StartSmart Competition
Gives Saudi founders SAR 100,000 in tech credits plus an 8-week growth bootcamp.
StartSmart is organised by Bab Rizq Jameel under the Community Jameel Saudi Foundation, having grown out of the earlier MIT Enterprise Forum Competition's Saudi branch. Entrants choose one of four sector tracks and are judged only against others in the same track. The program centres on an eight-week training bootcamp covering market entry, business model design, and financial and marketing planni…
StartSmart runs across four sector tracks chosen for their investment potential in Saudi Arabia: Health (solutions and technologies that develop the healthcare sector and improve service quality and health outcomes), Environmental (solutions addressing environmental challenges and resource efficiency), Social Entrepreneurship (startups addressing social challenges and increasing positive impact on society), and Industrial (innovative solutions that raise the industrial sector's efficiency and competitiveness). Entrants must already be operating and earning revenue rather than presenting an idea alone.
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