# Hub71+ Digital Assets — Cohort 20

- **Type:** intake
- **Status:** open
- **Cycle:** Cohort 20
- **City:** Abu Dhabi
- **Operator:** Hub71
- **Equity:** No programme equity
- **Cost:** No application fee
- **Duration:** Access + vertical
- **Apply:** https://www.hub71.com/program/hub71-plus-digital-assets/apply
- **Page:** https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/hub71-digital-assets

Hub71+ Digital Assets is the crypto / tokenisation / market-infrastructure vertical for Cohort 20. Open without a posted close date as of 23 August 2026. ADGM’s FSRA story is the point — if you need a sandbox, look at RegLab as well. If you are a consumer NFT souvenir, skip. If you are building market plumbing that can live under ADGM rules, this is the labelled door.

## Desk take

Abu Dhabi is picky about digital assets for a reason. Bring a compliance story. “We will figure out VARA later” is not a plan.

## Eligibility

For Web3 and blockchain startups (pre-seed to Series A) that want ADGM's regulatory environment and Abu Dhabi's digital-assets ecosystem.
- Sector: Web3, blockchain, crypto and digital assets only
- Stage: pre-seed to Series A
- At least one founder expected to relocate long-term to Abu Dhabi
- Pitch deck (PDF) with problem, solution, business model, traction, funds raised, team and Abu Dhabi plans
- Same Cohort 20 cycle and four-stage selection as the Access Programme

## Questions

### Is this a VARA programme?

No. Hub71 sits in ADGM. Dubai VARA is a different regulator.

### Do I still apply to Access?

Apply to the + programme that matches. Access is the generalist door.


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