A Company of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum
SEED Group is a diversified Group operating in industries including technology, healthcare, tourism & hospitality, and real estate. Since its conceptualization in 2000, the group has transformed into a front-runner in multiple business sectors. Our greatest strength lies in forming strategic partnerships with organizations looking to establish a strong presence in the GCC. Our advantage is the extensive knowledge and invaluable expertise we possess of the MENA business landscape and our commitment to advancing the interests of our partners. We strive to provide service excellence and a unique experience to all clients through our professional and passionate team.
The group’s vision is simple. We seek to improve the quality of life for our partners by continuously improving our products, services, and delivery systems.
Our mission is to deliver to our partners what we promise them, and strive to exceed their expectations.
As SEED Group, we are passionate about business in the region. This sentiment applies to our executives as well. Our management team is comprised of experienced entrepreneurs and industry specialists, bringing years of experience both internationally and in the GCC. They cultivate our strong culture, and work tirelessly to help our partners scale, grow, and succeed.
With over 18 years of experience in setting up and running new ventures in the MENA region, Mr. Al Gurg is a pioneer in the region for his visionary approach, high profile networking, and for concluding and managing large regional projects and investments worth more than 1.06 Billion USD.
Presently he is managing the private investments and strategic partnerships activities of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum. He is also the CEO of Al Fajer Investments & Development, an investment division of Al Fajer Enterprises, a holding group of companies owned by His Highness Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum. Both Sheikhs are members of the Royal family of Dubai.
As the CEO of Seed Group, he is managing 8 growing companies in 6 diversified industries with other UAE and International partners.
He is also the UAE sponsor of the Chinese petroleum giant “Sinopec Petroleum”. Sinopec Petroleum is one of the largest energy corporations in the world, headquartered in Beijing.
Hisham holds a computer science bachelor's degree from Southwest Texas State University.
Tarek Omar is the Vice President of International Sales and Operations for our technology arm. Tarek is responsible for supporting technology companies drive their Digital Business through the extension of our experience across various domains such as digital marketing, innovative solutions, big data and digital industries. Tarek is also responsible for establishing Partnerships to support the Digital Ambition in the EMEA.
Krists Grigis is a Key Advisor to SEED Group, heading up the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum's Eastern Europe operations from Riga, Latvia. Krists' area of expertise is investment policy, partnership relations, governmental relations and start-up environment in Eastern Europe, with particular focus to the Baltic countries and Poland.
Krists has gained high level business and market knowledge and built valuable business relationships in the region during his successful development of restaurants and hotels in the Baltic countries. It is accompanied by his managerial experience in the retail business as Krists also runs his family company Batas Avots, emerging bottled water producer represented in all major markets around the world. Krists previous experience and contacts are core assets for the TPO group companies and their partners. Recently Krists has become a mentor for several start-up companies in the region sharing his knowledge and experience as a successful business leader in order to foster a start-up friendly environment in his hometown Liepāja. His main motivation is a strive for new technologies and innovations that could highly improve existing products in the market or bring new ground-breaking solutions.
Roger Chi is a Partner at Candareen Capital based between Bangkok and Singapore. Roger has extensive experience in helping large corporates enter into SE Asia in Telecom, Augmented Reality, Mobile Security, Technology, Real Estate, Food and Beverage. Roger has advised some of the leading families in SE Asia. Prior to Candareen Captial, Roger was Director of Investments of Brainrush Venture, a $100m USD venture capital fund based in San Francisco. At Brainrush, Roger served on the investment committee and had investments in San Francisco, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Roger started his career at Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm founded by Michael Porter and was based in the Los Angeles practice.
Currently, Roger serves as a Non-Executive Director to UCAP a private bank based in Zurich and Geneva.
Roger holds an MBA in Real Estate and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Marketing and Finance from UC Berkeley.
Aldo Garbagnati, an Italian national raised in Switzerland, is the Founder and Chairman of the Emicapital Group. Based in Dubai and London, Emicapital serves corporations, HNWI’s and families who are interested in structuring their assets in the Gulf region or in doing business with the United Arab Emirates.
Aldo has served as founder, investor, and CEO of several companies since 1990 and has a track record of successful projects in the industrial, financial and trading sectors. He has served European families for over 25 years, assisting them in their structuring and business relocation requirements.
The Emicapital Group has been operating in the UAE since 2006 and is registered with the Dubai Financial Services Authority as an advisory firm, serving clients from their office in the Dubai International Financial Centre. Based in Finsbury Circus, London, their sister office serves clients from the UK the rest of Europe.
Aldo is a consultant to multiple Ministries in the UAE as well as an advisor to the ruling Families of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. He also cooperates with the UAE Embassy in London for FDI projects and manages the Middle East office for Global Partnership, which is an association of Family Offices based in London.
In 2016, Aldo founded the Emicapital Foundation in London, a UK registered Charity which supports art, education and cultural exchange between Europe and the Gulf States. In this domain, he is also a member of the BAFTA Presidents Club in London, chaired by HRH Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, as well as supporting other charities.
With more than 25 years of experience in marketing and business development, Ted Howard develops strategic partnerships to expand clients’ global presence particularly in the Asian, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and North American markets. Ted’s business development expertise includes building multicultural corporate relationships and leading marketing campaigns in the entertainment production and distribution, and public sector markets. A range of companies from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies including the Charoen Pokphand Group © utilizes his marketing and business development services.
Ted’s career started with managing a technology services company, generating more than $35 million in revenue by securing contracts with United States federal, state and local government agencies. The firm assisted the public sector in improving efficiencies by providing information technology (IT) innovation and services via strategic private sector partnerships and ventures.
Ted then coupled his marketing expertise with his passion for music production, achieving an impeccable and proven track record for effectively taking record labels and music production ventures from their inception to musical success. As the founder of the Howeird Entertainment music production company, Ted negotiated production and distribution contracts with RCA, Motown, Universal and other music powerhouses. His team has produced, penned songs and created remixes for musical greats such as Yolanda Adams, Tony Terry, John Legend, Kirk Franklin and Def Leppard.
Ted also served as president of WanMor Entertainment, a production company and record label owned by Grammy Award winner Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men. Under Mr. Howard’s direction, a joint production venture was made between WanMor Entertainment and Universal Records. He negotiated the distribution deal with Universal Records as well as assembled the radio, retail, sales and marketing team for WanMor. Later, Howard led the initial marketing and production team for then startup, Big 3 Entertainment.
Ted Howard is a graduate of Long Island University and has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing. He resides in California and Maryland.
Andrea Raimondi – Andrea is Partner of R&P Consulting, an Italian Advisory boutique founded in 1979 and specialized in cross border business development and asset protection, based in Europe, Asia and South Pacific.
With more than 20 years of experience in cross border business development and internationalization projects for Italian companies, as well as in international asset protection, he is also specialized in Family Business Advisory and Family Office services.
He supported Family owned companies from different industries (ceramic tiles, food & beverages, Pharmaceutical, crypto-exchange, …) in their international development plan, from the US to Russia, from Africa to China and South East Asia. With solid relations in the Middle East, he developed a successful approach for the business development in this Region.
He does teach International Tax Planning at related most prestigious Post Graduate Training Program in Italy (held by Sole24Ore). His leadership combines strategic vision and personal enthusiasm.
Avsar Koc is a commercial and hotel operations specialist as well as a brand strategist who orchestrated to launch multiple hotel brands globally in recent years which includes Blazon Hotels which received many accolades including the most recognized new brand in the luxury market. Avsar Koc oversees all operational and commercial aspects of five Blazon Hotels with an additional nine new properties joining the portfolio in the next two years. Prior to Smart Hospitality Solutions, Avsar Koc spearheaded Kempinski Hotels India, Middle East & Africa commercial operations with annual revenues crossing EUR 420 million. With 9 hotel openings in 5 years in diverse markets, he is an expert at launching new properties with excellent performance achievements as well as re-branding existing hotels. Before Kempinski Hotels, Avsar Koc held senior positions at Jumeirah including sales and marketing leadership of the company’s iconic hotels such as Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Beach Hotel. Avsar Koc also gained huge experience in marketing, sales, as well as revenue and distribution during his 15 years’ tenure with Hilton Hotels Corporation and Hilton International in various parts of the world. A passionate hotelier and traveler himself, Avsar Koc is regarded highly in the industry by peers.
Khaled has served as a professional in the hospitality industry for over 28 years. Having worked in various executive and operational roles in the hospitality industry qualifies him as a proficient hotelier. With work experience in both the US and GCC, Khaled has an excellent understanding of both markets and the principles required to achieve the quality of service and client satisfaction in order to create and operate profitable businesses. He has launched several businesses as well as elevated various business models by delivering a richer level of service focused on providing quality and a genuine approach to the work environment and hence impacting all of his stakeholders in a positive manner. Khaled’s natural knack for team building allows him the ability to complete projects and reach targeted deadlines in an effective manner. He has developed numerous staff/team members into successful professionals and considers this to be part one of his core responsibilities as a leader.
Ihab Elkhalili is the founder and managing director of MEDEA Consultancy, a Boutique Advisory Management Consultancy Powered by Technology Expertise to help businesses achieve business transformation and operational efficiencies that are financially sustainable in the long term. Since founded in 2018, the firm has consistently provided productive and thought-provoking advisory to maintain growth and success with each client.
A managing director with more than 20 years of experience in Technology-driven Commercial Operations Management, Business Development, Business Strategy & Planning generating multi-million dollars of revenue across several verticals of the Wireless Telecommunications, Semiconductors Industry & Adjacent Verticals (VAS, Telecom Products Distribution & Retail, Mobile Computing, IoT, AI, AR/VR, Automotive, Smart Homes, Smart Cities, Healthcare, Wearables). During his tenure at multi-national companies; Ihab gained deep expertise in Business Model Innovation, Business Development, Operations Research, Product Development & Management, turning around struggling teams and subsidiaries with state-of-the-art business operations methodologies and lead cross-functional teams locally and globally in EMEA and SEA regions.
Prior to founding his own boutique advisory, he was Head of Business Operations for Europe, Middle East & Africa, and South East Asia at Qualcomm, a position he held for ten years. At Qualcomm, he managed the regional business operations to ensure business growth in EMEA & SEA through planning, directing and managing the performance of marketing, program management, and sales operations activities to ensure these are delivered in accordance with the organizational strategy. Earlier in his career, he gained extensive experience in sales, marketing, business development and product management with DU, Vodafone, and 2020 Logistics Middle East.
Ihab holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from The American University in Cairo. He has also completed additional studies, courses, and certifications from top corporates and institutes, a member of several professional organizations, a council member at Gerson Lehrman Group, and a member of the Advisory Board of RPM Consultancy and Grey Advisory.
Geoff Warr has been in Dubai for the past nine years working with companies to improve their Sales and Marketing strategies. In addition to this, he co-founded IGW Metal. Alex focuses on building great teams and puts a big focus on creating the right culture to enable Sales teams to hit their targets and Marketing teams to achieve their goals. Geoff Warr studied Economics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Youcef spearheads Strategy & Investments at the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF). The DFF was launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Dubai. Youcef is also part of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. He is particularly passionate about the nexus between humanity and technology.
Before moving to Dubai in early 2017, Youcef was a Senior Associate at Solebury Capital, a boutique Investment Bank in New York. During his tenure, Solebury advised on 250 capital market transactions for $90bn in proceeds, and ~25% of all U.S. IPOs. Notable mandates include Snap Inc’s (Snapchat) $3.9bn IPO, U.S. Foods’ $1.2bn IPO and King Digital Entertainment’s (Candy Crush) $500mm IPO. Later on at Solebury, Youcef managed a $100mm co-investment fund. In Sep 2014, Solebury Capital was acquired by PNC Financial Services.
Youcef has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Nottingham and an MBA from Lynn University. He is a former student-athlete and won the NCAA Men's Soccer National Championship in 2012.
Dubai owes its transformation into a modern port city and commercial hub to one of the more successful rulers in the Middle East, the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. His famous line, "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel." reflected his concern that Dubai's oil will run out in a decade or two. Thus he worked to build up an economy in Dubai that could survive the end of Dubai's oil boom.
Seed Group traces back its conceptualization to the time of independence of the United Arab Emirates. Strongly influenced by Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum’s famous lines; Seed Group has been an innovator and change leader growing from its modest beginnings to being one of the strong forces to reckon within the region. We believe strongly in delivering winning business outcomes through our deep industry experience and a doing business harnessing the latest technology. Our focus is on our partners and to create successful and adaptive businesses and solutions to keep them engaged and satisfied.
