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Ibtekar Award

Monsha'at's annual innovation award spotlights Saudi innovators and tech-adopting companies; its winners have doubled as the national qualifiers for the Entrepreneurship World Cup.

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Past calls: 9 January 2024

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What you get

Cash prizes (up to SAR 300,000 in total for the 6th edition, per Monsha'at), national and international recognition, and winners represent Saudi Arabia at the Entrepreneurship World Cup.

Who it's for

Innovators with ideas and enterprises that have adopted an emerging technology or innovation in products, business model or operations.

Run by
General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monsha'at)
Stages
Idea · Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Growth
Sectors
Deep tech · Sector-agnostic

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