{"id":9789,"date":"2018-11-11T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T06:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=9789"},"modified":"2018-11-11T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T06:38:59","slug":"the-next-potential-arab-unicorn-selected-by-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/the-next-potential-arab-unicorn-selected-by-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Potential Arab Unicorn Selected By Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>360 VUZ, The\u00a0UAE based virtual reality and\u00a0360degree\u00a0live video startup\u00a0pioneer, made it to the shortlist of\u00a0the Start Up Pitch Competition, which is part of\u00a0one of the largest Pan-Arab conferences in North America,\u00a0the Arab Conference at Harvard Business School in its\u00a07<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition\u00a0in Boston, USA.<\/p>\n<p>The leading virtual reality startup was selected among competitive global startups from around the world. It\u00a0presented in front of\u00a0a high-profile panel of judges in\u00a0entrepreneurship\u00a0ecosystem,\u00a0including\u00a0venture capitalists, angel investors, prominent entrepreneurs and industry experts.<\/p>\n<p>Under the theme of \u201cTransforming the Arab World through Sustained Innovation\u201d,\u00a0360VUZ\u00a0chowcased\u00a0its early stage ventures, its function,\u00a0partners, growth, business model and future plans during the conference\u2019s panel. Also, it shared its experiences working\u00a0with\u00a0Master Class , entertainment and Sports sectors.<\/p>\n<p>360VUZ is creating a futuristic innovative technological development building a very disruptive platform that is competing with the likes of Snapchat. Aiming at saving the people\u2019s time and money, the app is promising its users to make Teleportation a reality, by teleporting people in time to view 360degrees videos of latest events, experiences and different destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Khaled\u00a0Zaatarah,\u00a0Founder and Chief Executive Officer of 360\u00a0said: \u201c360 VUZ has scored another milestone in its bid in its leadership in virtual reality and\u00a0360degree\u00a0videos after it was selected among top leading\u00a0startups\u00a0from around the world by The Arab Conference at Harvard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are glad for being\u00a0pre-selected by one of the largest Pan- Arab conferences\u00a0which is supporting innovations and investment and is aiming at promoting\u00a0growth of\u00a0entrepreneurship\u00a0in the Arab World.\u00a0Our\u00a0goal\u00a0is to increase\u00a0the\u00a0regional growth\u00a0and user\u00a0acquisition\u00a0of\u00a0our\u00a0mobile application which is currently the number one 360 videos and Virtual Reality mobile application in the region.\u201d He added<\/p>\n<p>The Startup Pitch Competition is a pillar event of the conference that offers 10 pre-selected startups the opportunity to present a short pitch, receive feedback, and network.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference list of partners and sponsors includes Strategy&amp;, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Saudi Aramco,\u00a0Wamda\u00a0Capital,\u00a0TechWadi, Harvard Business Review, Abana and\u00a0Lebnet.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 rendition of the conference at Harvard Business School seeks to promote unity among Arab and global communities and dispatch a call for action to its participants to translate diverse ideas into concrete solutions, in hopes of a shared and vibrant future for the region and the world at-large.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9790\" src=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/E-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>360 VUZ, The\u00a0UAE based virtual reality and\u00a0360degree\u00a0live video startup\u00a0pioneer, made it to the shortlist of\u00a0the Start Up Pitch Competition, which is part of\u00a0one of the largest Pan-Arab conferences in North America,\u00a0the Arab Conference at Harvard Business School in its\u00a07th\u00a0edition\u00a0in Boston, USA. 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