Need support?

No, Nusaned™ Initiative is open to both local and international investors, as long as the investment opportunity has long-term competitiveness and significant socio-economic impact on KSA.

You cannot enroll into DAEM directly. Only those investors who are qualified through the Entema process are eligible for DAEM support packages

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No, there is no fixed deadline. SABIC will receive and review applications from investors on a regular basis. However, support will be provided depending on the application load.

A pre-screening will be conducted once you register on the Entema portal. This will include verification through other governmental agencies and an investment competency check.

In order to receive SABIC support, you need to first register on Entema portal with either a pre-defined opportunity or an opportunity from other sources. Each opportunity will be subject to a structured process to assess its investment attractiveness. The process includes a Pre-screening phase, a Pre-feasibility phase and a detailed Business case evaluation (due-diligence) phase. If your opportunity qualifies, you will receive a support package.

Entema is the opportunity gate portal, part of the Nusaned™ Initiative. Through Entema, SABIC aims at providing investors a platform to explore investment opportunities and test their viability and attractiveness to receive SABIC support.

Nusaned™ is SABIC’s first integrated localization program. It is aimed at addressing some of the issues investors face from idea generation to execution of the idea. It has four key pillars:

• Entema – an opportunity gate to receive and qualify opportunities
• DAEM – provide support packages to enable qualified opportunities
• Investment Fund – provide financing to qualified opportunities
• Muahal – workforce development program for qualified opportunities

On the Entema portal, investors can find a list of potential opportunities that can be explored and evaluated further. These opportunities are typically linked to:

• Materials and services SABIC procures
• Downstream industries which can use SABIC products as raw materials. or
• SABIC patents/technologies/applications which can be commercialized

Additionally, investors can also submit opportunities identified through other sources.

SABIC will support qualified investor with opportunities by designing a customized package including support such as providing competitive pricing and product offtake, offering shared services and supply chain, workforce capability development, and sharing technical know-how and global practices.

SABIC has partnered with other Government stakeholders and private companies in order to make the localization program a reality. Partners perform several functions, including but not limited to regulatory support, access to financing and business advisory support.

For a complete list of partners and the support provided in the Nusaned™ Initiative, go to Partners.

Nusaned™ is open to SMEs/Entrepreneurs, local firms looking to expand and foreign firms looking to set up in Saudi Arabia.