Seed Group is a market leader in its niche segments in the region. In the last few years which have been tumultuous for businesses across geographies; I am proud to say that Seed Group has not only survived but expanded its horizon of vision and operation and delivering solutions appreciated and haled by its partners.
In the coming years, Seed Group wants to continue exceeding our customer and stakeholder expectations and facilitate growth and prosperity for our economy. We look forward in the years to come to become a company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a specialist's approach to delivering innovation and its commitment to sustainability, customer orientation and being thought and change leaders.
Sincerely
Chairman
SEED Group has become a notable force in the technology, healthcare, hospitality, and telecommunications landscape in the GCC. We have achieved this with a combination of strategic partners, active ownership and business investments. There are two ways you can do business with us:
Over the past 16 years, we have formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. They have propelled their business interests and goals in the MENA region through our support and strong base of regional connections. Our goal is simple, to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the GCC.
At SEED Group, we are truly passionate about business in the region. We have a diverse mix of companies that we own and/or invest in. Through board participation, our regional experience, network and financial strength, we strive to make our companies best-in-class. Our brands and relationships are built on trust, integrity and an above-and-beyond delivery. If we cannot add significant value, we don’t invest.
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Brace allows for mortgage investors, servicers and borrowers to work together in a frictionless manner.
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Concrete Sensors take accurate RH readings in a slab without having to perform destructive testing.
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Goodly makes it easy for companies to offer student loan debt repayment as an employee benefit. Companies that offer this simple to use platform cut down the time that their employees would otherwise be in debt by an average of 8 years.
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It shouldn't be hard to get simple medical care. HeyDoctor makes it fast and easy to get treatment, prescriptions, and labs for simple medical problems online in less than 5 mins.
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Tissue-specific cell-free circulating RNA is a newly developed area for molecular diagnosis. Based on this powerful non-invasive approach, Molecular Stethoscope aims to transform healthcare by providing early insight into a patient’s healthy versus disease state.
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www.werecover.comClinicAll International Corporation is very excited to announce the strategic partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group.
On 8th October 2019, an official signing ceremony event was held, where Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and the SEED Group, and ClinicAll officially concluded the cooperation. ClinicAll was represented by Hermann Kamp, CEO of ClinicAll International Corporation.
Dubai and the UAE are committed to the introduction of state-of-the-art digital healthcare solutions in an effort to offer its people the best medical services possible. Thus, it is a great honor for ClinicAll to enter this important partnership with the target to establish a sustainable market presence in the UAE as well as, in a second step, the whole GCC region.
SEED Group was founded in 2000 and is a diversified company operating in industries including technology, healthcare, tourism & hospitality, and real estate. The goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the GCC. SEED Group has formed strategic partnerships with major global companies in various sectors over the past 16 years already. These partnerships help to propel their business interests and goals in the MENA region through the support and strong base of regional connections that the SEED Group can provide.
ClinicAll International Corporation, based in New York, and ClinicAll Middle East, located in Dubai, are dedicated to the integration of digital services at the point of care – the patient’s bedside – to the benefit of patients and hospital staff and to build up long-term, sustainable partnerships with hospital operators in the GCC region. ClinicAll provides a software platform for hospitals that integrates several clinic-specific functionalities, as well as an app for iOS and Android devices.
Amongst several other international applications, ClinicAll healthcare infotainment systems are already operational in the Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is the first hospital in the GCC region that was equipped with ClinicAll systems in 2016. Together with the hospital operator, ClinicAll has customized its software platform and developed a hospital-specific user interface, incorporating a total of 24 digital medical functionalities and services that help to improve treatment quality and patient wellbeing. This project showcases the great potential that ClinicAll software solutions offer for the healthcare sector.
ClinicAll Media Contact
Hermann Kamp, New York
info@clinicall-international.com
+1-(646)-673-7424
SEED Group Media Contact
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – October 1, 2019
DiamondBack (DBK), the creator of the world’s first diamond-backed stablecoin, today announced its strategic partnership with SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, to lead a global opportunity and expand the reach of the DBK Coin to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. DiamondBack’s MENA headquarters will be based in Dubai and headed by DiamondBack CEO William Eng.
“We are tremendously excited about our partnership with the SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum,” said William Eng, CEO of DiamondBack Group. “With Dubai being the Gateway to the Middle East and their commitment to the advancement of the blockchain and cryptocurrency, the DiamondBack stablecoin/stablecurrency is well-positioned to deliver a diamond-backed asset coin founded on the principle of ‘sound crypto’.”
DiamondBack’s DBK Coin was introduced conceptually earlier this year, owing to its Trust Model a natural diamond-backed stablecoin, has gained global attention. The DBK Coin enables owners to remove country boundaries, connect global payment solutions and deliver an ecosystem to address the current problems of traditional financial structures, which will also serve as a ‘transactability bridge’ between traditional blockchain-based payments and future systems. The backbone of the DBK Coin is the Trust Model: Certified GIA investment-grade diamonds, Insured by Lloyds of London, Secured by Brinks, in Trust with Winchester Global Trust-Bermuda and Audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Building upon a press release involving AlphaPoint’s worldwide digital asset exchange platforms: AlphaPoint with DiamondBack, DiamondBack is thrilled to announce a partnership with SEED Group.
SEED Group/The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum will commence work and take the lead in pursuing a planned global initiative where a MENA-focused summit of countries will utilize ‘sound crypto’ that will be universally accepted and globally independent.
“We are pleased to partner with DiamondBack as we look forward to meeting the significant market demand for a stablecoin,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum. “With Dubai already being a global hub, our aim at The Private Office is to take every step with DiamondBack, build the correct foundations, realize the legalization of the coin and promote it as it expands in the region and as its demands develop and become more complex. I believe this will enable them to focus on their mission and make a greater impact. We are confident that this partnership generates an outstanding opportunity to introduce a global economy the collective advantages of blockchain and digital currency.”
In addition to the DBK Coin, the DiamondBack ecosystem also involves DiamondEx – DiamondBack Payment Platform with DiamondExpress Debit Card, a financial software that provides easy and flexible loading and withdrawal options for customers around the world, such as localized bank transfers, global bank wires, credit/debit cards, prepaid cards, gift cards, etc.
DiamondBack Group, through its subsidiaries, the DiamondEx Financial Services Platform offers a complete digital transaction solution. The DiamondBack (DBK) Coin is a diamond-backed digital asset, stablecoin/stablecurrency, founded on the principle of ‘sound crypto’. The DBK Coin is supported by its Trust Model with the necessary assurances for a safe stablecoin: value of the underlying diamonds, benchmarked 1:1 to the U.S. Dollar. DiamondBack’s strength lies in its ability to bridge the gap between digital and fiat currency using 100% certified, insured, secured, trusted and audited diamonds that are registered on the blockchain, adding real-world value for its digital tokens. DiamondBack’s “Trust Model” includes certification by GIA, insurance by Lloyds of London, secured storage by Brinks, in trust by Winchester Global Trust – Bermuda and assurance/audit services by PwC. DiamondEx is a proprietary financial services solution platform that opens a pathway for people to find safety in a store of value, stability in their means of exchange, and a platform for transactability for “Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday”.
For more information, visit www.diamondback.io.
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com.
INGEO Media Contact
Ingrid Bertling
info@diamondback.io
+1-833-DBK-COIN
(833-325-2646)
SEED Group Media Contact
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – October 21, 2019
INGEO, a company that focuses and offers full-fledged solutions to issues surrounding solid and liquid waste management, today announced its strategic partnership with SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to establish a commercial base in Dubai to address the increasing problem of water stress and reduce the region’s threat from a water crisis. INGEO’s MENA headquarters will be based in Dubai and headed by INGEO CEO Rajneesh Mehra.
Tracing back to INGEO’s first mission to conserve water primarily, INGEO has taken numerous projects on conservation as well as initiatives on remediating millions of liters of sewage on an hourly basis in India. Through the years, INGEO has realized that more than the conservation and remediation of water, reusing water could be the best possible resource today. Along with the right knowledge base, technology paradigm, INGEO has evolved and become a one-stop solution to recycle water for any form of commercial and industrial processes. Its solutions are distinguished by important factors such as markedly reduced land utilization, lower overall cost, and far quicker service delivery, apart from huge savings in energy consumption.
“Along with HH Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmad Al Maktoum, INGEO aims to provide one of the most essential resources for human survival – the water – by remediating municipal/ industrial wastewater and in the process saving 85% energy, 90% execution time, 85% land compared to any other conventional method”, said Rajneesh Mehra, CEO of INGEO.
As of 2019, according to a new World Resources Institute (WRI) survey, a total of 17 countries are experiencing “Extremely High” water pressure. Of these 17 countries, twelve are in the Middle East and North Africa, one of which is the UAE which falls in the 10th position. The availability of safe water becomes a major concern with the rapidly increasing population, urbanization, consumption patterns, and rapid land-use changes of the UAE. The study also indicates, however, that about 82 percent of wastewater in the area is not being reused; harnessing this asset will create a new source of clean water.
These facts prompted INGEO to come to Dubai to implement its water conservation, wastewater reuse and recycling strategies in line with the 2036 UAE Water Security Strategy and the vision of the UAE to achieve prosperity and sustainability.
“Given the rapid growth of the UAE economy and its high technology orientation to date, the UAE does not neglect the need to ensure our citizens have safe access to water. Many people are unaware of this region’s water stress problem. But if we don’t act on the problem, we know what that would mean, said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. “With INGEO operating on the ground, we are confident this will demonstrate our commitment to the region and share our vision of increasing participation in delivering programs and building strategies for fostering growth and sustainability.”
Rajneesh Mehra reiterated that, in addition to the unique and different model of INGEO, their commitment to humanity as a whole is what matters to them. Not only do they provide the industry with water, but they also serve humanity’s larger cause.
INGEO, with a tagline of “Solutions Delivered” is indeed an engine created to deliver the solutions to problems hitherto unsolved or being solved at uneconomical costs bringing value for every penny spent, every minute invested, every hope generated. INGEO delivers solutions in:
Treatment of Sewage / Industrial Water and using Geosynthetic dewatering tube
Solid Waste Management with no landfills promising perpetual sustainability
Creating commercially viable businesses by generating biogas from food and other biodegradable wastes
For more information, visit www.ingeo.in.
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com.
INGEO Media Contact
Manu Bansal
m.bansal@ingeo.in
+91 98185 52444,
+971 58 589 0593
SEED Group Media Contact
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
HONG KONG, 21 October 2019 - Liquefy will be the technology provider for a consortium of Gulf families on a real estate digital securities project, with US$1 billion worth of real estate assets in the pipeline. The initiative will begin with the digitization of a landmark property: a luxury hotel, valued at US$600 million, situated in London’s affluent Mayfair district.
Liquefy is a technology platform specializing in blockchain applications that enable the issuance of digital securities backed by illiquid assets such as real estate property. The first asset Liquefy will digitize in this deal is an award-winning London hotel, housed in a redeveloped historic building that offers stunning views of Hyde Park and Mayfair. Digitization will leverage the secure and immutable qualities of blockchain technology to enable the digital recording and transfer of economic interests in the property. Utilising blockchain technology, future change of control and sales of the London hotel would be faster and more secure.
“We are excited to be working on this fantastic opportunity with top families from the Gulf, and beginning with a Mayfair property of such high quality,” said Adrian Lai, CEO of Liquefy. “As blockchain technology progresses we’re seeing accelerating interest in digital securities from the real estate sector. The deal sizes and pipeline has grown exponentially over the past year. We’re certain that there’s huge potential for technology to enable new business models in the real estate ecosystem that lower operational costs and increase liquidity.”
Earlier this year, Liquefy announced a partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group to propel Dubai as a global leader in FinTech. The partnership allows Liquefy to operate in Dubai under The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, engage in discussions with Dubai, UAE government and DFSA on digital securities regulations, and collaborate with the private sector on digital securities projects.
Liquefy has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong real estate corporation Stan Group to jointly explore the business opportunities of real estate digital securities, with a mutual goal of developing a real estate exchange that allows Hong Kong individuals to gain access to a diverse range of digitized properties.
Apart from real estate assets, Liquefy’s enterprise-ready platform allows institutions and investors to both digitize their alternative assets such as sports teams and rare collectibles. Liquefy’s online platform provides the tools for digital securities issuance, with a comprehensive compliance protocol for over 50 jurisdictions. Working with the consortium of Gulf families, Liquefy will continue to drive development in blockchain solutions towards a new era of digital securities.
