500 Labs

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2010. The firm specializes in seed investments, primarily focusing on early-stage technology and financial services startups across various sectors, including biotech, e-commerce, fintech, and digital healthcare. 500 Global operates a four-month accelerator program, where it typically invests between $0.05 million and $1 million for a 5 to 10 percent equity stake in companies with at least $100,000 in monthly revenue. The firm targets a global market, with particular emphasis on regions such as the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since its inception, it has invested in over 2,200 startups and supports the growth of innovation ecosystems through educational programs and partnerships. 500 Global also prioritizes investments in companies led by minority founders, reflecting its commitment to diverse entrepreneurial leadership.

Amjad Ahmad

General Partner

Chandini Ammineni

Partner

André Marcel Bally

Investor Relations Associate

Timothy Chae

Managing Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Max Fram-Schwartz

Venture Partner

Christine Herron

Advisor

Twwo Pun Jaruthassanakul

Investment Associate

Yolanda Kim

Principal

Matt Lerner

Partner

Jon Li

Director, Investor Relations

Jasmine Liew

Investment Manager

Robert Neivert

Venture Partner

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner

Krating Poonpol Ph.D

Partner

Ruangroj Poonpol

Venture Partner

Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Reena Sharma

Investor Relations Associate

Mike Sigal

Partner, FinTech

Sanjay Singhal

Partner, Canada

Tanya Soman

Venture Partner

Paulina Szyrmer

Head of Global Education

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Christine Tsai

Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Executive Officer

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Paul Yoo

Chief Financial Officer

Past deals in Arabian Gulf

Eat App

Series B in 2022
Eat App is the Middle East’s #1 reservation platform and online booking engine for restaurants. The platform powers reservations at the most renowned restaurants and hospitality brands. To date, Eat App has seated 10+ million diners in 1000+ restaurants across the Middle East. Eat App has raised USD $4.2m from prominent investors like 500 startups and MEVP. Eat has products for both restaurants and diners. For restaurants, eat supplies an iPad application that manages table reservations with simple floor planning features, records customer history and preferences, and provides a tool to publish targeted promotions and discounts. For diners, eat supplies an iPhone application that allows users to discover restaurants around them, find available tables, and confirm reservations instantly. The iPhone is linked with the iPad, and reservations are communicated with the restaurant in real-time.

Countd

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Countd operates an online platform that creates and delivers personalized meal plans. It provides details of calorie content for every meal and allows users to choose what food best suits their diet. Countd is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Drahim

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Drahim develops a digital platform on recommended investing plans after analyzing one's financial usage. It serves as a personal budget app that tracks financial transactions. Drahim is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Siolla.

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Siolla. develops an online platform that offers micro-investing from spare changes. It allows users to manage and budget their finances. Siolla. is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Yanzo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
With the current busy lifestyle, you end up choosing between errands, work, health and a zillion other things. Yanzo came to eliminate this painful process and make you focus on what matters, whether it's being more productive at work or having a movie night with your friends. You will be able to enjoy life again by outsourcing all the tedious tasks and errands to Yanzo. Simply by sending a WhatsApp message to +971-56-6143243. Take control of your life.

Sweater

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sweater provides include mats covering, sweater tissue, sweater freshner, covid wash, and sweater wash plus. It is a car wash outlet company. For inquiries, their email address and contact form are available on their website.

Omniful

Grant in 2022
Stealth B2B SaaS

Headout

Series B in 2022
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

Retailo

Series A in 2022
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Playbook

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Playbook is an edutainment platform that activates the power of storytelling and shared experiences to prepare women to tackle their pain points to growth through masterclasses broken down into lessons in English & Arabic led by inspirationally influential women who shattered the glass ceiling. The platform enables users to setup custom profiles, identify their skills & career goals, engage with 1000+ classes on diverse categories of interest (especially emerging professions), network with a community to crowdsource solutions to further address their pain points, immerse themselves in a gamified experience with learning goals & progress trackers. All of this is further enabled through engaged digital learning tools.

Lucidya

Series B in 2022
Lucidya, LLC is a software as a service (SaaS) company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that specializes in social media monitoring and analytics. Founded in 2015, Lucidya offers a platform that enables businesses to gain insights into consumer behavior through real-time analysis of social media content. Its features include spike detection, trending hashtag identification, and social media statistics displayed on an interactive dashboard. The platform also provides real-time alerts, automated reporting, and competitive analysis, allowing organizations to make informed strategic decisions. Lucidya serves a diverse clientele, including agencies, brands, non-profit organizations, and media outlets, helping them to better understand and engage with their audiences.

