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Tabby
Buy now, pay later and money app for shoppers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Ninja
Saudi quick commerce app delivering groceries and essentials in minutes
MNT-Halan
Egyptian fintech offering loans, payments and e-commerce to underbanked customers
HALA
HALA provides Saudi SMEs with banking, POS, payments and expense management, and raised $157 million Series B at a $900 million valuation.
Tamara
Saudi buy now, pay later and shopping app serving the Gulf
Foodics
Foodics provides a cloud-based restaurant POS and payments platform serving the MENA food and beverage sector, with over $170 million raised to date.
Fasset
Fasset is a Dubai-headquartered stablecoin-powered neobank offering USD accounts and cross-border settlement, valued at $1 billion after its Series C led by SBI Group.
Kitopi
Dubai-based multi-brand restaurant group that began as a cloud kitchen platform
Salla
Salla is a Saudi e-commerce SaaS platform that lets merchants build Arabic-first online stores, and raised $130 million in a pre-IPO round led by Investcorp.
Nana
Nana is Saudi Arabia’s leading digital grocery platform, backed by Kingdom Holding Company and operating in Riyadh and other cities.
eyewa
eyewa is the MENA region’s largest omnichannel eyewear retailer, and its $100 million Series C led by General Atlantic reinforced its position.
TruKker
Digital freight network matching shippers with trucks across the Middle East and beyond
Breadfast is Egypt’s leading online grocery and quick-commerce platform, with a $50 million pre-Series C round led by Novastar Ventures.
Lean Technologies
Lean Technologies builds MENA open banking and payments APIs, licensed by SAMA and ADGM, and raised $67.5 million in Series B led by General Catalyst.
AppliedAI
AppliedAI builds Opus, an agentic AI workflow platform for regulated industries, headquartered in Abu Dhabi and backed by G42 and Mubadala.
Huspy
Huspy is a UAE proptech platform for home buying, selling and mortgage financing, expanding across Saudi Arabia and Europe.
Wahed
Sharia-compliant investing app offering halal portfolios, ETFs and property investments
Zid
Zid is a Saudi e-commerce enablement platform that lets merchants launch online stores, with over 10,000 merchants using its services.
Gathern
Saudi marketplace for booking chalets, farms and private homes online
Nawy
Nawy is an Egyptian proptech platform for new and off-plan residential developments, with an IFC equity investment supporting its expansion.
Calo
Calo delivers personalised meal plans designed by nutritionists, headquartered in Riyadh and expanding across the GCC.
PetroApp
PetroApp provides NFC-based fuel payment and fleet expense management for Saudi enterprises, with a $50 million round led by Jadwa Investment.
SellAnyCar
SellAnyCar.com is the Middle East’s largest car buying service, offering instant valuations and 30-minute guaranteed purchase across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
YAP
YAP is a UAE-based digital banking and payments platform that lets consumers manage money, cards and payments through a single app.
NymCard
NymCard builds MENA payments infrastructure including card issuing, lending and money movement, with a $33 million Series B led by QED Investors.
COFE
COFE App is the region’s on-demand coffee and agentic commerce super app, founded in Kuwait and now headquartered in Saudi Arabia.
FlapKap
FlapKap provides revenue-based financing for MENA SMEs, with a $34 million pre-Series A led by BECO Capital.
Salasa
Salasa is a Saudi e-commerce fulfilment platform handling warehousing, packaging and delivery for merchants, with a $30 million Series B.
Lucidya
Lucidya is a Saudi AI-native customer experience management platform serving clients across 13 countries, with a $30 million Series B.
Jo Academy is Jordan’s largest e-learning platform, founded in 2014 and backed by Jordan Capital and Investment Fund.

Wafa Al Obaidat
Magazine editor turned founder of PLAYBOOK, a network helping women connect, learn and…

Sophie Smith
Former Accenture consultant whose Nabta Health blends digital tools with conventional care…

Rowan Alawi
Mechatronics engineer and third-generation builder digitizing how construction projects in…

Maha Bennani
Co-founded Match Glasses in Montreal before launching LNKO, a direct-to-consumer eyewear…

Lauren Hamilton
Started Ride Skipper, a UAE chauffeur service using customers' own cars, after a C-section

Caroline Hazlehurst
Scaling executive; former Moove President and Calo COO, now Co-Founder and CEO of Base, AI…

Bassem Bouguerra
Ex-Yahoo product director combining scooter taxis and last-mile delivery at Tunisia's IntiGo

Saleh Al-Ghamdi
Ex-Lean Technologies GM offering fractional ownership of income-generating Saudi properties…

Djamel Mohand
Former Foodics COO building Arabic-language data-governance software for Saudi…

Ayman El Tanbouly
Former EBRD investment banker matching startups and SMEs with investors and buyers at Exits…

Kamel Haddar
Former BearingPoint consultant who grew temtem from Algerian mobility into a multi-service…

Mehrshad Pezeshk
Former AloPeyk CTO building one shipping platform for Iraq's fragmented courier sector at…

Wisam Costandi
Founder of Qatar's IQ whose EMMA platform brings airport operations information into one…

Ayman Essawy
Dsquares co-founder now building embedded-finance infrastructure for other businesses at…

Hatem Kameli
Founded iCLICK and co-founded Lucidya before steering Resal into prepaid rewards software

Louai Djaffer
Co-founded recruitment platform Emploitic, then Talenteo, which automates HR administration…

Umair Khalid
Moved from operations roles at Careem and HungerStation to video-led food discovery at…

Misha Hanin
Technology executive building UAE-based 31 CONCEPT to see inside encrypted network traffic

Christian Kunz
Former McKinsey associate partner and DIFC strategy chief who co-founded real-estate AI…

Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi
Went from engineering work at Kuwait Airways to founding Kuwaiti payments startup Krti

Khalifa Saleh Al Haroon
Former Vodafone strategy head now building PayLater, a Sharia-compliant instalment-payment…

Saed Khawaldeh
Biomedical engineer with an Oxford research background applying AI to corporate health…

Aankush Bhatia
Hospitality operator of 25 years who built a cloud-kitchen platform in Oman

Saad Ahmed
Building QR-based payments for restaurants, hotels and healthcare providers across the GCC

Alexander Pinheiro Liakos
Former venture capitalist and Antler founder co-building Mifta, an AI rental brokerage in…

Daniel Alimov
Built a grocery delivery startup acquired by X5, now turning shelf photos into retail…

Denis Konoplev
Seafood Souq co-founder now running RSA XB, a software-first cross-border logistics spin-out

Nauman Ali
Computer scientist building credit infrastructure that helps lenders originate and manage…

Mohammad Alsufi
Sold AI learning platform NoNerds to JoAcademy, now co-founding Cortad, intelligence…

Khalifa Manaa
Repeat founder and startup mentor who co-founded Sampo, an Oman-born e-commerce pricing…
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