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Democrance is an insurance technology company founded in 2015 and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It focuses on developing software that facilitates the distribution, servicing, and administration of insurance policies in the Middle East and Northern Africa. The company's mission is to enhance accessibility to insurance for low-income families, offering micro-insurance services that allow individuals to purchase life and health insurance through mobile platforms. Democrance aims to create partnerships that make insurance more accessible to those who need it most but can afford it least, providing essential industry expertise and comprehensive project and customer management services.

Ecoisme sp. z o.o., founded in 2014 and based in Krakow, Poland, specializes in home energy monitoring solutions. The company has developed a device that detects the energy consumption of various household appliances and provides users with insights into their electricity usage through a mobile application. This system employs a single sensor that connects contactlessly to the fuse box, enabling users to monitor their energy expenditures and identify potential overuse of grid or solar energy. Additionally, Ecoisme notifies homeowners of any impending appliance failures. The company has gained recognition for its innovative technology, having successfully launched an Indiegogo campaign and received the CES Best of Innovations Award. Furthermore, Ecoisme has joined the Edison Electric Institute and is collaborating on pilot projects with notable organizations such as EDF, Virgin Media, and Dubai Energy and Water Authority.

Legal Advice Middle East is an AI-powered legal services marketplace operating across 15 countries in the Middle East. It facilitates access to justice by enabling individuals to find, communicate with, and transact with lawyers online. The platform offers instant free access to professional legal advice, a comprehensive lawyer directory, and a wealth of region-specific legal information. Users can easily search for legal practitioners based on location, practice area, and ratings, allowing them to make informed choices before scheduling consultations. The service also provides educational materials to help the public understand local laws and regulations. Additionally, Legal Advice Middle East features tools for users to post legal queries, arrange meetings, and receive prompt responses from experienced attorneys at no charge. Ultimately, the platform seeks to simplify the process of obtaining legal assistance and make it more affordable for everyone in the region.

THE LIST Limited offers e-commerce platform that offers a wide selection of curated boutiques products. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with additional offices in Berlin, Germany; and Lisbon, Portugal.

Kanari Internet JLT operates a cloud-based platform designed to help businesses, particularly in the restaurant and hospitality sectors, collect and analyze customer experience data. Founded in 2014 and based in Dubai, the company provides tools for mobile surveys that enable restaurants to gather customer feedback, as well as offering rewards and incentives to enhance customer engagement. The platform consolidates customer experience reports and allows for the management and comparison of multiple restaurant outlets through a single interface. It includes tailored modules for restaurant owners, managers, and frontline staff, facilitating real-time measurement of customer and employee experiences across various touchpoints. Kanari's mission is to empower brands to create memorable experiences by understanding and responding to customer needs.

MakersBuilders is an education and enrichment program provider focused on K-12 students. The company offers engaging, hands-on learning experiences aimed at enhancing students' digital literacy. With a specialization in classes that cover application development, robotics, 3D printing, Minecraft, and coding technologies, MakersBuilders enables children to develop essential practical and technological skills. Through collaborative learning experiences, the organization aims to equip students with the knowledge and competencies necessary for success in an increasingly digital world.

909 Music FZ LLC operates a royalty-free music marketplace that allows collaboration between video producers and music composers in an open and connected way. It makes background music for various types of media, such as films, advertising/commercials, documentaries, corporate videos, YouTube videos, radio, jingles, mobile applications, and video games, as well as children's music, Christmas/holiday, cinematic/filmscore, Dubstep and DnB, electronica, hip-hop, jazz/blues, piano, rock/pop/folk/acoustic, sound design, textures and soundscapes, and world/fusion genres. The company also makes music focusing on action/aggressive, calm/relaxing, dark/drama, ethereal/heavenly, happy/uplifting, romantic/emotional, sad/lonely, sci-fi/futuristic, and thriller/suspense moods. It primarily focuses on assisting video producers find ready-to-use background music for their productions and for composers to consistently enhance their passive income doing what they love the most. The company’s music is aired on television and radio, published on YouTube and Vimeo, and screened at film festivals and theatrical screenings. It serves video producers making travel videos, documentaries, short films, Web series, gadget reviews, cooking shows, mixology courses, explainer videos, corporate videos, meditation CDs, VFX showreels, mobile applications, video games, restaurant reviews, retail outlets, non-profit videos, children’s storybooks, makeup tutorials, automobile reviews, exhibitions, and fashion shows. The company is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Bridg Payment Solutions LTD, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, specializes in a mobile payment application that utilizes Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology to enable cashless transactions without requiring an internet connection. The company's innovative platform, powered by its patent-pending OneConnect technology, allows transactions to occur between devices, even if only one device is online. This functionality is particularly beneficial for various scenarios, such as delivery drivers accepting payments on the go, passengers making purchases while in airplane mode, and small retailers that previously could not afford card payment systems. Bridg aims to create a device-agnostic solution that enhances payment accessibility and convenience for all smartphone users.

