INTERVIEW
GELLIFY
BRIDGING THE GAP
CNME Editor Mark Forker sat down with Massimo Cannizzo, CEO and co-founder of GELLIFY Middle East, to find out how the company is leveraging its knowledge and expertise to help entities in the UAE with corporate venturing models and investments.
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020 is a year that none of us will ever forget in a hurry – and the COVID-19 pandemic
has drastically altered the way in which we work and live. However, out of every crisis comes opportunity and one
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of the major positives over the last 12 months in the UAE technology and IT ecosystem has been the emergence of GELLIFY Middle East. Despite all the upheaval and economic uncertainty caused by the global health crisis, the Italian innovation accelerator decided to press ahead with its plans to penetrate the UAE and Middle East technology landscape and entered the market in 2020. GELLIFY’s mission statement and purpose is to help all innovation ecosystem players to create a better way to collaborate and grow, in a fast and sustainable way by streamlining innovation through entrepreneurship, leveraging an integrated ecosystem of education, research and Massimo Cannizzo CEO and co-founder of GELLIFY Middle East
business communities. Cannizzo enjoyed a decorated and distinguished career with Accenture Middle East prior
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