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QDB Direct Financing and Al Dhameen guarantee

بنك قطر للتنمية - التمويل المباشر وبرنامج الضمين

Status

Status not published

Rolling applications through QDB or, for Al Dhameen, through a partner bank.

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Amount
15,000,000 QAR

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.

Funder

Qatar Development Bank (QDB)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications through QDB or, for Al Dhameen, through a partner bank.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Qatari-owned SMEs; ownership and local-content requirements vary by product.

How to apply

  1. Register on the QDB portal.
  2. Submit the financing application with a feasibility study.
  3. Credit and technical assessment.
  4. Facility agreement and disbursement.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.qdb.qa/en/Pages/Financing.aspx · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.qdb.qa

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