Media Contact
Oscar Yeung
(852) 9775-9984
oscar@liquefy.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 19 August 2019
SEED Group, a diversified group of companies owned by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, today announced a new strategic partnership with OwlTing, a Taiwan technology company founded in 2010, focusing on e-commerce and blockchain solutions dedicated for global travel services, hospitality, food security, agriculture, aviation and more. The partnership will combine OwlTing's expertise in blockchain technology and innovation with SEED Group's interest in driving the blockchain adoption as a key to secure operations and in conjunction with the government's vision for the city to be fully-powered by blockchain by 2021. The official signing ceremony was held on 23 July 2019 in Dubai at the headquarters office of SEED Group.
OwlTing Group is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and is operating globally through its branch offices in the USA, Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia. It also introduced OwlNest, the world's first blockchain hotel management service, and launched the world's first food provenance scheme based on Ethereum, OwlChain, which has been mainly used by a million consumers to date. OwlTing CEO Darren Wang said they've brought blockchain technology into the traditional hospitality industry and are extending blockchain technology into aviation and other industries right now, believing that every sector in the globe will use blockchain technology in the next 10 years.
Dubai has been a top choice for OwlTing to expand its business as they see the city's commitment to remain an innovation hub by increasing the existence of start-ups and innovative and scale-up businesses. Under the agreement, SEED Group will provide OwlTing with the necessary support to promote its platform and innovative solutions to enterprise companies and targeted customers across the UAE, and with a strong focus on the aviation and hospitality sector, delivering new value to its markets.
“This is an opportunity for OwlTing to dedicate and adopt blockchain technology for aviation and hospitality industry to the Middle East and North Africa regions starting from 2020 Dubai World Expo, and contribute a part to the government plan of the UAE to build a fully-powered blockchain city in 2021," said Darren Wang, founder and CEO of OwlTing Group. “Blockchain technology is regarded as the fourth Industrial Revolution, and we truly believe that blockchain technology will affect every aspect of human life within the next decade. It will bring revolutionary changes and huge progress to all industries.”
“Innovations are among the top priorities of the government and this partnership aligns directly with the Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021, helping to reinforce the place of the country as a major player in the implementation of blockchain technology," said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. "We are beyond excited to explore new technological frontiers with OwlTing and apply new business applications amongst companies and we are confident that this will propel a very good impact.”
OwlTing is set to start operating in Dubai, with SEED Group mainly supporting them as they begin and scale their company, engaging with the government and private industries, as well as exploring possibilities on a large scale.
OwlTing was founded in 2010 with its headquarter in Taiwan and has international offices in the United States, Japan and Malaysia and Thailand. This year, OwlTing launched OwlTing Blockchain Services（OBS）targeting solutions in logistics, healthcare, hospitality, aviation, agriculture, manufacturing and more . In 2018, the company received over 10 million US Dollar investment from SBI Group in Japan. It is one of Asia's fastest growing blockchain technology companies. The founder and CEO of OwlTing Group, Darren Wang, was invited to represent Taiwan in 2019 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference as the only non-governmental speaker. Darren Wang was also selected by LATTICE80 as the top 100 influential Blockchain leaders of 2019 in the global blockchain community.
For more information, visit www.owlting.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East and North Africa region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com
OwlTing Media Contact
Joanna Wang
joanna_wang@owlting.com
+886 27727 6538 Ext.502
+886 934 293 292
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 07 August 2019
Liquefy is excited to announce its partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group. This partnership aims to propel Dubai as a global leader in FinTech and catalyze the growth of the security token industry by working with Liquefy.
On 29th July 2019, Hisham Al Gurg, the CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, finalized the partnership with Liquefy during an official signing ceremony event held at their headquarters in Dubai. Adrian Lai, CEO at Liquefy, and Oscar Yeung, COO at Liquefy, represented Liquefy at the signing ceremony.
Dubai is committed to becoming a global leader in financial and digital innovation by adopting blockchain technology. The Smart Dubai Initiative will help Dubai achieve the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum by making Dubai the first city to be fully powered by Blockchain by 2020. Digitalization of assets and securities through tokenization is an emerging trend that is revolutionizing financial services. Liquefy believes Dubai is the ideal place to build a security token ecosystem given the Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DFSA) support towards innovative business models, products and services.
The partnership allows Liquefy to operate in Dubai under The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and engage discussions with Dubai, UAE government and DFSA on regulations of security token and to collaborate with the private sector on tokenization. Liquefy will provide security token technology and consulting to Dubai which will enable Dubai’s digital city transformation and allow trusted and efficient transfer of securities.
“We see our partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum as an incredible opportunity for integrating Liquefy’s expertise in asset tokenization with Dubai’s vision to become a digital city. Liquefy is confident that this partnership will drive Dubai’s progress towards becoming a fully blockchain-powered city and initiate a paradigm shift in its real estate sector through asset tokenization,” said Adrian Lai, CEO of Liquefy.
“As market leaders, it’s always been our primary interest to partner with a company that delivers the industry-leading technology that this city expects and deserves,” said Hisham Al Gurg. “We are taking a significant step towards that ultimate objective here in Dubai by formalizing our partnership with Liquefy. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration that will effectively address some real issues in the current financial ecosystem efficiently and eventually make Dubai the world leader in innovative technology.”
Liquefy provides tokenization and compliance solutions to the world’s most reputable companies, focusing on real-estate tokenization in Asia. With our depth of expertise in Asia’s security token market, clients look at us as a trusted guide and partner when they undertake projects in the blockchain space.
In addition to security token issuance, Liquefy has developed a comprehensive compliance protocol that includes over 50 jurisdictions. As the leading STO-focused firm in Hong Kong that offers a wide range of services in the tokenization industry, Liquefy is the perfect partner for both large enterprises and rising SMEs in Asia.
For more information about Liquefy, please visit www.liquefy.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East and North Africa region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com
Liquefy Media Contact:
Oscar Yeung
oscar@liquefy.com
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 05 August 2019
SEED Group today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the AERGO Foundation and Blocko Inc., a leading enterprise blockchain platform provider to provide local government and large companies with secure, scalable and high-performance solutions built around blockchain. UAE Vision 2021 directly aims to achieve social and economic development across the region and requires a shift to a diversified and knowledge-based economy. The agreement aims to address the most demanding and complex problems for organisations that aim to become part of this advanced digital ecosystem centred in Dubai but extending beyond The Middle East.
Following five years of successful large scale industrial in-production deployments with some of the largest companies in the world and with over 25million active user in firms such as Samsung and Hyundai, the AERGO Foundation and its strategic partner Blocko are bringing their technology platform, IT integration and execution know-how to Dubai. The prime objective is to help make the digitization programs of UAE Vision 2021 and Saudi Vision 2030 a reality. Many blockchain technologies today are either still in the proof-of-concept phase, are too complex to use, or do not have the capabilities to provide the performance and scale needed to secure millions of devices and users. An architecture is needed that can support multi-level business ecosystems and all-digital supply chains. AERGO, perhaps the world’s leading open source hybrid blockchain platform, aims to address these needs by working with SEED Group.
“As the UAE and Middle East region start to build more advanced blockchain solutions for government services and our digital economies, we constantly get asked to identify innovative companies that can operate at the highest levels of security and scale. We are thrilled to be partnering with both the AERGO Foundation and Blocko. They have proven they can deliver and will now help the region to make its digital promise a reality for its citizens and businesses,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group.
Won-Beom Kim, CEO and founder of Blocko that is backed by Samsung Ventures, said “it is both an honour and huge responsibility to be trusted and empowered through our partnership with SEED to take initiatives such as Smart Dubai and the Dubai Future Foundation to the next level of realization. Our advanced blockchain R&D team are ready for the challenge and we will immediately deploy a specialist team in Dubai to make this happen. Furthermore, and through our academic research partners, some of the most advanced identity solutions, blockchain consensus algorithms and energy efficient cryptography will be made available to organisations that need to move beyond proof of concept experimentation to large scale highly secure deployments”.
“Proven technologies, developer friendly capabilities, an open architecture - and a willingness to provide knowledge transfer by working with local partners - are core principles of the AERGO Foundation. As blockchain usage grows, solutions will be required to address very complex needs such as quantum-resistant and low energy blockchains. Securing digital assets, citizen identities and billions of IoT devices with distributed ledger technologies will also be needed. AERGO Foundation and its partners will bring these bleeding edge innovations to The UAE via our exciting collaboration with the SEED Group” said Phil Zamani, CEO and founder of AERGO.
The partnership is about impact with organisations ready to embrace blockchain.
Blocko helps governments and large enterprises to design, deploy and manage high performance and secure solutions and services built around an advanced hybrid blockchain platform. Recognised as one of the world’s most experienced companies in this space, having already helped many organisations to deploy production systems on blockchain, it develops and supports Aergo, an enterprise-ready blockchain operating platform that leverages and extends both public and private blockchains via best-of-breed cloud computing. Aergo's flexible and familiar architecture allows organisations to build and deploy practical decentralized applications and enterprise-IT solutions on an industry leading high-performance hybrid blockchain architecture that can be deployed on a full-stack (and low-cost) serverless computing platform.
For more information, visit www.blocko.io and www.aergo.io
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East and North Africa region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com and www.the-private-office.com
Blocko Inc. Media Contact:
Obaid Khan
obaid.khan@blocko.io
+82 31 8016 6253
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 22 July 2019
SEED Group today announced a strategic partnership with Blis, the global leader in real-world intelligence. Initiated by SEED Group, under The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, the collaboration will provide businesses in the UAE with key insights into consumer behavior.
Blis specializes in understanding real, human behavior and together with SEED Group will work to help businesses in the UAE gain better insight into their customers and improve the transparency and accuracy of location data in the country.
Blis was founded 15 years ago and evolved from a media-centric organization to a full-service location data, analytics and attribution company that focuses on real-world intelligence. The growth of mobile location technology across the media and technology industry in the UAE paved the way for Blis to enter the MENA market and provide a world-class service to local agencies and brands. For more than five years, Blis has retained its vision of providing transparent, accurate and scalable data and measurable results to businesses in the UAE.
“Working with SEED Group is a fantastic opportunity to create greater understanding for brands and business in the UAE to better understand their consumers. At a time when transparency is at the front of people’s minds, we’re excited to bring a level of provenance and accuracy to the data that brands use to create meaningful engagement and generate business results,” said Puja Pannum, Managing Director, MENA, Blis.
“We are very excited to start this journey in partnership with Blis. Many UAE businesses struggle to know their clients, making it difficult to target the right from the wrong ones. But we will see a drastic enhancement in consumer engagement and the distribution of measurable revenues with the unique strong instrument that Blis provides,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
In the upcoming EXPO 2020, Blis has reaffirmed its dedication to provide brands and organizations with real-world intelligence. With roughly 25 million tourists attending the event Blis’ Smart Platform will provide key insights about how attendees interact with the space. Based on research location targeting shows a 47% uplift in the likelihood of store visits. By understanding the journey of consumers, businesses that invest in geolocation technology will succeed.
Blis is the global leader in real-world intelligence. We specialize in understanding real, human behavior by analyzing vast quantities of mobile location data. This gives businesses a uniquely powerful tool: the truth about what people actually do, to improve consumer engagement and deliver measurable sales uplift.
Our Smart Platform provides unmatched transparency, accuracy, and scale through three proprietary technologies: SmartPin, Smart Scale and Smart Places. This enables more effective planning, activation, and measurement for marketers and business decision makers alike, fueling the next generation of insight-driven marketing.
With 31 offices across five continents, Blis works with the world’s largest and most customerdriven companies across all verticals including Unilever, Samsung, McDonald's, HSBC, Mercedes Benz, and Peugeot, as well as every major media agency to reach over a billion mobile devices a year.
For more information, visit www.blis.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com
BLIS Media Contact:
Marian Brannelly
marian.brannelly@blis.com
+447506272642
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 17 July 2019
SEED Group, under The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Fantom Foundation, a DAG-based smart contract platform to address the issue of scalability and confirmation time of the existing blockchain technology. The partnership was announced as part of the arrangement to accelerate the city of Dubai's vision of being a smart city fully driven by blockchain technology.
