Middle East

Merit Incentives

Merit Incentives aims to increase customer and (employees) engagement by offering enterprise and SaaS platforms to (70M+ end-users) across the world.

Website Middle East Selected: 2023 Enterprise Software & Services Enterprise Software and Services

Entrepreneurs

Julie Barbier-Leblan Thrishan Padayachi

Local Office

Endeavor Saudi Arabia

Money Fellows

Money Fellows is a trusted group lending and savings platform creating a more convenient way of managing and finding money circles online by digitizing the traditional, informal offline ROSCA (Rotating Savings and Credit Association) Model.

Outlier Company

Website Middle East Selected: 2023 Fintech Accounting & Financial Software

Entrepreneurs

Ahmed Wadi

Local Office

Endeavor Egypt

Dukkantek

Dukkantek, derived from the Arabic word “Dukan” for corner shop in Arabic, offers MSMEs across the MENAT region a comprehensive store management platform that empowers them to establish an online presence and tackle store management, supply chain, and digital payments.

Website Middle East Selected: 2023 Enterprise Software & Services Enterprise Software and Services

Entrepreneurs

Sanad Yaghi Shadi Joulani

Local Office

Endeavor UAE

Tamara

Tamara is MENA’s leading payments innovator, focused on providing a seamless experience for merchants and customers through fair and transparent financial solutions. The company’s flagship Buy Now Pay Later platform lets shoppers split their payments online and in-store with no interest or hidden fees.

Outlier Company

Website Middle East Selected: 2021 Fintech Financing

Entrepreneurs

Turki Bin Zarah Abdulmajeed Alsukhan

Local Office

Endeavor Saudi Arabia

Bearaby

Bearaby is a sustainable home wellness brand on a mission to create a calmer, more comfortable world: one nap at a time. Bearaby differentiates itself by serving a superior product to its customers, owning proprietary technology for its patented products and manufacturing equipment, and having direct access to a distributed and resilient supply.

Outlier Company

Website Middle East Selected: 2022 Retail & Consumer Tech Consumer Health and Wellness

Entrepreneurs

Kathrin Hamm

Local Office

Endeavor UAE

Huspy

Launched in 2020 in the UAE, Huspy began by solving a painful step in the home buying process: getting a mortgage. In less than 12 months, the company became the market leader in the UAE. Huspy aims to build a full-fledged prop-tech ecosystem that enables more seamless processes for all the stakeholders involved.

Outlier Company

Website Middle East Selected: 2022 Retail & Consumer Tech Real Estate

Entrepreneurs

Jad Antoun

Local Office

Endeavor UAE

Research Reports Middle East Enterprise Software & Services

Mapping the Riyadh Tech Sector

Riyadh’s tech sector has grown rapidly in the last five years. This network mapping study shows how founders, local support systems, and international actors are helping Saudi Arabia become an entrepreneurial hub. Also available in Arabic.

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Blog Middle East

2022 Endeavor Entrepreneur Retreat: A Wrap-up

After nearly two years of virtual programming, Endeavor hosted our first global in-person gathering in Dubai, the 2022 Endeavor Entrepreneur Retreat.

Grinta

Grinta is a managed marketplace that is modernizing the pharmaceutical supply chain by empowering independent pharmacies across Africa through AI & ML technologies.

Outlier Company

Website Middle East Selected: 2021 Healthcare Enterprise Medical Software and Services

Entrepreneurs

Mohamed Azab

Local Office

Endeavor Egypt

Investment Info

Fund IV Status: Active Invested: 2022

Lucky App

Lucky has connected more than six million loyal customers with access to a growing range of easy-to-use credit products, discounts and cashback rewards that can be used in person and virtually with tens of thousands of local and global brands.

Website Middle East Selected: 2019 Fintech Lending

Entrepreneurs

Ayman Essawy Momtaz Moussa

Local Office

Endeavor Egypt

Investment Info

Fund IV Series A Status: Active Invested: 2022