Throughout LEAP 2026, the Center East’s flagship expertise occasion, the Group Jameel Saudi Basis signed a strategic cooperation settlement with the Nationwide Know-how Growth Program (NTDP).
The partnership goals to bolster Saudi Arabia’s expertise, innovation, and entrepreneurship ecosystem by accelerating the expansion of native tech startups and increasing their entry to important growth packages, monetary devices, and assist providers.
Below the settlement, each events will collaborate to trade mentorship experience, host joint initiatives, and enhance ecosystem consciousness relating to accessible development pathways. A key focus can be selling NTDP initiatives—such because the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) Growth Help product, which offers monetary grants and focused providers to eligible entrepreneurs.
The collaboration spans all entrepreneurship packages supported by Group Jameel Saudi, together with the Begin Good Saudi Competitors, the Jameel Deep Tech Initiative, and the Begin Good Universities Problem.
Dr. Might Taibah, Vice Chairperson of the Board of Administrators at Group Jameel Saudi, acknowledged: “This partnership reinforces Group Jameel Saudi’s dedication to empowering innovators and driving the growth of expertise startups. By combining our strengths with NTDP, we’re fostering larger integration throughout the tech ecosystem and making certain high-potential ventures obtain the structured assist and experience required to scale.”
Mohammed Abdulgaffar, Director of Initiatives at Group Jameel Saudi, added: “Synergy between the general public and non-profit sectors is crucial to cultivating a resilient innovation panorama. This collaboration aligns our sources to supply tech entrepreneurs actionable enablers—from early-stage validation to growth. Finally, this joint effort straight advances Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030’s objective of constructing an innovation-driven, knowledge-based economic system led by nationwide expertise.”
By uniting public sector infrastructure with third-sector enterprise assist, the settlement offers native tech entrepreneurs with a streamlined pathway towards business readiness, long-term competitiveness, and sustainable development throughout the Kingdom’s digital economic system.
