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Kuwait National Fund for SME Development financing

الصندوق الوطني لرعاية وتنمية المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة

Status

Status not published

Rolling applications through the National Fund portal; the fund has periodically paused intake for particular activity categories.

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Amount
500,000 KWD

The fund finances up to 80% of an approved project's capital, historically capped at KWD 500,000 per project, with the Kuwaiti founder contributing the remaining share.

You must co-fund 20%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise Development (Kuwait)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications through the National Fund portal; the fund has periodically paused intake for particular activity categories.

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.

You fund 20% yourself.

Who can apply

Restricted to Kuwaiti nationals; the founder must dedicate themselves full time to the project and contribute at least 20% of capital.

How to apply

  1. Register on the National Fund portal with a Kuwaiti civil ID.
  2. Complete the training and business plan requirements.
  3. Submit the feasibility study.
  4. Committee review, then financing agreement and staged disbursement.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://nationalfund.gov.kw/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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