💫 2024 Wrapped: A Year of Innovation and Growth at The Greenhouse 💫
As we wrap up 2024, we reflect on a year of innovation, filled with creativity, collaboration, and milestones that we collectively achieved.
👉 Here’s a glimpse into our journey this year:
🦄 The Greenhouse's Startup Studio:
- We launched 3 new ventures in 2024, including a cultural content platform for MENA creators - Mohtawa - محتوى, a mental health solution powered by generative AI - Mind/me, and a community-driven fashion-tech brand - MUSURE!
- Collectively unlocked co-investment opportunities supporting the ventures in our portfolio.
🇸🇦 The Greenhouse Opens its Doors in Saudi Arabia
- We opened The Greenhouse's doors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, furthering our commitment to innovation in the Middle East.
- Delivered 7 innovation workshops across our offices of Chalhoub Group in Saudi Arabia and UAE, delving into tech tools, uses of Gen A.I., branding and more!
- Organized our first Retail-Tech Hackathon in Saudi Arabia, unearthing new opportunities for retail transformation.
📈The Greenhouse's Innovation Programs
- We co-created Chalhoub Group's training program - The Ibtikar Training Program, fostering entrepreneurship within the group and equipping participants with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to identify opportunities, drive new initiatives at the group.
- Curated Sciences Po's first Learning Expedition in Dubai, connecting the students delegation from France with global insights and regional opportunities in the UAE.
- We launched the second cohort of The Fashion Lab Cohort 2, empowering the next generation of Saudi fashion brands and innovators through our focused incubation, in collaboration with Saudi100 Brands, Instagram, and Snap Inc.
🌍 Regional Ecosystem Engagement
- Hosted The Greenhouse's inaugural Investor House, bringing together investors and entrepreneurs into our space to collaborate on ventures shaping the future and drive further investment opportunities.
- Exhibited at the GITEX GLOBAL Largest Tech & Startup Show in the World Expand North Star, exploring synergies with the regional ecosystem of innovation hubs and investors, solidifying our position in the MENA startup ecosystem.
- Collaborated with Meta for the Llama Design Drive, joining forces with Dubai Future Foundation to explore the intersection of AI and creativity and mentoring the selected A.I. startups in the program.
🌟 2024 has been a testament to our mission of empowering the next wave of successful entrepreneurs through every step of their journey, and foster innovation for #ChalhoubGroup and beyond.
Thank you to our team, partners, and everyone who's a part of The Greenhouse's journey, as we gear up for 2025, we can’t wait to share what’s next!
Joanne Marie Bassoul Rafi Dikranian Mohammad Junaid Seraj Maryam Al Shamsi Sinéad O'Keeffe Simran Chowdhry Mira Nouaihed Saeed AlMheiri Ahmed I. Abouelresh Nasser Mansurali Jean d'Alincourt Joaquín Mencía
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