Following Fantom Foundation's successful trip to Dubai in April and further discussions with the Sydney-based Fantom Innovation Lab, led by Ashton Hettiarachi, David Freuden and Technical Advisor Andre Cronje, SEED Group took a step forward by discussing potential collaborations after seeing the opportunities for greater innovation outcomes brought about by the unique blockchain technology product and services offered by Fantom Foundation. This will then contribute to the realization of Smart Dubai's initiatives, also taking into account the strong link that Fantom has established with Smart Dubai, Dubai Blockchain Center, and the Dubai Future Foundation following its participation in the 2019 Austrade Blockchain Trade Mission. UAE unveiled its “Smart Dubai” initiative, which aims to make the metropolis a world leader by becoming the “first city fully powered by blockchain by 2021.” This massive undertaking involves embracing the technology for as many government services as possible.
“We are super excited to partner up with The Private Office of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum to bring innovation and build solutions for Dubai to create new economic opportunities and deliver better user experience for UAE citizens.” Ashton Hettiarachi, Head of Innovation Lab, Fantom Foundation.
Dubai is a very diverse city with an economy that is immensely growing, and for the extensive implementation of blockchain, moving products and services should be parallel and represent the nation's variety of domestic and global objectives and needs. SEED Group and Fantom Foundation have therefore committed to working together to enhance ability and services locally, nationally and regionally. This arrangement will see Fantom Foundation working through the Smart Dubai Initiatives with various government and private sectors, providing its knowledge on blockchain technology services, and engaging at the national level, with priority on the government.
“This day marks the beginning of a new partnership that lays the groundwork for integrating Fantom Foundation’s technology and expertise into the vision of Dubai to become a blockchain city. Given their extensive experience in technology R&D and working with partners, we look forward to seeing how this will significantly benefit the Smart Dubai initiative strategy,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO, SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
The partnership also indicates the establishment of the operational presence of the Fantom Foundation in Dubai.
Fantom is a DAG blockchain with a modulated tech stack solution with aBFT consensus enabling fast, immutable and secure consensus. This makes Fantom Protocol ideal for highly complex applications requiring high throughput such as data sharing, Machine-to-Machine transactions and smart cities, such as public utilities, government services, traffic management, telecommunications, healthcare, education, resource management and environmental management.
For more information, visit www.fantom.foundation
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East and North Africa region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit www.seedgroup.com and www.the-private-office.com
Fantom Foundation Contact:
Ashton Hettiarachi
ashton@fantom.foundation
SEED Group Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
SEED Group announced today that it has partnered with Patikle, a bio-analysis, and bio-security company renowned for developing the world’s first bio-signal data-based blockchain platform - the SinEo platform. The partnership seeks to introduce the platform in the UAE and provide a prosperous living environment for future generations by improving the quality of life based on mental culture.
Patikle is an R&D company that focuses primarily on human identification technology, and of which uniqueness lies on its passive infrared sensor that detects human identity through the bloodstream using only lights. After attending the Future Blockchain Summit back in April 2019, Taeyup Kim, CEO and founder of Patikle, realized the thriving blockchain market across various industries within the UAE and believed that its platform was in a position to implement the three essential factors concerning blockchain – decentralization, consensus, and scalability - that will bring about the promising future of Dubai as a smart city. Its partnership with SEED group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum will aid in taking its action moving forward in the next two to three years.
“We greatly appreciate the opportunity to partner with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group to form Patikle UAE. Patikle Inc., and SEED Group will work together through Patikle UAE to deliver innovative and effective products to support Dubai in becoming a blockchain city and realizing the UAE Vision 2021. Beginning with products in the fields of E-sports, health, and entertainment sectors, we will expand into other areas including personal health care, personal security, and agriculture”, said Taeyup Kim.
Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and Sheik Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum's Private Office, issued a statement highlighting the fact that more than 50 global companies are already using Patikle's blockchain platform to actively promote the scheme. He also believes that the partnership will help boost the expansion of technology advancement in the UAE, especially as well as for companies in various industries who may want to utilize blockchain in the future.
“We are always excited to partner with companies that create world’s first, and Patikle stands out by using blockchain cases and translating these ideas into impactful platforms, contributing together to the technological landscape of the Middle East. We are very optimistic that this endeavor will make widespread use of blockchain technology in the UAE to work towards a better future,” said Hisham Al Gurg.
“As we move into a promising and innovative future, we look forward to a powerful and productive relationship that will benefit both sides and, of course, our clients,” Taeyup Kim concluded.
Established with Dr. Dave E. Bartine, formerly applied technology directorate from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, as a technology R&D company in 2016 in Florida, USA, Patikle extended its Blockchain R&D base in Busan, South Korea in 2018 and is now scalable across the multidisciplinary scheme, providing worldwide connectivity for future smart cities.
Patikle has recently established its Dubai office and looks forward to a prosperous business and the opportunity to develop an outstanding team in the MENA region.
Patikle is an R&D company established in Florida, USA in 2016 and in Busan, South Korea in 2018. Its main patented technologies include human identification verification, human health analysis, computer vision, and data security. Based on the previously mentioned core technologies, Patikle piloted the development and implementation of a successful blockchain platform with over 50 companies contracted for utilization. With the establishment of blockchain R&D, the company merged its developed technologies and blockchain to apply into various sectors including E-sports, Healthcare, Security, Logistics, Entertainment, Agriculture, Insurance and Telecommunication.
For more information, visit: www.patikle.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East and North Africa region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit: www.seedgroup.com
Patikle Media Contact:
Dasom Kang
marketing@patikle.com
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 09 May 2019
SEED Group today announced that it has partnered with JUSTICE CHAIN LLC (JUSTCHAIN TM), the world's first blockchain company for justice and public safety - including police, prosecutors, courts, public defenders, probation, correction/detention, immigration and citizens - to improve public safety and improve access to justice for citizens and justice partners.
Akbar Farook, Chief Executive Officer at JUSTICE CHAIN, notes that through JUSTCHAIN’s blockchain solution, law enforcement and justice partners will be able to transact and share mission-critical information in real-time, providing accurate information about the incident, charges, complaint, arrest warrants, court orders, and bench warrants, among others. Consequently, this will lead to efficient, effective and timely decisions in the court and related justice partner systems. Citizens will be able to interact with the government in a more seamless and transparent manner than ever before - whether it is filing of a complaint with the police, receiving updates on their petitions filed with the courts, or assigning power of attorney to a public prosecutor, among others.
“SEED Group brings extensive knowledge of the business landscape in the UAE and MENA region combined with a drive to partner and invest in companies that provide innovative and breakthrough technologies to the region. This is a landmark partnership for JUSTICE CHAIN and we are excited and honored to be a strategic partner with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group, to implement our blockchain solution for law enforcement and justice departments in the UAE and MENA region augmented with IoT and AI,” said Akbar Farook.
Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, sees the potential of the digital economy in the Middle East, which includes everything from small businesses improving their supply chain to businesses creating mobile apps, all the way to governments deploying large-scale e-government solutions, which will certainly unfold the largest digital transformation recorded in the book of history. And thus, in view of the unique service of JUSTICE CHAIN, this strategic partnership gives JUSTICE CHAIN an edge over its competitors, as it also largely takes into account the vision of the Emirates Blockchain Strategy which aimed at using blockchain for digital transactions, providing a unique identification number to each customer pointing to their secure chain information by 2021.
“Blockchain technology has the potential to transform any industry, and if we begin to incorporate it into our justice and public safety system, that's something else. It's enormous and totally life-changing, especially when we have multi-stakeholder environments, businesses, and organizations like in public service,” said Hisham Al Gurg. “We’re thrilled to begin working with JUSTICE CHAIN in a greater capacity. Working with JUSTICE CHAIN will help ease the government service industry's pain points. More accountability and transparency for customers is what its platform brings to the market - and that’s exactly what’s needed.”
“We are very hopeful that with our partnership, we will be able to contribute to UAE’s Vision 2021, primarily with one of the founding pillars – Safe Public and Fair Judiciary. We are also intrigued by the bold initiatives taken by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make Dubai a blockchain powered city by 2021. We are thrilled that we have an opportunity to contribute and participate in the unprecedented and bold initiatives of UAE with blockchain, IoT and AI implementations and looking forward to working with The Private Office,” Akbar concluded.
JUSTICE CHAIN is a start-up company headquartered in Washington, DC metro area but will soon be operating in Dubai. The partnership will also bolster the position of the UAE as the world's first smart city.
JUSTICE CHAIN LLC (JUSTCHAIN ™) is the world’s first blockchain company for justice and public safety – which includes police, prosecutors, courts, public defenders, probation, correction/detention, immigration as well as citizens interacting with the justice system. The company is based in Washington, DC metro area. The company’s mission is to improve public safety and improve access to justice for citizens and justice partners which ultimately will lead to safer communities and smarter cities. JUSTICE CHAIN brings cutting edge and emerging technologies to the justice and public safety space especially with blockchain, internet of things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
For more information, visit: www.justchain.us
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit: www.seedgroup.com
JUSTICE CHAIN Media Contact:
media@justchain.us
+1 703-828-2343
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 21 April 2019
SEED Group, a diversified group of companies owned by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, today announced a strategic partnership with AIDirections, a company that offers bespoke AI (Artificial Intelligence) solutions and advice for organizations in this changing world. The partnership aims to generate continued progress in the growth and development of AIDirections since its inception in 2016 by integrating SEED Group’s business model to leverage its reach on organizations wishing to implement and enhance their services through the use of AI.
The UAE is a leading country in developing policies and strategies for AI, as well as for other future technologies. This environment is the ideal incubator for companies willing to invest into the future and develop solutions to fit this fast-changing world. The partnership between the SEED Group and AIDirections was put in place to support the UAE AI Strategy and to make Dubai one of the bests in the use of AI.
There are dedicated developments of AI tools for large industry organizations, but what is currently underrepresented is helping organizations in this rapid development to find the best strategy and approach for them. A fair percentage of AI projects fail or lag behind expectations – AIDirections want to change this picture. AIDirections has developed a methodology to help these organizations identify and analyse their business-specific opportunities and risks associated with using AI. Based on this, AIDirections develops an AI Strategy and a roadmap for implementation. In addition, AIDirections develops and implements individual AI solutions that are customized to suit the organization where it is applied. AIDirections has created a development framework for rapid prototyping and robust product development, which allows to integrate our solutions easily and quickly with the existing infrastructure. AIDirections’ award winning pain detection tool is just one of the applications utilizing this platform.
“AI is transforming business across industries and we make sure that we are at the forefront of this field. AI Directions is keen to establish a clear way in which their success will support those who are often experiencing difficulties with their AI situation, offering a set of solutions that are easily and quickly plugged into existing systems of any organization,” said Dr. Angelika Eksteen, Director of AIDirections. “We are excited to begin our journey with SEED Group as we incorporate our teams' next generation of knowledge, experience, and best practices to deliver unmatched levels of awareness, consultancy, and custom solutions development that will respond successfully to AI's significant and inevitable growth. We in AIDirections are passionate for AI and the UAE, therefore we are more than happy to contribute to homegrown innovation.” she added.
Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, believes Dubai is making rapid progress towards becoming the first smart city in the world, and AI is expected to revolutionize the UAE market sooner than expected. While companies in various sectors are in the midst of their digital transformations, many of these companies still have a lot of misunderstandings about this technology.
“AI Directions uses deep-learning techniques and strategies that are hidden from existing business tools and consulting firms offering traditional AI solutions,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. “We believe AIDirections is strongly positioned to close these gaps particularly in developing custom-made AI solutions. By working with AIDirections in partnership, we will combine our synergies to realize the true potential of AI in the region and contribute to the UAE's greater vision,” he concluded.
AI Directions is taking part in Ai Everything (AiE), the most influential Artificial Intelligence event to date, taking place in Dubai from 30 April to 1 May 2019.
AIDirections is a Dubai based company, which was established in response to the exciting developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The target market for AIDirections is the GCC, concentrating on UAE and Saudi Arabia.
AIDirections' value proposition is based on the development of use cases across a number of industries, particularly healthcare, retail, government, education, technology, and others. While we are technology neutral in our approach, we are also developing a set of products in the areas of pain management, sentiment analysis and people flow through the use of computer vision. We develop these products through our own network and via partnerships with research institutions in the region and international technology companies.
The core staff of AIDirections brings together significant experience in research and development, technical standardization, management of research and development, development and implementation of national level strategies, futures study and work, international collaboration and consultancy.
AIDirections' business areas are:
For more information, visit: www.aidirections.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit: www.seedgroup.com
AI Directions Media Contact:
Dr. Angelika Eksteen
angelika.eksteen@aidirections.com
+971 525218026
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 373 5068
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 01 April 2019
Reviver, the creator of the world's first digital license plate platform, known as the Rplate, which won this year's Best Smart Transportation Solution Award, is described as a global leader for Smart License Plates by Dr. Hafiz Yasar Lateef – Director and Founder of Smart City Expo. The award recognizes the commitment of Reviver to deliver efficient and cost-effective support by offering a connected car platform to simplify everyday life, with vast potential for future innovation and integration of Smart Cities.
