Indica Amarasinghe

The Lankan Angel Network (LAN) is a platform for angel and private investors that invest in high growth early stage Sri Lankan ventures. LAN provides mentorship and funding for the entrepreneurs, streamlined deal flow and structured guidance for the investors until exit. LAN is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs.

Join Founder Institute, the worlds most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses with our Core Accelerator Programs in United Arab Emirates & GCC Region. Our UAE Fall Virtual 2021 commences on Oct 26, 2021. With 5,000+ companies launched, and a survival rate of 87.5% , aspiring entrepreneurs have used the program to form and improve their business ideas, develop their marketing strategy, create an advisory board, recruit co-founders, improve their pitch, launch a product, prepare to raise capital, bootstrap to profitability, generate revenue, and more. Based in Silicon Valley with chapters across six continents and 200+ cities, $975M funding secured by its portfolio companies with $35B combined valuation, their mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and help promising entrepreneurs launch companies rapidly that create over a million new startup jobs. The Founder Institute UAE & GCC Chapter has launched its 4th Cohort with a team of seasoned and dedicated Directors from the local UAE/Regional/Global ecosystem, Program Managers and committed local and global mentors. During our last 2 Cohorts, we have graduated 12 companies who have created 30 jobs and are growing. For more information on applications, partnerships or to be involved as a mentor, get in touch!

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As the premier innovation show in the Arab world, Stars of Science – the edutainment TV initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF) – empowers Arab innovators to develop technological solutions for their communities, benefitting people’s health and lifestyles, and helping to preserve the environment. Over a twelve-week process, the contestants demonstrate the effectiveness of their solutions in a shared innovation space, competing against time with the support of a team of experienced engineers and product developers. An expert panel of jurors assess and eliminate innovators and their projects every week across several prototyping and testing rounds, until only four finalists remain to compete for a share of $600,000 in seed funding. Jury deliberation and online voting from the public determine the rankings.

The Lankan Angel Network (LAN) is a platform for angel and private investors that invest in high growth early stage Sri Lankan ventures. LAN provides mentorship and funding for the entrepreneurs, streamlined deal flow and structured guidance for the investors until exit. LAN is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs.

Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a member of Qatar Foundation, is a global hub for deep tech with impact—with a vision to create a future where technology and science positively impact humanity and the natural world. Through our programs, partners, campus, and impact reach, we convene founders, operators, and investors to grow disruptive science and technology companies, and nurture these companies to achieve outlier impact and financial returns. For more information, please visit the QSTP website at www.qstp.qa.