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Where startups in the Middle East and North Africa are based

861 funded startups in the Middle East and North Africa have raised money in rounds we track, $19B between them. 506 of them are placed on the map by their city; Istanbul leads with 161, then Dubai with 103.

861startups
56cities on the map
$19Braised between them
Istanbulleading city (161)
Silivri: 1 startupsAkçakoca: 1 startupsEskisehir: 1 startupsFethiye: 1 startupsKayseri: 1 startupsNilüfer: 1 startupsKonya: 1 startupsAtaşehir: 1 startupsBursa: 1 startupsÜsküdar: 1 startupsErbil: 1 startupsبيروت: 1 startupsAriana: 1 startupsHammam Sousse: 1 startupsMuscat: 1 startupsIsa Town: 1 startupsKuwait City: 1 startupsAr Rayyan: 1 startupsAlexandria: 1 startupsHelwan: 1 startupsHurghada: 1 startupsAfif: 1 startupsKhobar: 1 startupsالرياض: 1 startupsDammam: 1 startupsBusiness Bay: 1 startupsGebze: 2 startupsDenizli: 2 startupsSousse: 2 startupsManama: 2 startupsAl Kuwayt: 2 startupsDoha: 2 startupsMecca: 2 startupsدبي: 2 startupsMaltepe: 3 startupsZeytinburnu: 3 startupsBaghdad: 3 startupsRabat: 3 startups6th of October City: 3 startupsAtasehir: 4 startupsSisli: 4 startupsIzmir: 5 startupsGiza: 5 startupsAl Khobar: 5 startupsBeirut: 6 startupsİstanbul: 7 startupsJeddah: 7 startupsÇankaya: 8 startupsCasablanca: 8 startupsAbu Dhabi: 8 startupsAmman: 12 startupsAnkara: 16 startupsCairo: 39 startupsRiyadh: 51 startupsDubai: 103 startupsIstanbul: 161 startupsIstanbulDubaiRiyadhCairoAnkaraAmmanCasablancaJeddah

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. Istanbul161$1.9B
  2. Dubai103$2.4B
  3. Riyadh51$1.6B
  4. Cairo39$372M
  5. Ankara16$24M
  6. Amman12$69M
  7. Abu Dhabi8$276M
  8. Casablanca8$27M
  9. Çankaya8$1.0B
  10. Jeddah7$16M
  11. İstanbul7$78M
  12. Beirut6$4.9M
  13. Al Khobar5$10M
  14. Giza5$458M
  15. Izmir5$2.7M

By country

  1. Türkiye372$4.4B
  2. United Arab Emirates172$6.1B
  3. Egypt102$1.6B
  4. Saudi Arabia94$6.1B
  5. Morocco33$234M
  6. Lebanon20$14M
  7. Jordan19$90M
  8. Kuwait10$27M
  9. Algeria9$405M
  10. Qatar8$11M
  11. Tunisia8$12M
  12. Bahrain6$85M

Best-funded

  1. TTamaraSaudi Arabia · $2.4B
  2. BBinanceUnited Arab Emirates · $2.0B
  3. Dream GamesTürkiye · $1.3B
  4. HHumainSaudi Arabia · $1.2B
  5. TANAPTürkiye · $1.0B
  6. CCareemUnited Arab Emirates · $622M
  7. AMEA PowerUnited Arab Emirates · $570M
  8. MNT-HalanEgypt · $425M
  9. MMiroAlgeria · $400M
  10. TelegramUnited Arab Emirates · $330M
  11. barqSaudi Arabia · $330M
  12. TabbySaudi Arabia · $235M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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