Manama, February 1 (BNA): Biban, a reality show titled Entrepreneurship produced by Hope Ventures, the investment arm of the Hope Fund, hosted five entrepreneurs from Bahrain, the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The Emirati businessman introduced “Mineral Energy”, a brand that manufactures skin care products that are safe and effective in reducing, inhibiting and/or improving skin symptoms, which was founded by Mona Al Hammadi. ‘Koala Picks’ is a brand that manufactures and provides healthy snack boxes with natural ingredients for children and adults Co-founded by Ahmed Mubasher, Aya Assaf and Omnia Abdel Halim, ‘Mismar’ is a mobile application that connects vetted contractors quickly and securely to people who want to pick up their picks. Home Improvement Projects, founded by Nizar Almoayyed, coffee and tea capsules “Gahwa.co” containing a mixture of Arabic and Latin. The recipes are prepared internally by the founder, founded by Mahmoud Al-Araibi, and “GFX Securities”, a trading platform specialized in providing brokerage services in the field of securities, founded by Ali Al-Haliwa.
These five companies were presented to a panel of regional investors consisting of Kuwaiti investor Youssef Al-Sultan, CEO of Nuzha Ventures, Basil Al-Abd Al-Karim, Saudi investor and head of EO Saudi East, and Abdulelah Al-Gosaibi, Saudi investor in emerging technologies.
The session was moderated by Ayman bin Tawfiq Almoayyed, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hope Fund, which represents the investments of Hope Ventures.
“The Beban program is in line with one of our main missions at Hope, which is to highlight promising entrepreneurs and facilitate co-investment opportunities alongside the private sector. In this episode, viewers will not only witness the exciting journeys of 5 businesses from different parts of Bahrain and the UAE during Their pitch is to a panel of regional investors from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, but they will be able to invest in some of these opportunities in real time through the beban.me crowdfunding platform,” Khaled Al Rayes, Projects Director at Hope Ventures, said.
Beban Season 2, powered by 100% renewable energy through Hope Ventures’ partnership with Oil and Gas Holding Company BSC (closed) (“nogaholding”) and the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA).
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