NTDP MVPLab Startup Grant

NTDP MVPLab Startup Grant

Funds MVP-stage tech entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia with non-dilutive cash grants through NTDP's MVPLab accelerator program.

NTDP MVPLab is a grant program administered by the National Technology Development Program (NTDP), an initiative of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). It provides non-dilutive financial grants to early-stage tech entrepreneurs who have reached the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage or have a completed feasibility study.

The grant covers up to 150,000 SAR (approximately USD 40,000) per recipient. No equity is taken and there is no repayment requirement. NTDP does not publish a minimum award amount. The grant is paired with non-cash support including workspace, mentorship, and training, though the financial grant is the primary instrument.

Applicants must be entrepreneurs or startups that have completed an MVP or hold a feasibility study. The program targets technology product development — digital products, software, and adjacent tech — rather than pure research. For-profit companies are eligible. Specific revenue caps, team-size limits, and Saudi registration requirements are not published on the program page; the FAQ content was not accessible from the program website.

No application deadline, submission portal, or review process is described on the public-facing page. The program page does not state whether a current round is open or when the next round opens. Status is set to between_cycles because the program is recurring and aimed at an ongoing cohort pipeline, but no future call date is published. Applicants should contact NTDP directly at ntdp.gov.sa.

Key caution: the FAQ section of the MVPLab page is rendered only in JavaScript and was not accessible at the time of research, so detailed eligibility criteria (Saudi registration, team composition, sector exclusions, co-investment requirements) remain unconfirmed.