Applications for QSTP XLR8 programme reopen with funding prizes available

Applications for QSTP XLR8 programme reopen with funding prizes available

This year, the winning team will be awarded QR150,000 and QR100,000 to the second-place winners, allowing entrepreneurs to fund the development of their businesses. The teams will also be provided workspace in QSTP’s Innovation Hub, as well as ongoing mentoring as they proceed with commercialising their innovative products or services.

XLR8 is a five-month programme that helps promising innovators and entrepreneurs determine if their tech-based ideas have commercial viability by giving entrepreneurs the tools needed to assess market fit, customer traction, and investor awareness.

“At QSTP, we have a longstanding commitment to nurturing local innovators throughout their journey to transform tech-based ideas into commercially viable businesses. As a result of the funding and support we provide to entrepreneurs to help their businesses grow, we are able to strengthen Qatar’s private sector and promote the development of cutting-edge products and services that address national and global market needs. I invite Qatar’s most innovative entrepreneurs to apply for this year’s programme, which promises to be our most dynamic and rewarding cycle yet,” said Hayfa al-Abdulla, innovation director at QSTP.

Qatar-based teams of up to five members are eligible for the programme. Successful applicants will be working on impactful solutions to real-life industry problems through