الرئيس التنفيذي لحاضنة "الكراج" السعودية لـ CNBC عربية: تمكنّا من استقطاب 150 شركة ناشئة من 50 دولة حتى الآن
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00:00 The garage is a unique example of a work that combines the common work spaces,
00:04 the work storage and the work accelerators.
00:06 It is located at an area of 28,000 square meters,
00:09 which makes it one of the largest work spaces and work storage in the region.
00:13 The first type is in terms of focusing on deep technologies,
00:17 since it is located near the laboratories in the city of Mecca,
00:21 which is the city of technology.
00:23 It focuses on the integration and acceleration of innovative companies
00:26 from different countries in the world in the stages of growth.
00:29 If we talk about the size of the companies that you are looking for to reach in the coming period,
00:38 we heard that you are targeting 300 companies this year.
00:42 What are we targeting after this year?
00:45 Usually, the incubation and acceleration projects
00:48 take place in the stage of 6 to 9 months of incubation.
00:51 Then, the innovative companies graduate and they have their own offices with their own funding.
00:56 Our goal is to incubate and accelerate more than 100 innovative companies every year,
01:00 but the total garage space is more than 300 innovative companies.
01:03 Today, in the garage that we have built,
01:05 we have more than 150 innovative companies from 50 nationalities with different specializations.
01:10 Are there certain requirements that you impose on local companies or foreign companies?
01:18 These are not requirements,
01:21 but one of the most important requirements is the interest or the entry of these companies into the Saudi market,
01:28 investment, development of existing capabilities, and also growth.
01:33 We care about companies growing from inside the Kingdom to outside the Kingdom
01:37 or companies that want to grow into the Saudi market.
01:39 This is a very important goal for us.