Twenty independent entrepreneurs and innovators working on solutions in the Dairy Value Chain attended a 6-day online training program to address the opportunities and challenges in the Dairy sector in Lebanon as part of the TRANSDAIRY program.
Through the GIL Program, several community leaders are brought to support the youth by helping them identify the opportunities of growth for their development and career.
Through the GIL Program, Berytech and UNICEF brought several technical workshops to support the youth in learning new skills that can be applied at the Fab Lab and in a professional setting, delivered by Berytech’s Fab Lab team in collaboration with skilled and professional trainers.
The fourth batch enrolled in Berytech’s Agrytech Accelerator has completed the first phase of the program: the validation phase. Over two months, the teams went through the validation phase of the program, receiving a grant of up to $2,000 each along with business and technical assistance defining their objectives and validating assumptions about the problem the startup is solving.
Joanna Jurdy interviewed Berytech’s Deputy GM Ramy Boujawdeh for the Fast Forward podcast, to talk about the challenges and opportunities that entrepreneurs in Lebanon are presented with.
The Crisis Management for Women-Led Businesses program provided support to 160 women entrepreneurs in Lebanon, helping them to grow sustainable businesses that are market-oriented, profitable, scalable while facilitating job creation or maintaining existing jobs.
From 20 initial projects, 10 startups pitched during a Pitching and Matchmaking Event organized by Berytech, where 4 finalists were chosen to join the incubation phase and receive additional support under the Green Applied Research & Innovations Support Program.
Eco-Friendly Concrete, Eco Match, and LU Environment, won the first edition of the DAWERR IDEATHON focusing on municipal Solid Waste Management. The ideathon was organized by Berytech for the Diverting Waste by Encouraging Reuse and Recycling (DAWERR) activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Ecodit.
Following the catastrophic Beirut Post explosion on the 4th of August 2020, Expertise France partnered with Berytech, through the European Union funding, to support 30 women-led businesses affected by the blast. The selected participants will benefit from a two-month intensive training program, including capacity-building sessions, group coaching, in addition to financial support in the form of grants.
Stephan Morais is the founder and Managing General Partner of Indico Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm based in Portugal. He shares his experience and tips on scaling from a VC fund point of view.
Deux startups libanaises ont été retenue, MAD et Everythink, dans le cadre du programme « Les Pionnières de l’entrepreneuriat francophone”
Fly Foot launched in 2016 out of Beirut, to become the go to football travel platform for football fans around the world. It has since grown to fly thousands who have watched more than 1000 games in 45 worldwide stadiums.
Berytech is the ecosystem for entrepreneurs, providing a dynamic environment for the creation and development of startups and SMEs, fostering innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in Lebanon.
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