“We are thrilled to receive this international award and recognition for the Rplate. Our digital license plate platform is on track to becoming a leader in the connected vehicle world with significant implications for the future of Smart Cities,” said Patrick Allainguillaume, General Manager and Senior Vice-President EMEA of Reviver. “This award is a strong validation that our solution has an important role to play in the global development of Smart Cities.”
On 12th February 2019, SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum announced the formation of its strategic partnership with Reviver to further extend the global reach of Rplate, specifically in the UAE and the MENA region. This accolade reflects SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum’s culture of supporting and cultivating their partners.
“We acknowledge in particular that it is the successes of our partners that brings us real success,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. “The award for Reviver was determined by its impressive product model combined with a full-service business model that takes an innovative approach to delivering smart, efficient, and advanced solutions in a global scale.”
The Rplate, which transforms the 125-year old stamped metal license plate into a sleek, digital, high-definition display, was displayed at the 2019 Smart City Expo at the Dusit Thani, Dubai, UAE on March 17th and 18th, along with other leading technology companies featuring a showcase of innovative solutions and services. The event combined a collocated conference, covering Smart City Vertical applications, urban planning technologies and international authorities responsible for developing urban policies.
The 2019 Smart City Conference & Expo Awards recognize the best in IoT, and Smart Cities Application Development engaged start-ups, entrepreneurs and businesses. All IoT and Smart Cities Award Winners and Runners-up will be featured prominently on the Smart City Expo website.
Reviver’s mission is to bring new and far-reaching efficiencies, revolutionary marketing, and unprecedented connectivity to the auto industry through disruptive technology. With its Rplate, the world’s first digital license plate, the company has completely reinvented the 125-year-old stamped metal license plate into a connected car platform that digitizes and can automate the costly, often frustrating, and time-consuming Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) registration renewal process. Available for sale in California and Arizona, with legislation approved in Michigan, Reviver’s software and Rplate digital license plate provides a connected vehicle platform that delivers IoT integration for vehicles, smart cities, technology platforms and ecosystem stakeholders.
For more information and to order an Rplate in California and Arizona, visit: www.reviver.com
Reviver Media Contact:
Angela Jacobson
angela@mwebbcom.com
+1 714 454 8776
Melanie Webber
melanie@mwebbcom.com
+1 949 307 1723
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 01 April 2019
Bio Stuten Milch, an Austrian family-run company with over 30 years of experience in the manufacture of organic mare's milk products, has partnered with SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum following the growing consumer interest in natural and organic products in the UAE, which is expected to drive double sales growth in the industry in the coming years.
The company says it looks forward to working together to extend to the UAE and hopefully beyond the influence of mare's milk.
“This partnership is very exciting as it is a new product from the deepest horse-connected culture in the UAE and an enormous advantage for UAE customers to obtain natural products in an easy and very natural way, for example, to help manage and cure skin problems and improve the entire immune system,” said CEO of Bio Stuten Milch, Christian Böhler.
Mare's milk has long proved its healing nourishment over the past 3000 years. The company has reiterated that no other animal milk is as similar to human breast milk as that of the mare - the ingredient composition is nearly identical. It promotes metabolism, positively affects the development of the intestine, and supports the immune system. Products from Bio Stuten Milch are highly demanded by people with e.g. skin irritations (such as psoriasis, dermatitis, acne, etc.) and intestinal, digestive or liver disease.
“At SEED Group, we strongly believe in proven results and high-quality products,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. “We look forward to our collaboration with Bio Stuten Milch to ensure that we are able to deepen UAE's investment in the health and skin care market and help both of our organizations grow stronger and create great work for organic innovation.”
Bio Stuten Milch has also started to use a highly innovative and new product on the market, AngelTouch device, which is considered to be unbeatable on the market for skin care. Furthermore, its organic stud farm is a well-known touristic destination in Austria and beyond, visited by thousands of people every year.
Bio Stuten Milch produces the highest milk quality of the mare and owns the Friesian horse stud farm Töchterlhof, Austria's oldest organic farm. Over the past 30 years, Bio Stuten Milch has established a freeze-drying procedure that ensures high-quality fresh milk powder similar to fresh milk, tested to strengthen the immune and neural system, and it has about 80 percent success rate among its customers. Its products are essential to the production of food supplements and cosmetics. In addition, its pure powder is highly needed by cancer patients and people with severe diseases. Natural cosmetics are used by people with, for example, skin irritation, psoriasis, neurodermatitis, and acne.
For more information, visit: www.toechterle.at
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit: www.seedgroup.com
Bio Stuten Milch Media Contact:
Christian Böhler
christian.boehler@toechterle.at
+43 676 5490696
Hartmuth Petschnigg
petschnigg@zt-petschnigg.at
+43 3175 221413
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 28 March 2019
Dubai-based innovative health and wellness platform, SPOTCHECK, has partnered with SEED group, a diversified group of companies owned and chaired by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum establishing strategic partnerships with organizations in various sectors and accelerates their presence within the Middle East., to offer its innovative preventative health assessment service in the UAE. The partnership marks the foray into initiatives at government and national level.
The SPOTCHECK health kiosk uses health assessment technology approved by the FDA and CE and has won high acclaim and awards in the health and wellness technology arena for its innovation. Clients will benefit from a simple 8-minute non-invasive health assessment, whereby the kiosk will evaluate 30 health parameters, including stress analysis, fatigue index, hydra, using near-infrared light technology. SPOTCHECK aims to encourage its clients to take a holistic approach to their wellbeing through the digital wellness platform - ENHAPP. They will be able to use their personalized data to monitor the progress of their personal wellness goals as well as measure the effectiveness of their wellness programs.
“There are so many important issues to be addressed throughout these days, but health remains top of all. This partnership with SPOTCHECK is essential to support our objective of improving health outcomes in and hopefully beyond the UAE. The SPOTCHECK-SEED Group alliance is the latest example of SEED Group's commitment to finding partners to help identify innovative solutions to close these disparities in health", said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
SPOTCHECK was co-founded by Dr. Manoj Menon, who has more than 27 years of experience and expertise in strategic information technology planning with special emphasis on the healthcare sector. In his opinion, clients will benefit massively from being screened at least four times a year and by following the recommended nutrition and exercise programs accessed via ENHAPP.
“The SPOTCHECK self-service health kiosk is designed to keep users in mind. It is both non-invasive and accurate. The kiosk assesses the health in three broad areas which are body composition, stress & fatigue and vascular health. When it comes to body composition, we use different technology compared to what you commonly see in the market. The method of assessing body composition is based on the principles of light absorption, reflectance, and near-infrared spectroscopy. This approach differs very significantly from the bio-electrical impedance (BIA) analysis, mostly used by competing for service providers or fitness facilities. BIA accuracy rate reduces significantly with common factors like time of the last food intake, last consumption of alcohol, hydration level during the assessment, last workout time and women’s menstrual cycle. Furthermore, BIA should be avoided by users with pacemakers and internal heart defibrillators” said Dr. Manoj Menon, Chief Information Officer, SPOTCHECK.
Dr. Menon continues, “The strategic partnership with SEED group will open opportunities where SPOTCHECK can be a part of the government and national level wellness initiatives. Our aim is to be the leading wellness platform in this region and to gradually go global.”
SPOTCHECK is a B2B2C wellness company that motivates, drives and enables people to lead healthier lives in ways that are sustainable. The company’s digital solutions help companies implement engaging employee wellness programs and partner with the network of wellness service providers. The on-the-spot and non-invasive health kiosk and innovative platform-based end-to-end solutions help ensure lower Medicare costs and a healthier community.
For more information, visit: www.spotcheckglobal.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, visit: www.seedgroup.com
SPOTCHECK Media Contact:
Asha Saju
asha@spot-check.com
+971 4 558 6123
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 21 March 2019
Singleclic, a digital transformation company based in UAE and Egypt, recently announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with SEED Group, a diverse group of companies owned and chaired by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
“We are very excited about this partnership. The combination of the strong network connections of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and the proven expertise of Singleclic will make use of the high demand for digitalization in the UAE, as it is becoming a technological hub in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We believe in the power of information technology, Artificial Intelligence, and machine learning. Our main mission is to connect people, data and equipment with Connected Field Service to coup with the fast-growing world,” said Singleclic CEO, Tamer Badr.
In the evolving technological landscape in the UAE and internationally, digital transformation is becoming increasingly important for businesses. Singleclic has been providing a full range of IT services from software design, development, implementation, and testing for years, mainly targeting businesses in all fields, especially the public sector. The company is always at the forefront of creating customer-oriented software solutions that can only be made possible by mixing technical excellence and clear communication – Singleclic's top defining point.
“The UAE has become an entirely and primarily digital nation over the years. In order to remain relevant and efficient in the market, UAE companies should rethink how they are structured and adopt a new approach. However, digital solutions aren’t enough. There must be a digital transformation, needing responsive, flexible and often customized solutions, and Singleclic plays a key role here. Singleclic brings to our approach a wealth of experience, innovation, credibility, and strategic approach”, said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
This strategic partnership is in line with the mission of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to develop innovative solutions that provide continuous better services to promote the vision of the UAE government.
Singleclic is a software development company based in UAE and Egypt, with a presence in Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Greece, Germany, and the UK, providing a full spectrum of IT services from software design, development, implementation, and testing, to support and maintenance. We believe that technology should cut through complexity and make life easier for all stakeholders and eventually improve business performance. We promise to deliver fully functional human-centric software while focusing on continuous development. We constantly extend our areas of activity in the IT sector and will always put our clients’ satisfaction as a priority. Whether you need to improve your customer services, business operations, marketing, or financials, whether you need to increase your sales, get more insights from your customers, or get some functions automated, we can handle all these digital transformations smoothly without affecting your day-to-day operations through the customization and implementation services of Microsoft Dynamics 365 / AX.
For more information, visit: www.singleclic.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, please visit: www.seedgroup.com
Singleclic Media Contact:
Nouf Elrwishadl
m.gamal@singleclic.com
+971 52 217 5808
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 22 January 2019
Cyber Circle, a professional cybersecurity expertise provider in active cyber defense and advanced cyber education, announced a partnership with SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. This new partnership will empower the mission of Cyber Circle to establish and develop cutting-edge industrial cybersecurity solutions across the Middle East, from education, skill development to active infrastructure, and defense processes.
“I'm excited about the strategic partnership between Cyber Circle and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed al Maktoum and SEED Group. This is a great step forward in joined cooperation to make UAE a safer place to work, to live and communicate,” said Aleksandrs Orlovs, CEO of Cyber Circle.
“Living in the smart and digital world in which we now live, safety must first come. Security is a necessity. It is essential for everything we do. This new partnership adds significant value to our ongoing efforts to complement our infrastructure portfolio, making Dubai the safest electronic city in the world by sharing our part in pushing for innovation and growth.” Said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
Cyberspace now dominates our globalized economy and cyber security has always been a challenge. Companies that ignore the risk of data breaches or failure to invest in data protection systems are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and are unlikely to long survive. As a result, many companies in different industries try to comprehend the dangers and how best to shield.
This strategic partnership will enable Cyber Circle and SEED Group, along with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, to share information and collaborate better to remain a step ahead of constantly finding solutions to the growing vulnerabilities of and place the UAE to be in the best position to respond proactively when identifying cyber vulnerabilities.
Cyber Circle company is a professional cybersecurity expertise provider in active cyber defense and advanced cyber education. Cyber Circle delivers customizable cyber security solutions to organizations with the aim to improve Cyber Security Strategy. With a strong focus on three components – broad knowledge, practical experience, and innovation. Cyber Circle provides a complete circle of cyber protection: from education, practical exercises, and skills development, to active infrastructure and process defense. Cyber Circle are proven experts in business development and strategy execution. With a deep focus on digital transformation, technology development, and cybersecurity.
For more information, visit: www.cybercircle.xyz
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, please visit: www.seedgroup.com
Cyber Circle Media Contact:
info@cybercircle.xyz
+971 565 533 799
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 18 March 2019
“We are delighted and honored to be a partner of The Private Office of Skeikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group to further strengthen and upgrade our presence in the UAE and wider MENA region. Honored because we have received another validation and went through the rigorous selection process and delighted because we have a strong partner that will help us in further fundraising, market adjustment and business development in one of the world's most strategic and vibrant logistics regions.” Said Gregor Humar, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, SmartCargo.
