39 Founders in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2026)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates founders (39)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates founders covers 39 founders on Kitopi, Mumzworld and Huspy and 28 other companies. The most common sectors are E-commerce (8), Fintech (8) and Real Estate (5). Members are based in 2 cities, led by Dubai, United Arab Emirates (38) and Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (1). The remaining members span SaaS (5), Food Tech (2), AI Infrastructure (1), Blockchain (1), Consumer Social (1), Education (1), Food & Beverage (1) and Food & Beverages (1) and 5 further sectors. Companies represented include Treo Homes, AlgoDriven, Almentor, bayzat, Bayzat, Careem, endl, Floranow, Fuse Financial Technologies, Gloc.al, Instashop and InstaShop, plus 16 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 39
• Companies represented: 31
• Top sector: E-commerce (8 founders)
• Top location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (38 founders)
• Sectors represented: 16
• Locations represented: 2

• Abdul Kadir Faizal — SmartCrowd
• Andrew Rogozov — The Open Platform
• Andy Tian — Verse World
• Aref Alrajhi — Lunch:ON
• Ashita Batra — endl
• Bassem Naguib — Swvl
• Emad Al Shareef — bayzat
• Ezzeldin — Bayzat
• Fadi Ghandour — Kitopi
• George Davis — Fuse Financial Technologies
• George Hadjigeorgiou — Instashop
• Glenn Harwood — AlgoDriven
• Huspy — Huspy
• Ihab Fikry — Almentor
• Jad Antoun — Huspy
• Jake Amos — Treo Homes
• Joel Ayala — Smileneo
• Julie Barbier — Merit Incentives
• Khaled Talhouni — Kitopi
• Khalid Al Ameri — Kitopi
• Liam Boey — Kitopi
• Mahmoud Fouz — qlub
• Michael Lahyani — Property Finder
• Mirnas Brescic — SaturnX
• Mithil Thakore — VELAR
• Mo Aziz — Pluto
• Mohamad Ballout — Kitopi
• Mohammad Abu Sheikh — Mumzworld
• Mona Ataya — Mumzworld
• Mr. Usta — mrUsta
• Mudassir Sheikha — Careem
• Olga Nayda — Gloc.al
• Panos Papadopoulos — InstaShop
• Rami Al-Shaalan — Floranow
• Sami Al Khafaji — Treo Homes
• Scott Chambers — Seafood Souq
• Slavik Baranov — STON.fi
• Talal Bayaa — Mumzworld
• Yousef Arif — Popcorn AI

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