Top 50 Restaurants Startup Investors in Middle East (June 2026)

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• MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
• BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
• Dtek.AI — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.

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• OneLoad — OneLoad is an online service that enables users to easily buy prepaid vouchers for all mobile companies, pay utility bills and transfer balance to others.
• Ad-Shield — Start measuring revenue lost to ad blockers and learn how to get additional revenue through Ad-Shield Recovery today
• MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.

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• Grinta — Grinta is a pharmaceutical supply chain that uses AI and ML to empower local pharmacies. It is a managed marketplace that is modernizing the pharmaceutical supply chain by empowering independent pharmacies across Africa through AI & ML technologies.
• Zeal — Zeal transforms your current card machines, enabling them to unlock powerful insights and deliver seamless loyalty. Zeal integrates with all card machines and is trusted by industry leaders.
• Zarya App — Earn without investment.

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• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
• Franc — Franc is the easiest way to save & invest. Our app doesn’t require any investment knowledge & our friendly risk quiz helps us understand how much investment risk is right for you. Users can start investing in less than 2 minutes. There is no minimum requirement & no paperwork. It is a seamless digital experience end-to-end. A usersimply chooses a goal, selects an investment strategy, verifies their identity & makes a deposit. Each user is recommended a personalised investment strategy for each investment goal, combining money market & index tracking ETFs. Our helpful calculators assist clients with their budgeting, retirement & targeted savings needs. We also provide free access to our online academy & fun financial literacy quizzes.We know saving is hard & investing can be scary, which is why we create savings groups & challenges so that users can encourage one another. We also run weekly competitions where users can stand a chance to win a cash prize that will boost their investments.

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• Aya — Aya is a modest fashion e-commerce platform that strives to unite the fragmented modest fashion industry into a single discovery platform.
• Valeo — Get your lab tests done at the comfort of your home anywhere in Dubai through our personalized mobile health tracker app. Hassle-free blood sample collection.Wellness coach provided.
• Mantas — Mantas protects businesses against cyber risk. We leverage predictive analytics to provide robust cyber insurance that helps businesses mitigate cloud downtime risks. Our parametric solutions ensure uninterrupted operations for all cloud-dependent businesses including e-commerce, SaaS and digital platforms.

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• PinPay — Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time.
• HyperPay — Hyperpay is a leading payment gateway in MENA, providing smart payment solutions that fulfill the payment needs of ecommerce and all internet businesses
• The Cloud — NOTICE OF WINDING UP PETITION

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• Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

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• XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
• MindOn — MindOn is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence software and algorithms to create humanoid robots.
• Amador Bioscience — At Amador we provide global-standard translational sciences and clinical pharmacology services to leading biopharmaceutical companies.

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• Shield Bio — At Shield, we’re ensuring that antibiotic resistance doesn’t become more deadly than cancer.In 2050 more people will be dying of antibiotic resistant pathogens than cancer. Infections that were once treatable with a simple oral antibiotics are now requiring complex, painful treatments and resulting in serious health complications for patients.Gonorrhea is one such infection, having become resistant to over 10 different antibiotics, they have only one treatment that is still effective and resistance to this has already begun to emerge. With 820,000 new infections every year in the US, antibiotic resistance will spread quickly, which is why the CDC has resistant gonorrhea at an urgent threat level, the highest level available.Shield's novel genomic testing platform enables STI clinics to identify the antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea and other pathogens that their patients have, so they can select the correct antibiotics and halt the spread of antibiotic resistance.
• Eloquent AI — Eloquent AI is the first AI Operator built specifically for financial services to automate complex, regulated customer service operations beyond frontline support. Our AI Operator learns to securely navigate your existing systems simply by observing your standard operating procedures—automating up to 96% of tasks without any engineering effort.
• Mecha Health — Mecha Health is a healthtech company that develops digital tools for remote injury assessment, monitoring, and treatment plans.

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• Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

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• Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

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• ReQahwa — ReQahwa is a coffee upcycling startup that transforms coffee waste grounds into sustainable and bio-degradable products.
• Ahlan App — Ahlan App offers users a safe and simple way to earn credit for recurrent online purchases and visits to selected merchants.
• Thiqa Tutoring — Thiqa Tutoring (TT) is Tutors Providers, by customers, for educational and teaching services. International educational and teaching methodologies and standards.