FinFlx

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a cloud-based platform designed to provide tools to understand financial insights. The company's platform offers efficient contributions' management by employers to their employees' gratuity plans under DIFC employment law and offers a platform to support savings goals, financial freedom and empowering employees, enabling employers to attract and retain talented employees by offering a proper EOSB plan in a convenient, transparent, and cost-effective way.

Verofax Limited

Seed Round in 2022
Traceability as a service for Pharmaceuticals, valuables and Food. Improve trust through eradicating counterfeit, tampering or inventory diversion. Solution includes last mile safe delivery.

Retailo

Seed Round in 2021
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Labayh

Venture Round in 2021
mobile app that connects patients with Psychologist, and family therapist by in-app messaging and in-app calling while users are anonymous

Headout

Series B in 2021
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

Starzly

Seed Round in 2021
Starzly FZ-LLC operates as a media and entertainment technology company, which connects users directly with celebrities and social media influencers. The company as founded in 2019 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Hala

Series A in 2021
Addenda LTD provides blockchain based distributed ledger technology (DLT) services to the insurance industry. The company provides DLT services for streamlining insurance processes, reporting of tailored tasks in real-time, and time-stamped as evidence onto the blockchain for reporting claim and policies in encrypted format. It also provides data input validation and analysis of data. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Justmop

Venture Round in 2021
Justmop.com DMCC operates an online platform that enables users to book a variety of cleaning services conveniently. Founded in 2014 and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Justmop offers services including maid services, deep cleaning, housekeeping, and specialized cleaning such as carpet, mattress, and sofa cleaning. The platform allows customers to book, pay for, and rate services seamlessly, connecting them with cleaning companies and ensuring high-quality service delivery. Justmop aims to facilitate efficient booking for customers while helping its partner cleaning companies maximize their business opportunities.

Hala

Venture Round in 2021
Addenda LTD provides blockchain based distributed ledger technology (DLT) services to the insurance industry. The company provides DLT services for streamlining insurance processes, reporting of tailored tasks in real-time, and time-stamped as evidence onto the blockchain for reporting claim and policies in encrypted format. It also provides data input validation and analysis of data. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Sarwa

Series B in 2021
Sarwa Digital Wealth Limited develops a platform that offers investment advice. It offers investment strategies for better returns, simplified investing, and automated investing. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Tenex

Venture Round in 2021
Tenex is a software as a service (SaaS) platform established in 2020 and headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The company focuses on enhancing the operational efficiency of property managers through a tenant engagement platform tailored for the commercial real estate sector. By offering tech-enabled services, Tenex aims to streamline property management processes, allowing landlords and property managers to deliver superior services to their clients.

Starzly

Venture Round in 2021
Starzly FZ-LLC operates as a media and entertainment technology company, which connects users directly with celebrities and social media influencers. The company as founded in 2019 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Gathern

Series A in 2021
Gathern operates a platform which allows the users to book chalets and villas. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Quantum Platform

Seed Round in 2021
Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform for sampling solutions using data-driven processes and models. The company offers targeted sampling solutions through its intelligent e-process integration. Its e-process satisfactory targets active online shoppers based on clearly defined criteria to drive real conversion rates. Quantum also creates a collaborative integration with global FMCG's and a wide range of exclusive online businesses for samples to be delivered to the target audience's doorstep. The company also offers specialized targeted sampling campaigns/online sampling using the help of data-driven models and e-process.

Lendo

Series A in 2021
Lendo is a fintech company that offers a peer-to-peer lending platform with core focus towards SMEs' debt finance. Its platform provides a variety of financing products for SMEs with an initial focus on pre-invoicing finance. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Saudi Arabia.

Johrh

Venture Round in 2021
Johrh is an online abaya store based in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, specializing in a diverse selection of quality abayas at affordable prices. The company offers a variety of designs crafted from different fabrics, allowing customers to find options that suit their preferences and needs. Additionally, Johrh provides the flexibility for customers to place orders tailored to their specific size requirements, making it a convenient destination for those seeking stylish and well-fitted abayas.

