Recently Funded Startups in the United Arab Emirates
Updated Oct 2026
Funded startups in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) number 429 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the UAE startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded startups in the United Arab Emirates.
The median disclosed round is $5.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.0M and $19M. Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Dubai and Abu Dhabi hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in the country. Startups in the United Arab Emirates closed 217 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 123 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $14B in disclosed capital.
Activity centers on Dubai and Abu Dhabi. These cities dominate the region, leaving other areas as secondary targets. Franklin Templeton leads the investor activity. Because early stage labels prevail, the market consists of nascent ventures. A focus on these primary urban centers captures the vast majority of the opportunity.
United Arab Emirates funded startup statistics
Funded startups in the United Arab Emirates
429
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
123
217 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$14B
167 of 217 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$5.0M
middle half $2.0M to $19M
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026.
Investors appearing most often across the United Arab Emirates funding rounds: 500 Global, BECO Capital, Franklin Templeton, Peak XV Partners, Plug and Play.
100 most recently funded startups in the United Arab Emirates
100 of 429
Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its
location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed
amount.
Startups in the United Arab Emirates closed 217 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 123 of them in the last 12, adding up to $14B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.0M, with the middle half running from $2.0M to $19M. 167 of 217 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 81. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
500 Global, BECO Capital and Franklin Templeton appear most often across funded startups in the United Arab Emirates on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in the United Arab Emirates
Sector counts across all 429 tracked companies in the United Arab Emirates. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
The investors named most often across funded startups in the United Arab Emirates.
Investor
Companies backed
500 Global
2
BECO Capital
2
Franklin Templeton
2
Peak XV Partners
2
Plug and Play
2
Speedinvest
2
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in the United Arab Emirates
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in the United Arab Emirates break down by stage.
A further 70 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ United Arab Emirates startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding
date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and
new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round
reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 429 funded startups in the United Arab Emirates currently tracked.
Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months.
Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (50 of 217 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in the United Arab Emirates is dated Oct 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories,
investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in the United Arab Emirates?
FundedIQ tracks 429 funded startups in the United Arab Emirates. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in the United Arab Emirates raised?
Startups in the United Arab Emirates tracked by FundedIQ have raised $14B in disclosed capital across 217 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 123 rounds in the last 12 months. 167 of those 217 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in the United Arab Emirates?
Financial Services has the most, with 81 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (56), Commerce and Shopping (33) and Apps (31). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in the United Arab Emirates?
Dubai leads with 354 companies, then Abu Dhabi (61), Sharjah (8) and Manama (2).
Which investors back the most startups in the United Arab Emirates?
500 Global, BECO Capital, Franklin Templeton, Peak XV Partners and Plug and Play appear most often across funded startups in the United Arab Emirates in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in the United Arab Emirates?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.0M and $19M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in the United Arab Emirates?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 69 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (38) and Series A (22). A further 70 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the United Arab Emirates startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in the United Arab Emirates is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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