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A scalable, cloud-native Perforce and Git alternative
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Top Startups in the Middle East and North Africa
This list has 90 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 12 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: Tel Aviv (33), Dubai (16), and Cairo (13). Largest teams: Breadfast, ShipBlu, and Alaan.
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GoSats
Hiring
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GoSats helps you earn free bitcoin when you shop in India.
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Open-source data observability for data teams
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Prevents your emails from landing in spam.
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Tech-enabled fulfillment provider in the Middle East & Africa
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Data-driven embedded Financial Services for Gig Workers
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Darsel
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Chatbot teaching K12 math in developing countries
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HQ: Amman, Jordan
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AI agents for healthcare and insurance operations in GCC
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Shopify for Real Estate Developers
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Apps to control technology addictions/ helping startups hire engineers
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Flexible Workplace Savings plans for SMEs in MENA.
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Automating collection and boosting cashflow for B2B companies
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HQ: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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WealthFront for Saudi & Middle East
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HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Loan management software for private lenders
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US based USD accounts for non-US residents
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PaaS-like experience with the power of Kubernetes, on your cloud
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One place for all your queries, directly on your SQL editor
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The home for shared data logic
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Non-dilutive funding and payments in the Middle East
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HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sirdab
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Cloud warehousing & supply chain platform in MENA
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HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
YC W23Early stage
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Find culinary products and experiences from great makers everywhere
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Helping realtors showcase the full potential of their properties
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AI cybersecurity for financial institutions' digital assets
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Investing app for Muslims
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HQ: Manama, Bahrain
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AI Product Designer
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HQ: Istanbul, Turkey
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Autonomous Runtime Security
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Discover novel defense related materials/molecules.
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HQ: Haifa, Israel
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We enable landlords to generate income from solar panels.
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Cursor for AI Agents
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Founder led hiring for London startups
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Collaborate with an artist to commission original artwork you'll live…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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building the open agent runtime
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HQ: Ankara, Turkey
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ApolloShield is a system that detects unwanted drones and drives them…
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YC S16Early stage
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AI copilot for real-estate sales teams, powered by proprietary data
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HQ: Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
YC W22Early stage
Citus Data
Acquired
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Real-time. Big data. PostgreSQL
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
WaystoCap
Acquired
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We are Alibaba of Africa. We are building a marketplace for African…
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HQ: Casablanca, Morocco