At-Home-Doc

Seed Round in 2021
A comprehensive yet outreach primary healthcare medical service platform that utilizes the latest state of the art and bespoke healthcare technologies in providing a patient-centric, world-class and evidence-based medical practice. The service is provided by “Medihealth Solutions Pty Ltd”, Australia, which is a leading and emerging fast-paced and forward thinking company. AT-HOME-DOC offers you the convenience of seeing a highly qualified, experienced and accredited doctor without the need to leave your premises. Our Doctors are on the road and ready to attend to patients’ premises; providing the best care, after conducting a systematic thorough examination, complying with the international standards; that is a subject of constant auditing and supervision by our Chief Medical Officer. Our Doctors are equipped with all the needed state of the art equipment that guarantees, conducting a comprehensive medical examination. The doctor will be able to provide the patients with the first doses of any prescribed medications. In addition to that, our electronic prescription system will allow you to have your prescribed medications, delivered to your door-step with the clear instructions of administering the correct dosage. Moreover, if the doctors feel that your condition renders you unfit to work or attend the university or the school, they will issue your medical certificate and email it after the visit. Shall there be any further investigations required like blood tests etc., our electronic investigation requesting system will organize a booking for the requested test and the laboratory staff will soon get in touch to organize a suitable time, for attending to the patient’s premises and collecting the specimens. Being committed to providing the continuity of medical care, our doctors will check the results and discuss with you the finding during a follow-up phone call, video conference or a second visit if required. AT-HOME-DOC is not and emergency service; hence, our triage nurses will only take the bookings for the patients that suffer from acute but not emergent medical conditions complying with the company’s policy and divert any emergency to the emergency services, if appropriate. However, our doctor might refer the patient to a hospital, if the doctor suspects any potential risk or confirms any acute emergency that would be deemed unsuitable for home-care. Our Doctor will then work with the control tower on organizing the patients’ transfer to the nearest hospital if required. Download our “AT-HOME-DOC” mobile phone app. It makes scheduling or requesting a doctor’s home visit, simple, quick and easy; you can click to call for immediate assistance or submit an online request. It is your ideal tool, making your access to the itinerary, appointment reminders and your personal medical records, literally in your hand, at all times!

XCUTE

Seed Round in 2020
A freelancing service that connects small business owners with digital media freelancers for short term projects in Saudi Arabia.

Headout

Seed Round in 2020
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

Retailo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Retailo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retailo develops an online B2B marketplace for retail supply chain in the MENAP region. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Salasa

Series A in 2020
offer total solutions for your e-commerce needs and manage your complete logistics value chain. Our fulfillment services offer a cost-effective way to store your products without adding to overhead costs. Salasa provides superior pick-up and pack services with multiple shipping options that keep your products moving fast while reducing operational expenses. Salasa provides you with the peace of mind to focus on the task ahead: taking your e-commerce to the next level.

Ajar

Seed Round in 2020
Ajar Technology General Trading Co. WLL specializes in developing mobile and web-based applications that facilitate rent payment and property management for the real estate market. Founded in 2014 and based in Sharq, Kuwait, Ajar offers a cloud service known as Ajar Online. This platform enables landlords to send automatic payment notifications, view payments in real time, and manage properties efficiently. For tenants, Ajar provides SMS and email alerts for rent payments, allows secure online payment options, and issues receipts upon payment. Additionally, the platform rewards tenants with discounts and incentives for making their rent payments online, enhancing the overall rental experience. Ajar has established itself as a leading property management and rent payment platform in the Middle East.

MWJ

Seed Round in 2020
MWJ is an online marketplace buying and selling precious new and used original watches. It was formed in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi.

Telp

Seed Round in 2020
Telp is an educational platform helping students find and book lessons with tutors. The platform creates a supportive educational community where knowledge and skills can be shared and harnessed. It was founded in 2018 in Manama, Al Manamah.

invygo

Seed Round in 2020
Invygo Tech FZ LLC, founded in 2018 and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, offers an app-based car subscription service that allows users to book dealership-verified cars on a rental basis. Customers can easily browse available vehicles, upload their driving license, and complete all necessary documentation within the app. The service includes free home delivery of the chosen car within hours and provides a flexible monthly payment model without long-term commitments or hidden fees. Users can also request servicing or return their car with a simple tap, making it a convenient alternative to traditional car ownership and leasing. Invygo aims to deliver a high-quality customer experience, catering to those seeking more flexible automotive solutions.

Quantum Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform for sampling solutions using data-driven processes and models. The company offers targeted sampling solutions through its intelligent e-process integration. Its e-process satisfactory targets active online shoppers based on clearly defined criteria to drive real conversion rates. Quantum also creates a collaborative integration with global FMCG's and a wide range of exclusive online businesses for samples to be delivered to the target audience's doorstep. The company also offers specialized targeted sampling campaigns/online sampling using the help of data-driven models and e-process.

