Saudi Arabia came on top of the Forbes Middle East top 100 startups list this year, dominating 86 rankings, according to the magazine’s third edition that comprises 182 entrepreneurs representing 100 startups.

 

Jeddah had the largest number of emerging companies at 39. Riyadh and Khobar followed with 37 and ten, respectively.  

 

As for female entrepreneurs, Lateefa Alwaalan, founder of innovative coffee maker Yatooq, led her 29 rivals as her startup company established a strong brand and distribution network in the regional markets.

 

Forbes Middle East’s rankings included 23 sectors, led by e-commerce and information technology that controlled 15 rankings each. 

 

 

 

Top Middle East Entrepreneurs

Description

Debut

Company

Founder

 

Media platform

2010

UTURN Entertainment

Kaswara Al-Khatib

 

Manufactures solar panels

2012

Green Technology (GTek)

Omar Hamad Alluhaydan

 

3D aerial survey and mapping

2015

FALCONVIZ

Neil Smith, Luca Passone, Mohamed Shalaby

 

GPS tracking

2009

Safe Road

Mohannad Al-Haj

 

Online payment solutions

2013

PAYTABS

Abdulaziz Fahad Aljouf

 

Robots for desert solar panel cleaning

2012

Nomadd Desert Solar Solutions

George Robert Eitelhuber

 

Social media Marketing

2012

RAYZ

Bandar and Rayan Alwabil, Yazeed Al Ghuraibi

 

Online platform to book photographers

2013

Sawerly

Hussein Attar, Mohamed Al Zahrani

 

Cloud-based software services

2013

Business Clouds

Saleh Almutairi, Samir Aljaiban

 

Virtual reality and 3D film production

2014

Visual Experience

Abduwahid and Mohammad Al-Zaydi, Peter Rautek

 

Communication app between colleges and parents

2012

Calltech

Khalid Al Zahrani

 

Arabic Coffeemaker

2011

Yatooq

Lateefa Alwaalan

 

App Development

2010

Ibtikar Technologies

Eisa Atawi, Majed Al Thagafi, Meshref El Ghamdy, Youssef El Hamrani

 

Designs electronics and hardware

2013

Electroaim

Khalid AlSulami

 

Engineering courses and training

2009

Engineer Training Center

Fawaz Mohammed Al Mahasheer

 
 

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