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Dubai

Metro area · United Arab Emirates · Pop. 5.6M

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885 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

454 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

106 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 23%

738Startups

304 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

304 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 36%

130 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 25%

123Breakouts

82 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 23%

41 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

24Scaleups

11 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.2%

13 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.5%

17Valuation Outcomes

16 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.8%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.11%

Pre-Seed

304

Seed

304

Series A

130

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.

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.

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.

$188B

$179B

$179B

$109B

Dubai

$64.4B

$59.4B

$52.2B

$49.7B

$36.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown

Where Dubai's unicorns concentrate

Fintech

AI / Enterprise SW

Health Tech

Biotech

Cybersecurity

Consumer

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Capital autonomy

Dubai's domestic vs foreign capital mix

% domestic VC by stage

Cross-border lead investors

Sovereign-fund participation

Foreign-LP exposure

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Recent momentum

Dubai's VC investment trajectory by stage

2024 vs 2025 by stage

Round-size trends

Stage-conversion deltas

Quarterly velocity

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Founder origins

Where Dubai's startup founders come from

By country of origin

Per capita

Top universities

Top alumni-factory companies

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AI talent

Top employers of AI talent in Dubai

Core AI roles

Frontier AI roles

YoY hiring growth

Senior + lead engineers

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Deal flow

Live deal flow & funding rounds in Dubai

New rounds last 30 days

Stage breakdown

Active investors

Round-size trends

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Country United Arab Emirates Asia · Pop. 10.9M · #24 startup ecosystem by EV Region Asia Continent / region · #4 region by EV

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