My Dubai peeps forwarded this on from twofour54:

If you’ve got tomorrow’s next big media idea and you’re from the Arab world, then you are twofour54°. It could be an online, TV or film project. A game, magazine or animation concept. With the collaboration and guidance of industry experts and financial support, whatever you can imagine can now be achieved with twofour54° ibtikar: creative lab.

You don’t need a business plan to get started, just the drive to create and the will to succeed. It’s all part of our vision at twofour54°, home to the creative industries in Abu Dhabi.

twofour54°: building the economy through creativity.

ibtikar ventures offers funding and support to start-up and early stage media and entertainment initiatives across all platforms including online, print, mobile, television and gaming.

Our primary focus is to support entrepreneurs and businesses from the region who are willing to be based at twofour54, with the aim of creating a thriving and diversified Arabic content creation sector here in Abu Dhabi serving the Arab world.

ibtikar ventures is the first dedicated media and entertainment investment fund targeted at the Arab world. Until now, media and entertainment businesses in the region have lacked the funding and support to successfully launch and grow.

ibtikar ventures takes a hands-on approach. In addition to providing funding we will work with entrepreneurs and early stage businesses to develop their business plans and also provide ongoing expertise, support and mentoring to help businesses succeed.

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