The partnership comes at a time when Dubai is rapidly adopting high-tech solutions to boost its capabilities in logistics and infrastructure. The interest in penetrating the UAE market is largely due to the large-scale projects of this nation, the thriving e-commerce industry, a massive global port, government-led initiatives, and major investments that put logistics and supply chain at a high level, requiring significant improvements to front-end documentation.
Hisham Al Gurg, CEO, The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group, said, “We are excited to announce SmartCargo as our latest partner in the logistics and supply chain space. Logistics is the backbone of global trade and, in recent times, Dubai has enjoyed stupendous growth. The continuous focus of Dubai on the logistics segment and the reinforcement of intelligent and innovative solutions gives SmartCargo a robust potential in the region.”
The combination of SmartCargo's suite of innovative solutions and the ability of the Private Office to connect SmartCargo to the right network of companies and potential partners will bring the logistics sector of UAE to the level of the next-generation logistics supply chain not seen on the UAE market and to the forefront of technology to better meet and exceed the demands of the industry.
David Grozina, Chief Information Officer and Co-Founder, SmartCargo, added, "As we are making a new strong step in the development of our unique product, this is the perfect timing and place for such venture, so we are looking forward to great challenges and achievements that lay ahead.”
The recent Dubai Silk Road Strategy announcement, which includes nine initiatives and 33 projects, shows the rising demand for this industrial segment.
SmartCargo is a new technology layer that solves the inherent logistics industry issues optimizing key processes for a 10x improvement in efficiency and up to 80% reduction in operating costs. SmartCargo works as a solution based on five distinct modules that will enable a fully automated document creation process, provide transparent and immutable records, live tracking of singular shipment, help find trusted transport and insurance partners and drastically reduce fraud. The company's goal is to connect producers, importers, suppliers, distributors, carriers, freight forwarders, and all the other stakeholders into an organized and balanced ecosystem by giving them a way to fully manage and control their cargo 24/7.
For more information, visit: www.smart-cargo.org
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information, please visit: www.seedgroup.com
SmartCargo Media Contact:
media@smart-cargo.org
SEED Group Media Contact:
Nomarie Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Foster City, California – 12 February 2019
Reviver, creator of the world’s first digital
license plate platform, SEED Group, and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al
Maktoum, today announced that they have formed a strategic partnership to further extend the
global reach of Reviver in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Reviver’s MENA
headquarters will be based in Dubai and headed by Reviver General Manager and Senior Vice
President Patrick Allainguillaume, who has extensive experience deploying leading-edge
technologies and taking disruptive and innovative digital solutions to market in the region.
“We are very pleased to be working with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al
Maktoum to expand access to our connected car platform in the MENA region,” said Reviver
Co-founder and CEO Neville Boston. “Their vision of a more connected community, and of
transforming the infrastructure of the UAE and the Middle East, perfectly aligns with our
mission of establishing a universal connected vehicle innovation platform.”
The Rplate launched on the roads in California in June 2018 and is now available in Arizona,
with more states to follow. The Rplate transforms the 125-year old stamped metal license plate
into a sleek, digital, high-definition display, offering a connected car platform to simplify daily
life, with vast potential for future innovation. The Rplate can automate vehicle renewals,
replacing legacy stickers with digital decals, and add new levels of personalization to the license
plate, including promoting charitable causes, passion for a sports team, or even a child’s
academic/athletic achievements. The Rplate also enhances vehicle safety and security, enabling
stolen vehicle and plate detached information, as well as geofencing capabilities, trips taken, and
vehicle miles traveled for business and/or governmental entities. Additional features will include
Amber and weather alerts, automated parking, tolling, marketing capabilities and much more.
“Since the international recognition of the effective use of digital license plates, there has been
extreme interest in the Rplate within our region. Following a number of Dubai Smart City
initiatives, we see innumerable opportunities for synergies with this new technology, which is
capable of generating real-time communication and many benefits for vehicle owners, businesses
and the general public. This partnership is a very positive development for the UAE, which will
transform Dubai into an international technology hub. Our vision is to seek innovation that
improves the quality of life for our communities and this strategic partnership with Reviver does
just that,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed
Al Maktoum.
“This partnership, and our new Dubai Reviver headquarters, expand our operational footprint,
extending our ecosystem of partnerships that will bring the Rplate to more users internationally,
while also helping to fuel opportunities for collaboration as we broaden the Rplate’s feature set,”
said Sean MacNeil, President, and COO of Reviver.
Reviver’s mission is to bring new and far-reaching efficiencies, revolutionary marketing, and
unprecedented connectivity to the auto industry through disruptive technology. With its Rplate,
the world’s first digital license plate, the company has completely reinvented the 125-year-old
stamped metal license plate into a connected car platform that digitizes and can automate the
costly, often frustrating, and time-consuming Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) registration
renewal process. Available for sale in California and Arizona, with legislation approved in
Michigan, Reviver’s software and Rplate digital license plate provides a connected vehicle
platform that delivers IoT integration for vehicles, smart cities, technology platforms and
ecosystem stakeholders.
For more information and to pre-order an Rplate in California and
Arizona,visit www.reviver.com
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global
companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their
business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the
support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to
create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their
sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key
point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and
accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al
Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet
The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information please visit: www.seedgroup.com
Reviver Auto Media Contact:
Angela Jacobson
angela@mwebbcom.com
714 454 8776
SEED Group Media Contact:
Jean Lacsamana
jean@seedgroup.com
+971 4 325 2444
Dubai, UAE - 05 February 2019
INVAO, the blockchain asset pool for investors, has been selected as the exclusive international partner for blockchain investments by Dubai’s SEED Group, an association of diversified companies owned by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
Frank Wagner, CEO and Co‑founder of INVAO, said, “It is with great excitement that we announce the launch of this landmark partnership. This represents a seal of approval from an association of elite business minds across the UAE. At INVAO, we have the extensive experience, tact, and resources to contribute to the ascent of the UAE as a bonafide world leader in blockchain technology and look forward to helping this vision to crystallise. INVAO’s recent activity across the Middle East has shone a light on the region’s fertile ground for sustained growth and innovation.”
Having quickly emerged as the leading candidate for the exclusive international partner to The Private Office for blockchain investments, INVAO will play a key role in the implementation of the Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021. The founders of INVAO have amassed decades of experience in financial investments and technology development, and have honed an unparalleled capacity to introduce a new asset class to traditional investors. The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum directly invests in businesses which bring advanced, innovative solutions to the UAE, selecting one leading company to partner with per industry, including technology, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, and in this case, investments.
Through INVAO’s blockchain asset pool, UAE and global investors can access a diversified portfolio of blockchain assets and digital currencies. Leveraging automated trading and expert crypto portfolio management, INVAO provides a straightforward way to invest in blockchain and digital money as an asset class, without lockup periods. In 2018, INVAO began an investor roadshow across the Middle East, hosting events in Dubai, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group, said, “We have selected INVAO as our international partner for blockchain investments as we believe that it will increase the transformation drive for the digital asset landscape in the UAE whilst offering an enhanced standard and improved market access for investors in the region. While the vision is to invest in blockchain, the partnership takes an inclusive approach to integrate and monitor the global market trend to take part in this global upsurge and overcome financial, cultural and regulatory differences. On account of this significant rise from the UAE, the Middle East is now ready to become a global leader in blockchain technology. By tapping into the vast experience of the INVAO team we will greatly advance this mission.”
“With this joint venture, INVAO will become one of the main drivers behind the Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021. INVAO and The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum share the common goal of seeing the UAE becoming a leader in the global blockchain ecosystem. We are excited to invest more into the region through the opening of our office in Dubai, and we are committed to bringing with us new investment options for institutional and retail investors alike,” concluded Wagner.
Founded in 2018, INVAO is the Blockchain Asset Pool for investors. Safe, convenient and highly profitable – INVAO trades a diversified portfolio of blockchain assets and cryptocurrencies, represented in only one single token. Based on automated trading and active portfolio management, INVAO aims to outperform the market at all times. INVAO provides a straightforward way to invest in blockchain and digital money as an asset class, fully compliant, and without lockup periods. All profits are reinvested in the value of the INVAO token, to ensure sustainable long-term value creation.
For more information on INVAO, visit www.invao.org
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group’s goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office’s criteria.
For more information please visit: www.seedgroup.com
Dubai, UAE - 07 January 2019
Saudi-based SecuTronic, the leading security solutions provider in the region and systems integrator in the Middle East, recently announced a strategic partnership with SEED Group (UAE), the diversified group of companies owned and chaired by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
This agreement is a step forward in the strategic partnership that brings SecuTronic’s vision to mature into the foremost sought-after solution provider in the region. Strategically, through this partnership, SecuTronic hopes to leverage and accelerate their presence and expansion plans within the region whilst raising the bar for an exceptional, innovative, and customized cutting-edge security framework landscape in the UAE security market. Moreover, this will provide a comprehensive wide range of tailor-made security solutions covering consultancy, project management, technology services, and maintenance.
“We are excited to partner with a prestigious organization such as SEED Group. SecuTronic is a leading name in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia when it comes to security and joining hands with SEED Group is part of our growth and expansion strategy within the region. We believe that the UAE market has opportunities for untapped potentials and SecuTronic, with its diverse portfolio of integrated technology and security systems, can offer state-of-the-art solutions to each and every market sector. Together with SEED group, we are confident that we can replicate our KSA success in the UAE,” said Yasser Nagadi, SecuTronic’s CEO.
“In today’s globalized economy, every moment is a risk. Regardless of the nature of one’s business, every entity needs to be on guard and introduce not only what works but the best security solution that can be made available. Regional demand for these solutions is set to soar at a rate of 15 percent from 2018 to 2024 . With a vast choice of various security frameworks being accessible throughout the UAE, it is vital that we bring in the leading provider to the market and hence, why we are delighted to partner with SecuTronic who will bring innovative security technology solutions to the MENA region,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO, SEED Group.
Its innovative solutions include Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) solutions, command and control centers, industrial security, hospitality, energy management, and a whole range of commercial security solutions. SecuTronic’s customer base includes leading private sector firms, ranging from large industrial corporations to financial services and retail businesses. Its government clients include both civilian and military agencies.
For more information please visit: www.secutronic.ae
Over the past 16 years, SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of SEED Group. The Group's goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office's criteria.
For more information please visit: www.seedgroup.com
Singapore, 17 October 2018
Singapore-based technology company Touché has signed a Cooperation Agreement with SEED Group as their local sponsors and partners, to expand the reach of the world’s first fingerprint biometric-based payment and loyalty management solution to the Middle East.
Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), SEED Group is a diversified group of companies owned and chaired by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. It establishes strategic partnerships with organisations in various sectors and accelerates their presence within the Middle East. Through this agreement, Touché hopes to leverage the local expertise of SEED Group to reach potential target customers, bringing personalised and seamless experiences to more merchants and consumers in the region.
This marks a key milestone for Touché in the Middle East, which also received the Commercial License to engage commercial trade activity in the UAE. Issued by the Department of Economic Development in Dubai, the licensing enables Touché to perform business activities and introduce its solution in a compliant manner, further cementing Touché’s commitment towards the region.
Developed in Singapore, with offices in Barcelona, Tokyo and now Dubai, Touché provides both an elegant and innovative device and a robust software solution that delivers highly secure, convenient and personalised point-of-sale transaction services using fingerprint biometrics or recurring cards.
Touché’s solution also connects and manages loyalty programmes, and points and discounts are instantly applied for qualifying customers at the point of interaction without the need for vouchers or membership cards. This provides the customers a unique experience. Its data analytics component enables merchants to access historical and predictive purchasing habits and buying patterns of customers, creating bespoke, personalised, offers and recommendations for them.
“We are delighted that such a high calibre and impressive organisation as SEED Group will be supporting Touché in redefining point-of-sale transactions in the Middle East. The partnership, together with our incorporation in the UAE with our trading license, will bring a new dimension to personalisation in the region, where customers can enjoy unique in-store experiences,” said Sahba Saint-Claire, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Touché.
“The Middle East is well prepared to enter a new age of digitalisation and push the boundary in digital payment customer experience. We believe that Touché could serve as a key differentiator to transform the growing payment scene and offer a more secure, convenient and efficient payment and loyalty management solution for consumers,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of SEED Group and of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.
The partnership between Touché and SEED Group is supported by Enterprise Singapore, which as part of its mandate, champions internationalisation of Singapore companies. Enterprise Singapore has provided great assistance to Touché through facilitating introductions to potential partners and clients in its target markets, including the Middle East.
