Ishara.

Startup hub

Investors, ways to apply, perks and tools,
for the whole raise.

40,000+ investors and funds ranked against your round, 1,200+ ways to apply with a tracker, 400+ startup perks from 320+ partners and a founder toolkit, in one Arabic and English workspace.

A work email reserves $50 in credit.

Invite-only early access · Each partner sets its own eligibility · Templates are not legal advice

Startup hub · OverviewExample data

Your raise · Seed round

Applications by lane 8

  • Shortlisted 3
  • Preparing 2
  • Submitted 2
  • Decision 1

Runway

14 months

Perks claimed

3 of 8 shortlisted

Next deadlines

  • Qanat Accelerator, spring cohortin 12 days
  • Founders grant, national programmein 26 days

This week

  • Reply to the partner at Wadi Seed Fund
  • Update the runway with October's spend
  • Request two shortlisted perks

Matched for you

  • Wadi Seed FundLeads Seed rounds in FinTech
  • Raml AngelsWrites first cheques in Oman
  • Nakhla Corporate VenturesInvests in logistics and retail
One page for the raise, read from one startup profile.

Overview

One page for the whole raise.

The hub reads one startup profile: your sector, your stage, where you raise and how much. From it, one overview shows applications by lane, the next deadlines, your runway in months, the perks you claimed, what is due this week and the investors matched for you.

  • 40,000+ investors and funds

    Ranked against your round, with the reason for each. Investors

  • 1,200+ ways to apply

    Each with its route, its status and a tracker. Apply

  • 400+ startup perks

    From 320+ partners; each partner sets its own eligibility. Perks

  • A founder toolkit

    Runway, SAFE and dilution in local currencies, templates and events. Toolkit

Investors

Investors who fit, with the reason for each.

Best-fit matching from your startup profile: 40,000+ investors and funds ranked against your round, each with the reason it fits and any warm path your team already has. Behind them sit 34,000+ investors at 9,200+ investment firms.

Open any name for the thesis and the track record, ask for a prep brief, and send the keepers to your raise pipeline.

Apply and the tracker

Every way to apply, and where each one stands.

1,200+ ways to apply: funds, accelerators, angel networks, corporate VCs, government programmes and grants. Each route shows its type, what to prepare and its status, so you know which you can enter this week.

  • Rolling routes take applications at any time.
  • Open routes are taking applications now, until their window closes.
  • Closed routes stay listed with their route and what to prepare.

The tracker keeps your applications by lane, Shortlisted, Preparing, Submitted and Decision, and asks whether you submitted.

1,200+ ways to apply
Startup hub · ApplicationsExample data

Shortlisted 2

  • Wadi Seed FundFundRolling
  • Nakhla Corporate VenturesCorporate VCOpen

Preparing 1

  • Qanat Accelerator, spring cohortAcceleratorOpenCloses in 12 days · deck, one-page summary, cap table

    You opened this application on Sunday. Did you submit?

    YesNot yet

Submitted 1

  • Raml Angels pitch eveningAngel networkRolling

Decision 1

  • Founders grant, national programmeGovernment grantClosed
Every route shows its type, its status (rolling, open or closed) and what to prepare, and the tracker asks whether you submitted.

Perks

Perks that stretch your runway.

400+ startup perks from 320+ partners, cloud and AI credits among them, by category. Shortlist the ones that fit, request them, and keep track of what you claimed.

Request gated offers through Ishara; each partner sets its own eligibility and decides on every request.

400+ startup perks
  1. Request through IsharaFor gated offers. You send the request from the hub, and the partner checks your eligibility.
  2. Apply on the partner's own programmeThe card links to the partner's application and keeps your status beside it.
  3. Open linkOffers any startup can take, opened straight from the card.
Startup hub · PerksExample data

Perk categories: AllCloudAIFinanceLegalMarketing

  • Cirrus CloudCloud credits for early-stage startups For one network's portfolio companies How it opensRequest through Ishara Requested
  • Kalima AICredits for AI models How it opensApply on the partner's own programme Shortlisted
  • Sijil AccountingA discount on bookkeeping How it opensOpen link Claimed
Each partner sets its own eligibility, and listing a partner is not an affiliation.
  • Each partner sets its own eligibility
  • Offers for one network's portfolio companies are marked, for example "via Wa'ed Ventures"
  • Listing a partner is not an affiliation

Toolkit

The numbers behind the raise, in your currency.

Runway, post-money SAFE and dilution in SAR, AED, QAR and USD, templates and an events agenda, beside the investors and applications they belong to.

  • Free to try now

    Runway calculator

    Cash, monthly burn and expected revenue: the months your cash buys, month by month, and how far a raise extends them.

    Work out your runway
  • Free to try now

    SAFE and dilution calculator

    The ownership each post-money SAFE investor takes at conversion, summed, then diluted by a priced round.

    Model your SAFEs
  • In your workspace

    Templates

    Starting points for the paperwork a raise asks for. A starting point, not legal advice.

  • In your workspace

    Events agenda

    The founder events on one agenda, beside your investors and applications.

1,793Saudi ecosystem organisations688 startups, 418 VCs, 149 accelerators and more. Saudi Arabia only.

Saudi ecosystem

Raising in Saudi Arabia? The ecosystem is mapped.

Startups, venture firms, accelerators and the organisations around them, each with its Arabic and English names and a website, searchable in either language and added to your companies once.

Frequently asked questions

Are the startup perks guaranteed?

No. Each of the 320+ partners sets its own eligibility and decides on every request. A perk opens one of three ways: you request it through Ishara, apply on the partner's own programme, or open the link.

Who can use network offers?

Only the portfolio companies of that network. An offer reserved for one network's portfolio says so on its card, for example "via Wa'ed Ventures", and the partner checks eligibility. Listing a partner is not an affiliation.

Are all 1,200+ ways to apply open right now?

No. They are ways to apply, and each carries its own status: rolling, open or closed. Every route shows its type and what to prepare, and the tracker asks whether you submitted.

Is the SAFE template legal advice?

No. Templates are a starting point, and the SAFE and dilution calculator shows the arithmetic of a post-money SAFE. Take legal and financial advice before you sign anything.

What does the Startup hub cost?

Every workspace opens on the Free plan. Pro is $12 per seat per month, or $10 billed yearly, kept for 12 months for workspaces that pay before 15 March 2027. Prices exclude VAT, and Pro is arranged with our team.

Open your raise in the Startup hub.

Get early access with a work email. Your workspace opens with 40,000+ investors and funds, 1,200+ ways to apply and 400+ startup perks inside, and $50 in credit is reserved for you.

Invite-only early access in waves · A work email reserves $50 in credit · Arabic and English