15. VAPULUS

E-payment gateway

Founders: Abdelrahman El Shaarawy, Islam Mousa, Khalid Gabr

Funding: $1 million

Investors: Shan Investments & Foras Masr, AZI Investments, 500 startups, Angel investors

Country: Egypt Date of establishment: 2016

Vapulus has developed an e-payment gateway that allows payments to be made through websites and mobile apps. During its soft launch, it acquired over 450 businesses across 14 countries in MENA, and plans to be operating globally by 2021. Vapulus currently supports 135 currencies worldwide. It also provides analytics tools that help customers manage their sales and plan for business.