https://dubaioftomorrow.com/ Founders, funders, and operators building MENA from Dubai. One profile every Tuesday. en Thu, 07 May 2026 21:13:03 GMT https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/arya-bolurfrushan-appliedai-55-million/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/arya-bolurfrushan-appliedai-55-million/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How Arya Bolurfrushan left Goldman Sachs, took an oil company public, then built AppliedAI into a $300M enterprise automating the most regulated industries on earth. AI https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/michael-lahyani-property-finder-170-million/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/michael-lahyani-property-finder-170-million/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How Michael Lahyani left Geneva for Dubai, started with printed classifieds, and turned Property Finder into a $700M proptech empire backed by Mubadala. Proptech https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/jad-antoun-huspy-59-million/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/jad-antoun-huspy-59-million/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How Jad Antoun built Huspy into the largest mortgage processor in the UAE, handling 25% of all Dubai residential financing. And why he's now taking the model to Europe. Proptech https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/chris-hutchinson-utexo-7-million/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/chris-hutchinson-utexo-7-million/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Utexo raised $7.5M to do what most thought impossible: put USDT on Bitcoin. Instantly, privately, for near-zero cost. Tether led the round. That's the whole signal. Fintech https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/hamza-iraqui-revibe-17-million/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/hamza-iraqui-revibe-17-million/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Revibe co-founder Hamza Iraqui just closed a $17M round led by Partech to build the Middle East and Africa's most trusted refurbished electronics marketplace. Because the real barrier was never price. It was trust. Climate https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/alexander-epure-qureos-5-million-ai-hiring/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/alexander-epure-qureos-5-million-ai-hiring/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dubai-based Qureos just raised $5 million to prove that AI can compress enterprise hiring from months to six days. Alexander Epure built the platform that 1,000+ organizations are already using to find talent faster. AI https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/mudassir-sheikha-careem-3-billion-super-app/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/mudassir-sheikha-careem-3-billion-super-app/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Careem started as a corporate car service in Dubai. It ended as the most important technology acquisition in MENA history. Because Sheikha refused to stop at the obvious answer. Mobility https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/idriss-al-rifai-fetchr-gps-delivery-mena/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/idriss-al-rifai-fetchr-gps-delivery-mena/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fetchr raised $41M to crack the last-mile delivery puzzle across a region where most people don't have a street address. By making the customer the address. Logistics https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/raouf-khalil-trudoc-15-million-healthcare/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/raouf-khalil-trudoc-15-million-healthcare/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT After selling his California home health empire to Option Care, Raouf Khalil landed in Dubai in 2011 with one conviction: the GCC needed doctors delivered, not just prescribed. TruDoc just raised $15M from the Al Nahyan family to prove it. Healthtech https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/mark-chahwan-sarwa-25-million-investing-mena/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/mark-chahwan-sarwa-25-million-investing-mena/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sarwa raised $25M to become the region's first regulated robo-advisor, proving that the biggest barrier to wealth-building in the Arab world was never money. It was access. Finance https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/rami-tabbara-stake-31-million-series-b/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/rami-tabbara-stake-31-million-series-b/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stake just raised a $31 million Series B to prove that real estate investing doesn't require wealth. Two million people from 211 countries already agree. Proptech https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/amer-yasso-bayzat-hr-saas-dubai/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/amer-yasso-bayzat-hr-saas-dubai/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bayzat built the region's first all-in-one HR, payroll, and insurance platform because every company in the UAE was spending hours on admin that should take minutes. Fintech https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/anthony-abou-haydar-mamo-b2b-payments-dubai/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/anthony-abou-haydar-mamo-b2b-payments-dubai/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mamo raised $8.5M to build the B2B payments infrastructure that UAE companies actually need. Because bank transfers and PDC cheques were never a payment system. They were a workaround. Finance https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/omar-onsi-lean-technologies-33-million-open-banking/ https://dubaioftomorrow.com/post/omar-onsi-lean-technologies-33-million-open-banking/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lean Technologies raised $33M to build the API layer that connects every fintech in the Arab world to the bank accounts of its customers. Quietly becoming the financial plumbing of a generation. Finance