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• Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
• Tap Protocol — Tap Protocol is a protocol that focuses on the development of bitcoin capabilities through the Ordinals system.
• Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan

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• Haseel — The new concept to meet your needs of vegetables and fruits selects you the best crops and the best prices in a way that is consistent with your digital age.
• TruKKer — TRUKKER is one of the leading names of logistics & transportation companies in UAE, KSA, Egypt & across the GCC. We offer logistics & transport & truck rental services in the MENA Region. Call us on +971 600-524642.
• Unifonic — Unifonic is a customer engagement platform that enables organizations to delight customers with remarkable omnichannel experiences. By unifying communication channels, messaging apps, and chatbots, Unifonic streamlines conversations at every touch point throughout the customer journey.As newer channels emerge and user preferences change overtime, organizations rely on Unifonic to maximize customer engagement and optimize communication ROI. Unifonic solutions help clients reach customers on their favorite channel to ensure that every interaction makes a positive impact.From SMS one time passwords or WhatsApp vaccination requests to voice surveys and many more, Unifonic empowers organizations to transform customer experience with seamless conversations that improve customer satisfaction while allowing them to focus on core business activities without maintaining costly communication infrastructures.Unifonic connects enterprises like Saudi Electricity Company, Ministry of Health, Absher, Uber, Aramex, Noon, as well as leading banks and financial institutions throughout the region, in addition to health, education, travel, e-commerce, and logistics sectors worldwide.With proven expertise in emerging markets since 2006, Unifonic is committed to delivering excellence handling 10+ billion annual transactions for millions of recipients in over 160 countries, backed by local corporate presence in four countries and a dedicated team of 200 professionals serving clients 24/7.Unifonic accelerates digital transformation for organizations by optimizing the time, effort, and budget invested in automating numerous manual tasks and use cases that impact customer experience. For organizations with large transaction volume, Unifonic can help leverage AI capabilities to further enhance customer experience by personalizing conversations and contextualizing data to optimize the customer journey and maximize engagement.

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• Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

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• Sepio — Sepio Zero Trust Hardware Security enhances network security by seeing, assessing, and mitigating risk across all known and shadow IT assets.
• ORION Security — ORION detects and prevents data loss across SaaS, email, cloud, AI tools, and endpoints using intelligent, context-aware, proprietary AI agents.
• Salvador Technologies — Salvador Technologies provides the world's fastest recovery from cyber-attacks and software/hardware malfunctions. Our innovative solution ensures the continuous operation of critical workstations and servers, eliminating downtime. Back to work in 30 seconds based on offline air-gapped sotrage.

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• XCath — XCath, meanwhile, is developing steerable robotic microcatheters for treating endovascular conditions such as cerebral strokes. Devices such as these are expected to help treat patients remotely, especially in parts of the world where special surgical procedures are not readily available.
• Flipspaces — Flipspaces is a Virtual- Reality-Tech-based design and contracting venture that aims at disrupting the way consumers design and execute the interiors of their spaces. At the core of the venture is a path-breaking technology product which gamifies the interior- designing experience for the consumer putting the control of interior-design in the handsof the consumer. Combined with our contracting arm which consists of our own product manufacturing capabilities and curated vendors network, we come in as end-to-end design to execution partner for companies looking to build their office, builders looking to differentiate their residential or commercial projects or players in the managed working space market.
• EndoQuest Robotics —

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• Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.
• Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

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• Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
• PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
• Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.

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• Mondra — Unlock supply chain intelligence for food system resilience. Discover insights and solutions to build robust and adaptable food supply chains.
• SOUS — One easy-to-use tool to grow traffic, make online sales, seamlessly handle orders and drive retention. Built for food entrepreneurs, built with taste.
• KÄÄPÄ Biotech — Medicinal mushrooms, biotechnology, mycology, forestry, agroforestry, and food production.

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• Faceki — Offering cutting-edge solutions including KYC, KYB, KYT, AML, and Biometric Authentication.
• Tajweed — Tajweed is the first Arabic-language portal that teaches young people to recite the Holy Quran and revive their Arabic language skills.
• Travilege — Travilege provides a comprehensive B2B2C ERP SaaS platform to travel agents and operators. Its technology digitizes day-to-day operations, automates reservation processes, and promotes cooperation via an e-Hub.

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• AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
• Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
• Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software: get real-time insights to cut costs, reduce waste, and boost profits for multi-location operations.

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• Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
• Qpay — Qpay offers a convenient and flexible financing solution for consumers and pays for them over time, usually without interest. QPay is a popular choice for consumers as it is fairly easy to get approved for, compared to traditional credit cards and personal loans.
• Strider Technologies — Strider Technologies - The Edge in Intelligence

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• JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
• NoneAway — Find your happy place
• Veremark — A leading online background checking platform that is scalable, secure and fast. Featured Checks - Criminal Record Check, Reference Check, Employment Check.

