Dubai Angel Investors

They are a member-led investment company made up of like-minded individuals. they are passionate about entrepreneurs and teams that can take their ideas from proof of concept to customer traction to scale with drive, energy, determination and ambition. they invest in seed and early-stage technology companies with high growth potential. What makes us different is that they are not a fund. they are a fully-capitalized investment company and their angels range from seasoned investors, tech entrepreneurs, venture fund partners, senior executives of successful companies and one institutional investor. Together, they leverage their collective experience as well as their extensive network of contacts to add value to their investees through their ability to open doors and to mentor them. Whenever possible they seek to invest alongside established venture funds that act as lead investor but DAI also has also acted as lead investor on various seed and bridge rounds.

Kushal Shah

Co-Founder and Board Member

40 past transactions

ThinkSono

Venture Round in 2024
ThinkSono is a company at the cutting edge of medicine and technology.

Ollang

Seed Round in 2023
Ollang is a developer of a translation platform that focuses on democratizing e-learning through artificial intelligence dubbing. The company offers a comprehensive suite of AI-assisted translation services, including subtitles, closed captions, dubbing, and localization in multiple languages. By catering to media companies, television channels, and production firms, Ollang enables these entities to effectively globalize their video content. Their multilingual, multimodal, and multiagent AI systems are engineered to enhance localization and multilingual support while ensuring high speed, quality, and security in data analysis.

Qureos

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Qureos is a work tech software and service company focused on transforming how young people learn and work. It provides an experiential learning platform that bridges the gap between education and the workplace by offering job matching, one-on-one mentorship, and hands-on projects in high-demand fields. Qureos employs an AI-powered engine to connect candidates with over 100 partner companies, enhancing the recruitment process. Members of Qureos experience faster responses from recruiters, significantly increasing their chances of securing employment. The platform fosters a global community of learners, mentors, and employers, facilitating effective and practical learning while enabling businesses to access the talent they need.

Englease

Seed Round in 2021
Englease is an online educational platform that offers live, accredited English classes tailored for the MENA region. It specializes in preparing users for English proficiency tests such as IELTS and TOEFL. The platform provides one-to-one sessions, allowing users to monitor their progress, reinforce their learning, and evaluate their future educational needs. By focusing on personalized learning experiences, Englease aims to enhance users' English fluency and overall language skills.

Brand Ripplr

Series A in 2020
Brand Ripplr is an online marketplace that streamlines the influencer marketing process for businesses. It operates an influencer marketing platform that connects brands with vetted influencers across the MENA region, facilitating greater exposure. The platform includes features such as a client dashboard, dedicated campaign teams, content strategy development, influencer audience analytics, and real-time performance tracking. This allows clients to adjust their campaign strategies effectively, enhancing brand awareness and driving engagement in a cost-efficient way.

Ostaz

Seed Round in 2020
Ostaz is an online platform designed to provide personalized learning experiences for students globally. The platform connects learners with tutors based on various preferences, including location, rating, and availability, ensuring tailored educational support. Ostaz features an adaptive learning avatar that offers continuous support, enhancing the overall learning experience. With a commitment to delivering high-quality tutoring services across all school subjects and grade levels, Ostaz has successfully supported over 60,000 students and onboarded thousands of teachers, completing 90,000 hours of tutoring. The company aims to establish itself as a leading premium online private tutoring platform.

App4Legal

Funding Round in 2020
App4Legal legal practice management solution helps lawyers innovate and be more effective by digitizing their practice. App4Legal is a comprehensive legal practice management solution for law firms of all sizes, corporate in-house legal departments and governmental entities. App4Legal software is the complete solution for Law-Firms & In-House Legal Departments. App4Legal is labelled enterprise, multi-language, multi-currency and available on all platforms (Mobile, Web, Desktop) for on-Cloud, SaaS & on-Premises (on-server).

Rology

Seed Round in 2020
Rology is a teleradiology platform based in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 2017. The company addresses the global shortage of radiologists by efficiently matching hospitals with available radiologists based on their specializations. This service aims to reduce latency in reporting times for medical examinations such as CT and MRI scans, which have seen increased demand. Rology's platform enhances radiologists' productivity by incorporating an AI-powered DICOM reader, allowing for quicker case reviews and improved patient outcomes. By facilitating timely and remote consultations, Rology plays a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive prompt diagnostic reports regarding their health issues.

