
The Startup Investment Readiness Program (SIRP) organised by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Digital Incubation Center, successfully ended on the 12th of September.
SIRP which began accepting applications on the 18th of July, selected its successful applicants on the 1st of September and began training on the 4th of the same month. Participants had a ‘Demo Day’ on the 12th during which they pitched their startups to investors.
One of the participants, Gabriele De Propris, founder of Growa.ai, took to his LinkedIn page to show gratitude to the organizers. He said, “A big thank you to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Digital Incubation Center for organising another great event, the Startup Investment Readiness Program.
“It was great to catch up with familiar faces, Eman AlKuwari, Enad H. Kanaan, Paul Kelly, Waddah Abbas, Abdelmoomen Ali, Marcel Dridje, Hamid Menouar, PhD, Indica Amarasinghe as well as fellow startuppers, Sina Meshkani, Dragana Mujanović, Nouka Puriël, Houssam Eddine K. and many more who I had a chance to meet for the first time.
“A special mention to Beyond Capital and Oasis500 for providing very effective training, Tamer Al-Salah, Mohammad Almajali and Luma Fawaz.
“It was the perfect start to Growa.ai Ltd‘s team, Giuliano Neroni, Davide Fabris, Jacopo Neroni, a new chapter in Qatar.”