Tammwel

Seed Round in 2020
Tammwel is a digital financing broker the helps clients find financial offers. It was founded in Riyadh, Ar Riyad.

Telgani

Seed Round in 2020
Telgani is a car rental service that operates through an online portal and mobile application, allowing customers to conveniently rent vehicles at competitive prices. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Telgani aims to simplify the car rental process, offering a user-friendly platform for individuals seeking to quickly access their preferred vehicles.

Johrh

Seed Round in 2020
Johrh is an online abaya store based in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, specializing in a diverse selection of quality abayas at affordable prices. The company offers a variety of designs crafted from different fabrics, allowing customers to find options that suit their preferences and needs. Additionally, Johrh provides the flexibility for customers to place orders tailored to their specific size requirements, making it a convenient destination for those seeking stylish and well-fitted abayas.

Yovza

Seed Round in 2020
Yovza is a SaaS that helps construction contractors from the MENA region digitize their approval workflows to save 70% of their presently involved time and efforts by getting all the stakeholders under a single umbrella.

Tasaira

Seed Round in 2020
Tasaira is a mobile app that helps Saudi drivers get tailored quotes from trusted repair shops.

HiGuests

Seed Round in 2020
HiGuests is a property management company specializing in the short-term rental market across multiple locations, including Dubai, Barcelona, Mumbai, the Dominican Republic, and Australia. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dubai, the company manages properties listed on platforms such as Airbnb, HomeAway, and Booking.com. HiGuests has developed proprietary software to streamline property management operations, allowing homeowners to maximize their rental revenue while providing an exceptional experience for guests. This software includes features for account and revenue management, along with a dedicated app for hosts and guests to facilitate seamless communication and service. HiGuests emphasizes a personalized approach, ensuring that guests receive comprehensive support through local teams for check-in/out, cleaning, maintenance, and 24/7 assistance, ultimately aiming for high customer satisfaction and positive reviews.

Greenish

Seed Round in 2020
Greenish is a store for organic food products, delivery services, and multiple payment solutions. It was headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad.

Quantum Platform

Seed Round in 2020
Quantum Platform is a business-to-business product platform for sampling solutions using data-driven processes and models. The company offers targeted sampling solutions through its intelligent e-process integration. Its e-process satisfactory targets active online shoppers based on clearly defined criteria to drive real conversion rates. Quantum also creates a collaborative integration with global FMCG's and a wide range of exclusive online businesses for samples to be delivered to the target audience's doorstep. The company also offers specialized targeted sampling campaigns/online sampling using the help of data-driven models and e-process.

Esar

Seed Round in 2020
Esar is a car rental market that connects and enables community members to rent unique cars that suit their needs. It creates a marketplace where car owners offer their premium cars free of charge and the tenant finds and seizes the vehicles after passing the company's verification checks. Essar specializes in daily rent from day to month and their prices are approximately 35% lower than traditional car rental companies. The company seeks and focuses on developing and enhancing trust and cooperation among members of society and creating new opportunities for the region's societies in the field of car rental and travel. It is headquartered in Jeddah, Makkah.

Mamo

Seed Round in 2020
Mamo Pay is a financial technology company that specializes in a peer-to-peer payments application, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The application allows users to transfer, receive, track, and split payments with family, friends, and businesses without incurring any fees. Mamo Pay enables users to connect their bank accounts, facilitating quick and secure money transfers. Additionally, the platform supports global payments in multiple currencies, offers virtual card issuance, and integrates with e-commerce platforms. This functionality helps businesses optimize their financial operations and gain insights into spending patterns.

Mamo

Seed Round in 2020
Mamo Pay is a financial technology company that specializes in a peer-to-peer payments application, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The application allows users to transfer, receive, track, and split payments with family, friends, and businesses without incurring any fees. Mamo Pay enables users to connect their bank accounts, facilitating quick and secure money transfers. Additionally, the platform supports global payments in multiple currencies, offers virtual card issuance, and integrates with e-commerce platforms. This functionality helps businesses optimize their financial operations and gain insights into spending patterns.

Haseel

Seed Round in 2020
Haseel is a mobile-only e-commerce platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, specializing in the delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables. Founded in 2018, Haseel offers users a convenient way to order high-quality produce directly from their smartphones. The platform is designed to cater to modern consumer needs by providing a selection of the best crops at competitive prices, aligning with the digital age's demand for efficiency and accessibility in grocery shopping.