Melltoo "No-Meetup Classifieds" is a mobile marketplace for buying and selling second hand things. The app is available for iPhones and Androids and as a mobile responsive web app.

NextMart is a multiplatform solution which lets users see, select and order products from the desired supermarket or the grocery store next to their building

Presella is an event management technology startup based in Lebanon, focused on providing a paperless e-ticketing platform for the MENA region. Its platform allows promoters, musicians, and artists to create risk-free events by enabling pre-sales of a limited number of tickets before event confirmation. Additionally, it facilitates pre-sales for confirmed events, offering early bird perks and discounts. Presella has developed a last-minute ticket mobile application and an in-event door management application, currently in closed beta testing in Dubai and Beirut. Founded less than 20 months ago, the company has successfully generated over $1 million in ticket sales and has completed two seed funding rounds totaling $376,500. With a team of seven, including engineers based in Beirut, Presella is expanding its operations into the UAE and has plans to enter markets in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan.

KeepVision is a provider of a mobile application designed to monitor children's vision using smartphones. The app measures key visual parameters, including visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, and alerts users to any deviations that may require a visit to an eye care professional. By integrating with mobile games and educational applications, KeepVision's technology seamlessly tracks children's eye movements and behaviors, generating reports that can assist opticians in early diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases. This innovative approach aims to empower parents and caregivers to detect and address vision-related issues in children effectively.

The Middle East transportation industry mainly relies on close contacts and past experience to get business, this problem often limits the scope of their services to certain locations, routes, or customers. Running on the roads with an empty truck is not environmental at all. www.Load-Me.com is matching trucks and loads in real time through its online portal. It is a dynamic and unique website in Middle East, a transportation service provider can find available load that matches the available type of truck in real time. This way they are helping carriers, brokers and shippers excel in the trucking industry. This whole process is made easy with the help of a user friendly website which is clear and nice to browse. Transporters have to post a truck and its data, and matching freight owners will contact him directly, in the same way shippers can post loads and available transporters will contact them.

Junkbot develops tutorials and tool kits that enable children to learn, build, and program robots and other devices from waste. Children are able to create robots from water bottles, coffee cups, CDs, cardboard, and more. The company also facilitates a cloud platform and community that enable schools and educators to obtain support and insights to develop children’s skills in analytical thinking, problem solving, prototyping, lateral thinking, and building. Junkbot develops projects according to varying levels of difficulty. It offers its tutorials in two packages for a payment: Junkbot Edu and Junkbot-X. Junkbot was founded in September 2014 and is based in Dubai.

Ustad Mobile is a developer of a mobile learning and assessment platform that facilitates access to educational content offline, particularly in challenging environments. The platform is designed for educators to create and manage class assignments, track student progress, and take attendance, all while providing students with the ability to access learning materials without the need for an internet connection. Ustad Mobile emphasizes visual and hearing accessibility, ensuring that its services cater to diverse learning needs. By enabling educational organizations to enhance teaching and learning experiences in remote areas, Ustad Mobile addresses the critical need for effective education solutions in underserved regions.

KarmaSnap is a platform that connects non-profits, foundations and corporations to individual altruistic users, who wish to make a difference. KarmaSnap helps users to create campaigns, fundraise and donate all from a mobile app. KarmaSnap makes doing good easy, as easy as sharing.

The 1st fully automated social web monitoring platform that support Arabic language with it's different dialects as well as supporting English. The innovation comes from the ability to automatically understands Arabic text in terms of relevance, dialect and sentiment.

DreamNotes is a mobile application that enables people to share their dreams online. On average, we spend 25 years sleeping, 6 of which are filled with dreams. For many people, dreams hold a special power. Some believe they have meanings or foretell the future. Dreams can also be very amusing and fun to share with others. Most people only remember their dreams in detail for a few minutes after waking up. By being available on a mobile phone, DreamNotes makes it easy to record the details of a dream before the day starts and the dream is forgotten. Using DreamNotes, a person can type in their dream or create an audio recording. The dream will then be available via the website or the mobile app.