# Hub71 Access Programme — Cohort 20

- **Type:** intake
- **Status:** open
- **Cycle:** Cohort 20
- **City:** Abu Dhabi
- **Operator:** Hub71
- **Equity:** No programme equity (incentives, not a fund)
- **Cost:** No application fee
- **Duration:** Access membership / cohort
- **Apply:** https://www.hub71.com/program/access-programme/apply
- **Page:** https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/hub71-access

Hub71 Access is Abu Dhabi’s flagship tech ecosystem intake: ADGM gravity, incentives, community, and a public apply for Cohort 20. As of 23 August 2026 the cohort was open and Hub71 had not posted a close date we could trust, so we leave it open without inventing one. Access is the general door. ClimateTech, Digital Assets, and Life Sciences are separate + programmes on this board — apply to the one that matches. You still incorporate; Access is not a licence by itself. They want companies that will put people in Abu Dhabi, not a brass plate.

## Desk take

The default Abu Dhabi intake if you are a real company. Do not apply to all four Hub71 rows to “increase chances” — pick the thesis. If you will not move people, they will notice.

## Eligibility

For pre-seed to Series A tech startups that want to build their base in Abu Dhabi.
- Sector-agnostic (disruptive tech); stage pre-seed to Series A
- At least one founder must commit to relocating long-term and building a team in Abu Dhabi
- Pitch deck (PDF) required: problem, solution, value proposition, business model, competition, market, traction, funds raised, founding team, Abu Dhabi plans
- Open to startups worldwide; no UAE incorporation needed to apply
- Four-stage selection: application review, Hub71 team pitch, partner pitch, final committee

## Questions

### When does Cohort 20 close?

Not posted on a page we trusted. We will add closesAt when they publish one.

### Is this the same as the ADGM Tech Startup Licence?

No. Licence is incorporation. Access is the ecosystem programme.


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Source: DXBStart — the working index of the UAE startup ecosystem. Canonical page: https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/hub71-access
More machine-readable resources: https://www.dxbstart.com/llms.txt
Startups can request a listing at https://www.dxbstart.com/submit — free, editorially reviewed.