Bright Creations

AI & Blockchain Venture Studio

We build the companies we believe in.

Bright Creations is an AI & Blockchain Venture Studio. We create, own and grow our own ventures, from identifying opportunities to building products and scaling businesses.

See our ventures Work with us
  • Healthcare
  • Finance
  • Communities
  • Travel

The Studio

From software house to Venture Studio.

For more than a decade, Bright Creations designed and built software, websites and digital products for some of the best-known brands in the Middle East, from offices in Cairo and Dubai.

Over time we grew in too many directions at once. So we closed that chapter and started again with one focus: building our own companies. Today Bright Creations is a Venture Studio with one team and one office in Cairo.

  1. Spot

    We look for problems that matter, where AI or blockchain fundamentally changes the economics.

  2. Build

    We design, engineer and launch with our own team, with product, technology and go-to-market under one roof.

  3. Scale

    We operate the business alongside our team or founders, share platforms across the portfolio, and bring in partners and capital when the time is right.

Industries

Where we see opportunity

We build our own ventures around problems we understand, where technology can create meaningful value and a sustainable business.

Finance

Giving people and businesses clarity and control over money across banks, borders and assets.

DAZU.AI →

Communities

Connecting people with the networks they need to succeed and achieve their happiness.

Mindsalike →

Travel

Helping people travel with confidence.

What we focus on

Three areas. Full commitment.

We keep our portfolio small on purpose, so every company gets the team, technology and attention it needs.

AI-native

Companies designed around AI from day one, not features added later. AI changes what a small team can deliver and how fast it can move.

Blockchain

Infrastructure for trust, ownership and money that moves across borders, applied to real problems rather than speculation.

High-impact

Businesses that change outcomes for people, from emergency assistance to financial clarity and the networks that help founders grow.

Businesses

Ventures we’re building

Finance

DAZU.AI

Financial control across banks, borders, currencies and assets, for individuals, businesses and real-estate developers.

Learn more dazu.ai ↗︎

Platforms

Platforms we’re building

Products we build once and put to work across our ventures and for customers of our own.

Our track record

Trusted by the brands we built for

Before becoming a Venture Studio, we delivered software and digital products for global brands, governments, NGOs and ambitious startups. That experience goes into everything we build now.

  • Google
  • valU
  • Intel
  • Lenovo
  • Porsche
  • Lancôme
  • MBC
  • du
  • Americana
  • EFG Hermes
  • UNIDO
  • UNFPA
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies
  • Giza Systems
  • Saudi Arabian Ministry of Labour
  • Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority
  • Mall of Arabia
  • Beltone Financial
  • OC&C Strategy Consultants
  • Takamol Holding
  • Internews Europe
  • INJAZ Al-Arab
  • EMP – Emerging Markets Payments
  • EIAST
  • RCREEE
  • ECREEE
  • CONNEX Assistance
  • International Restaurants Group
  • Asfour Crystal
  • El Salam Hospital
  • International Diabetes Federation
  • Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Presidential Nile Cruises
  • Fort Arabesque Resort & Spa
  • Souq Fashion
  • Sterling Mutuals
  • Orion 360
  • Ideavelopers
  • BridgEgypt
  • TechTags
  • Event Republic
  • Media Republic
  • Command Ads
  • Mgadeer
  • Hisham Akram
  • Zealous
  • Car7araj
  • Nice
  • Bites
  • Blackball
  • Ardoch
  • Esswara
  • Sabry Marouf
  • Leonard Jay
  • Al Ismaelia
  • Ladies Health Alliance
  • The Women and Memory Forum
  • Tour n’ Cure

59 organisations served during our years as a software and digital agency in Cairo and Dubai.

Mahamad (Moe) El Tanahy, founder of Bright Creations

Our founder

Mahamad (Moe) El Tanahy

Mahamad El Tanahy is an entrepreneur and technology leader who has built businesses and led teams across Cairo, Dubai, London, Riyadh and Palo Alto.

Mahamad founded Bright Creations and grew it into a team of 60 engineers delivering digital products for organisations across the private and public sectors. Mahamad also founded Mindsalike, a network of more than 5,000 entrepreneurs and investors across Cairo, Alexandria and Dubai, and DAZU.AI, a financial-control platform for people and businesses.

Earlier experience includes Accenture and work with organisations in technology, consulting, financial services, government and media. Mahamad holds an MS in Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BSc in Computer Science & Management from King’s College London.

Connect on LinkedIn ↗︎

Experience across

  • Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Google
  • valU
  • Accenture
  • Rural Payments Agency
  • du
  • Metropolitan Police
  • King’s College London
  • Mindsalike
  • CONNEX Assistance

Work with us

Build with Bright Creations.

Join the team creating and growing our own AI and blockchain ventures.

Explore open roles →

Reach out

Interested in our ventures?

We’d like to hear from investors and strategic partners. Message Mahamad (Moe) El Tanahy, our founder, on LinkedIn.

Contact on LinkedIn ↗︎

Investors

Interested in backing Bright Creations’ ventures as they grow.

Strategic partners

Organisations relevant to one or more of our portfolio companies.

Bright Creations · Cairo, Egypt