Rology

Seed Round in 2020
Rology is a teleradiology platform based in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 2017. The company addresses the global shortage of radiologists by efficiently matching hospitals with available radiologists based on their specializations. This service aims to reduce latency in reporting times for medical examinations such as CT and MRI scans, which have seen increased demand. Rology's platform enhances radiologists' productivity by incorporating an AI-powered DICOM reader, allowing for quicker case reviews and improved patient outcomes. By facilitating timely and remote consultations, Rology plays a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive prompt diagnostic reports regarding their health issues.

ThinkSono

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ThinkSono is a company at the cutting edge of medicine and technology.

VUZ

Series A in 2020
VUZ is a leading immersive social application that allows users to stream and engage with XR and Metaverse digital experiences featuring a high level of realism. The platform connects the physical and virtual worlds, offering the largest premium library of exclusive immersive content, with over 20,000 hours covering entertainment, sports, and various creator segments. VUZ aims to foster global connections by providing authentic immersive experiences, thereby overcoming travel, time, and access constraints for billions of users worldwide. Established in 2017, the company operates offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh, and its application supports live streaming of virtual sports, talk shows, music, and events, enhancing user engagement through immersive technologies.

Mamo

Seed Round in 2020
Mamo is a fintech startup based in Dubai, UAE, specializing in payment and financial solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is the first fintech company licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority to provide money services, enabling it to offer a diverse range of financial services. Mamo's flagship product, Mamo Business, serves as an alternative to traditional business banking, functioning as a financial operating system tailored to the needs of SMEs. The platform incorporates essential components such as payments, spend management, and analytics, facilitating efficient financial operations. Mamo's application allows businesses to accept payments in multiple currencies, issue virtual cards, manage expenses, and integrate with e-commerce platforms. Its customer base includes a variety of sectors, including B2B service providers, tourism, healthcare, wellness, and retail, helping to streamline financial processes and enhance analysis of spending habits.

Volt Lines

Series A in 2019
Volt Lines is a transportation service provider based in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2017. It operates an online platform that offers subscription-based micro-transit services, allowing corporate clients to provide their employees with an alternative to public transportation and ride-hailing. Users can book seats on intelligently routed shared mini-buses for their daily commutes, enhancing efficiency by minimizing walking distances and optimizing routes. The service aims to reduce the workload for employers, passengers, and drivers alike, making commuting more convenient and streamlined. In addition to its web platform, Volt Lines also offers a mobile application for user convenience.

QiDZ

Seed Round in 2019
QiDZ LLC is a mobile application company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2017. The platform connects parents with entertainment, education, and after-school vendors, allowing them to discover a variety of fun and educational activities for children. Users can plan and book these activities and services online instantly, making it easier for families to find engaging experiences. The application serves as a one-stop destination for activities catering to children of all ages, while also enabling vendors to promote their offerings to a targeted audience of parents.

Sinc

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sinc Limited is a company based in Auckland, New Zealand, specializing in the development of human resource management software. Founded in 2016, Sinc's platform simplifies the management of mobile workforces by providing essential tools for recording timesheets, tracking employee performance, and reporting safety incidents. The software includes features for GPS tracking of clock-in and clock-out locations, staff scheduling, and job tracking, which enhance communication and streamline operations between field and office personnel. By offering business owners access to vital employee data, Sinc aims to increase profitability while reducing administrative burdens and payroll costs.

Money Fellows

Debt Financing in 2019
Money Fellows is a collaborative lending and savings platform designed to help individuals access interest-free credit and achieve better savings outcomes. The platform allows users to form circles with friends and family, enabling them to pool their resources into a common fund. Participants can contribute to this fund and take turns withdrawing the total amount, facilitating a supportive financial network. By leveraging social connections, Money Fellows provides a unique approach to saving and borrowing, promoting financial collaboration among users.

Clara

Seed Round in 2019
Clara is a developer of a legal operating platform aimed at streamlining the establishment and management of legal structures for startups. The platform automates various repetitive legal tasks, such as drafting agreements and educating founders on essential legal topics. It also assists in creating cap tables and due diligence summaries, while providing data rooms that visually represent a startup's complete legal framework. By consolidating these functions into a single platform, Clara enables clients to execute agreements, manage stakeholders, and make informed decisions more efficiently, allowing founders to focus their limited resources on their teams, products, and customers.

