Funded Startups in Dubai
Across the 50 most recent Dubai-area rounds, the largest disclosed amount is $525M for Property Finder on 2025-09-14 (Private Equity).
Across the 50 most recent Dubai-area rounds, the largest disclosed amount is $525M for Property Finder on 2025-09-14 (Private Equity). That figure dwarfs the rest of the disclosed deals, where the next-highest disclosed amounts are $300M for Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (2025-11-13) and $290K-level pre-seeds like Sheba Joy (2025-08-18) sit at the low end ($250K is the smallest disclosed). Stage naming is also mixed: among the 50 rows, 20 entries are either “Series Unknown” or “undisclosed,” meaning only 30 show disclosed amounts tied to an explicit stage label. On concentration, many entries cluster tightly in late 2025—multiple $2M–$22M rounds appear in October 2025, while the listing spans 2025-04-22 (Cledor) through 2025-11-29 (Zinit). Geographically, nearly all rows use “Dubai” (with a few explicitly written as “Dubai, Dubai” or “Dubai, United Arab Emirates”), and the city label stays consistent rather than splitting into multiple Dubai sub-regions.
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Frequently asked
Which disclosed round looks like the clear outlier, and how does it compare to the rest of the disclosed amounts?
Property Finder’s $525M on 2025-09-14 (Private Equity) is the largest disclosed round in the table and is substantially larger than the next-largest disclosed amount of $300M for Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform on 2025-11-13. The smallest disclosed amount is $250K for Xanadu on 2025-11-01, creating a wide disclosed range.
Do deals concentrate in a narrow time window toward the top of the list?
Yes. The most recent stretch is late 2025: Zinit closes on 2025-11-29, with multiple follow-on rounds in late November and October such as Revibe on 2025-11-26 ($17M), Mastiṣka AI on 2025-11-26 ($10M), and BALLSAPP on 2025-10-10 ($10M). The earliest row shown is 2025-04-22 (Cledor, $18M), so the 50 rows span from April to November 2025.
How often are stage labels or amounts not specified, and does that skew interpretation?
Out of 50 rows, 20 are not cleanly comparable on either stage or amount because they are marked “Series Unknown” and/or “undisclosed.” Examples include Joinn.io on 2025-10-11 (undisclosed), PRYPCO on 2025-09-14 (undisclosed), and multiple “Venture - Series Unknown” entries like Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform on 2025-11-13 ($300M). This means comparisons are most reliable only for the remaining rows with explicit stage and disclosed amounts.
Are certain sectors over-represented among the companies listed?
AI appears frequently across the top rounds, including Zinit (2025-11-29, $8M), Mastiṣka AI (2025-11-26, $10M), Kingpin (2025-11-18, $4M), Skrooge.ai (2025-10-27, $2M), and Orbii AI (2025-09-09, $4M). Banking/financial services also shows repeated presence through entries like UPFRONT (2025-10-03, $10M), qlub (2025-07-21, $30M), and Alaan (2025-08-05, $48M).
Are there notable patterns in the city naming, given multiple Dubai spellings?
City labels are highly concentrated around Dubai with limited variation: nearly every row says Dubai, United Arab Emirates, while some repeat “Dubai, Dubai” formatting (e.g., DarGlobal on 2025-08-25 with $165M; Alaan on 2025-08-05 with $48M). There are no other geography clusters beyond this Dubai-centric labeling within the 50 rows shown.
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