Retail
Companies
Saudi ArabiaRetailNinja
Saudi quick commerce app delivering groceries and essentials in minutes
Saudi ArabiaRetailSalla
Salla is a Saudi e-commerce SaaS platform that lets merchants build Arabic-first online stores, and raised $130 million in a pre-IPO round led by Investcorp.
Saudi ArabiaRetailNana
Nana is Saudi Arabia’s leading digital grocery platform, backed by Kingdom Holding Company and operating in Riyadh and other cities.
UAERetaileyewa
eyewa is the MENA region’s largest omnichannel eyewear retailer, and its $100 million Series C led by General Atlantic reinforced its position.
EgyptRetail
Breadfast is Egypt’s leading online grocery and quick-commerce platform, with a $50 million pre-Series C round led by Novastar Ventures.
Saudi ArabiaRetailZid
Zid is a Saudi e-commerce enablement platform that lets merchants launch online stores, with over 10,000 merchants using its services.
UAERetailSellAnyCar
SellAnyCar.com is the Middle East’s largest car buying service, offering instant valuations and 30-minute guaranteed purchase across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
TurkeyRetailGetir
Turkish app that pioneered 10-minute grocery delivery from its own dark stores
UAERetailHuda Beauty
Dubai-based cosmetics brand that grew from false lashes into a global make-up line
EgyptRetailBrimore
Egyptian social commerce platform where home sellers resold local brands to their neighbours
TurkeyRetailHepsiburada
One of Turkey's largest e-commerce marketplaces, first Turkish company listed on Nasdaq
UAERetailSquatwolf
Dubai gymwear brand selling premium performance clothing online and in GCC stores
Saudi ArabiaRetailFloward
Online flowers and gifts platform with same-day delivery across the Gulf and UK
EgyptRetailMaxAB
B2B grocery ordering and embedded finance for small retailers, now merged with Wasoko
TurkeyRetailTrendyol
Turkey's largest e-commerce platform, started as an online fashion retailer
MoroccoRetailLNKO
LNKO is a Moroccan direct-to-consumer eyewear company that sells both in stores and online.
UAERetailRetailhub
Retailhub is a Dubai-based company bringing AI to grocery retail, helping retailers, FMCG brands and aggregators fix product availability and out-of-stock problems.
Founders
Saudi ArabiaRetailEbrahim Al-Jassim
HungerStation founder pushed out in 2019 who co-founded Saudi unicorn Ninja
UAERetailAnam Khalid
Left a decade in Fortune 500 HR to co-build Squatwolf, a Dubai gymwear brand sold worldwide
EgyptRetailBelal El-Megharbel
Ex-Careem manager who co-founded MaxAB and now leads the merged MaxAB-Wasoko
EgyptRetailMohamed Abdulaziz
Distribution veteran who built Brimore, which had about 75,000 home sellers across Egypt by…
TurkeyRetailHanzade Doğan Boyner
Founded Hepsiburada in 2000 and took it to Nasdaq before selling control to Kaspi.kz
TurkeyRetailNazım Salur
Serial entrepreneur who founded BiTaksi, then Getir and its 10-minute delivery model
UAERetailHuda Kattan
Beauty blogger who turned a $6,000 lash launch into a $1.2bn brand, then bought it back
KuwaitRetailAbdulaziz Al Loughani
Former talabat managing partner who rebuilt a Kuwaiti flower site into Floward
UAERetailWajdan Gul
Ex-digital marketer who co-founded Squatwolf in a Dubai flat and took it to 120+ countries
TurkeyRetailDemet Mutlu
Left Harvard Business School to found Trendyol, Turkey's first $16.5bn decacorn
MoroccoRetailMaha Bennani
Co-founded Match Glasses in Montreal before launching LNKO, a direct-to-consumer eyewear…
UAERetailDaniel Alimov
Built a grocery delivery startup acquired by X5, now turning shelf photos into retail…
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