The Middle East Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Middle East program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 5 companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Middle East's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Middle East program:
- Retrivo - Revolutionizing the travel lost and found experience with an AI-driven platform that turns a costly burden into a revenue stream, enhancing passenger satisfaction and airport profitability, while building trust through seamless item recovery.
- DevNAS - Empowering educational content creators in the MENA region with customized SaaS eLearning platforms, enabling them to monetize their content.
- Sayartek - Connecting parents with trusted drivers for their children's daily school trips, ensuring safety and peace of mind through a secure, data-driven platform.
- SayarTech - Developing an innovative platform to revolutionize Iraq's transportation sector, enhancing driver income and economic growth while providing safe, reliable, and efficient travel solutions.
- AutoMechanic - Revolutionizing car servicing by connecting owners with trusted mechanics and workshops, tackling the market’s transparency and accessibility challenges.
The Middle East program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Middle East Founder Institute Graduation Event on September 4th.
Middle East Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Middle East Founder Institute: Maher Santarissy (Managing Director , Founder Institute ), MiddleEast Admin, Mohammad Santarissy (CEO, Relatively Fund). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Middle East that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Middle East program was supported by some of Middle East's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Middle East’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Middle East Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Middle East Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/middle-east.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
