Cartier Women's Initiative – Middle East & North Africa Award
A global fellowship for women impact entrepreneurs whose Middle East and North Africa award is open to Saudi founders, with equity-free grants of up to USD 100,000.
Closed for now.
This programme is between intakes. Follow it and we'll email you the day it reopens.
Past calls: 16 June 2026 · 24 June 2025 · 30 June 2023
What you get
Grants of USD 100,000 / 60,000 / 30,000 for the top three per region, a year-long fellowship with media training, INSEAD women's impact entrepreneurship programme, coaching and an in-person awards week.
Who it's for
Women-led, for-profit impact businesses with USD 50k–5M annual revenue, 5–250 staff, under USD 2M dilutive funding raised, majority founder-owned; Saudi founders compete in the MENA region.
- Run by
- Cartier
- Stages
- Seed · Series A
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
Elden Studios
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Cartier Women's Initiative asks for a working product. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you apply with something live.
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