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DoorEast Hit 43,000 Listings and 120 Agencies in Six Months
Michael and Maria Zoghzoghi launched their AI powered property marketplace in Lebanon in January 2026.
DoorEast is an AI powered real estate marketplace founded in Beirut by Michael and Maria Zoghzoghi. Since going live in January 2026 it has grown to more than 43,000 listings, partnered with 120 agencies and generated over 30,000 qualified leads. The company has also released a CRM for the agencies it works with.
Wasleh Connects Lebanese Travelers With People Sending Things Home
Gisele Makary's free app, run from Barcelona, is live in Lebanon, the UAE, Spain, France and the UK.
Wasleh is a free platform that matches Lebanese travelers with people who need a package carried to or from Lebanon, with no couriers and no fees. Founder Gisele Makary built it after seven years abroad spent watching the same question circulate in diaspora group chats. It launched this week across five countries and drew more than 100 visitors in its first 24 hours.
Jessy Shaanin's SouqMetrics Puts Sales and Ad Data in One Place
The platform, founded in 2026 and run from North Lebanon, has cleared Shopify, Meta and Amazon, with Salla next.
SouqMetrics is an e-commerce analytics platform that brings sales, advertising, customer behavior and performance data into a single live dashboard for brands and agencies across MENA. Founded in 2026 by Jessy Shaanin and run out of North Lebanon, it has completed Shopify's verification process, received approval from Meta and Amazon, and secured Stripe payment processing. A listing with Salla is in its final approval stage.
Lebanese startup Booklee is redefining the beauty & Wellness industry
Costa Sabbagh and Esper Estephan built one dashboard for bookings, payments, and clients, and 200 businesses signed on.
Booklee is a Beirut software startup built for beauty and wellness businesses, replacing paper diaries and phone calls with a single dashboard for bookings, payments, reminders, and client records. Founded in 2024 by childhood friends Costa Sabbagh and Esper Estephan, it has onboarded more than 200 businesses and processed over $1 million in transactions since launching in January. The founders are now preparing to take the platform into the GCC.
Two Doctors Built Sohhtak to Fix Home Care in Lebanon
The Lebanese platform lets patients find verified nurses and physiotherapists and book home visits through an app.
Sohhtak is a Lebanese home-care platform that connects patients with verified nurses and physiotherapists for visits at home. Founded by two doctors, the app is live on Android and iOS and covers regions from Beirut to the Bekaa. Patients can view provider profiles, services, prices, and coverage areas before requesting a visit.
Two Founders, Two Products: The Guardify Story From Beirut
Cedric Kohof and Joe Khalil built a cloud and cybersecurity firm, then added TapMetic, an NFC digital card brand.
Guardify is a Beirut technology company founded in 2026 that offers cloud, cybersecurity, and software services alongside TapMetic, its NFC digital business card brand. Co-founders Cedric Kohof and Joe Khalil say they want to grow across Lebanon before expanding into the wider Middle East.
Lebanese co-founder is turning AI agents into freelancers
The New York startup co-founded by Lebanese engineer Rayan Dabbagh lets AI agents claim and complete paid tasks.
Bounty, a New York startup co-founded by Lebanese engineer Rayan Dabbagh, runs a marketplace where AI agents pick up tasks that people post and get paid once the work is verified. The company is backed by venture firm a16z and says it passed 1,300 posted tasks within weeks of launch.
Storyland Wins ESA-HEC Entrepreneur Prize 2026
The app builds personalized illustrated stories and can clone a parent's voice to narrate them for children.
Lebanese startup Storyland took the top prize at the seventh ESA-HEC Entrepreneur competition in Beirut. Its app uses several AI models to build personalized illustrated stories and can clone a family member's voice to narrate them. The win comes with six months of funded incubation at Station F in Paris.
Dr. Rachel Semaan Created Last Minute to Simplify Real-Life Planning
A Lebanese-American anesthesiology resident from Detroit turned messy plans into organized event threads.
Last Minute is a shared social calendar that turns plans into organized event threads, built by physician Dr. Rachel Semaan while she completed her medical residency. The app brings personal, professional, and community events into one private space so plans stop getting lost in group chats and email. It is live on iOS and Android with patent-protected technology and thousands of installs.
Broke by Week Three: The Student Idea Behind BudgetIQ
A Cyprus-based founding team is building a gamified money app for students, launching across Europe in July 2026.
BudgetIQ is a gamified financial literacy app built by a founding team who ran out of money three weeks into their first year of university. Designed for students and young adults, it tailors lessons to each user's spending and is preparing to launch across Europe in July 2026 after testing with more than 100 users.
Collabfront Wants to Run Lebanon's Creator Economy
Ali Younes built the first Lebanese app linking local brands with creators, and it is already moving into the UAE.
Collabfront is a Lebanese app that connects brands with local creators for paid campaigns and barter activations. Founder Ali Younes started it after running into a wall trying to find and hire creators in Lebanon. Three months after launch, the platform has signed up more than 500 creators and over 100 brands.
17-Year-Old Lebanese Developer Builds an Astronomy Social Network App
Miryam El Samad taught herself to code at 14 and built an app to connect stargazers, hobbyists, and space workers.
Astrophile is an astronomy social network created by Miryam El Samad, who started learning to code at fourteen out of boredom. What began as a simple stargazing diary grew, through a fast-growing Instagram following, into an app with community, astrophotography, and startup sections. This is the story of how a solo teenage developer turned a childhood obsession with space into a working product.
