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Swvl

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Technology-enabled mass transit and mobility solutions provider

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounded 2017Transportation
Valuation $11M Market cap · Aug/2026
Revenue $24M Latest reported FY

At a glance

Founded
2017
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Listing
Public via SPAC 2021
Sector
Transportation
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier

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News Swvl raises $13M private placement led by Houston's Coefficient Aug 25, 2026

Investors

19 investors on the cap table

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

Series A7 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later12 investors entered at this stage

  • Silverbacks Holdings
  • VNV Global
  • Luxor Capital
  • National Technology Development Program
  • Endeavor Catalyst
  • Sawari Ventures
  • Zain Group
  • Agility Ventures
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • The American University in Cairo
  • MSA Capital
  • Chimera

Talent

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Startup mafia 11 alumni-founded startups
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Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 11 startups shown

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

TeldaEst. 2021
Youssef SholqamyEgypt
Signal score91
powerup.moneyEst. 2024
PJPrateek JindalIndia
Signal score89
Krave MartEst. 2021
Mohammad Ahsan KidwaiPakistan
Signal score89
BusCaroEst. 2022
Maha ShahzadPakistan
Signal score73
Tazah TechnologiesEst. 2021
Abrar BajwaPakistan
Signal score66
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
16 countries with
team presence
🇪🇬 Egypt65.3%
🇵🇰 Pakistan13.6%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates6.9%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia5.6%
🇰🇪 Kenya2.9%
Top 5 of 16 shown
Web traffic by country
38K monthly visits
across markets
🇪🇬 Egypt52.4%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates13.9%
🇺🇸 United States12.6%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia6.6%
🇮🇳 India3.9%
Top 5 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$280k

1 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Swvl was the backer or acquirer, 2021–2022. 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

5 deals across Swvl's capital deployment.

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

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        Where Swvl deploys vs peers

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        Swvl's portfolio, mapped.

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        5 of 5 deals

        Market sentiment

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

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