KACST Venture Program (KVP)
KACST's company-creation programme, backed by NTDP and hosted at The Garage, turns applied research and inventions into startups that can be commercialised.
[ What you get ]
Turns applied research, inventions and tech ideas into companies, hosted at The Garage, with access to KACST research infrastructure.
[ Who it's for ]
Inventors, researchers and tech founders with research-based or technical ideas that have market potential (detailed criteria not published).
- Run by
- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), supported by NTDP
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- In person
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- unknown
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Deep tech
[ Elden Studios ]
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Programmes back founders who ship. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you walk in with something live.
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:kacst.gov.sa