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Careem
Transportation · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Founded 2012 Unicorn
Careem mafia
Startups founded by Careem alumni
Former Careem employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Mohamed (Nagaty) AboulnagaEgypt
Adil NaseemPakistan
Khaled KandilEgypt
Arvid GilljamSweden
Ankur MajumderUnited Arab Emirates
Mohammed AldossarySaudi Arabia
IQ SayedGermany
Sabri HakimJordan
David RecheUnited Arab Emirates
iyad aldaloojSaudi ArabiaGlobal footprint
Where Careem has talent and traffic
(28 of 6,491 staff)
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Careem's 10 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Careem appeared as a 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.
10 deals across Careem's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
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”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Careem
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Careem on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
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
See Careem on the full Dealroom platform
Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.