Founders: Ihab Fikry, Ibrahim Kamel, Hesham Heikal, Abdelrhman Fahmy and Husni Khuffash

The Middle East’s 50 Most-Funded Startups

Rank: #24

Almentor.net

Country: U.A.E.

Funding: $10 million

Investors: Mohamed Elamin, Sawari Ventures, Egypt Ventures, Endure Capital

Founded In: 2016

Online video based continuous learning platform

Almentor.net offers video courses and motivational talks in Arabic and English. It currently has 70,000 users from 42 countries, over 160 mentors, and two studios in Dubai and Cairo. In December 2019, Almentor partnered with the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University. Other partnerships include WUZZUF, Wamda, ITMEA, and others. Co-founders Ihab Fikry and Ibrahim Kamel previously worked at ExxonMobil, while Hesham Heikal previously worked at PwC.