We are thrilled to announce that The Private Office Of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group, have joined forces and partnered with Wolf System, a pioneering family-owned business with headquarters in Germany and Italy. Wolf have marked their presence in over 30 locations across Europe, building thousands of sustainable, environment-friendly, prefabricated homes around the globe. We are excited to be a key part of their growth and expansion into the region and we are working with them to demonstrate and articulate the real value behind sustainable living and construction.
Dubai, UAE - Tuesday 04 September
World-first space sharing platform from Australia, spacenow.com, has just signed a regional partnership agreement with Dubai’s SEED Group, a group of diversified companies owned and chaired by the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. Leading the signing was Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group.
Spacenow is a platform that allows property and site owners to activate and monetise their underutilised space - from studios and gardens, to wall space and event venues – and enables entrepreneurs and businesses to access that space on a long- or short-term basis, from as little as just one hour. It was created in November 2016 by four Australian entrepreneurs in the real estate, technology, finance, and creative sectors: Daniel Gunning, Barrett Ovens, Baydr Strik, and Nick Leary. The company was born to meet the demands of the fast-moving, disruptive world of the sharing economy - a $100 billion market that is estimated to more than triple to reach $330 billion in 2025 . Spacenow now operates in 52 cities globally.
“We are delighted with the partnership we have founded with SEED Group Dubai to establish Spacenow’s Dubai office and roll out our expansion plan throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This will become the first multi-space, short-term rental platform in the region and we are very eager to start operation,” said Daniel Gunning, Spacenow’s CEO and Founder.
“The UAE and indeed the whole region has a great range of spaces and locations just waiting to be activated. We are proud to partner with Spacenow and support this unique platform. It is a smart initiative and marries well with Dubai’s ambition to be a model city of the future, and to continue attracting innovation and entrepreneurship to our city and our nation. Currently, there is no short-term multi-space rental platform available, despite the growing number of top global businesses based in the region and the booming number of local start-ups and entrepreneurs,” said Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group.
Already 1 million people worldwide use co-working spaces and by 2020, it is predicted that 40 per cent of the workforce will be freelancers, entrepreneurs, or independent contractors. But despite the huge number of offices sitting empty each year, there is not enough easily rentable space online to meet their needs.
The new partnership announced today covers Dubai and Abu Dhabi as priority markets, widening to the entire MENA region, and contributes to the initial capital raised by Spacenow, which resulted in the soft launch of the international platform in January 2018.
Dubai’s SEED Group first recognised the enormous potential of the Spacenow platform while the UAE was planning the upcoming Dubai 2020 Expo. “For the first time, a platform like Spacenow will give businesses travelling to the UAE the ability to rent office and desk space by the hour, day, week, or month. Spacenow’s business model is solid. It addresses a gap in the market and we are excited to see them expand,” says Al Gurg.
In addition to offices, Spacenow also allows users to activate any underutilised space, from studios and gardens, to wall space and event venues.
SEED Group’s partnership will also facilitate the launch of the Spacenow App and the NOW Incubator Program - Spacenow’s proprietary incubation program - which will help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
“The opportunity to monetise space is limited only by imagination. Imagine renting out the walls of your retail store or foyer to an artist, or sharing your warehouse, or renting your building’s courtyard for a new product launch. With Spacenow you can list any asset for rent by the hour, day, week, month or year. If you are a new and developing fashion brand you could set up a pop-up store in many unique locations throughout the city. The Spacenow platform offers unrivalled flexibility, accessibility and affordability of desirable spaces to work, play or stay in.” said Gunning.
Spacenow will migrate its platform onto the blockchain in the coming months - this complements Dubai Government’s pursuit to become the world’s first blockchain-powered government by 2020. The move to the blockchain means a truly decentralised platform for space sharing that will provide people, the opportunity to monetise on underutilised space and be creative about it.
The blockchain will also make the Spacenow platform totally secure and transparent. Using Ethereum ERC20 smart contracts, Spacenow will take care of the difficulties associated with short-term sharing, such as legal issues, contracts, payments, and disputes, all facilitated on the blockchain, commission free. This leaves the users free to activate their spaces in new and innovative ways.
“Our decentralised model allows ideas and solutions to world problems to flow in ways the traditional economy simply cannot support. Welcome to the new era of Activated-Spaces, the Spacenow Economy. Collaborative and shared space is the future, but there is no decentralised marketplace bringing hosts and guests together without a middle man.” says Gunning.
Over the past 16 years, the SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group's goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. The SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office's criteria.
Nashwa Zakaria
Spacenow is pioneering the activated space economy. Spacenow is a global platform that connects those with space (hosts) with those who need it (guests). It was launched in November 2016 in Australia, currently trades in 52 cities and is growing exponentially.
The platform is a simple and secure peer-to-peer marketplace allowing anyone to monetise any space, the smallest of space or asset to the most unique, on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis.
Daniel Gunning
Daniel is one of the most prominent figures in Australia’s real estate industry and is managing director of commercial real estate group, Gunning Commercial. He brings decades of commercial retail experience to the Spacenow team, including an understanding of legal and policy requirements around the world. He has worked with both commercial tenants and property owners and is in a unique position to understand the pain points in the space sharing process.
Barrett Ovens
Barrett is an entrepreneur, UX designer and digital marketing expert. He’s founded and run several successful digital marketing agencies in Australia and has built more than 1,000 websites for clients worldwide and has more than 10 years’ experience in SEO optimisation and marketing campaigns. He recently spearheaded the campaign for the sold-out F45 clothing line.
Baydr Strik
Baydr is a skilled and experienced business accountant and director of Entertaining Taxes, Strik & Co, and financial planning service Bayswater Financial. He’s set up more than 500 businesses and given financial advice to over 1,000 clients in his 18 years of business. He’s also an expert in helping clients buy, rent, and monetise commercial and residential property.
Nick Leary
Nick is one of Australia’s best-known photographers and a talented creative strategist, who has created imagery for titles including Vogue, GQ, and Harper’s Bazaar, and countless others. He’s also the founder of brand strategy agency Aesthetic, which brings together some of the world’s top creatives to create campaigns and content for international brands and companies, including Wanda, the world’s biggest private property developer, and Visionary Investment Group. Nick is responsible for the creative strategy and governance for Spacenow.
Sara Sahely
Tameem Alkintar
Dubai, UAE - Sunday 29 July
SEED Group, a conglomerate of diversified companies, owned and operated by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has announced a partnership agreement with the award-winning WTS Dhruva, a registered VAT/Tax niche boutique Advisory Firm based in the UAE.
The decision is aimed at continuously supporting UAE businesses in achieving their VAT compliance in the most efficient and effective way, avoiding any risks of errors at any point of the VAT filing process and beyond, as well as offering professional advisory VAT services and solutions through a customized automated reporting VAT digital compliance tool designed for the GCC region.
Hisham Al Gurg, the CEO of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group commented “Over the last year, WTS Dhruva worked with multinational clients and regulators on challenging tax environments, policies issuance and infrastructures. We believe that the firm will have a positive role by being present and on the ground here in the UAE and supporting businesses come to grips with the tax issues ensuring transparent compliance”.
Al Gurg added “We are proud of the innovative digital tool that WTS Dhruva have customized and are offering to their clients, confident it will allow organizations to not only automate their return filing process, but also to create and maintain the necessary audit trails for the future. The technology was created to provide better accuracy to mitigate human error, reduce in workloads and increase efficiency in managing tax compliances”.
WTS Dhruva have just obtained their FTA registered agent certification making them one of a few firms in the UAE to have this certification.
Dinesh Kanabar, CEO and Founder of WTS Dhruva said “We in WTS Dhruva feel proud in signing the agreements with the Private Office and SEED who has always been considered by us as our key strategy in our vision of expanding and spreading the knowledge in UAE and across the region.”
“The Private Office and SEED Group had continuously been the aspiring platform for businesses and executives truly having essential knowledge to proceed in their long journey of success. I personally believe that together we will achieve a unique experience in connecting to partners, diversified clients, professional associates and offer productive tax advises/solution as a leading tax service provider in UAE,” he added.
Kanabar said that “with nearly 300,000 VAT registered companies across the UAE, it is critical that these businesses receive holistic VAT and other tax related professional advice to ensure compliance.”
Pratik Shah, resident partner and VAT expert with more than 15 years of work experience, echoed the same in his comment that “VAT impacts every aspect of a business from Finance, Human Resources, IT and Systems through Sales to Marketing as VAT is levied at every stage of the supply chain. VAT also provides an opportunity for an organization to redesign certain aspects of business to mitigate tax exposure at the same time being compliant under the Law.”
Dhruva Advisors were awarded for two consecutive years as India Tax Firm of The Year for 2017 and 2018 at the International Tax Review’s Asia Tax Awards.
WTS Dhruva Consultants has been awarded a series of VAT mandates from major UAE businesses across the retail, real estate, hospitality, financial services and energy sectors. The firm has significant experience working with businesses in the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain region. The firm also functions from India, Singapore, and the USA.
The senior management of the Private Office and Dhruva unanimously believe that existence of a Specialized Tax focused boutique organization will change the dynamics of the tax consultancy and compliance support for businesses in the region, especially where this is one of the major tax reforms the country has implemented recently.
The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum has already formed a combination of strategic partners and diversified alliance companies, along with in-house professionals in front offices, over the years. WTS Dhruva has expanded on its own in the past year and has achieved experience of working across different industries and sectors. The right connection of the Private Office coupled with tax experience of Dhruva will go a long way in the success of the organization, which aims to serve the corporate sector in the region.
Over the past 16 years, the SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group's goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. The SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office's criteria.
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WTS Dhruva Consultants offers a single-window tax consultancy services to businesses that are in the process of adapting to the changing tax scenario in the Middle East. Headquartered in Dubai, with an additional operational office in Bahrain, WTS Dhruva Consultants has a dedicated force of tax specialists working across sectors. WTS Dhruva Consultants is an affiliate of Dhruva Advisors, a leading tax advisory firm in India, which is known for its commendable work during the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country in 2017. WTS Dhruva Consultants has a formidable team with deep industry experiences across virtually all sectors including hospitality, FMCG, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Insurance, IT and other financial services. The firm utilizes its rich industry experience seamlessly to provide business-focused and practical insights on VAT implementation and operations
For more information please visit: www.wts-dhruva.com
DUBAI, UAE 28th May 2018
Dubai’s SEED Group, a group of diversified companies owned and chaired by The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has joined hands with Switzerland’s HTMi and Swisstouches Hotels and Resorts to launch SEED Hotels Management LLC with the aim to be part of the growing hospitality industry in the UAE and the Middle East.
HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute, Switzerland, is a leading private educational institute that offers undergraduate and postgraduate academic degrees. It prepares students for a management career in the global hospitality industry and is supported by a worldwide network of international hotel companies. In 2018 HTMi has over 2000 students study its courses globally and is ranked 14th in the global QS University rankings for Hospitality and Leisure. HTMi sister brand Swisstouches Hotels and Resorts is a global leader in unique relaxation, with its head office in Switzerland, and now with 8500 rooms in pipeline to open by 2020 and growing quickly. Swisstouches innovative hotel brands are well positioned for many hotels, resorts and residences in the Middle East and globally.
The joint venture under ‘SEED Hospitality’ will develop HTMi Schools, training centers, upscale Swisstouches Hotels and a range of new brand extensions and brands throughout the Middle East and the wider world.
This strategic partnership will create a strong combined global platform as both the partners have their global footprints in major markets. SEED has offices in the UAE, Australia, UK, USA, Switzerland, Latvia and Thailand, whereas HTMi has a global platform in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Hisham Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer of SEED Group and The Private Office said, “We are pleased to announce our joint venture with HTMi International Development Group and Swisstouches Hotels and Resorts. The hospitality industry is on the cusp of massive growth in the GCC and wider Middle East. I believe the newly formed partnership will further boost the hospitality industry in Dubai and the region by introducing state-of-the-art upscale properties.”
There is a lot happening in the hospitality sector, and not just in Dubai but also across all the emirates. For decades, the emirate’s hospitality marketing strategy and trademark was focused on luxury, however it is as important for the city to widen its appeal, and therefor to attract the 20 million visitors per year by 2020 there is a need to create high quality at lower cost accommodations, in what is known as ‘upscale properties’.
The latest industry estimates revealed around 492 hospitality projects worth $39.4 billion are currently in progress in GCC; whereas the value of 1,156 active hospitality projects exceeded $147.1 billion by March 2018 in the region.
