Investment Readiness
Wherever you may be on your journey, are you ready to meet your investor? We find out what your startup needs to be ready for an investor's eye.
About Startup Egypt
We are startup connectors, facilitators, mentors, and opportunity enablers.
Startup Egypt
Built by founders, for founders
Who We Are
We Empower Egyptian Founders to Build the Future
Startup Egypt is a non-profit, membership-based community that bridges the gaps for entrepreneurs at any stage of their journey and connects them to the right mentors, stakeholders, and opportunities. Members of our community gain access to a wealth of programs and benefits, all aimed at helping startups grow and scale faster, smarter, and more sustainably.
Grow With Those Who Get It. Join NowWhat We Do
We are startup connectors, facilitators, and opportunity enablers for entrepreneurs.
Years of experience have taught us that startup progress is often stalled by friction, shortage of knowledge, lack of access, or burnout from navigating red tape.
That's why we built a community where we tackle this friction for you, so entrepreneurship can flourish. Our edge is our ability to bring together government entities, private sector leaders, ecosystem enablers, mentors, universities, and development partners in one place.
What We Offer
Five pillars that move founders forward
Tiered Capacity Building
We're here for talent at any stage of their cycle. We provide active founders with tailored, stage-specific interventions and programs to get them to where they need to be, while students and entrepreneurship enthusiasts get an insider's vantage point of the ecosystem.
Ecosystem Synergy
We are the bridge. Startup Egypt brings together founders, veteran mentors, corporate giants, and government partners into a single, high-functioning network where execution overrides bureaucracy.
Global Market Access
A network means access. Startup Egypt's partners have already fought and won the battles of breaking geographic barriers, and they are ready to facilitate your expansion and market entry into the GCC, Africa, Europe, and the US.
Founder Security
Innovation stops when panic sets in. We step in with essential safety nets, including medical benefits and crisis/catastrophe handling, to guarantee business continuity when the unexpected gets in the way.
Who We're Here For
Built for Egyptian innovators — at every stage
Startup Egypt is built for Egyptian innovators at every stage, wherever you are in the world, wherever you are in the journey.
Paid full membership
Growth-stage founders
Growth-stage startup founders ready to scale operations and push into new markets.
Free membership
Early-stage & aspiring founders
Early-stage founders still validating ideas and trying out concepts, alongside students and aspiring entrepreneurs building their first ventures.
Board of Trustees
A Board Built on Diverse Expertise
Our board brings together founders, investors, academics, and industry leaders from across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, technology, media, and social impact — a deliberate mix of perspectives that mirrors the diversity of the ecosystem we serve.
Dr. Maged Ghoneima
Founder and Chairman
Founder and general partner of M Empire Angels, with investments in over 200 startups across 30+ countries. He's a key architect of the Egyptian entrepreneurship ecosystem, bringing together advanced engineering, academia, and policy-making to identify and support high-potential founders.
As Professor of Mechatronics at Ain Shams University, Maged built the ASU Innovation Hub (iHub) into one of Egypt's leading university-based innovation centers, and led the Innovators Support Fund for the Ministry of Higher Education — shaping innovation strategy across 98 universities nationwide. His work sits at the rare intersection of deep technical expertise, academic leadership, and national policy.
Dr. Mohamed Elokaby
Secretary General
Dr. Elokaby is Assistant Minister of Social Solidarity for Strategic Communication and its official spokesperson. He is a media and communications expert with a career of over 20 years in the Egyptian government.
Dr. Mohamed Elokaby has also led national communication strategies for major policy initiatives, managed media operations for global events including COP27 and COP28, and built his career across journalism, broadcast television, and government media leadership.
Ayman Bazaraa
Vice Chair
Ayman is the CEO and founder of Sprints, an AI-powered platform personalizing and gamifying learning for employment. He is also the co-founder of HiRemoters, MicroDoers, and AveLabs — spanning remote talent, augmented reality, and venture building.
Ayman's career includes leadership roles at Orange, IBM, and Valeo, giving him a rare blend of corporate-scale experience and serial entrepreneurship.
Sabrine Assem
Treasurer
Founder and CEO of Untap, a talent, awards, and innovation infrastructure trusted by Dell Technologies, P&G, the United Nations, Accor, EGBank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Saudi government, and Oxfam, as well as over 100 organizations across 30 countries.
Before Untap, Sabrine founded SolverMine, an open innovation intermediary for the Middle East and Africa that has shaped Untap's core thesis: that talent and innovation are continuous ecosystems, not disconnected events.
Ayman El Sawy
Board Member
Founder and CEO of Bokra, a savings platform built to help everyday Egyptians protect their wealth against inflation and currency depreciation. Ayman leads Bokra's product architecture, regulatory strategy, fundraising, and investor relations.
Previously Group CFO of one of Egypt's largest non-banking financial institution groups, where he structured Egypt's first securitization bond and led 40+ debt issuances exceeding EGP 50 billion. He has advised regulators, helped shape Egypt's bond and sukuk frameworks, and sits on the board of the Egyptian Securities Federation.
Mohamed Abouelnaga "Nagaty"
Board Member
Executive Chairman of Exits MENA, the region's first fintech investment banking platform, and Founder of pie, Egypt's leading M&A advisory firm for startups. He's also a board member and angel investor across a wide portfolio of tech companies, including Koinz, Robusta, and Waffarha.
Nagaty also co-founded Halan, Africa's largest super app and Egypt's most-funded startup multiple years running, and is also co-founder and former CEO of Klivvr, Egypt's first digital agent banking platform. Earlier in his career, he was Regional Director at Careem and helped build Fawry, Egypt's first tech IPO.
Ahmed Shaaban
Board Member
Founder and CEO of Simplex CNC and board member of the Egyptian Chamber of Engineering Industries, helping shape policy for the country's manufacturing future.
Ahmed built Simplex CNC from a graduation project into one of the region's leading CNC manufacturing platforms, delivering 7,000+ machines across more than 30 countries and generating multi-billion EGP in revenue. With operations spanning 8 global offices and 3 manufacturing facilities, Ahmed has trained and employed 20,000+ young professionals in Egypt's industrial sector.
Rania Ayman
Board Member
Founder and CEO of Entreprenelle, which has reached over 1,000,000 women entrepreneurs across the Middle East and facilitated the creation of 10,000+ projects. A leading voice in the region's entrepreneurship ecosystem with over 23 years in social development.
Rania chairs the School of Fashion Management and serves as a National Consultant for UN Women's Rabeha Alumni Network. Her work bridges entrepreneurship, gender equity, and the creative economy, turning advocacy into practical, lasting impact.
Executive Team
Marwa Saad
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO of StartupEgypt, Pharmacist, Quality of life consultant. She brings 20 years of cross-industry experience where her work is often at the intersection of healthcare, entrepreneurship, leadership, strategic consulting, and social impact.
Marwa has spent her career working with cancer patients, individuals with disabilities, and underserved communities — advocating for people-centered approaches to well-being. She also hosts the podcast Role Modeling by Marwa Saad, where she explores leadership through integrity, empathy, and purpose.