Samnan Ventures Water Innovation Accelerator
Billed as Saudi Arabia's first private water-tech accelerator, run by the Samnan family group's venture arm in Riyadh. Post-MVP startups get coaching, utility and industrial pilots, and a chance at up to US$500K of investment.
[ What you get ]
Weekly 1:1 coaching, investor bootcamps, B2B sales playbooks, data-room help, pilots with utilities and industrial partners (the page calls them guaranteed), a demo day, and an investment opportunity of up to US$500K for qualifying startups.
[ Who it's for ]
Post-MVP water-tech startups with early traction, a B2B, industrial or municipal focus, and a committed team. Pre-seed to Series B can apply on the form.
- Run by
- Samnan Ventures (Samnan Holding Group)
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- Not published
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- 12 weeks (first cohort Aug–Nov 2025)
- Stages
- Seed · Series A
- Sectors
- Water · Deep tech · Industrial · Agritech · IoT
[ 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 3 October 2026.
Sources:samnanventures.sa