MENA-based VC: My 9 favorite startups from Y Combinator W20 Demo Day

MENA-based VC: My 9 favorite startups from Y Combinator W20 Demo Day

After doing a bit of my research and speaking to some of them, I have put together this list of my 15 favorite startups from the demo day.. I have chosen these 15 startups based on the domain expertise of the founding team, market size, how much better the product or service is than current offerings, and how essential the product is within its industry.. Healthlane's patients have to only wait 1 hour before seeing a quality doctor while most patients in Nigeria have to wait 5 hours before seeing a mediocre doctor.. Loop Health : The team of Loop Health has previously scaled a telemedicine solution for 250,000 patients in rural India, and worked with health ministers in Sierra Leone and Uzbekistan on digital health strategies.. Their AI and ML expertise build them a MOAT as they scale.. Pilot : One of the things I really like about Pilot is that it's a startup that's over five years old.. The market in the US is valued at over $2 billion and is expected to keep growing especially post Covid-19.. The founders are both very technical with deep expertise working in WalmartLabs ML and building other startups in the AI