New Delhi, May 23 (KNN) With a view to boost start-up ecosystem in both India as well as UAE, a two day "Start-Up India Summit" has kick-started in Abu Dhabi, UAE, today.

The summit is being organized in UAE by the Consul General of India (CGI) in Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi in partnership with iSPIRIT, a nonprofit think tank and supported by TiE, Dubai.

The aim is to provide greater collaboration, exchange ideas, interact with academia, investors and industry and have access to funding from the venture capitalist in the UAE.

As many as 17 Start-Up Companies from India in the space of Artificial Intelligence, Financial Technology or Fintech, Digi Medicine, Healthcare Technology, Innovative Technology and Software as Service are taking part in the event.

Speaking to AIR/DD, Indian Ambassador to UAE Navdeep Suri highlighted that "Start-Up India" is the flagship programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is the endeavour of the India is the third largest ecosystem in the world leading in tech innovation globally while UAE aims to be the world hub for technology in future.