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StartSmart Competition

Every edition of StartSmart Competition is kept here with its official dates, and its prizes as the organizer states them.

Run by Community Jameel Saudi (StartSmart Saudi)

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Latest edition: StartSmart Competition

Every edition

  1. 9th edition

    2025–26

    Registration opened 1 September 2025

    Prizes: SAR 100,000 in cash for the top three ideas

    Official results (opens in a new tab)
  2. 8th edition

    2024

    Registration 28 July – 14 September 2024

    Prizes: SAR 425,000 in financial prizes for nine winners

    Official source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 7th edition

    2023

    Registration 27 April – 16 June 2023

    Closing ceremony September 2023, Jeddah

    Prizes: SAR 465,000 in prizes for the 12 winning teams

    Official results (opens in a new tab)
  4. 5th edition (then the MITEF Saudi Startup Competition)

    2020–21

    Registration 15 September – 10 December 2020

    Closing ceremony 6 March 2021

    Prizes: SAR 325,000 in cash prizes for the nine winning teams

    Official results (opens in a new tab)
  5. 4th edition (then the MIT Enterprise Forum Saudi Startup Competition)

    2019–20

    Registration 10 September – 21 December 2019

    Prizes: More than SAR 325,000 in cash

    Official source (opens in a new tab)

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