GCC Startup Funding Map — 350+ Funding Programmes, Accelerators and VCs across Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain

SAR 1B fund · Series A and B rounds · ticket size not published

Ticket size not published

Not published

$100,000+ investment · $35,000 per-startup programme fee (phase 1, excl. travel)

US$100,000+ equity investment via the Sanabil Accelerator

Pre-Seed US$150k–350k · Seed US$350k–500k · Pre-Series A US$350k–750k

$35M fund

International financial centre and regulator, not a funding programme · RegLab sandbox

Mainly Series A, selectively earlier or later · ticket and fund size not published

Incentive packages — project dependent

Not published

Fund size not published

Early-stage (other rounds considered)

Ticket size not published

$500M+ deployed capital (own site) · ticket size not published

Up to $100K per startup

Not published

$100M fund of funds

Investment amount not published — one portfolio company is cited as having raised $1M from Alchemist Doha, which is a single outcome, not a stated programme ceiling

Ticket and fund size not published

$3M+ per loan · $10M average · 3–4 year term · fund size not published

Ticket and fund size not published

Not published · own site states $28.5M AUM and 300+ members

From $100,000 — also leads larger syndicates

Seed to Series A · ticket size not published

$180,000 via SAFE for 11% equity + up to $320,000 uncapped follow-on

Terms not published

$7.5B committed capital

Ticket size not published

Pre-Seed to Series B

Service-based

Programme support + investment pathway

$12+ billion under management · early to late stage

SME financing — SME Fund up to 5-year tenor; amounts not published

Regulatory support

Programme support + ecosystem access

Public equity raise by direct offering - minimum paid-up capital BHD 50,000

$820M+ AUM across five funds · Pre-Seed to pre-IPO · cheque size not disclosed

National infrastructure investment

Venture investments

Venture studio — fund sizes not published

Public equity raise — ECM listing

Programme support + investment

Early stage — no specific range published

Fund size not published

Pre-seed and seed — leads rounds · cheque size not published

Seed funding — SAFE notes, pre-seed and seed

Regulatory permission to test

Ticket and fund size not published

Not published

R&D programme support

Regulatory permission to test

Regulatory permission to test

Non-dilutive mentorship — investor access via the CDL network

Ticket and fund size not published

Regulatory permission to test

Special tax treatment (OECD-aligned, avoids double taxation)

Regulatory permission to test

Regulatory permission to operate

Not published — coworking, incubation and acceleration programmes

Bootcamp tuition — full payment or 4 or 12 instalments, zero fees and zero interest

Internal — no external funding route

Up to $10 million per check · fund size not published

Not published

Pre-seed and seed · initial cheques $150k–$2m, more reserved for follow-on · fund size not published

Up to SAR 500,000 non-repayable per project · max 20 projects · one project per company

Not published

Ticket and fund size not published

Venture-building support — no funding figure published

Early-stage to growth (all stages)

Not published

Free zone and regulator, not a funding programme · 100% ownership

Programme support + regulatory sandbox

Incubation and acceleration — funding figures not published

Not published

Angel rounds — seed to Series A per its own site

Growth stage

Access to Oraseya Capital · accelerator programmes

$50M corporate venture fund · ticket size not published

$100,000–$250,000 per company · with member co-investment $100,000–$2,000,000 per first round

Fund LP commitments + direct tickets

Programme support + co-creation

~$500M under management, deployed and committed · average ticket USD 5–30M

Not published

Up to AED 2M per startup without assets · tenors up to 72 months

Fund size not published · early to growth stage

Catalyst co-investment + global mentor network

Support programme — funding not published

Grants of up to AED 50,000 per selected project

Venture stage — ticket size not published

Not published

Up to SAR 375,000 direct funding - equity taken not published

Paid services include the Innovation Streams day pass (QAR 40) and expert consultations (QAR 1,000 each)

Not published

Up to SAR 100,000 development funding (earmarked, not cash)

Milestone-linked co-funding — no figure published by QDB or fintech.qa

Subsidised technology services (in-kind) - subsidy value not published

Amount not published on site

SAR 500K in cash seed funding · SAR 2,400,000 in follow-on funding (Riyadh Seed Program offer)

Growth stage — scaled, venture-backed businesses (QIA); ticket size not published

Formation to Series A + reserved follow-on · fund size not published

VC: OMR 4K–40K (ideation) · OMR 20K–100K (pre-seed/seed) · SME equity OMR 250K–5M · SME debt OMR 100K–500K · Projects OMR 5–100M

Strategic — builds and holds AI companies

No direct funding · free to participate · access to investors and VC funds

Growth equity · ticket size not published

$400M AUM (site)

US$300M+ AUM · 150+ companies funded (site)

