- What
- Aramco's deeptech venture builder: funding, labs and market access for early startups.
- Who
- Early-stage deeptech startups with product validation and completed lab tests.
- From abroad
- Not stated on the programme’s site (checked October 2026) All programmes open to founders from abroad →
Checked · October 2026 · lab7.com.sa · How we check ↗
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LAB7 (Aramco) is a corporate venture builder — strategic minority investor in Saudi Arabia. Aramco's deeptech venture builder, with a purpose-built facility in Dhahran. It backs early-stage deeptech startups at the intersection of technology and industrial transformation that have achieved initial product validation and completed lab tests, taking a minority equity stake in exchange for funding and in-kind contributions: joint product development, specialised infrastructure (115+ pieces of equipment) and market access. Pillars: manufacturing, digital, sustainability.
- Amount
- Not published
- Terms
- Minority equity stake in exchange for funding and in-kind contributions
- Eligibility
- Early-stage deeptech startups with initial product validation and completed lab tests (pre- or early commercialisation)
- Sectors
- Manufacturing
- digital
- sustainability
- Benefits
- Joint product development
- specialised infrastructure (115+ equipment)
- market access
- startup funding
- Status
- Open — startup application form online (checked October 2026)
Is this for you?
Where is your company?
Are you open to giving equity?
We match them against what LAB7 (Aramco) publishes.
A guide to the published criteria, not a decision — the programme selects.
What the source says
“Where is the startup incorporated?”
“LAB7 participates as a strategic investor and takes a minority equity stake in startups in exchange for funding and in-kind contributions”
“We back early stage deeptech startups with high potential solutions at the intersection of technology and industrial transformation”
“LAB7 partners with early stage startups that have achieved initial product validation and completed lab tests”
“Manufacturing / Digital / Sustainability (pillar headings on the page; WebFetch rendering - confirm verbatim in browser)”
“Joint Product Development / Specialized Infrastructure / Market Access / Startup Funding (offering headings; WebFetch rendering - confirm verbatim in browser)”
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Questions founders ask
What does LAB7 (Aramco) offer?
Aramco's deeptech venture builder: funding, labs and market access for early startups.
Does LAB7 (Aramco) take equity?
Equity — minority stake.
Can founders from abroad apply?
Not stated on the programme’s site (checked October 2026).
Is there a deadline?
No closing date is published; applications are open.
How do I apply?
Through its own application form — the Apply button on this page goes straight there.
Sources
Primary source · lab7.com.sa · LinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/LAB7-sa · Checked October 2026