Womena just selected the top 10 female-led tech startups from among 174 applicants for its first cycle of its Womentum accelerator program that’s about to kick off in July.
The program was launched in March where they received a pool of applicants from female founders of 34 different nationalities across the MENA region. The startups covered a wide range of 15 different industries including education, healthcare, F&B, environment, art, fashion, and more.
Christina Andreassen, Womentum’s program manager was impressed with the number of applicants. “Through the Womentum application process, we were able to discover over 170 tech companies across the Middle East that are founded or co-founded by female entrepreneurs,” she said.
She adds that this is clear proof that the region holds a wealth of talented female leaders and that they’re proud to see women-led companies in diverse sectors such as edutech, health tech, nanotech, and construction tech. “This diversity is reflected in our selection of Womentum’s final cohort, and we can’t wait to present these startups at our final demo day in October,” Christina said.
Curious about the 10 finalists? Here they are:
- X Pay (Egypt)
- Seabex (Tunisia)
- Sadeed (Jordan)
- We Share Property (UAE)
- Mrayti (Jordan)
- Mathaqi (Saudi Arabia)
- Zelij (Morocco)
- Jaazi (Saudi Arabia/UAE)
- Furnwish (Egypt)
- Humanitas (Jordan)
ِElissa Freiha, Founder and Managing Director of Womena also commented on supporting and empowering female entrepreneurs. “This month is all about giving and at Womena, we are giving everything we have to help this next generation of female business leaders succeed,” she said.
Elissa also adds that this program is all about investing in women entrepreneurs and it aims to create a community of for women. “This is a monumental program, built by entrepreneurs in the region, for entrepreneurs in this region. After three years of investing in women investors, we will be bringing our wider community together to now, in turn, invest in women entrepreneurs. We are proud to host these 10 female led teams, and even more excited to create a broader platform from which they, and the rest of the regions boss-ladies, can achieve their dreams,” Elissa said.
For those of you who didn’t know, Womentum is Womena’s recently launched early-stage accelerator that’s female-focused. The program aims to support tech startups with at least one female founder that’s either Middle Eastern or operates in the MENA region.
The four-month accelerator program is powered by Impact Hub Berlin, sponsored by Latham & Watkins in partnership with the TECOM Group.
For more information about Womentum and Womena, read here.