Gulf Startup Map

People

Founders and key people behind Dubai's startups.

258 people

	Title		LinkedIn
Abdallah Abu-Sheikh	Founder	Mal	—
Abdallah Banishamsa	Co-founder	Mantas	—
Abdessamad Benzakour	CEO & Co-founder	Revibe
Abdessamad Benzakour	—	Revibe Technology	—
Abdulla Almoayed	CEO & Founder	Tarabut
Abdulla Elyas	Co-founder	Careem
Abdullah Alghadouni	Co-founder	UPFRONT
Abhishek Daiya	Co-founder	Zuvees	—
Abhishek Shah	CEO & Co-founder	Neo Mobility
Adeeb Warsi	Chief Operating Officer	Careem
Adrian Tan	Chief Risk Officer & Acting Chief Compliance Officer	Zand Bank
Ahmad Joehnny	Co-founder & CEO	funch.
Ahmad Khwileh	Co-founder	Qeen.ai
Ahmad Malik	Co-founder	CredibleX	—
Ahmed Al-Balaghi	CEO & Co-founder	Biconomy
Ahmed Esmat Mourad	Chief Operating Officer	Astra Tech
Ahmed Sabbah	Co-founder	Swvl
Akeed Azmi	CEO & Co-founder	Cercli
Akshat Prakash	CTO & Co-founder	CAMB.AI
Akshay Dosaj	Co-founder	Bidzi
Alena Iakina	—	Visarun.ai	—
Alessandro Nadalin	Chief Technology Officer	Noon
Alex Hunter	Chief Financial Officer	Careem
Alex Shchepetilnikov	Chief Technology Officer	Tabby
Alexander Epure	CEO & Co-founder	Qureos
Ali Fouad	—	The Digital Hotelier	—
Ali Hashemi	CEO & Co-founder	GluCare.Health
Alisher Akbarov	—	Comfi	—
Amal Abdullaev	—	Comfi	—
Amar Shanbhag	Chief Financial Officer	Zand Bank
Amira Sajwani	Founder & CEO	PRYPCO
Amit Choudhary	Chief Financial Officer	Alef Education
Amjad Khan	Chief Technology Officer	Alef Education
Amr Hosny	Founder & CCO	Reno
Anand Nagaraj	Co-founder	CredibleX	—
Anas Qudah	Co-founder & CEO	UPFRONT
Anastasia Kim	—	WeeMarketplace	—
Anastasia Kim	CEO & Co-founder	WEE Marketplace
Anbu Kannappan	Founder & CEO	Byzanlink
Andrei Geikalo	—	MYCRANE	—
Andres Arenas	Chief Property Officer & Co-founder	Kitopi
Anton Buzdalin	CEO & Co-founder	Zinit
Anton Vasilenko	CEO & Co-founder	True Gamers
Antonio Hallack	—	Fenix Games	—
Anurag Arjun	CEO & Co-founder	Avail
Anuscha Iqbal	CEO & Co-founder	Qanooni
Archie Rudyuk	Founder	ThrowMeNot
Areeb Pasha	Group Chief Financial Officer	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Armani Ferrante	—	Backpack Exchange	—
Armin Moradi	CEO & Co-founder	Qashio
Arpit Mehta	COO & Co-founder	Fuze
Arran Summerhill	Co-founder	Holo
Arsalan Ahmed	—	Caryaati	—
Arshad Baig	—	Caryaati	—
Asad Khan	CEO	TruDoc Healthcare
Asif Rashid	Co-founder	Bidzi	—
Avneesh Prakash	CEO & Co-founder	CAMB.AI
Ayham Gorani	CEO & Co-founder	Pemo
Ayman Chalhoub	Co-founder	NymCard
Ayman Kattan	Chief Product Officer	Bayzat
Baber Shaikh	Chief Technology Officer	Careem
Bader Ataya	Chief Growth Officer & Co-founder	Kitopi
Basil Mimi	Co-founder & CEO	Mantas
Becky Jefferies	—	alfii	—
Brooke Hopkins	—	Coval	—
Chetan Gera	—	Brands.io	—
Chris Hutchinson	—	Utexo	—
Chris Ko	—	Fenix Games	—
Christoffer Wilhelmsen	Co-founder	SPARQ	—
Christopher Pail	Co-founder	SPARQ	—
Cihan Sasmaz	—	Meta Ruffy	—
Cristian Pastrana	Co-founder & CEO	eVoost AI	—
Daniel Abela	General Counsel	Alef Education
Daniel Muller	—	idea-L	—
Daniel Wanies	Co-founder	CarniStore	—
Daniela Bartolo	General Counsel	Careem
Daniil Barkalov	Co-founder	Tabby
David Reche	CTO & Co-founder	Cercli
Dennis Yudchitz	—	LifeMost	—
Dina Alsamhan	Co-founder	Qeen.ai
Dina Mohammad-Laity	—	alfii	—
Dina Shaker	Chief Financial Officer	Kitopi
Dr. Hassan Albalawi	Founder & CEO	WakeCap
Eslam Hussein	CEO & Co-founder	Invygo
Eyad Alkassar	CEO & Co-founder	Qlub
F. Josef Obeid	Founder	Ledgers
Faisal Toukan	CEO & Co-founder	Ziina
Farah Karabeg	Founder & COO	Reno
Faraz Khalid	CEO	Noon
Farouk Jivani	CEO & Co-founder	Zeroe
Fernando Fanton	Chief Product Officer	Property Finder
Fikry Boutros	Co-founder	CarniStore	—
Fouad Bekkar	CEO & Founder	Coraly.ai
Gagan Gupta	Founder & Chairman	Spiro
Gaurav Biswas	CEO & Co-founder	TruKKer
Geoffrey Alphonso	Chief Executive Officer	Alef Education
Ghada Zanaty	Co-founder & COO	funch.
