Mountain Academy

What Mountain Academy does

Mountain Academy (ماونتن اكاديمي) is a Cairo-based online education platform founded in 2018 that delivers curriculum-aligned video courses to students at Saudi Arabian universities. Content is organized by university, academic specialization, and semester, enabling targeted study support across more than 20 institutions. The platform runs as a web property (mountain-academy.com) with no mobile app or public API, and its technical stack consists of video delivery paired with an integrated PDF viewer for supplementary lecture materials. A small core team of 5 full-time employees is supplemented by a network of 30+ freelance and contract instructors who produce and refresh course content.

The business model is transactional: students purchase individual courses on a pay-as-you-go basis at one-time prices ranging from 0 to 750 SAR, with typical courses priced between 100 and 500 SAR. Distribution is handled primarily through the company website and a direct Telegram channel used to reach Saudi student communities. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, no enterprise contracts, and no partnership or award signals. Management is led by Engineer Asmaa, who holds a Master's in artificial intelligence, with engineering handled by developer Hasan Elsherbiny. Beyond its core higher-education catalog, the platform has expanded to include secondary-school material, including an artificial intelligence course, signaling early moves into adjacent learner segments and emerging subject areas.

Name

Mountain Academy

Legal name

Mountain Academy

Website

https://mountain-academy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mountain Academy is a Cairo-based online education platform founded in 2018 that delivers curriculum-aligned video courses to students across 20+ Saudi Arabian universities, monetized through one-time individual course purchases distributed via web and Telegram.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Education / Academic Tutoring

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Subject-Specific Short Courses & Academies (e.g., STEM, Business, Arts) (EDAIAIAC)

Keywords

• Online course platform
• Video lecture tutoring
• University exam prep
• Digital learning platform
• Academic course content

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Individual course sales: Students purchase individual courses on a one-time basis for access to video lessons and materials. Each course has its own price point. Some courses offer free access (0 SAR).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mountain Academy operates an online educational platform that delivers video-based academic courses and accompanying PDF study materials to Saudi Arabian university and secondary school students. Courses are organized by specific university, specialization, semester, and academic year, and are taught by named instructors with academic credentials. Students purchase access to individual courses on a one-time basis to view recorded lessons and supplementary materials.

Product overview

Mountain Academy is an online academic tutoring platform offering video-based courses for university and secondary school students across Saudi Arabia. The platform provides recorded lessons organized by university, specialization, grade, and academic term, with instructors teaching individual courses covering subjects such as computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistics, and engineering. Students subscribe to individual courses and access chapter-based video lessons along with downloadable PDF study materials. The platform serves multiple Saudi universities and is managed by a team of instructors including the founder and owner, Engineer Asmaa, who holds a master's in Artificial Intelligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mountain Academy Online Video Course Platform An online educational platform delivering video-based academic courses and PDF study materials for Saudi Arabian university and secondary school students. The catalog is organized by specific university, specialization, semester, and academic term, and courses are taught by named instructors with academic credentials across subjects including computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistics, and business administration. Students purchase individual courses on a one-time basis for access to recorded video lessons and supplementary materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Courses available for over 20 Saudi Arabian universities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Udemy: Global marketplace for paid video-based courses. Comparable revenue model (one-time per-course purchases by individual learners) but lacks curriculum alignment to specific Saudi university programs.
• Coursera: Global online learning platform partnering with universities. Comparable in offering credentialed video-based instruction, though positioned at international higher-education credentials rather than local Saudi exam preparation.
• Unacademy: Large India-headquartered online test-prep and learning platform. Comparable course-based video model and exam-prep positioning, though focused on Indian curricula and competitive exams rather than Saudi university content.

Direct peers

• Edraak (إدراك): Arabic MOOC platform affiliated with the Queen Rania Foundation offering free university-level courses in Arabic. Overlaps with Mountain Academy's subject catalog and Arabic-language delivery, but operates as an open platform rather than paid course access.
• Noon Academy: Saudi-founded live tutoring and exam-prep platform targeting K-12 and university students in MENA. Directly comparable in audience, subject coverage, and per-course/per-session revenue model, with a more developed mobile app experience and venture backing.
• Rwaq (رواق): Arabic-language online learning platform offering university-level courses across MENA. Comparable in subject coverage and Arabic-language delivery, though with a MOOC-style open-course model rather than per-course paid access.
• Mawsool (مَوصل): Saudi exam-prep platform providing university and school students with curated study resources and video explanations. Operates in the same niche of curriculum-aligned Saudi exam preparation as Mountain Academy.
• Step (Saudi tutoring app): Saudi-based social tutoring app focused on school and university exam preparation with gamified content. Comparable target audience and exam-prep use case, differentiated by mobile-first UX and community-led learning.

Emerging players

• iStoria: MENA-focused digital education content provider covering school curricula. Comparable in the Arabic-language localized content play, though more oriented toward K-12 school curricula than university-level courses.

Regional players

• Yaqut (ياقوت): Saudi-based e-learning platform with curated educational content. Operates in adjacent exam-prep and academic-support space for Saudi students with institutional distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mountain-academy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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