# Dubai Silicon Oasis Startup Licence (via Dtec)

- **Type:** license
- **Status:** evergreen
- **City:** Dubai
- **Equity:** No equity
- **Cost:** Dtec / DSO package (confirm on apply)
- **Duration:** Annual licence + campus
- **Apply:** https://www.dso.ae/open-business
- **Page:** https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/dtec-startup-licence

A Dubai Silicon Oasis startup licence routed through Dtec: campus, flex space, and a DSO entity aimed at tech teams. Evergreen. Apply on the Dtec / DSO path we listed. This is incorporation plus a tech park, not an accelerator cheque. Good if you want to sit in DSO next to other operators. Weak if you will never go to the park — then you are paying campus overhead for a PDF.

## Desk take

A solid east-Dubai tech park licence. Pick it for the building and the neighbours, not because “Silicon” is in the name.

## Eligibility

Dubai's tech-focused economic zone; startups typically enter through Dtec, the DSO-backed entrepreneur campus with a subsidised licence.
- For tech startups, scale-ups and SMEs; Service, Trade or Industrial licence types, incorporated as an FZCO (branches for existing companies)
- Dtec bundles a subsidised business licence with coworking on the region's largest tech campus — hot desks, dedicated desks, small offices, 24/7 access, events and accelerator programmes
- The subsidy is time-limited: after 5 years at Dtec you transition off the subsidised licence onto standard rates
- 100% ownership under DIEZ (Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority) with simplified visa procedures
- DSO's setup process lists minimum start-up share capital of AED 100,000 for FZE/FZCO (declared capital); setup starts with a consultation, then application via the DSOA customer portal

## Questions

### Is Dtec an accelerator?

Dtec is a campus / incubator brand. This row is the startup licence, not a timed cohort.

### How does it compare to DMCC?

Different geography and brand. DMCC is JLT commodities-to-crypto. Dtec is DSO tech park. Price both.


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Source: DXBStart — the working index of the UAE startup ecosystem. Canonical page: https://www.dxbstart.com/programs/dtec-startup-licence
More machine-readable resources: https://www.dxbstart.com/llms.txt
Startups can request a listing at https://www.dxbstart.com/submit — free, editorially reviewed.