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Fintech · No. 046 The Merchant Who Bet the Arab World Would Stop Paying in Cash He co-founded Namshi and was its chief executive at the Emaar buyout, then co-founded Tabby, which he positioned as a replacement for cash on delivery rather than a new way to pay. Read the chronicle → Fintech · No. 018 The McKinsey Consultant Who Built the Card the Gulf Never Had Built the Gulf corporate card the global fintechs decided was too complex. Read the chronicle → Proptech · No. 016 The Six-Time Founder Who Claimed the Gap Between Hotels and Leases The 30-to-365 night segment, finally with infrastructure. Read the chronicle →

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Hosam ArabAdded to the record2026-09-03 Hisham Al-FalihRe-anchored · v72026-08-09 Idriss Al Rifai, Joy AjlounyCorrection: Fetchr's end is sourced to the insolvency and liquidation warning, not an unreported shutdown2026-08-09 Feras JalboutCorrection: baraka's total venture funding is $25M, not $24M2026-08-09

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No. 001Fintech Lean Technologies Hisham Al-Falih Open banking APIs connecting fintech to bank accounts across MENA. Anchored · Bitcoin d6694773 No. 004Proptech Stake Rami Tabbara Fractional real estate ownership from AED 500. Anchored · Bitcoin 39745d39 No. 005Finance Sarwa Mark Chahwan Robo-advisor opening retail investing with low-fee ETF portfolios. Anchored · Bitcoin e7d58b0c No. 006Healthtech TruDoc Raouf Khalil Acute care and chronic disease management delivered at home. Anchored · Bitcoin 2bd65324 No. 007Logistics Fetchr Idriss Al Rifai, Joy Ajlouny GPS-first delivery that replaced street addresses with phone pins. Anchored · Bitcoin 157fddd2 No. 017Fintech BitOasis Ola Doudin A decade building the infrastructure for digital assets. Anchored · Bitcoin 6cbcda18 Editorial illustration No. 008Mobility Careem Mudassir Sheikha Movement for a more connected region. Anchored · Bitcoin 2d3334c2 All 42 See every founder →

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BECO Capital Venture capital · Dubai 4 founders on the record MEVP Venture capital · Dubai 4 founders on the record Peak XV Partners Venture capital 4 founders on the record Global Founders Capital Venture capital · Berlin 3 founders on the record Mubadala Sovereign or state fund · Abu Dhabi 3 founders on the record Wamda Capital Venture capital · Dubai 3 founders on the record Y Combinator Accelerator · San Francisco 3 founders on the record Aljazira Capital Financial institution · Riyadh 2 founders on the record Audacia Capital Private equity · Dubai 2 founders on the record Dubai Future District Fund Sovereign or state fund · Dubai 2 founders on the record e& capital Corporate venture 2 founders on the record Franklin Templeton Financial institution · San Mateo 2 founders on the record Nordstar Venture capital · London 2 founders on the record Prosus Ventures Corporate venture · Amsterdam 2 founders on the record VentureSouq Venture capital 2 founders on the record This place is open One firm presents the backers of Dubai of Tomorrow for a year. Present the backers →

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  1. Sourced173 sources on fileEvery claim links to a primary source: filings, official announcements, first-party confirmation. No press release taken on faith.
  2. Version-chained100 corrections, in the openRecords change as companies do. Every edit is tracked and dated, and nothing is quietly rewritten.
  3. Anchored to Bitcoin138 versions attestedEach version is hashed and timestamped to the Bitcoin blockchain: permanent, independently verifiable proof it existed.

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