Accelerator🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
TAQADAM (KAUST)
Thuwal
The grant is non-dilutive. States 290 startups supported since 2016, $459M raised between them and 4,600+ jobs created.
- Investment focus
- Hardware/DeeptechEnergyFintechHealth/BiotechGeneralist
- Stage
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Check / terms
- A $40,000 non-dilutive grant, with 10 startups at the showcase securing a further $100,000, up to $140,000 in total.
- Program / model
- Six-month accelerator run by KAUST with Saudi Awwal Bank, opening with a one-month intensive bootcamp and giving access to KAUST research labs and facilities. Teams need at least two members and full-time commitment. Open to non-Saudi founders who plan to expand into the Kingdom within a year.
- Invests in
- Saudi Arabia, plus international startups planning a Saudi presence within a year
- Founded
- 2016