The Entrepreneurship Institute at King Saud University aims to build a knowledge-based community through hands-on learning, entrepreneurship awareness, supporting small enterprises, and encouraging scientific research and innovation. This is done by proving an positive environment for entrepreneurs to work on innovative ideas at KSU incubator. The institute also provides support for innovators by helping them turn innovative idea into a working prototype and assisting them by connecting them to potential investors. The Entrepreneurship Institution welcome all innovation, talents, and thriving entrepreneurs whether from inside and outside the university to help them be exposed them to potential organizations and investors in the region.
First women's platform to support business and aims to empower startups
Startups House (SH) is a Saudi Arabia based Incubator/Accelerator, formed by entrepreneurs. Our team intends to fill a gap in the national entrepreneurship ecosystem by enabling entrepreneurs to respond to the societal demands of the 21th century. We have taken up the challenge on laying pillars for the National Transformation Plan and the Vision 2030 to place the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a leader in innovation. We offer an integrated, one-stop solution to provide financial, marketing, management and legal support for entrepreneurs at various startup stages. Startups House (SH) collaborates not only with entrepreneurs and startups but also with investors and business, angels seeking quality deal flow. Our ultimate goal is to empower startups to grow via vertical or horizontal integration with established businesses. We offer entrepreneurs access to crucial services to ensure that their business will have all the necessary foundation to withstand the unforeseeable challenges.
The 9/10ths Startup Accelerator offers a full-fledged startup support program that helps entrepreneurs launch their ideas through:
مسرعة التقنية المالية (فينتك) هي برنامج دعم مقدم من الهيئة العامة للمنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة "منشآت" بالشراكة مع البنك الأهلي التجاري (ضمن برامج أهالينا) مختص في قطاع التقنية المالية. تقدم المسرعة برامجًا مكثفة لتسريع نمو وتوسع الشركات الريادية والناشئة في مجال التقنية المالية من خلال برنامج متكامل يبدأ من مخيم توليد الأفكار، ثم الانتقال للمعسكر التدريبي وصولاً إلى برنامج مسرعة الأعمال و بتوفير حزمة من الخدمات والموارد. يمكنكم التقديم على مخيم توليد الأفكار، وتشكيل فريق وبناء الفكرة وعرضها على لجنة التحكيم -والتي تضم خبراء في التقنية المالية- لتكون مرشحاً للانضمام لبرنامج مسرعة التقنية المالية (فينتك) الأولى في المملكة
We offer training and mentorship to entrepreneurs both on and off campus, from scientists and students looking to spin out their inventions into new companies, to Saudi business owners interested in adopting an entrepreneurial approach to business growth.
Starting a business requires more than just good ideas. It takes careful planning and foresight, market knowledge, funding and ongoing support. KAUST helps entrepreneurs at all stages of the process, from ideation to launch to funding and beyond. We also help inventors protect and commercialize their inventions. KAUST is particularly interested in supporting new ventures that are aligned with the university’s research activities and that will have local or regional impacts and create jobs.
(1) Management and commercialization of university innovation.
(2) Establishing and managing Makkah Techno Valley (MTV), a Science and Technology Park in UQU.
IKEA Forward is the first corporate startup accelerator in MENA. The program will incubate startups through a 4-month program, those startups will get a unique chance to work closely together with IKEA and to accelerate their startup. The program will end with a Demo Day where the startups showcase their startup and progress to IKEA, press, and external investors.
Flat6Labs Jeddah fosters and invests in bright and passionate Saudi entrepreneurs with cutting-edge ideas. Launched in 2013, Flat6Labs Jeddah assists and encourages entrepreneurs throughout the critical first steps of development. The target for the accelerator program is to graduate 15 successful and scalable startup businesses each year.