Bankiom

Seed Round in 2020
Bankiom is a digital bank that allows customers to open a current account and quickly download a virtual debit card on your smartphone.

Rise

Venture Round in 2020
Rise is a start-up focused on developing a financial services platform tailored for migrants. The company aims to enhance the financial well-being of migrants by offering wealth management solutions that go beyond traditional monetary considerations. Recognizing that wealth encompasses knowledge and the desire for growth, Rise provides tools and resources to help migrants effectively manage their finances, acquire new skills, and improve their overall quality of life. Through its innovative approach, Rise aspires to create opportunities and foster a better future for millions of individuals around the globe.

Speero

Seed Round in 2020
Speero is an online platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that facilitates the buying and selling of new and used automotive spare parts through its website and mobile applications. Founded in 2017, the company provides users with the ability to order spare parts online and offers support through a specialized team that assists with queries, quotations, and product information. Speero aims to streamline the automotive spare parts marketplace, making it more accessible for consumers and businesses alike.

Hala

Seed Round in 2020
Addenda LTD provides blockchain based distributed ledger technology (DLT) services to the insurance industry. The company provides DLT services for streamlining insurance processes, reporting of tailored tasks in real-time, and time-stamped as evidence onto the blockchain for reporting claim and policies in encrypted format. It also provides data input validation and analysis of data. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Garaji

Seed Round in 2020
Garaji is an online auto marketplace that connects car owners with workshops for routine maintenance and repairs. Car owners select the service or repair they need, select a quality garage, and specify the location, date, and time for their pick up. The car is then collected by a garaji valet or tow truck, brought into the workshop, and returned at the customer's convenience when the work is completed. Owners benefit from independent service advice, a $1m insurance policy whilst the car is in garaji's possession and a six-month warranty with every service completed by one of garaji's service partners. Omar Yaghm, Ahmed Almutaf, and Ramy Basaddiq founded the company in 2018 in Dubai, Dubai.

Eat App

Series B in 2020
Eat App is the Middle East’s #1 reservation platform and online booking engine for restaurants. The platform powers reservations at the most renowned restaurants and hospitality brands. To date, Eat App has seated 10+ million diners in 1000+ restaurants across the Middle East. Eat App has raised USD $4.2m from prominent investors like 500 startups and MEVP. Eat has products for both restaurants and diners. For restaurants, eat supplies an iPad application that manages table reservations with simple floor planning features, records customer history and preferences, and provides a tool to publish targeted promotions and discounts. For diners, eat supplies an iPhone application that allows users to discover restaurants around them, find available tables, and confirm reservations instantly. The iPhone is linked with the iPad, and reservations are communicated with the restaurant in real-time.

SmartCrowd

Seed Round in 2020
Smart Crowd is a real estate investment platform that provides you an opportunity to access the UAE real estate market with low minimum investment amount from a simple online portal. Smart Crowd’s innovative approach enables investors to treat their investment properties more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation rather than dealing with the hassles of researching and buying vacant properties that need to be leased and managed. This creates significant time and cost savings. By allowing low minimum investment you diversify your properties, allowing you to build a well-diversified investment property portfolio without taking on too much leverage and risk.

Simplifai Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Simplifai Labs is a marketing technology company which helps brands to place their marketing communication alongside highly relevant content without storing user data and protects the brand’s reputation. Our Vision is to be the industry leader in providing contextually relevant and cookie-less marketing solution.

Fatora.io

Seed Round in 2020
Fatora is a set of online Payment tools that streamline online payments between merchants and their customers, to make the online payment an easy task, The best way to describe Fatora is if we imagine that we take the minimum valuable solution out of Square, Shopify and Stripe , then we add our secret ingredient and make it for the middle east. So in Fatora you would be able to bill your customers, you can create a payment URL to collect payment from them, You will have a mini e-commerce store to showcase your products, along with POS and Cashier tool to get paid inside your store, with powerful API to integrate your e-commerce or website into it. And all of that is A.I powered.

YallaParking

Seed Round in 2020
The UAE's first and largest online marketplace for private parking spaces.

Telgani

Seed Round in 2019
Telgani is a car rental service that operates through an online portal and mobile application, allowing customers to conveniently rent vehicles at competitive prices. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Telgani aims to simplify the car rental process, offering a user-friendly platform for individuals seeking to quickly access their preferred vehicles.

