67 Best Startups in Dubai to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Startups in Dubai

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 111 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $46.9m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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18

Funding Rounds

$438.7m

Money raised

Cognigy is a developer of conversational AI services and products for enterprise customer contact centers.

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3

Funding Rounds

$2.8m

Money raised

First Orion is a Little Rock, Arkansas-based software company offering identity verification for telecommunication companies and protection from scam calls.

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6

Funding Rounds

$55.9m

Money raised

5G satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity.

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3

Funding Rounds

$38.5m

Money raised

CoreStack is a Bellevue, Washington-based cloud governance software provider offering continuous and autonomous cloud governance for companies.

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1

Funding Rounds

$41.0m

Money raised

Fetchr is an international express, mail delivery and logistics services company, operating an app-based on-demand delivery service model based in Dubai.

1

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$10.0m

Money raised

Mozn (مزن) is a Saudi RegTech company that harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence to innovate and build Products and Solutions for the advancement of digital humanity. Mozn builds advanced Artificial Intelligence products and solutions to empower enterprises in making critical decisions.

4

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

BitOasis is a blockchain and software development company offering a cryptocurrency wallet called the BitOasis Wallet.

2

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$30.0m

Money raised

Algo is a Michigan-based company offering an AI supply chain platform. The company was acquired by Meltwater in August 2017.

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1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Userful is a San Francisco, California-based software development company and audio-visual-as-a-service (AVaaS) provider.

4

Funding Rounds

$169.0m

Money raised

Tabby is a Dubai-based financial services company offering buy now, pay later plans for retailers and consumers.

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1

Funding Rounds

$12.5m

Money raised

Clinical Research & Services

2

Funding Rounds

$19.6m

Money raised

An insurance technology company offering a platform for health insurance and human resources administration.

6

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Loyyal specializes in developing and hosting a customer loyalty program development platform based on smart contract and blockchain technology.

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5

Funding Rounds

$221.2m

Money raised

Developer of revenue-based vehicle financing technology designed to help mobility entrepreneurs in Africa. The company uses alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing and e-logistics platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.

4

Funding Rounds

$47.2m

Money raised

Quiqup is a London-based company founded in 2014.

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1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

A B2B payments platform for underserved small businesses

1

Funding Rounds

$85.6m

Money raised

Saxo Bank is an Hellerup, Denmark-based company founded in 2023 by Lars Seier Christensen.

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1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Stockal is a company founded in 2016 by Sitashwa Srivastava.

1

Funding Rounds

$110.0m

Money raised

Rain is an operator and custodian of digital currency exchange intended to make digital transactions.

2

Funding Rounds

$62.0m

Money raised

Opontia provides a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.

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1

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$4.2m

Money raised

The innovative digital banking service for cross-border merchants Offers an UK account and multi-currency IBANs to send and receive high-value business payments Target segments are private international businesses with £25M - £50M turnover p.a. (so far underserved by payment platforms) Core products are local accounts in the Netherlands, UK, Luxembourg, Denmark and Germany with multi-currency IBANs that enable businesses to send and receive high-value international payments Provides personal managers to each clients for 24/7 service

3

Funding Rounds

$18.6m

Money raised

Marketplace offering the world's most exclusive and luxurious accessories, powered by Artificial Intelligence.

5

Funding Rounds

$24.5m

Money raised

Almentor is a video based contentious online learning platform accessible through B2C and B2B channels.

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3

Funding Rounds

$148.7m

Money raised

TruKKer is a Dubai-based company offering a logistics and fleet management platform.

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1

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

Ceras Ventures is a global leading investment firm that focuses on cutting-edge technology projects in blockchain industry.

4

Funding Rounds

$504.0m

Money raised

Kitopi is a company founded in 2018.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.2m

Money raised

SadaPay is a Pakistan-based debit card service.

1

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

SettleMint is a low-code blockchain platform that allows developers with scant knowledge of blockchain to build web3 applications. This platform includes a suite of tools, frameworks, templates and APIs that are ready to use for developer teams.

1

Funding Rounds

$200.0m

Money raised

Kpler is a fast-growing data & analytics firm on a mission to facilitate efficient and sustainable trade.

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4

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

WakeCap Technologies Inc. is a contruction safety company.

