Meet the 16 new graduates of The Garage Plus accelerator

🛠️ Say hello to The Garage Plus accelerator’s 16 newest graduates! The Riyadh-based accelerator which is offered in partnership with Google for Startups, celebrated the graduation of its 2nd cohort, which includes start-ups from 5 MENA countries and 12 diverse sectors, last week.

A new startup district in Riyadh, The Garage, offers a unique blend of incubators, accelerators, and community events to foster growth and networking opportunities for local and international tech startups and SMEs.

• The Garage Plus programme is a global accelerator targeting innovative tech entrepreneurs and startups, offering comprehensive support and scaling opportunities across four cohorts.

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📝Let’s introduce you to the graduating start-ups, shall we…

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🇯🇴 Jordan

💼 Capifly: A Jordan-based fintech that provides growing technology companies with quick and non-dilutive capital, against annual recurring revenue.

• Founder-check: Dunya Bashiti and Hasan Al Shami (2022)
• The company secured a $1 million pre-seed funding round from investors including Oasis500, BLDR Ventures, Joa Capital, Ahli Fintech, along with other angel investors from Jordan, and KSA

📱 askPepper: A Jordan-based start-up providing mobile phone ordering and payment solutions with scanning, on-premise ordering and payment, social media and internet links for delivery and pickup services.

• Founder-check: Emad Ejielat and Samira Owaynat (2021)                                                                                  

🌱 Ivvest: A Jordan-based agritech startup that leverages science and technology to develop the most cost-efficient, scalable and easy to operate indoor farming solutions in the MENA region.

• Founder-check: Abdel Rahman Alzubaidi (2022)

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🇧🇭 Bahrain

🎓 Unipal: A Bahrain-born online platform offering exclusive benefits for students using an innovative digital student ID card.

• Founder-check: Ali Alalawi and Ali Al Shaer (2020)
• The start-up raised  $500,000 back in July with participation from Tenmou and Flat6labs to support their Saudi expansion

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🇦🇪 UAE

💊 Yalla RX: A UAE health-tech startup offering advanced analytical and marketing services for pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses in the Middle East.

• Founder-check: Elena Vatutina, PhD.h.c.  (2019)

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🇲🇦 Morocco

🛍️ YouCan: A Moroccan start-up offering a user-friendly e-commerce platform for aspiring e-commerce solopreneurs and businesses, to create online stores without the need for tech skills.

• Founder-check: Mohamed El Ghaissani (2020)

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

🖨️ PrintHub: A Saudi start-up offering packaging solutions for businesses, featuring customisable templates, a design lab for real-time previews, and instant pricing quotes.

• Founder-check: Ghali A. Miyajan (2021)

📅 Eventful: A Saudi-startup offering an innovative app for hassle-free event planning, offering transparently priced, ready-made packages for various occasions like weddings and birthdays, tailored to your specific needs.

• Founder-check: Abdullah Assiri (2018)

📈 Exitval: A Saudi start-up offering entrepreneurs a comprehensive platform for business valuation, investor relations management, and centralised data-room file tracking and uploading, ensuring enhanced control and streamlined governance.

• Founder-check: Mohammed Alismail (2022)

👔 As3a: A platform connecting employers with Saudis seeking flexible jobs, offering a streamlined experience for hourly employment opportunities.

• Founder-check: Hisham Koshak (2018)

🚰 Hydrojeen: A Saudi-based smart water monitoring app that helps users reduce water waste and address the issue of home leaks or any other causes of high water bills

• Founder-check: Muhannad AlQurashi and Mohammed Albaity (2020)

🏋️‍♀️ 4UP: A Saudi fitness app tailored for women in the Arab region, offering a complete exercise and nutrition plan to assist in achieving fitness goals.

• Founder-check: Mai Almutairi (2021) 

🚚 diggipacks: A logistics tech start-up spanning Saudi Arabia and the GCC, offering integrated multi-vendor delivery solutions and advanced technology for optimised order fulfilment and storage.

• Founder-check: Amine Al-Atrash, Mohamad Elatrash and Hasan Jabarti (2022)

🖨️ 3DX: A Saudi biotech start-up specialising in custom medical implants using advanced 3D printing, focusing on PEEK materials to aid in detailed surgical planning.

⚽ fanZ: A Saudi sportstech app that gamifies football by letting users predict match outcomes and win rewards through its live-scores feature.

• Founder-check: Abdulrahman Alamer, Amer Alamer and Khalid Khudhayr (2022)

🍽️ MBSHR: A Saudi start-up offering hospitality businesses contactless QR-based digital menu management software for ordering and marketing.

Founder-check: Mohammad Al-Najjar (2020)