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Dubai

Metro area · United Arab Emirates · Pop. 5.6M

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927 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

479 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

108 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 23%

774Startups

320 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

311 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 38%

143 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 25%

128Breakouts

87 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 24%

41 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

25Scaleups

12 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.3%

13 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.4%

19Valuation Outcomes

18 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.9%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.11%

Pre-Seed

320

Seed

311

Series A

143

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Quarterly report

Dubai's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Dubai-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Dubai

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Dubai-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Dubai - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Dubai-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Dubai

VC investment into Dubai-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Dubai's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Dubai.

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Dubai stacks up

Compare Dubai with peers from the same country (United Arab Emirates) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

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$208B

$197B

$185B

$109B

$94.5B