Founded in early 2024 and headquartered in Cairo, Diatom manages an end-to-end D2C cross-border e-commerce process for Egyptian SME manufacturers—including product research, listing, international shipping, warehousing, and fulfilment through online marketplaces. Diatom enables Egyptian businesses to access international markets and achieve margins over 80% higher than those typically earned in local sales.
Diatom follows a product-agnostic approach, enabling it to serve a wide range of underserved sectors, such as fashion, textiles, beauty, and skincare, and scale efficiently across categories and geographies.
With the majority of costs centralized in Egypt and revenues generated in foreign currencies, Diatom benefits from strong profitability and a natural currency hedge. (diatomcbt.com) website is still work in progress
The company has established legal and operational presence in Egypt and the UAE, with plans to expand into Saudi Arabia, the UK, and the US in the near future.
Founded in 2023, Kouncel addresses the scarcity of accessible, high quality, and well referenced legal content in Egypt and the gulf region through online learning tools.
Kouncel has built a dynamic online platform delivering a comprehensive repository of pre-recorded legal courses covering diverse topics for legal professionals across multiple jurisdictions.
Kouncel also offers subscribers the ability to book prepaid consultations with expert instructors.
With IBF’s support, Kouncel secured strategic investment and expanded its offerings by providing bilingual (Arabic & English) legal courses across multiple jurisdictions, bridging a critical gap in the legal education market