Tara AI

Series A in 2019
Tara AI is a technology company based in San Jose, California, founded in 2016. It has developed a platform that connects projects with freelance programmers, aimed at simplifying the software development process. The platform addresses the challenges faced by modern, cross-functional teams, who often find existing software complex and time-consuming to configure. By focusing on usability and efficiency, Tara AI offers a solution that enhances predictability and helps teams deliver on planned releases. The platform entered public beta in April 2020 and has since supported thousands of engineers and teams in their development efforts.

paymennt.com

Seed Round in 2019
Paymennt is a mobile-first payments platform that facilitates online and in-person transactions, as well as payments through links. It primarily serves micro and small businesses, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency in its payment solutions. Originally founded as PointCheckout Holding Company Ltd in 2017, the company is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an additional office in Amman, Jordan. It specializes in providing an online payment gateway that allows users to redeem and spend loyalty points and miles.

paymennt.com

Seed Round in 2019
Paymennt is a mobile-first payments platform that facilitates online and in-person transactions, as well as payments through links. It primarily serves micro and small businesses, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency in its payment solutions. Originally founded as PointCheckout Holding Company Ltd in 2017, the company is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with an additional office in Amman, Jordan. It specializes in providing an online payment gateway that allows users to redeem and spend loyalty points and miles.

MUNCH:ON

Series A in 2019
MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for its restaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders

GetJenny

Seed Round in 2019
GetJenny is a conversational AI company that specializes in enhancing customer service operations through its user-friendly platform. It allows organizations to easily create, deploy, and manage AI-driven chatbots for live chat interactions without requiring technical expertise. By automating routine and repetitive conversations, GetJenny enables customer service teams to concentrate on more complex tasks that necessitate human experience and judgment. The company's mission is to simplify customer experience strategies, facilitating better management of menial tasks while improving overall service efficiency.

Krowd

Seed Round in 2019
Krowd Limited is a London-based company founded in 2016 that operates a platform designed to connect retailers and cardholders. The company has developed a Customer Acquisition Marketplace (CAM) that facilitates real-time bidding by retailers for access to cardholders, thereby enabling large-scale offer sourcing. By combining transaction data with third-party information, Krowd provides merchants with hyper-personalized offers that enhance customer acquisition and retention. Its platform employs artificial intelligence to optimize the bidding process, allowing retailers and credit card issuers to create high-quality, behavior-changing offers that drive customer engagement and usage. Krowd serves a diverse clientele, including retailers, banks, and merchant acquirers, positioning itself as a key player in the customer retention and acquisition landscape.

Wimo App

Seed Round in 2019
Wimo App operates a logistics platform designed to enhance last-mile delivery services for various industries, including eCommerce, courier services, banking, and real estate. The platform offers a range of solutions, such as local parcel delivery, cross-border logistics, and shipping analytics. By providing tools for price comparison among different courier and shipping providers, Wimo App enables businesses to optimize their delivery operations in a cost-effective manner. The company prioritizes customer experience, ensuring that the delivery process is simple and user-friendly, thus meeting the expectations of both businesses and their clients.

Volt Lines

Seed Round in 2018
Volt Lines is a transportation service provider based in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2017. It operates an online platform that offers subscription-based micro-transit services, allowing corporate clients to provide their employees with an alternative to public transportation and ride-hailing. Users can book seats on intelligently routed shared mini-buses for their daily commutes, enhancing efficiency by minimizing walking distances and optimizing routes. The service aims to reduce the workload for employers, passengers, and drivers alike, making commuting more convenient and streamlined. In addition to its web platform, Volt Lines also offers a mobile application for user convenience.

ShortPoint

Seed Round in 2018
ShortPoint is a software company that provides a subscription-based platform for creating corporate intranet systems without the need for coding. The platform allows users to build intranets using existing content systems like Office 365, SharePoint, and SAP Cloud Portal, making it accessible for department managers to design and manage their own web interfaces. By focusing on simplifying digital content creation and enhancing user experience, ShortPoint aims to improve collaboration and productivity within organizations. The company believes that enterprise web software should be user-friendly and available to a broad audience, not just large corporations. Through its innovative technology, ShortPoint empowers users with tools for web design, user interface, and overall user experience, contributing to the consumerization of enterprise software.

CarSwitch

Seed Round in 2018
CarSwitch operates an online marketplace designed to streamline the buying and selling of used cars in a market valued at over $20 billion. The company addresses the complexities and challenges faced by both sellers and buyers by employing certified specialists and advanced technology. CarSwitch manages the entire transaction process, including inspecting, certifying, and warranting vehicles, as well as photographing, advertising, and filtering potential buyers. Additionally, the platform facilitates test drives and handles all necessary paperwork, ensuring a seamless experience. By simplifying these processes, CarSwitch aims to enhance transparency and trust in the used car market, making it easier for users to buy and sell vehicles while also accessing services such as insurance and financing.