Gregoire Provot	Chief Service Delivery Officer	Alef Education
Guy Sheetrit	Founder & CEO	Lyrie.ai	—
Hal Smith Stevens	Founder	Rilla	—
Halyna Kitor	Chief People Officer	Tabby
Hamza Iraqui	—	Revibe Technology	—
Hani Ismail	Chief Human Resources Officer	Zand Bank
Hasan Sarwar	Co-founder & CEO	Peekabox	—
Hassan Reda	Co-founder	CredibleX	—
Hassanain Anver	Co-founder	Better
Hosam Arab	CEO & Co-founder	Tabby
Husam Zammar	—	Drive Terra	—
Ibrahim Ashqar	—	Lumi AI	—
Ibrahim Shami	—	Seraya	—
Idriss Al Rifai	Founder	Flow48
Igor Kosolap	Co-founder	Ray	—
Ilan Cohen	CEO & Co-founder	Daleel
Imad Gharazeddine	CEO & Co-founder	Mamo
Imran Ali Khan	Co-founder	Bayut
Imran Ali Khan	Co-founder	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Ioanna Angelidaki	Co-founder	InstaShop
Ish Goel	CEO	Hunch
Jad Antoun	CEO & Co-founder	Huspy
Jamie O'Mahony	Group Chief Financial Officer	Property Finder
Jean Thillaye du Boullay	—	Hushday	—
Jennifer Cohen Solal	—	Hushday	—
Jide Odunsi	Co-CEO & Co-founder	Moove
Joe El Sebaaly	Chief Product Officer	Alef Education
John Tsioris	CEO & Co-founder	InstaShop
Jonathan Lau	Co-founder	Qashio
Jugal Paryani	Chief Marketing Officer	Tabby
Julian Gutierrez Palacio	Chief Technology Officer	Astra Tech
Kamal Reggad	Co-founder & CEO	RemotePass	—
Karim Dakki	CEO & Co-founder	Klaim
Karim Nadi	Co-founder	RemotePass	—
Karun Kurien	Co-founder	Alaan
Khaled Fadly	CEO & Co-founder	Epik Foods
Khalid Ashmawy	Co-founder	Huspy
Khalid Baareh	—	MealPlanet	—
Kishore Babani	VP - Ops & CX	InstaShop
Koh Onozawa	Co-founder	eVoost AI	—
Ladi Delano	Co-CEO & Co-founder	Moove
Legion Richardson	Chief People Officer	Kitopi
Litesh Lalchandani	Chief Financial Officer	Tabby
Louis Regis	—	XBorg	—
Maan Said	Founder & CEO	Crysp Farms
Magnus Olsson	Co-founder	Careem
Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah Moursy	Co-founder	UPFRONT
Mahmoud Nouh	Co-founder	Swvl
Manar Alkassar	CEO & Co-founder	Kaso
Manar Mahmassani	Co-founder	Stake
Marc Michel	Founder & CEO	Reno
Mario Wehbe	Chief Product Officer	NymCard
Mark Castley	CEO of Real Estate	Huspy
Mark Hill	—	idea-L	—
Mark Reed	—	estaie	—
Martial Dahan	Founder & CEO	Armoir
Matt Nutt	—	Fenix Games	—
Mehdi Tazi	Chief Operating Officer	Lean Technologies
Michael Chan	Chief Executive Officer	Zand Bank
Michael Hunter	CEO & Co-founder	Holo
Michael Lahyani	Founder	Property Finder
Michele Grosso	CEO & Co-founder	Democrance
Mo Ali Yusuf	CEO & Co-founder	Fuze
Mohamad Ballout	CEO & Co-founder	Kitopi
Mohamad El Charif	Founder	Qadi
Mohamed Al Fayed	CEO & Co-founder	GrubTech
Mohamed Ali Alabbar	Founder	Noon
Mohamed Hamedi	CTO & Co-founder	GrubTech
Mohamed Mohamed	—	Smart Bricks	—
Mohammad Al Zaben	CEO & Co-founder	ClearGrid
Mohammed Majid	Group Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Morteza Ibrahimi	CEO & Co-founder	Qeen.ai
Mostafa Kandil	CEO & Co-founder	Swvl
Mostafa Khattab	—	Bloomspoon	—
Mounia Hajji	Chief of Staff	Alef Education
Mudassir Sheikha	CEO & Co-founder	Careem
Nadim Alameddine	CEO & Co-founder	Wafeq
Najib Khanafer	—	Rewa	—
Nawal Kishor	—	Nordek	—
Nezar Kadhem	CEO & Co-founder	Eat App
