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YC companies in Dubai

17 Y Combinator companies based in Dubai, with team size, growth, open roles and funding.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
5 roles
ZiinaW21
  1. 2Alaan3
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+25%
AlaanW23
  1. 2GoSats+22%
  2. 3Ziina+15%
See all 7
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−5%
inFeedo AIS20
  1. 2Cercli−4%
See all 2
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$22M
ZiinaW21
  1. 2GoSats$5M
See all 2
Companies
17
Active
16
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
8
People on these teams
1,232
Showing 17 of 17 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Ai-native finance platform for the Middle East
W23367+25%+79%3$55MSeries A$48M, Aug 2025
A digital wallet for the Middle East & North Africa
W21324+15%+45%5$30.5MSeries A$22M, May 2026
AI to engage employees, predict attrition and automate HR/IT support
S20141−5%−5%0$16.1MSeries A$12M, Mar 2022
AI Platform for Efficient and Sustainable Operations
S1877−5% 0$35.8MSeries A$30M, Jun 2024
Grow Your Wealth With Baraka
S2174−3%+1%YC$25.2MSeries A$20M, Nov 2022
AI group purchasing for restaurants
W2267+2%+5%0$13.1MSeed$10.5M, Aug 2024
The UAE’s leading small business payments platform
S2162+11%+24%0$3.4MSeed$3.4M, Nov 2021
GoSats helps you earn free bitcoin when you shop in India.
W2228+22%+17%YC$9.8MSeries A$5M, Apr 2026
AI powered HR and Recruitment for people teams
S2327−25%−4%YC$16.5MSeries A$12M, Oct 2025
US based USD accounts for non-US residents
W2217+6%−11%0$17.3MSeed$5M, Jun 2024
Flexible Workplace Savings plans for SMEs in MENA.
W2214+8%+8%0$1.6MPre-seed$1.5M, Jan 2022
Apps to control technology addictions/ helping startups hire engineers
S2112−8%−20%0$500KYC investment$500K, Nov 2021
Prevents your emails from landing in spam.
S2011 +22%0$125KYC investment$125K, Aug 2020
AI agents for healthcare and insurance operations in GCC
W239 +29%0$600KYC investment$500K, Apr 2023
Founder led hiring for London startups
W252  0$500KYC investment$500K, Mar 2025
Skillza builds simple tools for teachers and schools in MEA
W22Inactive  
Global platform for employee engagement with rewards&flexible benefits
S21  

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.

3. The lists

Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.

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The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor
curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "field": "funding.investors",
                 "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] },
    "fields": ["basic_info.name",
      "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent",
      "funding.total_investment_usd"],
    "limit": 100
  }'

# 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only)
curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
  "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
    { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id",
      "type": "in", "value": [...] },
    { "field": "metadata.date_added",
      "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]},
  "limit": 0,
  "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by",
    "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }]
}'

# 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search

Questions about Dubai YC companies

How many Dubai YC companies are there?

17 Y Combinator companies are based in Dubai; 16 are active.

Which Dubai YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Ziina (5 roles) and Alaan (3 roles). 5 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which Dubai YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Alaan (+25%), GoSats (+22%) and Ziina (+15%).

Which Dubai YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Ziina ($22M) and GoSats ($5M).

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