But while there’s a lot of grafting to be done to entice and accommodate 20 million tourists by 2020, with a total of 160,000 room keys, the city is churning out upscale hotels at a sterling pace. SEED and HTMI’s partnership bid to give a taste of Swisstouches’ upscale hospitality in the Middle East region has added one more feather in Dubai’s cap.
On his part, Ian Larmour, Managing Director, HTMi International Development Group, said, “We are delighted to enter into this partnership with SEED Group. The joint venture will help us to develop existing brands and introduce new brands in addition to explore the Middle East market with a strategic partner like SEED, which has extensive knowledge and understanding of the region. Our entry into the Middle East market is in line with our international development plans that were unveiled earlier this year. The global opportunity for this joint venture is very exciting. We are delighted that Mr. Vinoth Prakas, HTMi Director of Diplomatic Relations is also appointed as International Development Director, SEED Hotels Management LLC.”
SEED Group invests directly in potential business opportunities in the region, which meets its investment criteria. Leveraging on the wealth of expertise of the Private Office’s management team, the aim is to attract smart and ambitious business projects, thoroughly evaluate their market potential and comprehensively assess their potential and risk.
The Private Office’s strategy targets sectors and markets that are in line with the UAE’s vision and that have a distinctive and significant competitive advantage such as tourism, real estate, media, technology, and banking, to name a few.
Over the past 16 years, the SEED Group has formed strategic alliances with leading global companies representing diverse regions and industries. These companies have propelled their business interests and goals in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region through the support and strong base of regional connections of the SEED Group. The Group's goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships with multinational organizations and to accelerate their sustainable market entry and presence within the MENA region. The SEED Group has been a key point in the success of all its partners in the region helping them reach their target customers and accelerate their businesses. The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in or assist potential business opportunities in the region, which meet The Private Office's criteria.
For more information please visit: www.seedgroup.com
With its origins in the Swiss Alps, Swisstouches Hotels and Resorts has a new and exciting collection of hotel brands offering famous Swiss hospitality service, and a unique blend of hospitality relaxation concepts for all business and leisure guests. For new hotels and resorts, Swisstouches Hotels & Resorts creates brands that have many points for guests to remember in details of design, services and products. Creating memorable points is something valued by guests, especially those who frequently stay in hotels. Each Swisstouches hotel has at least 100 memorable points both obvious and subliminal, in all parts of the guest experience of “Unique Relaxation”. The intent is not to create a standard design style, but rather one of consistent quality, ambiance and uniqueness representing the values of beautiful Switzerland, nature, warmth and coziness.
For more information please visit: www.swisstouches.com
As part of its corporate citizenship, The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum (TPO) organized a charity outing to Ferrari World for orphans from the Beit Al Kheir Charity Association in cooperation with Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Jollibee UAE.
The day-long event featured a visit to the popular Jollibee fast-food franchise in Abu Dhabi, followed by a trip to Ferrari World. Employees from TPO paired up with the kids and accompanied them throughout the day as they enjoyed the fun games and world-renowned rides.
“The Beit Al Kheir Charity association was established in 1989 by a group of businessmen in Dubai, with a humanitarian initiative aimed at establishing a general benefit society, which is specialized in working with the state on an innovative administrative and technical basis. Since its inception, the Association has sought to benefit needy families and needy groups through an integrated package of projects and programs, all of which serve the poor, the widows, the unemployed, the sick, the inmates of prisons, the affected, the disabled and the orphans.” Juma Al Majed, Chairman of the Board, Beit Al Kheir Charity Association.
At The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum, we believe that serving the communities is not only integral to running our business successfully but also it is part of our individual responsibilities as citizens of this country. We have started planning on carrying out initiatives alike, constituted primarily to deliver developmental activities in the field of education, health, and environment.
Jean Lacsamana
jean@the-private-office.com
Dubai, 10/11/2016
Headquartered in Dubai, The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum continues to expand its global presence with the opening of a new office located at Dashwood House at 69 Old Broad Street, London's prime financial and business district. This is the second international branch following the company’s “Global Launch” in Sydney Australia earlier this year.
The new London operation aims to be first point of contact for British organizations looking to grow into the United Arab Emirates and surrounding regions. In Dubai, a memorandum of understanding between the Dubai Economic Council and the British Business Group was signed establishing a partnership for a common agenda on the development of two-way economic relations.“The UAE has always had a strong economic relation with the UK. In the past five years we have seen a sharp increase in the number of UK based companies expanding into our region. Growing our own organization into the UK made sense,” according to Hisham Al Gurg, CEO of The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum in Dubai.
The Private Office was established by His Highness Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in potential business opportunities in the region which meets the private office investment criteria.
Leveraging on the wealth of expertise of the Private Office’s management team, we aim to attract smart and ambitious business projects, thoroughly evaluate their market potential and comprehensively assess their potential and risk. Our strategy targets sectors and markets where the United Arab Emirates has a distinctive and significant competitive advantage such as tourism, real estate, media, technology, and banking.
Zandile Mnguni - Director Communications,
The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum
zandile@the-private-office.com
+971 4 3797 333
Dubai, 23/08/2016
The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum recently celebrated the opening of its first international operations in Sydney, an economic hub of Australia.
Established to leverage the surge in the number of Australian companies setting up in the UAE, it will act as a strategic partner for companies looking to export their products and services into the UAE.
“The Private Office’s Australian office will allow us to widen our reach in key industries that align with our country’s current and future growth plans.
Establishing in Sydney will allow us to expand our core teams to promote mutual investment and support the growth we are experiencing.” said Hisham Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer for The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum.
“The Sheikh is very excited about the expansion and this move represents his commitment to continue to build on the successes we have accomplished.”
He added that The Private Office links the right people, knowledge and resources to bring about the strongest possible outcome.
The company offers their partners support and exposure that will directly benefit the Australian and UAE relations and greater economic growth.
The Private Office was established by Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum to directly invest in potential business opportunities in the region which meets the private office investment criteria.
Leveraging on the wealth of expertise of the Private Office’s management team, we aim to attract smart and ambitious business projects, thoroughly evaluate their market potential and comprehensively assess their potential and risk. Our strategy targets sectors and markets where the United Arab Emirates has a distinctive and significant competitive advantage such as tourism, real estate, media, technology, and banking.
Zandile Mnguni - Director Communications,
The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum
zandile@the-private-office.com
+971 4 3797 333
Golden Crown Foods LLC (GCFL) a subsidiary of SEED Group, is set to satiate the appetites of the 810,000 plus Filipinos living in the UAE by signing a joint agreement with Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) that will see Jollibee restaurants opening up across the nation.
Established and now a market leader in the Philippines with more than 811 outlets, Jollibee is a hugely popular restaurant chain serving American-style fast-food with Filipino-influenced dishes.
Mrs. Hala Badri, CEO of UAE-based Golden Crown, said “the agreement was timely and exciting for the UAE.” “The Middle East hosts one of the largest concentrations of overseas Filipino workers so we have an established fan base here. We’re looking forward to introducing the rest of the UAE to Jollibee’s delicious menu and friendly atmosphere. The restaurant’s extensive range of dishes is sure to be a hit with both expats and locals.
“The growth potential is exciting based on the popularity of the existing Jollibee restaurants in the Middle East. We’re very encouraged by the results posted by the 16 existing Jollibee restaurants located in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait with sales last year rising 28%.
Dates for opening the chain in the UAE are yet to be announced.
Golden Crown LLC is a subsidiary of SEED Group of companies, owned by Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum. The group has been operating in the UAE since 2004 in diversified industries such as Legal Services, Telecommunications, Food & Beverages, Trading, Interior & Architectural Design, and Media Production. (www.seedgroup.com).
JFC operates the largest food service network in the Philippines with 2,181 stores, including Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King. The Jollibee Group has 583 stores overseas. For further information or images, please contact: Lena Arkawi - Marketing & PR Director
Office: +9714-325-2444
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Etisalat Group has announced today signing of Group Framework Agreement across its 16 operation with UAE based company VICOM, a member of SEED Group, to introduce Ad funded Calls Service as a groundbreaking method for Digital Advertising Medium. Ad Funded Call Service which is also known as YPAY. provide customers with a free call or mobile data in exchange for viewing or listening to an advertisement.
Mr. Khalifa Al Shamsi - Chief Digital Officer at Etisalat Group “Digital Advertising in the MENA has been growing rapidly and substantially. It has increased from 10% in 2011 to reach to 13% from the total ad spend in 2104 with a continuation to grow up to 18% in 2017. This is due mainly to important things, One is that our purchasing habits has been changed to be more digital and Second brands are hungry to have a more interactive relationship with their customers. The only medium that will secure such requirement is Digital Advertising.”
“With that on mind and on the fact that Etisalat is striving to keep its 145 Million customers connected in the most advanced ways possible. We are pleased to introduce yet another way of staying in touch with friends and family – and adding value and benefits along the way. So it’s not only the minutes and mobile data that customers will get for free but also the special offers, discounts and deals that are of interest to them and based within in local area in an extremely targeted, specialized method of advertising. It’s that Simple” Mr. Al Shamsi added.
Mr Hisham AlGurg, CEO of VICOM, said working with Etisalat to bring YPAY to Etisalat footprint is an honor, and that the partnership would provide excellent opportunities not only for consumers but equally for SMEs as well” “YPAY offers SMEs and start-ups an exceptional opportunity to communicate with their targeted customers in a unique and cost effective manner. In addition, it provides an extremely efficient way for businesses to diversify the scope and reach of their advertising campaigns” Mr. Al Gurg added.
Etisalat will offer complete campaign performance metrics, enabling advertisers to monitor results and performance, adjust budgets, pause or delete any campaign, and analyze the usage of the service via an online dedicated portal. Etisalat is aiming to capture at least 20% of its existing customer base of 145 million with the YPAY advertising solution.
For more information on this press release, please contact:
Lena Arkawi - Marketing and PR Director.
Office: +9714-325-2444
lena@seedgroup.com
Vodafone, the leading global telecom player has signed a partnership agreement with Dubai-based Seed Group. This pact gives Vodafone xone’s startups access to the UAE market. Vodafone xone is Vodafone’s venture capital, incubation, and entrepreneurship support unit.
The agreement was signed by Eng. Khaled Hegazy, Vodafone Egypt External Affairs & Legal Director, and Mr. Hesham Al-Gurg, Seed Group CEO. The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Mr. Atef Helmy, Egypt’s Minister of Communications & Information Technology. Helmy praised this promising partnership that strengthens cooperation between Egypt and the UAE and unlocks new development opportunities in the telecom sector.
Eng. Khaled Hegazy said “We at Vodafone Egypt are happy with this new partnership that confirms Vodafone Xone’s role in supporting promising projects and helping them grow through investment, incubation and business development services.” He reiterated Vodafone’s commitment to support entrepreneurship as an important pillar for developing the telecom sector and revitalizing the Egyptian economy.
Mr. Hisham Al-Gurg stated, “We did not hesitate to partner with Vodafone; as we realize the innovation and ambitions of the Vodafone Xone entrepreneurs. We will provide all the support needed to the Xone companies in the UAE relying on our expertise in the UAE market.”
The signing ceremony took place at the Egyptian Ministry of Communications & Information Technology booth in GITEX Exhibition in Dubai. It was attended by a substantial number of Egyptian telecom journalists, UAE telecom officials, and GITEX visitors. Furthermore, three of Xone’s startups (Eshtery, Eventtus, Gyrolabs) were represented at the Egyptian booth.
In partnership with Seed Group, Casa Forma, the London based bespoke luxury interior and architectural design firm will be headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, offering its luxury design and property search services to the MENA region by December 2012.
Casa Forma’s strategy is to expand to the MENA region to provide discerning clientele bespoke interior and architectural design for high end residential, commercial, hospitality, marine, and aviation sectors.
Casa Forma has won 2 International Design & Architectural Awards in 2011, and a UK Property Award in 2012 highlighting Casa Forma’s exceptional luxury design capabilities.
For more information about Casa Forma, visit their website at www.casaforma.co.uk
Seed Telecom entered into a regional marketing contract with the CellulAD Group. CellulAD Communications private limited is a mobile applications & advertising company. The company develops powerful, yet simple-to-use, inclusive mobile applications for mobile and landline subscribers.
The primary objective of the cooperation is to expand CellulAD value added products and services into the MENA region by capitalizing on Seed Telecom’s strong connections with regional mobile operators.
The contract will see Seed Telecom strengthen its already established presence in Telecommunication Consulting.
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