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2

Funding Rounds

$6.5m

Money raised

Knowlarity is a Singapore-based company founded in 2009 by Pallav Pandey.

2

Funding Rounds

$800.0k

Money raised

SocialDice is a company founded in 2013 by Nael Ramadan, Oday Hazeem and Saed Shela.

2

Funding Rounds

Akrivis Technologies is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based medical diagnostics company developing solutions for infectious diseases founded in 2009 by Dr. Ban–An Khaw.

2

Funding Rounds

$141.2m

Money raised

3D Medicines is a Shanghai-based company developing personalized diagnostics products.

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2

Funding Rounds

$400.0k

Money raised

AIM technologies is an AI startup, building AI NLP applications.

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2

Funding Rounds

$52.0m

Money raised

Vezeeta is a company founded in 2012.

3

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

The Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) first app-only account and remittance service. They provide employers with payroll and an account for every employee with in-app remittance.

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2

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised

Operator of an online search platform intended to offer real estate property information. The company's platform offers many buying or renting options as well as takes care of scheduling, negotiation, paperwork, and financing, providing users an efficient way of buying, selling, and renting real estate.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

Aviv Scientific is a leader in the longevity field, focusing on the treatment and research of age-related cognitive and functional decline.

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3

Funding Rounds

$194.0m

Money raised

Foodics is a company founded by Ahmad Alzaini.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

DoceboLMS is a Toronto-based provider of e-learning and learning management system products for companies to deliver to their staff.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Monami Tech is a Dubai-based company helping financial institutions to build efficiency and streamline operations and offer their users a secured and personalized experience through mobile applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$100.0k

Money raised

Celling Biosciencesis a tissue engineering company that specializes in Equipment, Bone Matrix.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

Tané aims to contribute to the crypto/Web3 ecosystem by utilizing the experience and expertise we gained by developing and investing in web businesses and applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Qashio is a Dubai-based company founded in 2021 by Armin Moradi.

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2

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

Nomod is a Dubai-based financial services company developing mobile applications for accepting card payments from a mobile phone.

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1

Funding Rounds

$8.4m

Money raised

Sarwa is a Dubai-based company offering an investing and personal finance platform.

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4

Funding Rounds

$21.8m

Money raised

GrubTech is a plug & play, operating system for restaurants & virtual brands

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1

Funding Rounds

$5.8m

Money raised

Tenderd is a company offers a construction machinery rental platform.

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2

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Dukkantek provides digital transformation services to improve business processes.

1

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

Qlub is a financial software company.

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1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

CoinMarketPedia is a blockchain company founded in 2019 by Kaan Bursa, Aryan Farivar and Ashay Arya.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

Baraka is a Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based fintech startup providing a stock trading educational platform for beginner investors.

2

Funding Rounds

$66.0m

Money raised

Developer of an on-demand payment software designed to help make business payments easy.

2

Funding Rounds

$33.0m

Money raised

Namshi is an online fashion company in the Middle East founded in 2010 by Muhammed Mekki.

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2

Funding Rounds

$42.0m

Money raised

44.01 is a mineralisation technology developer founded in 2020 by Talal Hasan.

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1

Funding Rounds

$800.0k

Money raised

Democrance is a Dubai-based insurance company developing insurance and protection products intended for the uninsured population in the region.

1

Funding Rounds

$120.0k

Money raised

Educhain is a blockchain company founded in 2017 by Marek Termanowski.

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1

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Qureos is a Dubai-based company founded in 2021 by Mehrad Yaghmai.

1

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$12.0m

Money raised

NewBridge Pharmaceuticals is a San Francisco-based company developing pharmaceutical, biologic, genomic and healthcare products and solutions.

2

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

Pyypl is an Abu Dhabi based financial services company that was founded in 2017.

3

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

SHEDUL is a Dubai-based company founded by William Zeqiri.

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1

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

Englease is a company founded by Omar Chihane.

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1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Melltoo Marketplacce is a Dubai-based company.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

eyewa is an eyewear retail company based in the Middle East.

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1

Funding Rounds

$3.8m

Money raised

Shipa provides an e-commerce logistics platform, freight forwarding services, and delivery solutions for large-scale shipments.

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