-An investment that combines a global employment platform supported by artificial intelligence and a platform specialized in the student economy
-The investment strengthens the Sununu system that supports entrepreneurs and Qatar’s position as a platform for launching technology companies
Growth
This investment brings together two companies, each of which originates from a different field, but they converge on a common vision of using technology to connect people with opportunities and open new paths for them. By joining the Sununu Startup Factory, the support that the two companies will receive will not be limited to financing, but will also include benefiting from Sununu’s technological infrastructure, its operational expertise, and its network of commercial relationships, in addition to the guidance and expertise necessary to support growth and expansion.
Hayred Valley operates as a platform specialized in employment and career paths, relying on artificial intelligence to help those seeking professional opportunities access global labor markets, through smart tools, guidance programs, and organized career paths. The platform has received coverage from Forbes magazine, is trusted by more than 25,000 professionals, and is supported by the Inception program of NVIDIA, in addition to the expertise of its founders linked to business accelerators in Silicon Valley.
Hayred Valley has participated in a number of the most prominent global events in the technology sector, including the Web Summit in Portugal and Qatar and GITEX in Germany, and is also linked to the Qatar Science and Technology Park system, which enhances its presence within the growing technology and innovation scene in Qatar.
As for Talib Hub, which was founded by Misfer Al Marri, it is working to build what he describes as an integrated “student economy,” which places the student at the heart of a digital system that combines identity, services, and opportunities. The platform includes a student ID service to verify students’ identity, a digital market among students, and services to connect them with training and work opportunities, and university events, in addition to financial services dedicated to students as part of its future plans.
The platform is launched from Qatar with a vision to expand in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the Arab region, after it achieved a remarkable presence in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, including being selected as the best startup company in the Qatar Web Summit 2025 among 25 startups out of more than 1,500 participants, in addition to obtaining appreciation for a startup company with impact during the Lisbon Web Summit in November 2025.
The two companies’ joining the Sununu Startup Factory is an extension of a system launched by Sununu in April 2026 to support startups in Qatar through a combination of investment, technological infrastructure, operational expertise, and access to the Sununu commercial network. The factory began its first investment with an investment of $100,000 in Safra Artificial Intelligence, a startup company working in the field of financial technology supported by artificial intelligence, before its portfolio expanded in parallel with the investment activity of GrowthX.
For Hayrd Valley, joining the factory opens the door to opportunities for integration in the areas of technology and talent within the growing Sununo ecosystem in the region, while TalibHub benefits from the technological infrastructure, operational expertise and capabilities to reach a broad base of users through one of the leading digital platforms in Qatar.
Hamad Al Hajri, founder of GrowthX and founder and CEO of Sununu, said: “Capital alone does not make successful companies. What entrepreneurs need is an integrated ecosystem that brings together people who have had construction experience before, technologies they can employ, and a market that gives them space to grow. This is exactly what we are working to build through GrowthX and the Sununu Startup Factory.”
Al Hajri added: “Hayred Valley and Talib Hub represent the type of technology companies with a global vision that we want to attract and support from Qatar. Our role is to provide ambitious founders with the capital, infrastructure and networks that help them transform their ideas into companies capable of growing and expanding beyond the region.”
This investment comes after GrowthX backed Gro, an AI-powered financial wellness platform co-founded by Maria Shevchenko. These investments reflect a trend based on repurposing capital, technical expertise, and operational experience to support a new generation of founders, and linking them to resources and markets that help them transform their ideas into viable projects.
This vision is also consistent with the goals of the Qatar National Vision 2030 in supporting economic diversification, building a knowledge-based economy, and promoting entrepreneurship and innovation. By combining early investment, technology architecture, business experience and access to a real market, Sununu Startup Factory seeks to provide a practical path that helps companies move from the idea stage and early growth to implementation and scale.
“Haard Valley was born from years of experience in the recruitment and career path sectors, and from a gap we felt closely,” said Yarkizhan Zhuldsova, Founder and CEO of Heard Valley. We started with a small idea, built a community of more than 26,000 talents, and contributed to achieving more than a thousand successful professional outcomes. Today, the entry of GrowthX and Sununu as investors represents a new stage in our journey. We are building from Qatar, but with global ambition, and we are still at the beginning of the road.”
Misfer Al Marri, founder of Talib Hub, said: “I have always believed that innovation does not start with technology, but rather begins with observing a real problem and looking for a better way to solve it. From this belief, Student Hub was launched, from an idea to a vision to build an interconnected and integrated student economy. The entry of Growth X as an investor represents great confidence in what we are building, and an important step to accelerate this vision and take it from Qatar to the region.”
With Hayrd Valley and Talib Hub joining the Sununu Startup Factory, Growth
This investment reflects part of the growing movement in the entrepreneurship system in Qatar, where the success achieved by local companies can be transformed into capital, experience and infrastructure that benefits a new generation of founders, creating an interconnected system in which investments, technology, talent and access to markets move together.