ThinkSono

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ThinkSono is a company at the cutting edge of medicine and technology.

Money Fellows

Seed Round in 2018
Money Fellows is a collaborative lending and savings platform designed to help individuals access interest-free credit and achieve better savings outcomes. The platform allows users to form circles with friends and family, enabling them to pool their resources into a common fund. Participants can contribute to this fund and take turns withdrawing the total amount, facilitating a supportive financial network. By leveraging social connections, Money Fellows provides a unique approach to saving and borrowing, promoting financial collaboration among users.

Tara AI

Seed Round in 2018
Tara AI is a technology company based in San Jose, California, founded in 2016. It has developed a platform that connects projects with freelance programmers, aimed at simplifying the software development process. The platform addresses the challenges faced by modern, cross-functional teams, who often find existing software complex and time-consuming to configure. By focusing on usability and efficiency, Tara AI offers a solution that enhances predictability and helps teams deliver on planned releases. The platform entered public beta in April 2020 and has since supported thousands of engineers and teams in their development efforts.

Zbooni

Seed Round in 2017
Selling your products online has never been easier or more personal. With Zbooni’s social commerce app, you get one complete platform to run your business and reach customers wherever they are.

Loyyal

Seed Round in 2016
Loyyal leverages blockchain and smart contract technology to provide loyalty and rewards network infrastructure solutions. It introduces interoperability to the currently fragmented industry, multi-branded coalitions, superior program liability management and dynamic issuance/redemption options customized for each unique relationship.

MUNCH:ON

Seed Round in 2016
MUNCH:ON is a food tech startup that has cracked the subscription space in the UAE & KSA, focusing on offering meals from the best restaurants at a significant discount and with free delivery. The company has invested heavily in its scheduling, bundling and order prediction software which has enabled it to achieve massive cost savings for its restaurant partners that they then pass on to their users, often offering up to a 55% discount vs. restaurants' regular price. Whether it's employees ordering from their company's curated menu or users ordering for their families at home, the platform takes the usual hassle and cost out of food delivery in a financially (and environmentally) sustainable manner for all stakeholders

Visage

Angel Round in 2016
Visage Inc operates visage.jobs, a recruitment platform aimed at helping employers connect with underrepresented talent. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes a crowdsourcing model that enables the sourcing, uploading, and submission of candidate profiles. Visage automates the process of passive candidate search and outreach through the integration of artificial intelligence and a network of over 3,500 freelancers. This allows employers to receive a selection of 50 pre-screened candidates tailored to their specific job requirements within 48 hours, significantly reducing the time and effort typically spent on resume reviews. The platform also facilitates direct communication with candidates by providing personalized email templates and automated follow-ups, streamlining the recruitment process. By focusing on creating a diverse candidate pipeline, Visage enables companies to concentrate on interviewing and assessing talent rather than searching for it, ultimately improving the efficiency and effectiveness of hiring.

Visage

Seed Round in 2016
Visage Inc operates visage.jobs, a recruitment platform aimed at helping employers connect with underrepresented talent. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes a crowdsourcing model that enables the sourcing, uploading, and submission of candidate profiles. Visage automates the process of passive candidate search and outreach through the integration of artificial intelligence and a network of over 3,500 freelancers. This allows employers to receive a selection of 50 pre-screened candidates tailored to their specific job requirements within 48 hours, significantly reducing the time and effort typically spent on resume reviews. The platform also facilitates direct communication with candidates by providing personalized email templates and automated follow-ups, streamlining the recruitment process. By focusing on creating a diverse candidate pipeline, Visage enables companies to concentrate on interviewing and assessing talent rather than searching for it, ultimately improving the efficiency and effectiveness of hiring.

Wrappup

Seed Round in 2016
Wrappup uses AI to auto-summarize your meetings, declaring war on pens everywhere! The platform uses a combination Speech Analysis, NLP, and Deep Learning models to identify important moments in discussion. Just invite lucy@wrappup.ai to your next call, and she’ll listen for keywords like “follow-up” or “next steps” to generate all the action items for you. Users can train the system with their own set of keyword triggers and vocabulary, making Lucy smarter and smarter as she grows!
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