Multi-stage — ticket size not published

SAR 360M first close · growth capital for mid-market companies

$150M fund size (own site)

Early & growth stages

Programme support - no cash amount published; no cost to join if accepted

Ticket and fund size not published

IBDA: up to QAR 250,000 over two years · IIF: up to QAR 50,000 with in-kind co-funding, or up to QAR 200,000 (matched 100% by HBKU) with cash co-funding from an industry partner · SOCIF: up to QAR 50,000, or up to QAR 100,000 for two or more faculty members from different HBKU colleges · SIF: up to QAR 15,000 (single student) or up to QAR 30,000 (two or more students from different HBKU colleges), max 8 months

Ticket size not published

Fund I: over $22.8M (final close April 2026) · ticket size not published

Investment + programme support

AED 250K in-kind + AED 250K cash via SAFE note · top-up of AED 250K for additional equity for high-performing startups (Access Programme)

No published startup programme

Not published

Fund I $50M · Pre-Series A and Series A

$135M pre-IPO capital raise — private placement and in-kind contributions, from Sanabil Investments, FJ Labs and Saygin Yalcin

Fund III SAR 500M · gaming fund SAR 150M · SAR 2.3B+ raised across vehicles

Terms not published

Subsidized license + workspace — no equity

Project-dependent

Programme support - no cash amount published; connects participants with investors and funders

Programme

Women in Tech: equity-free funding up to USD 35,000 (Standard Chartered) · Visa She’s Next: USD 45,000 grand prize

Winner AED 500,000 + funded pilot · runners-up AED 250,000 and AED 100,000 (2025 edition)

Up to QAR 50,000 (Tier 1) · up to QAR 100,000 (Tier 2) · up to QAR 200,000 (Tier 3)

Competitive financial grants · possible investment through stc’s corporate venture capital — amounts not published

Grants (General, 3 months) · funding (Advanced, 6 months, by invitation) · amounts not published

AED 50K equity-free grant

FDI facilitation · Stakeholder introductions · Gateway VC module: pitch participating funds directly

Angel rounds, early stage - ticket size not published; SAR 100M+ across 25+ rounds per its own site

Assets under management not published · secondaries and special situations

Direct investment from idea stage to mature company — ticket size not published

SAR 3.5B+ commitments · SAR 1.1B deployed · 47 portfolio funds

$0.5M–$3M

Not published

JIMCO Technology Fund: initially US$500M, evergreen · ticket size not published

VC ticket not published.

Guarantees 80% standard · 90–95% target sectors · debt guarantee, not funding

Ticket size not published

Pre-seed to early Series A - typical tickets $100K-$700K; up to $500K at seed stage and up to $2M at early stage

Lab access + faculty consultation (no direct funding)

R&D grants (NextEra) · TAQADAM up to $140K non-dilutive · KIV convertible notes and equity, typical tickets $100K–$700K

Up to 100% foreign ownership · Up to 10-year tax holiday

Not published

Grant — amount not published

Training programme — no direct funding

Grant — project-dependent

Not published

Programme-dependent; loan amounts not published

Seed to Series A · fund and cheque sizes not published

Accelerator funding up to $300K · fund size not published

Programme support

Pre-seed to Series A · closed-ended VC funds with subscription limits up to $100 million · ticket size not published

Tech park benefits + tax exemptions

Programme support + investor access · free of charge

Sovereign capital — size not published

Pre-seed and seed cheques (lead or co-lead) · ticket size not published

Seed through Series C+ per QIA

Multi-stage — pre-seed to pre-liquidity

Free zone incentives · 100% foreign ownership · package prices not published

Ticket size not published

Government-backed bank-loan guarantees — terms not published

Grant amount not published

Programme envelope not published

Incentive programmes for licensed entities - rates not published on the application pages

3B+ AUM (site) · Exel: up to $150K cash + $150K in-kind

$3M to $5M per ticket — Middle East Venture Fund IV ($105M)

Programme support — funding amounts not published

Ticket size not published

Setup fees

Investor registration · RHQ programme

Zero-equity programmes · Challenge for Change: SAR 1M grant to each of three track winners

Interest-free loans up to AED 1M · bank-guaranteed credit loans above AED 1M up to AED 3M

Fast-track registration + regulatory support

Loan guarantees + programme support

Multi-stage · fund size and cheque not published

$755bn+ assets managed, advised and administered (as of 30 June 2026)

Incubation and training — no funding figure published

Pre-seed to Seed · $100K–$1M pre-seed · $500K–$2M seed

Not published

Up to KD 400,000 · up to 80% of project capital (project capital max KD 500,000)

$100m inaugural fund (first close July 2024) · ticket size not published

2025 winner: USD 10,000 cash prize + three-month incubation at Bahrain FinTech Bay

