Top startups in Lebanon
There are 3,480 startups in Lebanon which include WHISH The Money Whiz, Toters App, Basma, Medicus AI, Podeo. Out of these, 456 startups are funded, with 16 having secured Series A+ funding. Banks ($444M) and Service Providers to Banks ($275M) are the top-funded sectors in Lebanon, with over 44 companies, including Achieve and Bank of Beirut. In the last five years, 50 companies raised over $420M in funding across 75 rounds. The number of companies founded have declined by 29.2%, from 24 companies in 2024 to 17 companies in 2025.
Here is the list of top startups in Lebanon
Whish provides an online recharge and mobile payment solutions for consumers. It features a solution for mobile recharge, airtime credit transfer, gaming subscription, online shopping payments, bill payments, parking fine payments, insurance and loan services, and more. Its app is available for both Android and IOS devices.
Key facts about WHISH The Money Whiz
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Beirut (Lebanon)
- Stage: Unfunded
- Tracxn Score: 58/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 5 of 761 Competitors
2. Toters App
Online platform offering food delivery services. The platform allows users to discover nearby restaurants and grocery stores to order food products for home delivery. The mobile platform is available for Android and iOS users.
Key facts about Toters App
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Beirut (Lebanon)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $18M
- Investors: IFC, B&Y Venture Partners and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 07, 2022, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 58/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 14 Competitors
3. Basma
Provider of an online pharmacy to buy dental braces. The company offers dental braces for individuals
Key facts about Basma
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Lebanon
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $4.2M
- Investors: Middle East Venture Partners, B&Y Venture Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 16, 2021, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 58/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 70 Competitors
4. Medicus AI
Medicus is an AI-based platform that explains and interprets blood tests and medical reports to provide personalized health tips, actionable recommendations, and lifestyle coaching. It takes the report data and represents it in a visual manner while taking the user's health profile gender, age, family history, and others into account. It provides medical reasoning engine that uses AI to encode medical knowledge and the medical guidelines, to simulate the reasoning.
Key facts about Medicus AI
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Vienna (Austria)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $3.15M
- Investors: Speedinvest, Bruckenkopfe and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), 2021, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 55/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 393 Competitors
5. Podeo
Online platform offering podcasts and audio content. The platform allows users to stream podcasts in Arabic and English languages. Also users can stream podcasts on various topics like comedy, education, art, sports, and more. The mobile application is available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Key facts about Podeo
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Beirut (Lebanon)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.4M
- Investors: Razor Capital, Oraseya Capital and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 30, 2024, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 51/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 1 Competitors
