Bring your ideas to life in one of the best African Startup campuses

Join our community of passionate people and entrepreneurs to build the world of tomorrow. Get access to our incubators, accelerators, and training partners’ programs, our living labs, and our network.

What is StartGate?

StartGate is a startup campus bringing together an international entrepreneurial ecosystem committed to providing world-class infrastructure and resources to support entrepreneurs launch and grow their startup.

Our Partners’ Programs

Entrepreneurs, do you want to be part of the StartGate community? Join one of our partner programs to support your launch, develop or scale your startup. Discover them and participate in their calls for applications.

Explorer

UM6P Explorer is an innovation program created to provide access to entrepreneurial education, mentoring, and potential funding opportunities to aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators.

Entrepreneur Academy

Entrepreneur Academy is the initiation and training program in (In) Entrepreneurship Par Excellence. We target universities and high school students, researchers, employees, and all types of aspiring African (in) entrepreneurs.

U-Founders

U-Founders deploys incubation, pre-incubation, and entrepreneurship awareness programs for students, researchers, and entrepreneurs belonging to the university’s ecosystem.

African Youth Climate Hub

AYCH incubation program provides Young African Climate Entrepreneurs with resources and tools to concretize and scale up their projects.

Moroccan Retail Tech Builder - MRTB

“Moroccan Retail Tech Builder -MRTB” (MRTB) is the first Venture Builder in Morocco and Africa, dedicated to the digitalization of commerce. The MRTB platform aims to support a hundred startups in the development of innovative digital solutions for the benefit of retailers. The design of simple and accessible digital tools is also covered by the program to enable beneficiaries to modernize and create value.

Farming Innovation Lab

Farming Innovation Lab is a program that supports idea-holders in the field of AgriTech to transform their project ideas into Startups.

Plug & Play

his new location is Plug and Play’s first official office in Africa, with a plan to make Morocco the premiere destination of startups in the surrounding regions. Plug and Play Morocco is scheduled to launch in November 2020 and will have an initial focus on Smart Cities; before extending to other fields.

Facilities and Living Labs

StartGate Campus

Startups that are members of our partner programs will have access to our space for work, creativity and exchange.

The Fab Lab

The Fablab is a place where anyone can create (almost) anything, using 3D printers, CNC machines, digital design, laser cutting, and other advanced technologies.

Green & Smart Building Park

Green buildings, energy efficiency, smart grids, and sustainable mobility. Do you have a project, a startup that addresses these challenges? Benefit from technical support for research and engineering in energy efficiency and smart building projects.

Experimental Farm

Agriculture is at the heart of the food security challenge in Morocco and Africa. Do you want to provide solutions to farmers? Do you want to revolutionize this sector? Access to land for agricultural experiments, soil analysis laboratory, a seed database, etc.… will be available to our residents.