Nicolas Majeau	Chief Strategy Officer	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Nikola Cabarkapa	Chief Executive Officer	InstaShop
Nikolai Tsipas	Chief Financial Officer	NymCard
Nimit Solanki	—	estaie	—
Nour Al Hassan	CEO & Founder	Tarjama
Oleg Dashkevich	—	WeeMarketplace	—
Olga Sukhanova	Founder	COLABB
Omair Sarwar	Co-founder	Peekabox	—
Omar Abu Innab	Co-founder	Keyper
Omar AlShamsi	Founder & CEO	Watermelon Ecosystem
Omar Kassim	CEO & Founder	Nomod
Omar Onsi	CEO & Co-founder	NymCard
Osama Shawky	—	estaie	—
Ovidiu Sabou	Chief Technology Officer	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Parthi Duraisamy	CEO & Co-founder	Alaan
Pepijn Haima	—	Seraya	—
Peter Goodwin	—	idea-L	—
Prabal Banerjee	CTO & Co-founder	Avail
Prakash Somosundram	—	Enjinstarter MENA	—
Praveen Kiran	—	omnispay	—
Pravin Rai	—	QuicKart	—
Premlal Pullisserry	CEO & Co-founder	Cargoz
Qutaiba Alali	—	The Digital Hotelier	—
Raajessh Kashyap	—	Nordek	—
Rabih Farhat	Founder & CEO	Related
Raj Brahmbhatt	—	Zeebu	—
Ralf Glabischnig	—	Crypto Oasis	—
Rami El Malak	CEO & Co-founder	SpiderSilk
Rami Tabbara	Co-founder & Co-CEO	Stake
Ramy Assaf	CEO & Co-founder	Zbooni
Ramzi Mneimneh	—	Rewa	—
Rayan Osseiran	Founder & CEO	Shorages
Riad Dudhia	Head of Legal, Corporate Governance & Board Affairs	Zand Bank
Ricardo Brizido	Co-founder	Stake
Roman Averianov	Co-founder	Ray	—
Rudy Koch	—	Fenix Games	—
Rula Abu Saif	Chief Compliance & Risk Officer	NymCard
Safwan Youseph	VP of Product	Bayzat
Salma Awwad	—	Sawwad	—
Saman Darkan	CTO & Co-founder	Kitopi
Sameer Al Maskari	Chief Human Resources Officer	Astra Tech
Sami Bejjani	CFO & Co-founder	Kitopi
Scott Thiel	CEO & Co-founder	Tokinvest
Sergey Kolikov	—	WeeMarketplace	—
Sevgi Gur	Chief Marketing Officer	Property Finder
Shafiq Khartabil	Founder	Ogram
Shehab Gargash	Chairman & Co-founder	A47	—
Shehab Mokhtar	CEO & Co-founder	Gainz
Shen Xiao	Chief Financial Officer	Aleph Holding
Shiraz Ali	Chief Business Officer	NymCard
Shunsuke Kasahara	—	Borderless	—
Simanta Das	—	omnispay	—
Slava Bogdan	Founder	Udora	—
Srijan R Shetty	CTO & Co-founder	Fuze
Srikanth Achanta	Chief Technology Officer	NymCard
Stan Klyuy	CCO	Tumodo
Sundeep Sahni	CEO & Co-founder	Valeo Health
Taoufik El Jamali	CEO & Co-founder	Journify
Tariq Seksek	CEO & Co-founder	Alma Health
Taza Sahar	—	Dismantly	—
Tomaso Rodriguez	CEO	CargoX	—
Tudor Boiangiu	—	Lumi AI	—
Uzair Gadit	Founder & CEO	Secure.com
Vaibhav Kashyap	CEO & Co-founder	Wellx
Vasseh Ahmed	—	Enjinstarter MENA	—
Veronica Lee	—	Borderless	—
Vijaykumar Ghadge	Co-founder	Zuvees	—
Viktor Ihnatiuk	—	Utexo	—
Vilhelm Hedberg	Founder & CEO	Ekar
Vimal Kumar	—	omnispay	—
Vlad Danciu	Head of Engineering	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Vladimir Indjikian	—	Visarun.ai	—
Vladislav Belyanin	CPO & Co-founder	True Gamers
Walid Daniel Dib	Founder	Addenda
Walid Dib	Co-founder	Better
Walid Shihabi	Co-founder	Keyper
Yousef Albarqawi	—	alfii	—
Zach Faizal	—	Peec Mobility	—
Zeeshan Ali Khan	Co-founder	Dubizzle Group (EMPG)
Ziad A. Nassar	Deputy CEO	Huspy
Zuhair Shamma	CEO & Co-founder	Zest Equity