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• ChatFood — ChatFood is a commission-free ordering platform that enables restaurants to take back control of their online business and sell via Instagram, WhatsApp, social media, and websites with built-in online payments solutions, third-party logistics integration, and marketing tools.
• BuyAnyAutoPart — BuyAnyAutoPart agggregates the market prices for all the parts a garage needs and at any moment allows theme to see those prices.

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• Yenir — Yenir is a platform Yenir that sells fresh products without producing waste.
• Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
• Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital funds YouTubers and influencers worldwide. Apply for global creator funding to grow your channel, scale your influence, and earn more.

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• Resal — Resal is Saudi-based startup was founded by Hatem Kameli ( Founder & CEO ) and Fouad AlFarhan ( Co-Founder & CTO ) , started from Jeddah – Saudi Arabia to all MENAWho we are ? Resal is leading the prepaid gift card market by offering all in one prepaid gift cards and rewards solutions for individuals and corporate in Middle East and NorthAfricaWe are here to make people and businesses smile and be delighted by developing an eGift Cards and rewards solutions to make gift cards and rewards easy to send and pleasing to receive at any time and in any place.We Are Offering End-to-end prepaid digital gift cards and rewards solutions and productsResal Store : It’s a one-stop-shop gift cards that help individuals to buy and send gift cards Resal Rewards (glee) : Corporate reward solution which help enterprise to offer employees, partners, customers gift cards as part of incentive and reward program Resal Channels : A business API and embedded technology that offer digital gift cards and rewards from over 400 brands to any 3rd party online channels and offline stores Resal Loyalty ( boonus ) : A loyalty management platform based on multiple rewarding programs that enable merchants and retailers to increase retention and customer spending Resal xCards ( gift card generator ) prepaid digital gift cards issuance solution which enable merchants to easily issue, manage digital gift card
• Matbakhi — Matbakhi is a food-tech company that creates and operates "soulful" F&B brands in underutilised hotel spaces.

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• Pardon — Boost your business with Pardon AI 3.0, cutting-edge technology. Discover AI-driven insights to increase sales, enhance customer satisfaction, and streamline operations. Transform your hospitality experience today!

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• Bundle Kitchen — Bundle Kitchen App for Members Exclusive to the Campaign, Take Advantage of Benefits and Place an Order. Please submit.

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• Merit Incentives — Seamless, API-driven solutions connecting you to a global network of 7,000+ brands, enabling real-time, instant gratification across 155+ countries.
• Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!

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• Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

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• Bontact — Bontact helps businesses engage their website visitors directly from their website through a Multi-channel customer engagement platform which includes a combo of fastest live chat, call back (to any phone - worlwide), ticket and SMS, all through a single interface.Let Bontact enrich sales and customer live support services by getting yourcustomers to interact with your business. They provide the software infrastructure which will enable interaction between your customers and your sales / support inducing a more personal approach to your service. Their rich portfolio of support solutions, cater to your business needs, focusing your sales/ support on your customer's needs, thus enhancing his positive experience in your web site.The user interface is intuitive, user-friendly and allows generation of advanced reports and segmentation, as well as ongoing management of all solutions as well as recording conversations between your sales force and website visitors. The proactive customer interaction will promote a better shopping atmosphere and customer service.
• SimpleOrder — Restaurant inventory management software featuring purchasing and menu costing for single locations & chains. Connect your purchasing to your sales

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• jalebi — An award-winning restaurant point of sale (POS) & inventory management system thathelps you save 5% on the cost of every order served.

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• Apriora — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
• Unify — Route your prompts to the best LLM endpoint. Get the best output and optimize for speed, latency and cost to supercharge your LLM applications!
• Founder AI — Discover ready-to buy prospects, break into key accounts and accelerate deal cycles with YC-backed AI sales tool.

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• Al-Menu — Al Menu is a firm that specializes in restaurant operations.

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• Kitopi — Kitopi is a managed cloud kitchen platform that partners with restaurants to grow their business and expand their delivery reach.
• Uptime — Discover thousands of the world's top books, courses, documentaries, and podcasts distilled into bite-sized 5-minute summaries, so that you can learn, grow, and get smarter, faster.
• The Luxury Closet — Buy & sell online at The Luxury Closet and get discounts of up to 90% off retail price on authentic, new & pre-loved luxury brands for watches, bags, clothes, shoes for both men and women.

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• Odeal — Oedeal is a online payment service company, dedicated in providing wide range of financial solutions to entrepreneurs.
• Lokum Games — Lokum Games is a mobile game development company.
• Telera Bilgi Teknolojileri A.S. — ODEAL reserves the right to make changes in the content of Personal Data Protection Policy, located in Turkey.

