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Dubai SME - Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund support for Emirati entrepreneurs

مؤسسة محمد بن راشد لتنمية المشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة

Status

Status not published

Rolling membership and financing applications through Dubai SME.

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Amount
1,000,000 AED

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund provides interest-free financing to Emirati-owned Dubai SMEs, historically up to about AED 1 million per project depending on the tier, alongside licence fee exemptions and government procurement set-asides.

Funder

Dubai SME (Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development), Department of Economy and Tourism

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling membership and financing applications through Dubai SME.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Restricted to UAE nationals owning at least 51% of a Dubai-registered business; the founder must be actively managing it.

How to apply

  1. Become a Dubai SME member (Emirati-owned business registered in Dubai).
  2. Submit the financing application with a business plan.
  3. Feasibility and credit review.
  4. Financing agreement and monitoring.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://sme.ae/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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