Logistics & trade startups in Dubai

** Dubai-based on-demand fuel-delivery and connected-car-services app (founder/CEO Rashid Al Ghurair). In 2025 it explored a first external stake sale to fund growth. A homegrown Dubai mobility/logistics-ser...

Mohammad Sleiman (founder/CEO)

Founded 2019; recommerce + reverse-logistics platform for retailers and consumers covering returns management, warranty management, buy-back and trade-ins (pre-owned/open-box resale). Raised an US$18M Series...

Idriss Al Rifai & Joy Ajlouny (co-founders) [DEFUNCT]

Founded 2012 by ex-BCG consultant Idriss Al Rifai and serial entrepreneur Joy Ajlouny; pioneering GPS/app-based last-mile delivery startup that used phone-location instead of street addresses (a big deal in ...

Soumia Benturquia (founder/CEO)

Founded 2018; turns partner merchant stores (gas stations, groceries, pharmacies, 24/7 shops) into pick-up/drop-off (PUDO) points for last-mile parcel collection, easing failed-delivery costs. Backed by a se...

Rita Huang (founder/CEO), w/ Naveen Joseph, Gao Wenli, Nancy Chen

Founded 2017 by ex-Alibaba/Meraas JV CTO Rita Huang; last-mile e-commerce logistics connecting Chinese sellers to emerging markets, with domestic next-day delivery, cross-border (China-to-UAE/KSA), COD, ware...

Pranav Goel (co-founder/CEO)

FLAG — Indian intra-city logistics/mini-truck aggregator (HQ Mumbai) that launched Dubai operations in May 2023 with a ~US$6M initial investment (part of a US$50M/5-yr international push). Indian-origin foun...

Bassel El Koussa (CEO/co-founder) + Tim Linssen, Danny Hawkins, Federico Ferraro, Rami Idriss

Launched 2014 in London; shut UK operations and relocated HQ to Dubai in early 2019, now a UAE-focused same-day/on-demand last-mile and e-commerce fulfillment player (storage, pick-pack, delivery, returns, t...

innovation arm of Agility

Digital freight + last-mile/e-commerce logistics brand launched by Agility (one of the world's largest supply-chain operators). Shipa Freight is a digital freight forwarder for booking/managing air & ocean s...

Rayan Osseiran (founder/CEO)

Founded 2019 after Osseiran hit storage/fulfillment pain running his own e-commerce store (Limink); on-demand distributed warehousing and fulfillment enabling e-commerce brands to store, scale and ship acros...

Abdulaziz Al Loughani & co-founders (est. 2004)

MENA's largest food-delivery platform. Founded in Kuwait in 2004, HQ in Dubai; acquired by Germany's Delivery Hero in 2015. In December 2024 Talabat listed on the Dubai Financial Market, raising ~$2B at a >$...

Muhammad Chbib (founding CEO); backed by DAFZ

Launched 2020 by Tajawal's ex-CEO Muhammad Chbib with initial investment from Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority; MENA B2B e-marketplace for wholesale/corporate procurement (food, office supplies, industrial ...

Gaurav Biswas & Pradeep Mallavarapu (co-founders)

FLAG — HQ is Abu Dhabi (JLT-cluster listing) with primary operating base increasingly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; NOT Dubai-HQ'd though it operates in Dubai. Founded 2016 by Indian-origin founder Gaurav Biswas ...

Daniil Shuleyko (CEO); ex-Yandex Taxi team

Yango Group is headquartered in Dubai and operates ride-hailing, delivery (Yango Delivery/Cargo), e-grocery, mapping and an AI assistant across 30+ countries. Originated in 2018 from the Yandex Taxi team (Ri...

Ramy Assaf & Ashraf Atia (co-founders)

Founded 2017; conversational-commerce / social-selling platform letting merchants sell and take payments over WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, layering ordering + payment + fulfillment for micro/SME busine...