Top 20 Automotive Startup Investors in United Arab Emirates (May 2026)

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• Go Rise — Go Rise is a start-up building a financial services platform for migrants.
• Ostaz — Ostaz is a mobile and peer-to-peer educational platform connecting students seeking help in a specific course to qualified private tutors.
• TWIG — TWIG is a Bank Agnostic Automated Savings Platform in the MENA region. Our flagship app provides Automated Saving Plans to help users save better; a Smart Budgeting tool with tailored insights; and Smart, customizable and user-specific Goals.

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• Bridged Media — Bridge the gap between empathy to action to boost your engagement and retention on text, audio, and video. The easiest way to help your audience create an impact.
• Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
• Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance.

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• Letswork — Work, meet and connect from the best coworking spaces, cafes and hotels across the UAE and Bahrain. Buy a membership, book meeting rooms or rent an office via the Letswork app.
• AlgoDriven — AlgoDriven is an automotive data platform that helps car dealers, classifieds, banks and insurance companies accurately identify and price used cars. Car dealers use our patented mobile app, EvalExpert to appraise their cars, while enterprise clients access our platform through our APIs
• Ghost Financial — Ghost Financial is a comprehensive financing and business services platform to support ghost kitchen and restaurant ventures by offering financial products such as insurance, payroll, credit cards and expansion loans for startup & growing kitchens.

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• BitOasis — BitOasis is MENA's leading platform that allows you to securely buy, sell and trade crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Bitcoin Cash at the best rates. Currently available in UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
• Believe — Believe Pte Ltd. is a global, Singapore-based FMCG conglomerate that provides market-ready solutions for customers by listening to their needs and designing products that suit their culture and life choices. From breakthrough personal care essentials to beauty products surpassing global standards, our worldwide team of experts use cutting-edgetechnology, scientifically proven methodologies and ancient knowledge to gift our customers
• Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

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• Flock — Fair and flexible motor fleet insurance for cars, vans, and mixed fleets. Expert support, online policies and stress-free claims. For UK fleets of 20+ vehicles.
• Mitra Chem — Mitra Chem is innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification for electric vehicles, energy storage solutions and beyond.
• Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.

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• Load-Me — The Middle East transportation industry mainly relies on close contacts and past experience to get business, this problem often limits the scope of their services to certain locations, routes, or customers. Running on the roads with an empty truck is not environmental at all. www.Load-Me.com is matching trucks and loads in real time through itsonline portal. It is a dynamic and unique website in Middle East, a transportation service provider can find available load that matches the available type of truck in real time. This way they are helping carriers, brokers and shippers excel in the trucking industry. This whole process is made easy with the help of a user friendly website which is clear and nice to browse. Transporters have to post a truck and its data, and matching freight owners will contact him directly, in the same way shippers can post loads and available transporters will contact them.
• Virgin Hyperloop — Virgin Hyperloop is a developer of a transportation technology used to deliver fast, direct, and sustainable transportation at scale. Its technology is a first-generation vehicle system that makes trains go as fast as 760 miles per hour and utilizes a vacuum tube designed for transportation of people and cargo that enables companies to have directmovement of freight and people to travel quicker from origin to destination.It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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• branchX — branchX is a digital bank that focuses on accelerating financial inclusion for migrants. branchX was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Maharashtra, India.
• Hydra Electric™ — Hydra Motors is a UAE automobile manufacturing start-up headquartered in Dubai, specializing in the plotting and modelling of electric vehicles. The company is also involved with vehicular design firm Hydra Design Labs, although they are not actually related.
• Logo Infosoft — Logo Infosoft provides digitized and simplified solutions for MSMEs and Enterprises in the accounting, invoicing, and secondary sales (supply chain) space, while CaptainBiz helps MSMEs manage inventory, get invoicing organized and paid on time. J-Platform DMS is a comprehensive distribution management system for Super Stockists, Distributors, andDealers of various sizes and scales, offering features such as pay cycle, claim, inventory management, and more

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• Ekar — Ekar is a convenient and flexible pay-as-you-drive hourly and daily car rental service. With Ekar, users can search, book, and unlock cars safely and securely for personal driving use, through a smartphone app and installed technology in rental cars. Ekar was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Niftify — Niftify is a platform where users can create, sell, buy, and swap NFTs.
• Universal Beauty Group — Nous déployons nos savoirs en matière de création de produits à forte valeur ajoutée autour de la beauté & santé du corps, des cheveux, de la peau et de l’âme... Ancrés en Provence, nous concevons, créons, et distribuons une gamme alternative complète dont le concept global se place sous l'égide du végétal, de l'innovation de laqualité et de l’efficacité et du développement durable. Nos marques : Végétalement Provence, leader français de la cosmétique végétale à destination des professionnels de la beauté, Delabre & Faraco, accessoires beauté innovants et de qualité et Kusunoki, ciseaux pour les coiffeurs.

