Blossom is the ONLY Saudi accelerator in the GAN Community of more than 100 of the world’s best accelerators, which includes Techstars, MuckerLab, MIT PlayLabs, as well as Microsoft\u2019s Accelerator<\/p>\n
As the startup ecosystem continues to develop and grow in KSA, one particular ecosystem player is determined to catalyze startups to the next level.<\/p>\n
Blossom<\/a><\/u>; Saudi Arabia\u2019s first and only female focused accelerator is climbing new heights in 2019. After just wrapping up their second accelerator program and accelerating a total of thirteen companies in 2018, 50% of whom reported an increase in both traction and revenue, Blossom\u2019s CEO & founder affirms \u201cThis is only the beginning,\u201d<\/p>\n The local Saudi accelerator has just heightened their resources and network to startups by being part of GAN, a global group of more than 100 of the best programs in the world, spread across six continents, in 120 cities” or any portion of that.<\/p>\n GAN was founded in 2010 by the two co-founders of\u00a0Techstars<\/a>\u2014Brad Feld and David Cohen\u2014their idea was to connect the top mentorship-driven, seed-stage accelerators around the world. At the time, Techstars was becoming more well-known and accelerators were popping up everywhere. GAN was launched to align the accelerator industry around globally accepted best practices and create a standardized model for their success. And in 2016\u00a0GAN Ventures,<\/a><\/u>\u00a0a new investment arm of the business was launched to further empower startups, wherever they are.<\/p>\n Blossom startups will now receive access to over $1 million dollars in perks, international network and mentors, select exchange programs with other accelerators around the world, and an exclusive access to GAN ventures.<\/p>\n