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Ten thousand Indian founders spent their nights filling out forms last year for the inaugural UAE-India CEPA Council Start-Up Series.
They polished their slide decks. They adjusted their financial projections. They sat through endless webinars about bilateral trade corridors.
On July 15, 2026, the applications for Start-Up Series 2.0 open. Once again, the PR machinery is humming, promising that a select few will scale globally from Abu Dhabi with the backing of Hub71.
But if you are a serious founder with a real business, you need…
