The UAE startup dataset
Every company on the map in one spreadsheet: 492 UAE startups, each website opened and checked by a person, dead and foreign companies already removed. Ready for a market map, a client report, a pipeline or a recruiting list.
492companies
11columns
24sectors, 4 emirates
100%websites checked live
29turned away and named
25 Sept 2026most recent check
AED 549
one payment: commercial use, and updated files for 12 months
A sample: 15 of the 492 rows
| Company | Website | What it does | Sector | Subsector | Emirate | Evidence grade | Found via | Website status | Profile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.01 | https://www.4401.earth | Turning CO2 into rock through accelerated carbon mineralization | Cleantech | Carbon removal | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/44-01 | B: directory listed | DXBStart directory | Live, checked 1 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/44-01 |
| Abbrevia | https://abbrevia.com | Abbrevia is an innovative provider of leading-edge test and certification platform | Fintech | Testing and certification | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbrevia-fz-llc | C: site checked | Fintech News UAE directory | Live, checked 7 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/abbrevia |
| Addenda | https://www.addenda.ai | Blockchain claims and recovery for insurers | Insurtech | Claims | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/addendaai | B: directory listed | Curated (UAE) | Live, checked 1 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/addenda |
| Aleph Group | https://alephdigital.com | Digital advertising across 130+ markets | Martech | Advertising | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/alephgroup | B: directory listed | DXBStart directory | Live, checked 7 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/aleph-group |
| Almentor | https://www.almentor.net | Largest Arabic video learning library | Edtech | Video learning | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/almentornet | A: funded or backed | DXBStart directory | Live, checked 1 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/almentor |
| Altibbi | https://altibbi.com | The Arab world's largest digital health platform | Healthtech | Telehealth | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/altibbi | B: directory listed | DXBStart directory | Live, checked 1 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/altibbi |
| Ambitio | https://ambitio.ae | Ambitio is a UAE-based travel technology platform designed to help travelers document experiences | Travel | Travel documents | Sharjah | https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambitiocorprate | A: funded or backed | Sheraa portfolio | Live, checked 4 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/ambitio |
| Arabic.AI | https://arabic.ai | Arabic-first AI for enterprises and governments | AI | Arabic-first enterprise AI | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/arabic-ai-tarjama | B: directory listed | DXBStart directory | Live, checked 7 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/arabic-ai |
| Arrow Labs | https://arrowsecure.com | Smarter Operations for the Deskless Workforce | HR Tech | Deskless workforce | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/arrowlabsmims | A: funded or backed | Global Ventures portfolio (UAE-tagged) | Live, checked 4 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/arrow-labs |
| Averta | https://www.averta.io | Esports and gaming platform | Gaming | Esports | Abu Dhabi | https://www.linkedin.com/company/averta-security | B: directory listed | Curated (Abu Dhabi) | Live, checked 1 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/averta |
| BLINK Lighting FZE | https://blinklighting.net | BLINK Lighting FZE is a Sharjah-based lighting company providing complete lighting solutions | Manufacturing | Lighting | Sharjah | https://www.linkedin.com/company/blinklighting | A: funded or backed | Sheraa portfolio | Live, checked 4 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/blink-lighting-fze |
| Bookends | https://bookends.ae | A book exchange app that encourages reading and assists consumers to sell their books and buy | E-commerce | Second-hand books | Sharjah | https://www.linkedin.com/company/bookendsae | A: funded or backed | Sheraa portfolio | Live, checked 4 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/bookends |
| Butterfly Foods | https://www.butterflyfoods.co | Better-for-you foods made in the UAE | Foodtech | Packaged foods | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/94857653 | A: funded or backed | Nuwa Capital portfolio | Live, checked 4 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/butterfly-foods |
| Cafu | https://cafu.com | On-demand fuel delivery and car services | Mobility | Services | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/mycafu | B: directory listed | Press | Live, checked 1 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/cafu |
| Cargoz | https://www.cargoz.com | Marketplace for on-demand warehouse storage | Logistics | Warehousing | Dubai | https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargoz | B: directory listed | Website live, JLT address and UAE-only coverage stated on its own site | Live, checked 21 Sept 2026 | https://uaestartupmap.com/company/cargoz |
Scroll sideways for all 11 columns. The full file has the same columns for every company. Coverage, honestly: every row has a website, sector, emirate, evidence grade and check date; every column is filled for every company except LinkedIn, where 337 of 492 have a company page (the rest say "No company page"). Nothing is guessed: each row also says where the company was found and when its website was last checked.
Why it is worth it
Building it yourselfTwo to three weeks of an analyst's time, and most lists you start from are full of dead companies, agencies and foreign firms with a Dubai office.
Global databasesCrunchbase and similar charge a monthly subscription, cover the UAE thinly, and do not check whether a company still exists or is really based here.
This datasetEvery company checked by a person, with the date. Foreign firms, agencies, government bodies and dead domains removed by published rules. An evidence grade on every row.
What you get
- The full list in Excel (filters and frozen headers ready, links clickable) and CSV (for Google Sheets, a CRM import or code).
- A data dictionary (below), a changelog of what changed in each release, and the licence, all in one download.
- An updated release whenever you ask, for twelve months: new companies added, dead ones removed, each change listed.
- Permission to use it inside your organisation and in client work, reports and presentations, with a credit to UAE Startup Map.
- Not included: resale or republishing the list itself, and no personal contact details of founders, ever.
Methodology, inclusion rules and the companies turned away: How we classify.
What each column means
| Company | The company's trading name. |
| Website | The company's own website, as opened in our check. |
| What it does | One line on the product, in the company's own words where it gave one. |
| Sector | One of 24 sectors, from a fixed list (the build rejects anything else). |
| Subsector | A finer category within the sector, from what the company says it does. |
| Emirate | The emirate the company is based in. |
| The company's LinkedIn page where one exists; otherwise "No company page". | |
| Evidence grade | A: disclosed funding or a named investor or accelerator. B: listed in a UAE startup directory and live. C: website checked, one source. |
| Found via | Where the company was first found: a portfolio, a directory, funding news, or submitted by the company itself. |
| Website status | The date a person last opened the website and confirmed it serves the company's own content. |
| Profile | The company's page on UAE Startup Map, with the evidence behind the listing. |
Need more than the list?
For a consultancy or fund that needs depth on part of the market, a custom list: one sector or emirate, researched by hand with funding rounds, investors, founders and founding year where they exist. Quoted per project; mention it in the request.
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