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.
| Company | Batch | Team | 6 mo | 12 mo | Open roles | Total raised | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ai-native finance platform for the Middle East | W23 | 367 | +25% | +79% | 3 | $55M | Series A$48M, Aug 2025 |
A digital wallet for the Middle East & North Africa | W21 | 324 | +15% | +45% | 5 | $30.5M | Series A$22M, May 2026 |
AI to engage employees, predict attrition and automate HR/IT support | S20 | 141 | −5% | −5% | 0 | $16.1M | Series A$12M, Mar 2022 |
AI Platform for Efficient and Sustainable Operations | S18 | 77 | −5% | 0 | $35.8M | Series A$30M, Jun 2024 | |
Grow Your Wealth With Baraka | S21 | 74 | −3% | +1% | YC | $25.2M | Series A$20M, Nov 2022 |
AI group purchasing for restaurants | W22 | 67 | +2% | +5% | 0 | $13.1M | Seed$10.5M, Aug 2024 |
The UAE’s leading small business payments platform | S21 | 62 | +11% | +24% | 0 | $3.4M | Seed$3.4M, Nov 2021 |
GoSats helps you earn free bitcoin when you shop in India. | W22 | 28 | +22% | +17% | YC | $9.8M | Series A$5M, Apr 2026 |
AI powered HR and Recruitment for people teams | S23 | 27 | −25% | −4% | YC | $16.5M | Series A$12M, Oct 2025 |
US based USD accounts for non-US residents | W22 | 17 | +6% | −11% | 0 | $17.3M | Seed$5M, Jun 2024 |
Flexible Workplace Savings plans for SMEs in MENA. | W22 | 14 | +8% | +8% | 0 | $1.6M | Pre-seed$1.5M, Jan 2022 |
Apps to control technology addictions/ helping startups hire engineers | S21 | 12 | −8% | −20% | 0 | $500K | YC investment$500K, Nov 2021 |
Prevents your emails from landing in spam. | S20 | 11 | +22% | 0 | $125K | YC investment$125K, Aug 2020 | |
AI agents for healthcare and insurance operations in GCC | W23 | 9 | +29% | 0 | $600K | YC investment$500K, Apr 2023 | |
Founder led hiring for London startups | W25 | 2 | 0 | $500K | YC 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 |
Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.
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.
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.
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.
# 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
17 Y Combinator companies are based in Dubai; 16 are active.
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.
By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Alaan (+25%), GoSats (+22%) and Ziina (+15%).
Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Ziina ($22M) and GoSats ($5M).