QDB Direct Financing and Al Dhameen guarantee
بنك قطر للتنمية - التمويل المباشر وبرنامج الضمين
Status not published
Rolling applications through QDB or, for Al Dhameen, through a partner bank.
QDB lends directly to Qatari SMEs (historically up to around QAR 15 million for larger industrial projects, with smaller tiers for startups) and, through Al Dhameen, guarantees up to 85% of commercial bank facilities.
Qatar Development Bank (QDB)
public · national
Deadline: rolling — Rolling applications through QDB or, for Al Dhameen, through a partner bank.
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.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: manufacturing, health, agri, any
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
Qatari-owned SMEs; ownership and local-content requirements vary by product.
How to apply
- Register on the QDB portal.
- Submit the financing application with a feasibility study.
- Credit and technical assessment.
- Facility agreement and disbursement.
What you will need
- Qatari commercial registration
- Feasibility study
- Financial statements or projections
- Quotations for capital items
Source. https://www.qdb.qa/en/Pages/Financing.aspx — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked