Accelerators & Incubators
Programs helping founders launch and scale — from DIFC's FinTech Hive and in5 to global players like Y Combinator and Antler.
82 programs
| Type | Location | Equity | Startups | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incubator | Abu Dhabi, UAE | No | 110 |     +105 | |
| Government | Sharjah, UAE | No | 102 |      +97 | |
| Government | Dubai, UAE | No | 100 | ||
| Accelerator | Thuwal, Saudi Arabia | No | 92 | ||
| University | Thuwal, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 65 | ||
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 55 | ||
| Incubator | Dubai, UAE | No | 49 | ||
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 48 | ||
| Corporate | Dubai, UAE | No | 41 | ||
| Incubator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 40 | ||
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 36 | ||
| Incubator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 34 | ||
| Incubator | Dubai, UAE | No | 28 | ||
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 27 | ||
| Accelerator | Dubai, UAE | 10% | 26 | ||
| Accelerator | Dubai, UAE | No | 26 | ||
| Government | Manama, Bahrain | No | 24 | ||
| Accelerator | Manama, Bahrain | No | 24 | ||
| Government | Manama, Bahrain | No | 21 | ||
| Corporate | Muscat, Oman | No | 21 | ||
| Incubator | Doha, Qatar | No | 21 | ||
| Corporate | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 21 | ||
| Incubator | Doha, Qatar | No | 19 | ||
| Accelerator | Doha, Qatar | No | 19 | ||
| Venture Studio | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 18 | ||
| Accelerator | Boulder, USA | 6% | 17 | ||
| Government | Muscat, Oman | No | 17 | ||
| Accelerator | Mountain View, USA | 7% | 17 |      +12 | |
| Government | Manama, Bahrain | No | 16 | ||
| Incubator | Doha, Qatar | No | 15 | ||
| University | Abu Dhabi, UAE | No | 14 | ||
| Corporate | Dubai, UAE | No | 13 | ||
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 12 | ||
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 12 | ||
| Government | Dubai, UAE | No | 11 | ||
| Venture Studio | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 10 | ||
| Incubator | Dubai, UAE | No | 10 | ||
| Corporate | NEOM, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 10 | ||
| Corporate | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 10 | ||
| Venture Studio | Dubai, UAE | 11% | 9 | ||
| University | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 9 | ||
| University | Makkah, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 9 | ||
| Government | Abu Dhabi, UAE | No | 6 | ||
| Government | Muscat, Oman | No | 6 | ||
| Government | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 5 | ||
| Government | Manama, Bahrain | No | 4 | ||
| Accelerator | Manama, Bahrain | No | 4 | ||
| Government | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 4 | ||
| University | King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia | No | 4 | ||
| Corporate | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 4 | ||
| Government | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 2 | ||
| Government | Dubai, UAE | No | 2 |   | |
| University | Riffa, Bahrain | No | 2 | ||
| University | Abu Dhabi, UAE | No | 2 | ||
| Corporate | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 2 | ||
| Government | Muscat, Oman | Yes | 2 |   | |
| Government | Manama, Bahrain | No | 1 | ||
| Government | Doha, Qatar | No | 1 | ||
| University | Halban, Muscat, Oman | No | 1 | ||
| Corporate | Muscat, Oman | No | 1 | ||
| Government | Muscat, Oman | No | 1 | ||
| Government | Doha, Qatar | No | 1 |  | |
| Accelerator | Singapore, Singapore | 10% | 0 | — | |
| Government | Dubai, UAE | No | 0 | — | |
| Accelerator | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 0 | — | |
| Corporate | Dubai, UAE | No | 0 | — | |
| Venture Studio | Dubai, UAE | No | 0 | — | |
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Yes | 0 | — | |
| University | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 0 | — | |
| Corporate | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 0 | — | |
| Government | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 0 | — | |
| Government | Muscat, Oman | No | 0 | — | |
| Government | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 0 | — | |
| Government | Kuwait City, Kuwait | No | 0 | — | |
| University | Doha, Qatar | No | 0 | — | |
| Government | Muscat, Oman | No | 0 | — | |
| Accelerator | Kuwait City, Kuwait | Yes | 0 | — | |
| Corporate | Muscat, Oman | No | 0 | — | |
| University | Muscat, Oman | No | 0 | — | |
| Accelerator | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | No | 0 | — | |
| University | Munich, Germany | No | 0 | — | |
| Corporate | Muscat, Oman | No | 0 | — |
