Become Berytech’s partner in supporting entrepreneurs across Lebanon

We are looking to partner with Innovation Support Organizations located in different regions, empowering them to catalyze entrepreneurship across the Lebanese ecosystem.

About the program

Berytech has created the Partner Growth Program under the ACT Smart Innovation Hub Initiative to enable five Support Organizations in different Lebanese regions, for three consecutive years, to source entrepreneurs with innovative solutions in the agrifood and clean technology sectors, assist them in ideating and validating their solutions, and initiate them to apply and join the Agrytech or Cleanergy Accelerators and grow their businesses.

Increasing economic resiliency & employment

Building the next generation of entrepreneurs

Decreasing Lebanon’s brain drain

The program will help innovation support organizations across Lebanon

Acquire the skills and tools necessary to support entrepreneurs for this program and grow their potential to take part in other programs.
Receive capacity building to implement this program with the long-term vision of implementing other programs.
Run regional outreach activities to initiate and attract innovative ideas in agrifood and clean tech in their communities.
Organize ideation training for entrepreneurs and idea stage startups in their respective areas.
Conduct the Validation training where selected entrepreneurs receive up to $1.5K to validate their ideas and get the chance to receive acceleration support.

The program in numbers

5 Partners

to be selected and supported from across Lebanon

3 Years

of implementation, running from Jan. 2023 till Dec. 2025

250 startups

to be supported in 5 batches of 10 startups by each partner

$375K Grants

$1.5K per startup, offered during the 2-month validation training

Eligibility criteria

Innovation support organizations

The program is open to incubators, accelerators, for-profit enterprises, or other relevant entrepreneurship and innovation support stakeholders.

Organization Location

The organization should be located and operating in one of the following areas:
North (Koura, Tripoli and Akkar) - North of Mount Lebanon (Metn, Kesserwan, Byblos…)

Organization Facilities

The organization's facilities should include a space to accommodate a minimum of 30 participants. The space should have internet and amenities.

The program's timeline

MAR - APR 2023

Berytech provides capacity building

Providing the selected partners with the information, tools, policies and procedures needed to conduct the Validation phase.

APR - May 2023

Partners conduct outreach activities for five batches

Identifying potential entrepreneurs in the agrifood and cleantech sectors.
Establishing relationships with relevant stakeholders.
Organizing and implementing outreach activities to attract entrepreneurs and young innovators willing to create solutions for challenges in the agrifood and cleantech sectors.

June — July 2023

Partners Implement the validation phase for five batches

Implementing five cycles of 2-month Validation Training
Supporting entrepreneurs with mentoring and linkages to be able to validate their ideas.
Organizing networking activities for startups in the ecosystem.