The New Cities Foundation and Oasis500 announced the launch a global competition for tech start-ups and innovators— Omraan. The competition will be rewarding the best urban technology ideas with US$30,000 worth of seed funding and a 100-day acceleration programme in Amman, Jordan.
Through a combination of seed funding and acceleration, Omraan’s mission is to nurture the most creative and forward-thinking technology startups from across the globe, and develop their ideas into concrete projects that solve challenges facing all cities.
Applicants will have to submit a brief statement explaining their idea followed by a detailed presentation. Best applications will be interviewed by Omraan jury members over skype/phone and the applicants will have to give a 10-minute pitch presentation to be considered for the award.
In order to qualify, start-ups must provide technological solutions to urban problems through mobile, web, cloud, ecommerce, gaming, entertainment, enterprise software, digital news, digital advertising, and social networks.
The contest will be divided into two batches with winners of the first batch announced in early October 2014 and second in February 2015 respectively. For applying, log onto www.omraan.me.