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• Koppiku — Our CoffeeYour Way Our CoffeeYour Way Discover your new fave drinks From full-bodied coffees, to refreshing coolers View Menu View Menu koppiku latte (Hot/Iced) Cereal latte (Iced) koppiku milk tea (Iced) snow black (Iced) Americano (Hot/Iced) latte (Hot/Iced) cappuccino (Hot/Iced) Koppiku coconut latte (Hot/Iced) There is no Koppiku without You
• GiftShop — GiftShop is an e-commerce platform that enable customers to create unique merchandise and gifts for special occassions.
• Good Weird — Good Weird was made to help you stay vibrant, be colorful, and shine bright, because the world is more beautiful if we all stay a little weird.

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• Cylus — Cylus, the global leader in rail cybersecurity, helps rail, freight and metro companies avoid service disruption and safety incidents by detecting cyber-attacks in their signaling and control networks, wayside and onboard, before harm happens.
• Nucleix — OUR TESTS AIM TO DETECT CANCER EARLIER - WHEN TREATMENT CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR PATIENTS OUR PRODUCTS
• Hailo — Hailo is an Israel-based deep learning company that develops a breakthrough specialized deep learning microprocessor to deliver data center performance to edge devices. The company aims to drive artificial intelligence to the edge. Its processors enable edge devices to go beyond handling sensors and streaming volumes of data for remoteprocessing–they can do the processing themselves.​Hailo’s complete re-think of computer architecture breaks the barriers of traditional paradigms, accelerating the extremely heavy computation of deep neural networks.

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• MoneyHash — Emerging and Global markets first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.
• OCTA — OCTA automates accounts receivable, accounts payable, collections, and reconciliation using AI agents. Trusted by 500+ companies to reduce DSO and accelerate cash flow.
• InfiniLink — Empowering Hyperscale Datacenters Building Energy-Efficient Ultra-High-Speed Connectivity Solutions

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• OpenSooq — OpenSooq is an online classified platform that allows users to freely trade property, cars, products, and services in the Middle East & North Africa region. Sellers can offer products and services to millions of users online without intermediaries. Buyers can browse a wide variety of goods and services, including automotive, Real Estate,Electronics, and much more.
• ReserveOut — Reserveout, choose a city to find out the best restaurants & promotions near you ..RESERVE A TABLE NOW!

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• Dtek.AI — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
• Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software: get real-time insights to cut costs, reduce waste, and boost profits for multi-location operations.
• Nexford University — Transform your career with affordable, flexible degrees and job skills designed for today's workforce. Skip debt and learn at your own pace with Nexford.

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• Groq — Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
• Shift5 — Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms, such as planes, satellites, ground combat vehicles and large-scale mining and construction vehicles.
• Shield AI — Autonomy for the world.

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• InCurA — Why InCurA ProductsWe Innovate Medical Devices for Today, Tomorrow and What's Needed NextInCurA is developing a pipeline of products based on its unique
• Tafatifi — Tafatifi is an online music platform that provides information regarding music events in Egypt. It is also a music based social media.
• Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.

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• Almouneer — Healthcare, Diabetes, Practice Management, Technology
• Valeo — Get your lab tests done at the comfort of your home anywhere in Dubai through our personalized mobile health tracker app. Hassle-free blood sample collection.Wellness coach provided.
• Tarjama — Translation services, certified translation agency, legal translation, medical translation, website translation, video translation, and subtitling.

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• Ejari — Ejari is providing a Rent Now, Pay Later (RNPL) solution for residential rentals, Rent Now, Pay Later products enable tenants to better manage their budgets by converting rent from a yearly expense to a monthly expense, while landlords receive an entire year's rent in advance.
• Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
• Quantum Platform — Quantum | B2B platform to acquire new customers, use our marketing & consumer behavior analysis tools to reach your exact target audience right to their doorsteps!

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• Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
• The Food Lab — The Food Lab is a cloud kitchen platform but describes itself as an infrastructure company for restaurants in Egypt — about 400,000 in number — in the food & beverage (F&B) space. The company provides a full suite of end-to-end services, including cloud kitchen (kitchen as a service) and procurement.

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• VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
• Cognna — Simplify cybersecurity solutions management with COGNNA's comprehensive XDR platform for threat hunting and compromise assessment.
• Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

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• Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.

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• OrderJet — OrderJet is an innovative F&B solution that improves customer experience and helps business owners increase efficiency and lower costs. It is suitable for all types of restaurants, coffee shops, food courts, and food trucks, and supports dine-in, take-out, and delivery services.