Beban, an entrepreneurship-themed reality show produced by Hope Ventures, the investment arm of Hope Fund, airs the fourth episode of its second season on January 25^th, 2023, at 6 PM on Bahrain TV and the region’s biggest video-on-demand platform, Shahid, as well as 9:30 PM on AlRai TV.

Beban season 2, powered by The Oil and Gas Holding Company B.S.C (closed) (“nogaholding”), was filmed in Al Areen Palace and Spa by Accor, whereby entrepreneurs pitch their businesses in front of a panel of regional investors for immediate investment and business opportunities. The show aims to shed light on promising entrepreneurs and matchmake them with strategic investors to accelerate their growth and expansion into international markets.

Episode 4 hosted five entrepreneurs from the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates: ‘Loyale App,’ a loyalty app that digitizes all types of loyalty systems to grant merchants and users the maximum benefit of loyalty rewards founded by Sayed Ahmed Al-Marzooq, ‘Fanera,’ a social network for football that unites fans, clubs, and sponsors while connecting them to a community that shares the same passion, founded by Mohammed Kilany, ‘RestHero,’ a B2B SAAS solution that optimizes sales through social media. The solution allows business owners to post their products and services on social media, list their products, link the data of the product with the post, and allow the customers to complete the ordering process, co-founded by Dr. Abdulla Al Shimmari, Ahmed Khalifa, ‘YAS Holding,’ a group holding company that manufactures and supplies furniture with a focus on closets and kitchens co-founded by Yasser Shuaib and Ali Al-Haddad, and ‘Nuzul,’ an interior design and architecture studio with a civil construction division founded by Mohamed Seyadi.

These five businesses pitched before a panel of regional investors that was comprised of Mr. Majed Alkhan, CEO of Infracorp, the social infrastructure group recently established by GFH Financial Group, Ms. Mashael Fairooz, Founding Partner of JEO Capital headquartered in Bahrain, and Saudi investor Dr. Khalid AlTaweel, co-founder of Riyadh Angel Investors. The panel was moderated by His Excellency Aymen bin Tawfiq Almoayed, Chairman of Hope Fund, who was also representing Hope Ventures’ investments.

Khaled Alrayyes, Manager of Projects at Hope Ventures, shared: “In this episode, viewers will enjoy watching regional entrepreneurs whose businesses are in different sectors, from technology to manufacturing to even design, as they pitch in front of investors from the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The discussions and negotiations that occurred are on equally high levels of education and entertainment, and we look forward to the inspirational impact they will leave on the episode’s viewers of entrepreneurs’ minds to be part of the next season of Beban.”

Commenting on their sponsorship to empower Beban TV show, Roberto Mancone, CEO of Beyon Money, said: “At Beyon Money, we reward passion; we uncover and challenge ideas, foster competitions, and compete to win, build digital solutions and generate value for our clients and stakeholders in Bahrain and the GCC. We see the same ideals in the tech startups participating at Beban, and as a sponsor, we are delighted to foster their growth.”

Beban Season 2 acknowledges its sponsors; The Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding), Tamkeen Bahrain, Al Areen Palace & Spa by Accor, TRACCS, BEYON Money, Zain Bahrain, GMI, Ahli United Bank, Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain), The Benefit Company, Amakin, and Al Salam Bank for their affirmed commitment to empowering Bahraini entrepreneurs and accelerating their growth through investment, knowledge, and access to business opportunities.

Beban thanks episode 4 partners, Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance (BIBF), for providing business opportunities to this episode’s entrepreneurs.

A new episode of Beban will air every Wednesday of this month. You can watch the next episode airing on the 1^st of February 2023 on Bahrain TV at 6 PM, AlRai TV at 9:30 PM, or the time that works best for you on Shahid for free.

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