to develop entrepreneurial ecosystem strategies that foster startup growth and contribute to the local GDP.

Maryam's core mission is to translate ground-breaking and innovative concepts into exceptional products and services. Her passion lies in designing and developing user-centric marketing strategies and service design, specializing in approaches that prioritize the needs and preferences of the target audience.

As a dedicated startup mentor, Maryam has provided her guidance to various startup initiatives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, collaborating with prestigious organisations such as the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SMEs, Intelak Hub by the Emirates Group, Dubai Tourism, Accenture, Microsoft, Amadeus, and Hamdan Incubator (HI2) by Dubai SME.

We have developed and managed innovation and startup programs for organisations such as:

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How We Work

We collaborate with partners on various projects and initiatives, working with them, for them, or in partnership with them.

We leverage our pop-up labs, which enable us to quickly establish temporary, collaborative spaces that facilitate and accelerate growth with our partners and collaborators.

Innovation Partners

We collaborate globally with key partners to drive value creation for ourselves, partners, and clients. By leveraging each other's strengths and being a source of creativity, we tackle complex challenges to drive our economies and societies forward. Our collaboration partners include:

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Meet Our Trusted Collaborators

  • Aya Sadder

    Founder & CEO at Bolt Consultancy

    Expertise: Public Speaking, Storytelling, People Management, Financial Planning

  • Kevin Czok

    Incubators & Accelerators Lead at The Emirates Group

    Expertise: Business Modelling, Investments, Fundraising

  • Olga Fleming

    Founding Partner at Oruga investment

    Expertise: International Business, Legal Advising, Investor Relations

  • Frederico Fernandes

    Director at Arab Aviation Summit

    Expertise: Investor Relations, Fundraising, Investments

  • Marjan Najafi

    Co-founder at QYRO

    Expertise: Agile & Executive Coaching, Sustainable Workforce Consulting, Resilience & Stress Management, Leadership Development

  • Stephanie Richards

    Co-founder at Nafoora Ventures

    Expertise: Accelerating Innovation Ecosystems, Investments, International Partnerships

  • Katerina Klezlova

    Co-founder at DealStation

    Expertise: Venture Building, Growth & Expansion, Strategic Partnerships, Fundraising, Investment Readiness

  • Oussama Gholmieh

    Founder at Lussy.io

    Expertise: Brand, Business Strategy, Pitching, Marketing, Partnerships

  • Paul Littlejohn

    Description Founder of Executive Wingman

    Expertise: Leadership Development, Operational Excellence, Team Developmentgoes here