Lean

Seed Round in 2019
Lean Technologies Limited is a Saudi B2B company that specializes in providing a developer-friendly application programming interface (API) platform aimed at facilitating access to financial data and payment initiation for fintech companies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Riyadh, the company partners with financial institutions to create an integration layer that enhances existing systems while ensuring transparency and control over shared customer data. Lean offers a Universal API that allows fintechs to connect with multiple financial institutions through a single platform, thereby simplifying the integration process and enabling seamless access to users' bank accounts. This approach helps both developers and financial institutions navigate the complexities of financial infrastructure while maintaining oversight and security.

Workhint

Seed Round in 2019
Workhint LLC develops a software as a service (SaaS) based platform that connects companies with independent management consultants on demand. Its platform offers features, such as invitation link to onboard experts to the platform, video call, hours tracking offline or online, invoicing tool to help organizations pay experts based on hours tracked, and messaging and file sharing tools to helps experts and users share texts, agree on meeting time, and more. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Trteeb

Seed Round in 2019
Trteeb operates an online platform for customized tailor clothing for Arab traditional thobes connecting users to tailors. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Shiftling

Seed Round in 2019
Shiftling is a staffing and recruiting company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2018. It offers a software platform that connects businesses with vetted and experienced freelancers, allowing organizations to manage their staffing needs on-demand. This platform enables companies to efficiently access customizable staffing solutions, helping them navigate fluctuations in demand without the costs associated with full-time hiring. By facilitating digital interviews and streamlining the recruitment process, Shiftling provides a practical alternative for businesses seeking flexible staffing options.

QIDZ LLC

Seed Round in 2019
QIDZ LLC is a mobile application developer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2017. The company specializes in connecting parents with vendors offering entertainment, education, and after-school activities for children. Its platform allows users to discover carefully curated fun and educational activities, access exclusive deals, and book services online instantly. By facilitating this connection, QIDZ enables parents to efficiently plan family outings while providing vendors with a targeted audience to promote their offerings.

Sabbar

Seed Round in 2019
Sabbar is an on-demand staffing platform that specializes in blue-collar jobs in the retail, hospitality, and entertainment industry in MENA. Our platform enables businesses to hire casual staff during peak hours or high seasons by connecting them to highly qualified and fully vetted professionals. Additionally, we relieve our customers from associated administrative costs by streamlining a lengthy process that typically includes interviews, training, placement, shift scheduling, worker payments, and everything in-between. To learn more, visit: sabbar.com

QIDZ LLC

Seed Round in 2019
QIDZ LLC is a mobile application developer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2017. The company specializes in connecting parents with vendors offering entertainment, education, and after-school activities for children. Its platform allows users to discover carefully curated fun and educational activities, access exclusive deals, and book services online instantly. By facilitating this connection, QIDZ enables parents to efficiently plan family outings while providing vendors with a targeted audience to promote their offerings.

Akalati

Seed Round in 2019
Akalati W.L.L., founded in 2018 and based in Manama, Bahrain, operates a food application marketplace that simplifies online ordering for custom food orders. The platform caters to both corporate clients and individuals, providing a wide range of options from simple birthday cakes and weekly office lunch plans to large wedding buffets. Akalati's application enables users to order food from various restaurants, bakeries, and caterers, ensuring timely delivery of quality dishes and beverages. This service allows customers to choose from multiple reliable catering options, enhancing the experience for parties, events, and gatherings.

invygo

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Invygo Tech FZ LLC, founded in 2018 and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, offers an app-based car subscription service that allows users to book dealership-verified cars on a rental basis. Customers can easily browse available vehicles, upload their driving license, and complete all necessary documentation within the app. The service includes free home delivery of the chosen car within hours and provides a flexible monthly payment model without long-term commitments or hidden fees. Users can also request servicing or return their car with a simple tap, making it a convenient alternative to traditional car ownership and leasing. Invygo aims to deliver a high-quality customer experience, catering to those seeking more flexible automotive solutions.

Headout

Series A in 2019
Headout Inc. operates a mobile marketplace that allows travelers to discover and book last-minute tours, activities, and local experiences. The company's application, available on iOS and Android devices, enables users to secure tickets for a variety of experiences, including food tours, walking tours, cruises, and adventure activities such as kayaking and skydiving. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Dubai, Headout focuses on providing travelers with access to local events and attractions in a seamless manner, allowing bookings to be completed in just a few taps.