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• Midient — We help restaurants collect, analyze, and act on their customer data to increase customer satisfaction and increase revenue.
• Growdash — Growdash is a business intelligence and analytics tool built specifically for restaurants to support profitable growth strategic decisions across online sales channels.
• Agel — Agel aim at reshaping the traditional financial services business model, operational model and customer experience to unlock a unique finance avenue for (“MSMEs”), with a core preposition of availing industry-agnostic merchandise credit limit for Merchants within Agel network in a manner that is Digital, Cashless and Sharia compliant, aligning withthe UN Global (“SDG”) goals, and Egypt’s 2030 plan towards financial inclusion and sustainability.our goals are: - Empowering MSMEs growth, - Accelerating Financial Inclusion, - Eradicating Informal Economy, - Raising Financial literacy

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• Go Eve — Go Eve bring you DockChain, the DC charge point multiplier. Extend rapid charging to every parking space with our robust, reliable system.
• Pitstop — Pitstop is a cloud-based Prognostic Maintenance Platform that enables enterprises to leverage the wealth of information available from their vehicle fleets. Their data engine integrates Connected Vehicles, Dealerships, Fleet Manager, Tier 1 Suppliers, OEMs, Insurance Companies and the Aftermarket Supply Chain.
• BusRight — BusRight is a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to improve student transportation and customer experience by optimizing core processes for route planning, tracking and real-time reporting of School Bus locations, student ridership, and multi-channel communications between all committed stakeholders.

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• Parabel — Lemnature AquaFarms - A Sustainable Aquaculture Company
• AUTO1 Fintech — AUTO1 Fintech is a digital platform offering instant financing and insurance products to automobile dealerships buying and selling used vehicles via AUTO1.
• Myos — Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon.

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• Seez ApS — Automotive tech products to make your dealerships truly digital.
• Classcamp — Classcamp is building the next generation of online learning. Our unique group-learning format is 10x more engaging than conventional online courses, by leveraging community and human-to-human interaction. We're building the tooling required to run a next-gen online teaching business, as well a consumer-facing marketplace for discoveringnext-gen programs.

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• Hiration — Hiration is an AI-powered recruitment marketplace helping job seekers in each step of their job search process. The platform enables users to create, optimize, and manage their professional identities. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
• AirGo Design — Injection molded composite | Lightweight structural components | Affordable metal replacement | Aircraft Seat | Food grade materials

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• Hakbah — Hakbah is a Fintech startup focusing on an alternative financial saving. Hakbah is modernizing financial saving via its intelligent platform by offering a comprehensive one-stop-shop solution for Savings Groups to initiate, manage, join, and pay directly within the mobile app.
• Yodawy — Yodawy is an online pharmacy and insurtech startup that allows customers to order pharmaceuticals and cosmetics via a mobile app and have those delivered through a network of 500+ pharmacies across Egypt. Insurance and copayment benefits are automatically applied with four major insurance carriers onboarded thus far and more in the pipeline.
• Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.

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• Futwork — With Futwork, learn for free and get a telecaller job. Find Work from Home jobs in India. Flexi hours & work suitable for freshers and women. Earn from home now!
• slice — slice is a one-stop payment app for all spending needs. Their goal is to make money management simpler & faster for their users. It is backed by leading investors such as Tiger Global, Insight partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.
• Fleksy — The Fleksy Software Keyboard Development Kit (SDK) enables companies to overcome the challenge of building a top-notch typing experience on both iOS and Android. Your company can then focus on its area of expertise & value-add for a simple monthly licensing fee.

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• medIQ — medIQ is integrated virtual care platform’ providing on-demand healthcare at the point of need in Pakistan.
• Truckistan — Truckistan is developing a logistics platform to make shipping faster and cheaper. The company provides real-time tracking, a customer dashboard, account management, and guaranteed transit time, as well as SaaS tools for routing, vehicle loading, and RFID implementation throughout the supply chain.
• Happioh Inc — Almost one in five people waste more than a third of their time at work. We care about freeing up people's time at work so they can spend more time on deep work and what makes them happy. Happioh is the only platform-and language agnostic SaaS meeting intelligence product in the market - born to safeguard and protect people againstlow-quality meeting hours. Happioh was nominated for the 2022 Product Award and 100 Most Promising Technology Companies. Semi-finalist at the Startup World Cup Silicon Valley, 2022, and WEF Technology Pioneer, 2023.The Scandinavian UX and design make it delightful and super easy to use. Happioh turns complex and manual meeting processes at work into simple automated solutions. A side-effect of Happioh is it helps you improve your attention, and memory, and lower your cognitive stress. Please contact us if you are interested in investing in our future rounds or learning more.

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• Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
• AIfluence — AIfluence uses advanced algorithms to accurately match influencers to brands, manage, predict and deliver measurable ROI on every influencer marketing campaign
• Hala — Hala is the UAE's first car insurance product that rewards you for driving safely. For each day you're accident free, you get hala coins which you spend on meals, gym memberships, and hotel stays.

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• Seez ApS — Automotive tech products to make your dealerships truly digital.

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• Aethir — Aethir is an Egyptian company that manufactures lighting equipment for professionals and amateurs in film making & Broadcasting industry.
• ExaCare — Looking for the Best Assisted Living Software? Exacare Offers a Comprehensive Solution for Senior Care Management, Including CRM Functionality and Customizable Features.
• ellipse — Ellipse is a technology company specializing in EMV-integrated card security code solutions to reduce CNP fraud and false declines. It offers a battery-free display card technology that allows card manufacturers to incorporate display cards into their products with existing equipment.

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• CarSwitch — Sell your car in UAE - free car valuation, get the best price, quickly and without hassle with CarSwitch