Demo Day winner: up to OMR 240K in funding

VC + M&A · growth-focused tickets

Funding — amount not published

Pre-Seed to Series A · ticket size not published

Not published

Targeted investments — terms not published

Early stage - ticket and fund size not published

Incubation + investor referral pipeline

SAR 2.5B programme budget (since 2020) · MVPLab grants up to SAR 150,000 · Venture Debt initiative for Series A and higher — no published size · LendTech SME lending up to SAR 8.5M (applications currently locked)

KWD 100M (~$350M) capital

Stage range, AUM and cheque size not published

Loans — project dependent

Sovereign capital

Programme support

Programme support + potential investment

Grant up to $50K + follow-on investment up to $450K (Acceleration Path) · up to $100K from Future Fund Oman (Pre-Acceleration Path)

Angel tickets + SVC co-investment up to 1:1 (SAR 100K–7.5M per round)

AED 500M fund · pre-Seed to Series B

$80,000–100,000 invested in every startup · 4-month batches

US$500K–US$3M (Jasoor Ventures)

$50K pre-seed for 7% equity

US $100K, with additional seed funding possible

Fund size not published

Early stage · fund size not published

Seed fund: initial checks €300k–€3m (lead or syndicate investor) · Africa fund: seed to Series C

Ticket size not published

$200K–$2M tickets — pre-seed to Series A

USD 100,000 to 7.5 million per company — PVPIF ($50M)

$900bn+ AUM

Venture capital + listed-equity stakes · fund size not published

Programme + VC investment

Seed to Series A — about $100K at seed, follow-ons up to $500K

Residency, not funding — requires a round of at least SAR 400,000 (1st category) or SAR 15 million (2nd category) · one-time fee SAR 4,000

$50K in-kind SAFE note — no discount, no valuation cap; conditional on at least one joint contract with Presight/G42 within twelve months

Seed to growth · fund and ticket sizes not published

Seed and Pre-A · fund size and cheque size not published

$3B fund

More than 40 startups from 15 countries backed via Startup Qatar since 2024 · target portfolio QAR 1 billion by 2030

Licensing platform · incentives package introduced at Web Summit Qatar, February 2026: registration and annual renewal fees waived for the first three years (QFC press release)

Investment, not a grant — QDB raised direct pre-seed investment to QAR 730,000 (USD 200,000) per company in December 2025 for early-stage companies and graduates of QFTH programs; fintech.qa publishes no ticket size

Investment incentives + free zone benefits

Not published

QAR 1.5M · 1–3 year projects · co-funding, support level per Annex 5

Not published — QDB’s Incubation Hub page names no amounts

Regulatory permission to test

Guarantee typically up to 50% of the financed amount · up to 70% for low-ticket financing

Initial Working Capital: up to 6 months of OPEX

Fund size QAR 365M - tickets QAR 1.5-7M for innovative small enterprises and QAR 3.5-18M for growing medium enterprises - less than 50% stake - 8-10 year horizon (5 years deployment, 3-5 years holding)

Seed equity via convertible Musharaka · up to QAR 1.825M per startup (QDB funds up to 90% of the round) · minimum 10% founder contribution

Up to QAR 250,000 per the product page (QAR 100K cash + QAR 150K in kind) · QDB announced QAR 730,000 (USD 200,000) per company under an updated model in December 2025

No capital deployed - a regulatory pathway, not funding

USD 3 billion programme (site)

USD 100–500K per ticket · 5 to 10 investments a year

QAR 365K per challenge (some QAR 474K) · 1 year

QAR 3M over 3 years (Innolight) · Phase I up to QAR 800K · Phase II up to QAR 2.2M (RFA)

Up to QAR 10M per project · co-funding, the company carries a share itself

In-kind package, no cash grant: accommodation and workspace in Doha for the four-week Sprint, university talent access, investor and partner introductions, company registration support · 1.5% deferred SAFE-style equity on entering Incubation

$30M fund · Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A follow-ons · cheque size set case by case from capital needs, lead investor terms and strategic fit

Pre-seed to Series A

Fund B: $125M global technology fund (2025) · ticket size not published

Pre-Series A to Series B

Up to SAR 4 million per project (Saudi Innovation Grants Program)

Ticket size not published

Fund size SAR 450MM · Seed through Series B · ticket size not published

Not published

Up to BHD 1 million · tenor up to 7 years · 50% profit-rate subsidy (up to 4% for SMEs)

$10K-$100K per investor - pre-seed and seed per the application form; round size not published

University-backed venture capital

Incentives not published on the awards page

Not published

Direct: up to AED 400,000 interest-free · via banks: up to AED 2M Murabaha

Deal sizes on the site $15M to $25M

50+ active investments across 10+ sectors and 6 countries

Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A, with selective participation in Series B and beyond - fund size and ticket size not published

