Qatar
Venture Capital in Qatar Overview
VC allocation by stage
Below we break venture capital into three distinct stages: Startup stage ($0-15M rounds), breakout stage ($15-100M rounds), and scaleup ($100M+ rounds).
This provides more consistent and timeless segmentation of the startup & venture capital landscape (more so than self-reported round labeling, which are applied inconsistently, especially between business cycles).
Explore top VC rounds into Qatari startups.
By amount
By number of rounds
By segment
This guide uses the standardized categorization and proprietary tech taxonomy developed by Dealroom.
VC allocation by industry
Startups, as well as capital invested in them, are categorised under up to two industries as defined in Dealroom’s industry taxonomy. As such, double counting may occur.
VC allocation by sub-industry
An industry can be segmented with multiple sub-industries. For sub-industries, there is not a maximum limit, which means that a company can be tagged with all sub-industries of a given industry.
Qatar vs MENA VC investment trends
Showcasing the percentage of total VC investment into each industry, in Qatar and MENA. Double counting may occur.
Source of capital
Source of the VC investment is based on the primary location location of investor(s) participating in the round. When multiple investors participate in a round, amount invested is equally divided between the co-participants.
The following showcases VC investment raised between 2019 and 2023 in Qatar. Domestic refers to rounds in which the investor participating has the same primary location as the company. We include rounds where investor is undisclosed as Undisclosed.
Compared to other MENA countries
The following showcases VC investment raised between 2019 and 2023 a selection of MENA countries, as well as MENA Average. Domestic refers to rounds in which the investor participating has the same primary location as the company. For benchmarking purposes we do not include rounds where investors are undisclosed or unknown.
Active investors
The following showcases the active investors into Qatari startups based on the number of investments since 2019. The investor with the most investment is indexed to 100.
For more, see the most active Qatari investors (global rounds) here as well as investors investing into Qatari startups here.
International comparisons
Country (MENA) benchmarking
City (MENA) benchmarking
Per capita (MENA) benchmarking
Most promising startups
Discover top 50 startups to watch in Qatar by Dealroom signal, surfacing the most promising upcoming funding opportunities in Qatar. For more on the Dealroom signal consult our knowledge base.
Discover active Qatari companies raising funding since 2022.
Patents
Filed by classes
Below are the top categories by the number of patents filed by Qatari companies since 2010 per superclass and subclass.
Filed by country
Related Content:
- MENA Guide: All the need-to-know stats and trends in technology, innovation and entrepreneurship for the MENA startup ecosystem, visit our dedicated Guide here
- Reports: Read all the MENA ecosystem reports here
- Dealroom Data: Explore all Qatari startups and scaleups and their funding rounds