Jalebi

Active

Inventory-first cloud restaurant operating system with POS, supplier management, recipe costing and analytics

Dubai, UAEFounded 2020

FoodTechSaaS

Pre-Seed

Dubai foodtech founded in 2020 by Zohare Haider, Rizwan Ahmed Khan and Mubashar Ehsan. Its cloud F&B operating system anchors POS, procurement and recipes on inventory to cut food cost and waste for cafés, restaurants and central kitchens; live in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman with a Riyadh office. Techstars Riyadh 2022, Hub71 Access Programme and MBRIF alumnus; a UAE Future100 company.

Founders

Zohare Haider

Co-Founder & CEO

Rizwan Ahmed Khan

Co-Founder & CPO

Mubashar Ehsan

Co-Founder & CTO

Funding Rounds

Undisclosed

Investors: Techstars, Hub71, stc, Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund

No amount has ever been published. Company timeline: first angel cheque Apr 2021; accepted by Techstars Nov 2021 and graduated Feb 2022 'with angel investment' (the Riyadh Techstars accelerator run with Saudi MCIT and Raed Ventures, per Entrepreneur ME); 'over 16 investors' secured by May 2022. Entrepreneur ME (25 Nov 2024) names Techstars, Hub71, stc and MBRIF as backers and says a seed round was still being raised. MBRIF is an accelerator/guarantee scheme and Hub71's Access Programme an incentive scheme rather than equity investors in the usual sense; Hub71's directory lists the stage as Pre-Seed. Confidence: confirmed (round 13, jalebi.io).

Pre-Seed

$120K

Lead: Techstars

Investors: Techstars (Riyadh Techstars Accelerator)

jalebi was one of the 12 companies in the inaugural Riyadh Techstars Accelerator (programme Nov 2021 – Demo Day 17 Feb 2022; partners MCIT, Raed Ventures, Saudi National Bank). Techstars newsroom URL now returns 404 but the cohort is confirmed by the company's own LinkedIn name ('Techstars '22') and Entrepreneur ME. The $120,000 is the programme's standard package ('Shortlisted firms receive US$120,000', Tech In Africa, 26 Nov 2021 — typically $20K equity + $100K convertible note), not a company-specific disclosure. Crunchbase/parsers.vc date the Techstars investment 8 Jan 2022; round year 2021/22. Also: https://www.techinafrica.com/3-egypt-startups-among-12-mena-companies-at-the-fr/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/jalebi https://mena.entrepreneur.com/entrepreneurs/startup-spotlight-heres-how-uae-based-jalebi-is-helping/483405 Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Techstars (investor newsroom)).

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