Want to Setting Up Your Company With Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) ?
The main international financial hub for the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region is the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). With almost 20 years of experience, DIFC has been essential in promoting investment and trade flows in MEASA, a region that includes 72 nations and has a combined population of about three billion.
Offering innovation licenses and DIFC fintech licenses under the esteemed DIFC jurisdiction, the DIFC Innovation Hub is a leading platform for innovative startups. With an inexpensive DIFC trade license, it’s the ideal location for your tech firm, sandwiched between the Burj Khalifa and Emirates Towers.
Because of its advantageous position, the DIFC serves as a crucial conduit between the economies of Asia and the markets of the MEASA region.
Benefits of the DIFC Tech Start-up Package
- Subsidised License by 90%
- 4 Visa Allocation
- 100% Foreign Ownership
- Governed by the UK Common Law and not the UAE Sharia Civil Law
- Access to a Thriving Start-up Ecosystem
- ZERO Currency Restrictions
- No Restriction on Capital Repatriation
- Access to DIFC Co-working Facilities and Modern Amenities
- Access to a Global Fintech Hub
- The entity should be non-regulated and cannot conduct any financial services including financial advisory, arranging money services etc.
- The entity must provide a type of technology like a Software Solution, AI, Web3, Technology R&D, or Blockchain.
- The entity or business activities must be tech-related or innovation-related as this license is sector agnostic.
- The entity must have a physical presence within DIFC with a minimum requirement of obtaining a flexible desk at the co-working spaces.
- The entity cannot generate any trading/selling of physical products (e.g., import/export of physical products) through direct or e-commerce channels.
- Source of income should be produced for compliance purposes.