Gathern

Seed Round in 2019
Gathern operates a platform which allows the users to book chalets and villas. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Lendo

Seed Round in 2019
Lendo is a fintech company that offers a peer-to-peer lending platform with core focus towards SMEs' debt finance. Its platform provides a variety of financing products for SMEs with an initial focus on pre-invoicing finance. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Saudi Arabia.

Floward

Seed Round in 2019
Floward International General Trading Co. WLL operates an online flower platform that specializes in customizable flower arrangements for various occasions, including weddings, anniversaries, and corporate events. Founded in 2006 and based in Kuwait City, the company serves customers across Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Floward's platform features a wide selection of arrangements, including those created by celebrities, and offers products from various brands such as Godiva and The Cake Shop. The service aims to cater to diverse customer needs by providing unique floral options for celebrations and personal expressions.

Greenish

Seed Round in 2019
Greenish is a store for organic food products, delivery services, and multiple payment solutions. It was headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad.

BulkWhiz

Series A in 2019
Bulkwhiz is the first hassle-free online bulk grocery shopping in the UAE, powered by the next generation artificial intelligence. It is the first local startup in its sector to develop its own proprietary AI-enabled technology that offers a personalized, simple online shopping experience for households and small businesses. Through its homegrown tech solution, Bulkwhiz delivers value and is designed to save time, money and effort for the busy working moms and dads, city dwellers and small businesses. Its one-click order offers door-to-door delivery service of branded bulk, shelf stable, household staples and office products. Carefully curating leading regional and international brands, Bulkwhiz allows shoppers to create a one-time smart and flexible shopping list that makes the arduous shopping of bulk products simple and easy.

YACOB

Seed Round in 2019
YACOB is a nutrition management platform that facilitates communication and operational flow between children, parents, schools & food vendors. YACOB’s mission is to enhance children’s and parents’ health behaviour related to nutrition and physical activity both at home and at school. Based on holistic data ranging from children’s current health levels to their eating habits and physical activity patterns and up to sleeping and screen time balance - in correlation with the international standards set by the WHO, we are developing an adaptive gamified framework in order to trigger children’s desire and determination to become healthier. Our adaptive gamified framework is a blend of physical, digital and phygital tools - from fitness tests to healthy food tastings up to online challenges and competitions based on wearables data, thus creating a seamless flow of experiences across the environments where children already enjoy being.

Yabi

Seed Round in 2019
Souqalmal.com LLC FZ operates a leading financial comparison website in the Middle East, providing consumers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the tools to search and compare various financial products. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dubai, the platform offers detailed information on credit cards, personal loans, car loans, bank accounts, mortgages, and various insurance options, including car, home, travel, and SME insurance. Users can obtain real-time quotes for insurance in under 60 seconds and have their policies issued within an hour. Souqalmal.com has also expanded its services to include mobile phone and broadband plans, as well as educational options like schools and nurseries. The company has received multiple awards for its innovative approach and has grown its insurance business significantly. With backing from notable investors and a proven track record, Souqalmal.com continues to empower consumers to make informed financial decisions.

Gathern

Seed Round in 2019
Gathern operates a platform which allows the users to book chalets and villas. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Tesh Tesh

Seed Round in 2019
At Tesh Tesh, they all come to work every day because they want to solve a big problem that faces travelers adventurers and outdoor lovers. Personal hygiene after the call of nature. In most countries around the world and rural places there's no easy solution to cleaning when you go to the bathroom and do your business. In the four years they have been running and after many iterations they have developed the best gadget to solve that problem. Their portable bidet is of most convenience and will make toilet hygiene worries a thing of the past.

Rain

Seed Round in 2019
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange operating in the Middle East.

Coded

Seed Round in 2019
Coded provides software development and coding programming training services. The company provides coding camps for high-school students to design and develop video games, full stack boot camps, weekend coded training, and fresh grade boot camps. It also offers customized enterprise boot camps for enterprise clients, such as companies, organizations, and governmental entities. Coded was founded in 2015 and is based in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

AlgoDriven

Seed Round in 2019
AlgoDriven is an automotive data platform that helps car dealers, classifieds, banks and insurance companies accurately identify and price used cars. Car dealers use our patented mobile app, EvalExpert to appraise their cars, while enterprise clients access our platform through our APIs

Taker

Seed Round in 2019
Taker, SaaS-based online ordering system for restaurants where it helps them set up their branded ordering website and apps instantly.

Dhad

Venture Round in 2019
Dhad is an audio publishing house that produces and publishes books. The publishing house provides a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles that can be accessed on any device, anywhere, for easy listening. Its content is also accessible through its website and smartphone app. Manar Saud Alomayri founded the Riyadh, Ar Riyad-based company in 2015.

