You have a product, proposition or early traction to pressure-test.
Yalla Startup · Venture AdvisoryUnited Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia
Applications close 31 August 2026
Three focused months.
One investable business.
Yalla Sprint is a founder cohort for companies that need sharper strategy, stronger numbers and a story that can survive investor scrutiny. You do the work with us—not around us.
Application deadline31
August
August
Limited founder cohort
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Programme fee$1,200
On successful capital raised2% success fee
Founder ownershipNo equity
ConfidentialityBuilt into the process
Not an accelerator
A working cohort.
Built around your company.
The Sprint is designed for founders who already have something worth building but need commercial and financial clarity before the next major move.
A fundraising, market-entry or growth decision is approaching.
You can commit founder time and share the real numbers.
You want direct challenge, practical outputs and no theatre.
The cohort journey
Diagnose to Scale.
Applied to the business.
Each stage produces decisions and working outputs. The programme is not a sequence of generic workshops.
Diagnose
Pressure-test the business, market, evidence and numbers.
Build
Turn the diagnosis into connected commercial and financial outputs.
Ready
Sharpen the story, evidence and founder delivery for scrutiny.
Scale
Leave with priorities, momentum and a practical next-stage plan.
Cohort dates
Know the rhythm
before you apply.
Applications are reviewed as they arrive. Applying early gives both sides more time for a useful screening conversation.
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Applications close
31 August 202602
Screening calls
3–7 September 202603
Yalla Sprint
10 September–10 December 2026Terms, plainly
$1,200
No Equity.
2% Success Fee.
Programme fee. The $1,200 fee is invoiced only after written acceptance and is payable in full before onboarding. Applying is free.
What the 2% covers. The success fee is 2% of gross external capital actually received by the company through an equity, SAFE or convertible instrument, or external debt financing, when the Sprint-supported materials or fundraising process contributed to that raise.
When it is payable. The success fee becomes due only after the company receives the relevant funds and is payable within 10 business days. No completed raise means no success fee.
What is excluded. Grants, customer revenue, founder or existing-shareholder funds, and financing already contractually committed before the Sprint application are excluded.
No equity. Yalla Startup takes no shares, options, warrants or other ownership rights in the company.
Cancellation and confidentiality. The programme fee becomes non-refundable once onboarding begins. If Yalla Startup cancels the cohort before delivery starts, the programme fee is refunded. Application information and Sprint materials are handled under confidentiality.
After you apply
A clear process.
No black box.
We keep the application concise, review on a rolling basis and tell founders what happens next.
Application review
We review the founder, evidence, urgency and fit. Every application is handled under confidentiality.
Screening call
Shortlisted founders join a focused call to walk through the product, traction, numbers and current blocker.
Deep dive
Selected companies complete a structured diagnosis across strategy, commercial logic, finance and narrative.
Decision and onboarding
Accepted founders receive the cohort plan, working rhythm, terms and preparation checklist.
Apply to Yalla Sprint
Be specific.
Tell us the truth.
Clear, matter-of-fact answers are more useful than polished marketing language. We want to understand the company, the evidence and what must change.
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