Serial entrepreneur Abdallah Abu-Sheikh closed the largest seed round in Middle Eastern history for Mal, an AI-native Islamic digital bank betting big on a market traditional fintech ignores.
Rita Huang solved the last-mile delivery problem that defeated the world's largest logistics networks: she built iMile to connect 2 billion emerging market buyers and sellers.
Rita Huang solved the last-mile delivery problem that defeated the world's largest logistics networks: she built iMile to connect 2 billion emerging market buyers and sellers.
Jeremy Crane founded Yellow Door Energy in Dubai to deliver affordable, reliable solar energy to emerging markets. His company has become the leading distributed solar developer in MENA, generating 1 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy while solving real business problems around energy costs.
Jalil Allabadi transformed his father's medical dictionary into Altibbi, MENA's largest digital health platform serving 20M users across the Arab world.
Hosam Arab built Namshi into the Middle East's largest fashion retailer, then started Tabby. The fintech startup became the region's only independent unicorn by solving a problem traditional banks ignored: giving young Muslims access to interest-free installment payments.
Dubai claimed the top spot globally for millionaire inflows in 2025, with 9,800 high-net-worth individuals choosing the emirate as their new home. We break down the forces driving this unprecedented wealth migration and what it signals for investors in 2026.