Not published

Fund size and ticket size not published

Early-stage tickets

Pre-Seed to Series A · ticket size not published

Seed and early-stage rounds · fund and ticket size not published

Regulatory permission to test

More than $3B committed per year to global private investments (site) · 200+ investments completed

Up to OMR 1M per company + wage support

Direct investments: minimum ticket SAR 1,000,000 ($267K), SVC at most 30% of each round · fund commitments up to 65% of a fund

$50K-$250K per startup · does not lead rounds

Non-financial — capability building and market access

Over QAR 13.5M in support provided to date across 88 startups

Stage and cheque size not published

$160M AI fund · $40K per GAIA startup

Financial grants totalling SAR 150,000 (provided by NTDP) · opportunity to obtain investment

Pre-Seed to Series A

Seed to Series A · fund size not published

Equity OMR 100K–350K · Debt OMR 10K–350K · Ventures OMR 10K–50K · Factoring up to OMR 500K

Not published

Equity-free grants (Entrepreneurs Resilience Fund, AED 5M) + programme support

Terms not published

Stage-agnostic

Ticket and fund size not published

Workspace + programme support

Loan sizes set by the partner institutions; not published

Early Stage up to $50K · Growth Stage up to $100K

SAR 50,000-500,000 · repayment up to 9 years (108 months) · grace period up to 12 months

$500,000–$2,000,000 per investment · minimum $20,000 per participating investor

Special economic zone incentives + 30-year tax holiday

Pre-Seed to Growth · Inception to Seed €250K–€5M, Series B to Pre-IPO €5M–€30M

Pre-seed: initial investment of $100K–$200K, follow-on possible · venture-building resources

$300,000 first prize · $100,000 second prize

No direct investment published — startAD connects startups to funding opportunities; corporate pilots via its Corporate Sprint Accelerators

Competition prizes + ecosystem access

Platform — the investment itself runs through the Startup Qatar Investment Program (own card)

Capped compute credits (in-kind) · value not published

START up to $1.1M · GROW up to $5.5M — identical on qdb.qa and startupqatar.qa (re-checked September 2026). Released in tranches against mutually agreed milestones

VC tickets $10-35M · venture investments and partnerships $20-100M · fund size not published

Average ticket $4M · repayment 6 to 18 months · $2B+ credit enabled

AI Fund $100M · NICE non-dilutive funding

Pre-Seed to Series A · fund size not published

Pre-Seed to Series B · cheque size not published

Corporate VC of stc — fund size not published

Grants + subsidies — project dependent

$4M direct investments (programme-wide)

Later-stage growth equity — ticket size not published

Up to $140K ($40K base grant + up to $100K follow-on for top teams)

QAR 200,000 (about $55,000) cash prize each to the top startups of the cohort

Not published

About $15M per company

Series A to B with opportunistic seed - committed capital SAR 1B; ticket size not published

Published tickets: $3M (Ogram 2025, YOUGotaGift 2023)

Not published

Programmes + workspace (Shared Desk OMR 40/month, Assigned Desk OMR 115/month) — no funding amount published

Programme support, no funding figure published - workspace and facilities free of charge for programme companies

Programme + workspace + mentorship

Early-stage cheques — ticket size not published

USD 7,000 stipend plus up to USD 2,000 for compute and tooling (non-repayable, not salary) · co-build support in product, AI-native engineering, capital and go-to-market

US$50,000 in equity-free cash prizes

Growth capital - USD 150M Southeast Asia fund, first close September 2025; ticket size not published

Licence-fee waivers · Abu Dhabi Film Commission production rebate access

National AI incentive packages

5-year residency — no equity

Not published

Stage and ticket size not published

Thematic funds — FinTech and ClimateTech active · ticket size not published

Ticket size not published

Pre-Seed to Series A

Seed funding and grants plus investor access - amounts not published

$500M fund (expanded 2022) · up to $20M per deal · $100M early-stage AI allocation (2024) · $320M+ deployed in 100+ portfolio companies

$200M targeted value — Pre-Series A to Series B

Amount not published

Seed to Series A

Fund size not published

$250M Fund IV (Series A to B) · ticket size not published

Programme support - no cash amount published; Local Track offers access to local funding and grants via partners

$1M prize pool for the top three · $100,000–125,000 per finalist over twelve months

Not published

Ticket size not published

$26.6M Venture Studio & Accelerator Fund - early stage; cheque size, equity and programme terms not published

Programme support · Pitch access to Zain Ventures

About USD 156M invested by end-2025 (funds and direct) · ticket size not published

Ticket and fund size not published

US$1 million per organisational category winner · US$100,000 per organisational finalist

Financial grants for the ten yearly winners of its Direct Support Programme - amount not published