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Careem

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Mobile platform enabling users to book rides, order food or groceries, and perform digital payments across cities

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounded 2012Transportation
Valuation $2.5–5B Last recorded · 2026
Headcount 5–10k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2012
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sector
Transportation
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier

Research & analysis

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Latest news

Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Careem.

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Investors

21 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed1 investor entered at this stage

  • STC Ventures

Series A1 investor entered at this stage

Series B and later19 investors entered at this stage

Talent

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Employees mapped 6,452 incl. 28 AI specialists
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 9 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former Careem employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

PostExEst. 2020
Adil NaseemPakistan
Signal score95
BostaEst. 2017
Khaled KandilEgypt
Signal score94
Magma MathEst. 2015
Arvid GilljamSweden
Signal score94
Valeo HealthEst. 2021
Ankur MajumderUnited Arab Emirates
Signal score91
AbwaabEst. 2019
Sabri HakimJordan
Signal score89
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
49 countries with
team presence
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates30%
🇵🇰 Pakistan26.2%
🇪🇬 Egypt16.3%
🇯🇴 Jordan10%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia6.8%
Top 5 of 49 shown
Web traffic by country
630K monthly visits
across markets
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates34.7%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia16.8%
🇯🇴 Jordan16.7%
🇪🇬 Egypt6.7%
🇮🇳 India3.9%
Top 5 markets shown

Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Careem was the backer or acquirer, 2015–2023. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

10 deals across Careem's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Careem's portfolio, mapped.

        Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.

        Stage
        Period
        10 of 10 deals

        Market sentiment

        Posts on X, past 7 days

        An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Careem on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

        Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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