{"id":28863,"date":"2021-10-18T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=28863"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:31:01","slug":"waed-allocates-up-to-sar-6-9-million-in-new-seed-grants-and-vc-funds-during-its-fourth-roadshow-stop-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/waed-allocates-up-to-sar-6-9-million-in-new-seed-grants-and-vc-funds-during-its-fourth-roadshow-stop-in-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Wa\u2019ed allocates up to SAR 6.9 million in new seed grants and VC funds during its fourth Roadshow stop in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A total of SAR 6.9 million was dedicated to three Saudi entrepreneurs at the fourth roadshow stop in Riyadh<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>18 October 2021 &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Wa\u2019ed, the entrepreneurship arm of Aramco, has dedicated a total financial aid of SAR 6.9 million to three Saudi-based startups, as the centre concludes its fourth roadshow stop in Riyadh after successfully completing its three previous stops in Jubail, Yanbu, and Jeddah over the last two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investment was divided between two seed-stage grants to be deployed after completing a final onboarding process and a single venture capital investment in a Saudi-based company. This reflects the unwavering commitment that Wa\u2019ed has been upholding throughout the roadshow to fuel the development of the local startup ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized in partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha\u2019at), the event featured three of the most promising startup sectors in the Saudi entrepreneurial space \u2014 E-commerce, Cyber Security, and Healthtech \u2014 and saw participation from a number of innovative Saudi entrepreneurs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with previous roadshow events, the awards were presented after the Wa\u2019ed team conducted a short follow-on voting round to reach a unanimous decision on the qualified startups. The votes took into consideration the founding team\u2019s experience, the addressable market opportunity, and the overall product competitiveness in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve seen how the COVID-19 pandemic pushed all three sectors, e-commerce, health-tech, and cyber security, to the forefront of every startup ecosystem both regionally and globally, and we were eager to reaffirm our responsibility at Wa\u2019ed towards sustaining the long-term growth of these sectors,\u201d said Fahad Alidi, Managing Director at Wa\u2019ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a 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The startup offers on-demand health and wellness programs, including e-prescriptions and real-time messaging with health professionals, for both individual customers and partnering business clients.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For seed grants, Wa\u2019ed also recommended a SAR 75,000 to Muktasar, a Saudi-based global edtech platform offering summaries of international books, and a SAR 50,000 to Spectra, the first Saudi telemedicine startup specialized in addressing and virtually diagnosing developmental and behavioural disorders in children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The search for original market solutions and visionary tech-focused startups will continue in the next two months when Wa\u2019ed plans to hold its final stops in Madinah on November 11 and Makkah on December 6 to explore local startup engagements in the tourism and hospitality, supply chain management, and tech sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wa\u2019ed\u2019s role in accelerating Saudi Arabia\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem has been consistently dynamic since its establishment in 2011, issuing over SAR 400 million in various financial support plans to Saudi-based startups that fill critical market gaps in the Saudi economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications for the Wa\u2019ed Entrepreneurship Roadshow are open to entrepreneurs until December. 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