26. Thndr *

Date of Establishment: 2020
Headquarters: Egypt
Description: Digital investment platform
Founders: Ahmad Hammouda, Seif Amr

Launched in late 2020, Thndr is a digital investment platform that allows users to invest in Egyptian mutual funds and publicly listed companies in addition to the U.S. stock market. Its app has recorded 1.1 million downloads with over 271,000 active users as of December 2022. Thndr claims that 86% of new registrations in the local Egyptian exchanges come through its platform. Cofounder and CEO Ahmad Hammouda is a former general manager of Uber in Egypt, while Cofounder and COO, Seif Amr, is a former operations manager of Uber MENA.