Accelerators & incubators in the GCC

SAR 100,000 development funding, earmarked rather than paid as cash.

Equity via SAFE, capped at 5%

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

Equity — about 11% via SAFE

Access to 7 CODE labs and a 20-partner innovation network.

No equity — accelerator programme

General track (3 months) or Advanced track (6 months, invitation-only).

No equity — corporate accelerator

Targeted investment.

No equity — targeted investment

$80,000–$100,000 invested in every startup over a 4-month batch.

Equity

Up to $140K: $40K base grant plus up to $100K follow-on for top teams.

No equity — grant

Incubator, accelerator and Bridge programmes with free workspace; no funding figure published.

Not published — workspace and facilities free of charge

$100,000+ investment, minus a $35,000 programme fee, over a 12-week Riyadh programme.

Equity — direct stake taken

Support programme for environment, agriculture and water startups.

No equity — service or permission

Direct funding of up to SAR 375,000 plus soft landing and technical enablement.

Equity

Seed funding through an accelerator programme.

Equity — direct stake taken

Sector accelerator with mentorship and co-working.

Equity

Impact incubation programme.

No equity — service or permission

Lab access and R&D support to scale into Saudi Arabia; no funding provided.

No equity — in-kind support only

Funding for gaming studios.

Equity — performance-based terms

Access to a $160M AI investment vehicle.

Equity

Seed funding and grants plus investor access.

Equity

AED 250K in-kind plus AED 250K cash via SAFE note; up to AED 250K more via Access.

Equity — via SAFE note

Subsidized business licence and coworking workspace.

No equity — service or permission

Equity-free grants plus programme support.

No equity — grant

Equity investment pre-seed to Series A.

Seed funding as SAFE notes, pre-seed and seed.

Convertible — converts to equity

Regulatory sandbox access and programme support for fintech startups.

No equity — service or permission

AED 500,000 to the winner plus a funded UAE pilot; runners-up AED 250,000 and AED 100,000.

No equity — prize plus funded pilot

AED 50K equity-free grant.

No equity — grant

Incubation plus referral into the Oraseya Capital co-invest pipeline.

Equity

Accelerator programme with potential VC investment.

Equity — varies; ADGM track is equity-free

Six-month accelerator with a $50K in-kind SAFE note; no working application link today.

SAFE — $50K in kind, no discount or cap

No direct investment published; corporate pilot budgets via sprint accelerators.

Equity

In-kind support: Doha workspace and housing for a four-week Sprint, talent and investor access.

Equity — 1.5% deferred SAFE-style stake

Investment support; amount not published (one portfolio firm raised $1M).

Equity

Venture-building support; no funding figure published.

Incubation and acceleration support.

Four funds: IBDA up to QAR 250K, IIF up to QAR 200K, SOCIF up to QAR 100K, SIF up to QAR 30K.

Equity — varies by fund

Incubation, training and market linkage support; no funding figure published.

Up to $170K pre-seed investment (fintech.qa); QDB cites QAR 730,000 ($200K) per company.

Equity — 0–7% via post-money SAFE (F6S profile)

Accelerator: up to $100K as a post-money SAFE; Pre-Accelerator: up to $75K.

Equity — 4% (Accelerator) · 6% (Pre-Accelerator)

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

Early Stage funding up to $50K; Growth Stage funding up to $100K.

Convertible loan — converts at 15–20% discount or cap

Co-build support in product, engineering and go-to-market.

Equity, stipend and housing

Non-dilutive mentorship, with investor access via the CDL network.

No equity for participation

Free incubation, including a 5-week Idea Camp and a 2-year full programme.

No equity — service or permission

Accelerator support for sports-tech startups.

Closed — the 2026 cycle's terms are no longer published.

Non-financial capability building and market access support.

No equity — service or permission

QAR 200,000 (about $55,000) cash prize to top cohort startups, plus a virtual programme.

No equity — 100% founder ownership retained

Bootcamp tuition, with scholarships available.

Accelerator programme support plus pitch access to Zain Ventures.

Education and incubation programme with competition prizes.

Non-dilutive programme support and investor matchmaking.

No equity — non-dilutive programme

Industrial incubation with workspace and mentorship.

Programme support plus potential investment.

Equity — varies

Programme support with a route to investment.

Equity

Programme support.

Equity

Programme support plus Microsoft cloud credits.

No equity — service or permission

$50K pre-seed investment.

Equity — direct stake taken

About $100K investment, with potential follow-on funding.

Equity — direct stake taken

Programme support with pathways to further funding.

Equity — varies

Accelerator programme and a CBB sandbox pathway.

No equity — service or permission

Accelerator support with potential investment.

Equity — direct stake taken

Accelerator support.

Equity — direct stake taken

Share of $4M in programme-wide direct investments.

Equity