OneKitchen

Venture Round in 2019
OneKitchen offers chefs, restaurants and entrepreneurs the perfect space, equipment and technology to create new delivery-only restaurants at minimum time (only 48 hours) and minor capital investment (only 5% of traditional restaurant). OneKitchen manages a network of shared kitchens across Dubai that are driven by their operational experience. Chefs are able to run their restaurants’ operations, purchasing, sales and accounting – all in one portal.

Majra

Seed Round in 2019
Majra.me is an online career platform based in Bahrain, established in 2017, that connects young professionals with employers by emphasizing cultural fit. The platform allows job seekers to gain insights into potential workplaces through videos and images, showcasing the office environment and company culture. Majra personalizes the application process with tailored profiles and assessments, enhancing the job matching experience. With over 350 successful placements in Bahrain, Majra is expanding its reach and influence as a regional startup in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Nakheel

Seed Round in 2019
We help farmers to get early alerts about red palm weevil infestation in palm trees farms through our innovative solution.We utilize state of arts technology to build low cost low power IoT sensor that works together with cloud based services to shape seamless IoT solution for Agriculture

myU

Seed Round in 2019
myU is a smartphone app that makes your school communication easier. myU is a school communication and announcement tool. It acts as an internal social network for each school composed of students, faculty members, clubs and organizations. The app makes it easy to connect with anyone in the school community, and makes communications real-time and sharing fun. myU is ideal for a faculty member wanting to send a class announcement to students, an organization looking to promote its events and activities, or a student looking to ask about a missing homework, an exam date or to speak their mind to their peers at school. myU is a smartphone app that runs on iOS device, and acts as a third party cloud based service. The technology requires no integration with the school’s systems.

Dailymealz

Seed Round in 2019
DailyMealz is a healthy food subscription app, delivers fresh, healthy, and tasty meals. The company was founded in 2017 and based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

Kerning Cultures

Seed Round in 2019
Kerning Cultures is building the premier Middle East podcast network. As audio media becomes mainstream in other international markets, we're defining the space for the Middle East and North Africa. Our inaugural show produces radio documentaries from the Middle East for regional and global audiences.

Keepface

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Keepface DMCC operates an online platform that facilitates influencer marketing by connecting brands with social influencers to create effective and engaging content for social media campaigns. Founded in 2016 and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Keepface provides tools for brands to manage their campaigns, using real-time analytics to assess performance and optimize marketing strategies. The platform boasts a comprehensive automated system that allows for scaling influencer partnerships, leveraging advanced technology for influencer vetting, including analytics and fake follower detection. With a rapidly growing presence in the USA, MENA, and Asia, Keepface has registered over 30,000 influencers from 96 countries and serves approximately 2,500 clients, including prominent firms like P&G, Danone, and McDonald’s.

Denarii Cash

Seed Round in 2019
Denarii Cash is a money transfer app.

inagrab

Seed Round in 2019
Inagrab, Inc. is a company established in 2017 and based in Lewes, Delaware, that focuses on enhancing the operations of online retailers through its data analysis platform. The company provides a comprehensive dashboard that allows users to monitor sales performance, access valuable insights, and generate leads. Inagrab also offers marketing consulting services to support its clients in optimizing their strategies. Additionally, Inagrab is known for its core product, Dalooni, which connects businesses with everyday individuals who act as an informal sales force. This platform not only facilitates business growth but also aims to provide income opportunities for unemployed youth in the MENA region, thus fostering skill development and economic empowerment.

Eyewa

Series A in 2019
Eyewa is the first dedicated online eyewear store for the Middle East. We have thousands of different eyeglasses, sunglasses, color contact lenses and prescription contact lenses for you to choose from. On Eyewa, you’ll find quintessentially cool brands like Ray-Ban and Emporio Armani, heritage brands like Burberry and Persol, high-fashion brands like Fendi, Dolce & Gabbanaand Prada sporty brands like Nike and Lacoste and everything in between. Discover their brands portfolio with thousands of styles here.

Haseel

Venture Round in 2019
Haseel is a mobile-only e-commerce platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, specializing in the delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables. Founded in 2018, Haseel offers users a convenient way to order high-quality produce directly from their smartphones. The platform is designed to cater to modern consumer needs by providing a selection of the best crops at competitive prices, aligning with the digital age's demand for efficiency and accessibility in grocery shopping.