University Startup Accelerator Program
Monsha'at runs six-month accelerators hosted at Saudi universities to turn student, graduate and faculty projects into startups, ending in an investor pitch day.
[ What you get ]
Free 6-month programme (3 months in-person acceleration + 3 months virtual post-acceleration): workshops, mentoring, legal/accounting/marketing consultations, shared workspace, financial and in-kind grants, access to financing and an investor demo day.
[ Who it's for ]
Students, staff and recent graduates (within 2 years) of Saudi universities with an early-stage project; commercial registration or freelance document preferred; graduation-project ventures preferred.
- Run by
- General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monsha'at) (with partner universities; funded by the Human Capability Development Program)
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Hybrid
- Where
- Multiple cities
- Duration
- 6 months
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed · Seed
- Sectors
- General · Healthtech · AI · Agritech · Tourism · Edtech
[ 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:monshaat.gov.sa