University

London School of Economics

4 founders

Companies

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MNT-Halan

Egyptian fintech offering loans, payments and e-commerce to underbanked customers

$1.4bnValuation
1,750Headcount
41.7%Growth
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RSA XB

RSA XB is a spin-out building software-first logistics for cross-border e-commerce, starting with routes from India to the UK, Europe and the GCC.

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Hepsiburada

One of Turkey's largest e-commerce marketplaces, first Turkish company listed on Nasdaq

$3.9bnValuation
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Insider

AI platform that personalises marketing and customer engagement across channels

$1.2bnValuation

Founders

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Hanzade Doğan Boyner

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Founder, HepsiburadaHepsiburada

Founded Hepsiburada in 2000 and took it to Nasdaq before selling control to Kaspi.kz

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Hande Çilingir

Co-founder and CEOInsider

Built Insider into Turkey's first woman-founded unicorn after selling a language school

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Mounir Nakhla

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Founder, Chairman and CEOMNT-Halan

Built Egypt's first billion-dollar private tech company by lending to the underbanked

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Denis Konoplev

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Co-founder and CEORSA XB

Seafood Souq co-founder now running RSA XB, a software-first cross-border logistics spin-out

Stories

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The Women Behind Some of MENA’s Biggest Companies
Trendyol is one of Turkey’s biggest technology companies. Insider sells its software to more than 1,500 brands across 28 countries. Huda Beauty became a global cosmetics business, while Hepsiburada became the first Turkish company to list on Nasdaq.
8 Oct 2026

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Insider: Hande Çilingir
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Hepsiburada: Hanzade Doğan Boyner
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MNT-Halan: Mounir Nakhla