Best Food Tech Companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The 99 best Food Tech companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kitopi.
Our analysis of 100 Food Tech companies
$12.9b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Dubai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitopi 🦄 Provider of a cloud-based network of food delivery businesses | $802M | 4 mo ago | Series C | Sami Bejjani Co-Founder & CFO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityWix eCommerceWix+16 | 1 award |
| 2 | Careem 🦄 App-based ride-hailing aggregator | $772M | 92 mo ago | Acquired | Magnus Olsson Co-Founder & Managing Director | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 3 | Qlub Provider of a contactless QR-code checkout solution for restaurants | $42M | 11 mo ago | Series B | Abdulaziz Aljasser Co-Founder & CCO | 2021 | SanityNode.jsRadix UI+23 | — |
| 4 | GrubTech Provider of cloud kitchen solutions for restaurants | $33M | 24 mo ago | Series B | Mohamed Fayed Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | Cart FunctionalityHubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web Services+15 | 1 launch · 3 partnerships |
| 5 | Epik Foods Chain of restaurant serving multiple dishes and catering services | $18M | 19 mo ago | Series C | Khaled Fadly Founder & CEO | 2019 | WixSentryBootstrap+16 | — |
| 6 | Kitch Platform offering cloud kitchen and store-front operator | $15M | 64 mo ago | Series B | Walid Hajj Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 7 | KASO Provider of online ordering software for restaurants & suppliers | $13M | 35 mo ago | Seed | Manar Alkassar Co-Founder | 2021 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+19 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 8 | Supy Provider of digital procurement solution for food businesses | $10M | 47 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | 2 partnerships |
| 9 | ChatFood Online ordering solutions for restaurants | $7M | 46 mo ago | Acquired | Vinicius Rodrigues Co-Founder | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySentryNode.js+16 | — |
| 10 | Mealplanet Online platform to book meals in bulk for corporates | $6M | 22 mo ago | Seed | — | 2024 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | 1 award |
| 11 | MUNCH:ON Online platform offering on-demand food ordering and delivery services | $6M | 86 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Mohammad Al Zaben CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 12 | KRUSH Brands Online platform offering pizza order and delivery | $4M | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 13 | Kaykroo Platform for delivery and takeaway-centric cloud kitchens | $4M | 68 mo ago | Seed | Jihad Eit Founder & CEO | 2020 | BootstrapGSAPAmazon Web Services+9 | 1 launch |
| 14 | Eighty6 Provider of AI-based software solutions for food and beverage businesses | $4M | 37 mo ago | Seed | Abdul Saadi Founder & Managing Director | 2021 | — | — |
| 15 | RoundMenu Restaurant booking platform in Dubai | $3M | — | Acqui-Hired | — | 2010 | — | — |
| 16 | Growdash Cloud-based software platform designed to help restaurants | $3M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Sean Trevaskis Co-Founder | 2022 | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+10 | — |
| 17 | Spades Payment solutions for dine-in restaurants | $2M | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 18 | Repeat Smartphone app for booking tables at restaurants | $2M | 79 mo ago | Series A | Omer Gurel Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 19 | Revoltech Developer of food preservation technology | $2M | 41 mo ago | Funding Raised | Rabih Zeineddine Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | 2021 | — | — |
| 20 | Let’s Pizza Provider of pizza vending machines | $594K | 32 mo ago | Funding Raised | Claudio Torghele Co-Founder | 2008 | October CMSPHPLaravel+11 | — |
| 21 | NutriCal Web-based recipe management solution for the food industry | $544K | 10 mo ago | Seed | Soniya Ashar Founder | 2019 | Node.jsUbuntuReact+13 | — |
| 22 | DocsInBox Cloud-based accounting and invoicing solutions for restaurants | $500K | 26 mo ago | Seed | Leo Komissarov CEO | — | — | — |
| 23 | Save Me Online platform for ordering surplus food from restaurants | $408K | 17 mo ago | Seed | Dilshad Sak Co-Founder | 2023 | QuillPHPChart.js+19 | 1 award |
| 24 | Eatr Online platform offering solutions recipe discovery | $350K | 24 mo ago | Seed | Eatrz Eatr CEO | 2002 | AlgoliaNode.jsBubble+9 | — |
| 25 | Sprout Internet first-restaurants offering ready-to-eat kids meals | $200K | 63 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | — | — |
| 26 | Fine Diner Internet first restaurant offering multi-category food delivery | $150K | 49 mo ago | Seed | Saed Elayan Co-Founder | 2019 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAvada SEO+19 | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Dubai
#1
Kitopi 🦄Series C · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2018 · 5000 employees$802.2Mraised▾
Provider of a cloud-based network of food delivery businesses. It helps food brands with delivery-only locations to launch online storefronts. It also offers infrastructure, management services, phone support, and delivery management. It serves burgers, crispy chicken, and rice dishes.
- Jan 2026Series C$50M
- May 2022Series C$300M
- Jul 2021Series C$415M
- Feb 2020Series B$60M
#2
Series B · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 160 employees$42Mraised▾
Provider of a contactless QR-code checkout solution for restaurants. The company offers an application that allows customers to split and pay the bill.
- Jul 2025Series B$30M
- Mar 2023Series A$25M
- Jan 2022Seed$17M
#3
Series C · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2019$17.7Mraised▾
Epik Foods is a tech-driven multi-brand restaurant group with over 100 brands, offering innovative, tasty, and healthy food choices in UAE and KSA. They serve a wide variety of exceptional culinary creations, including fresh rice bowls, juicy burgers, and delicious pasta dishes. Epik Foods is dedicated to redefining dining experiences and has a dynamic atmosphere with diverse food concepts.
- Nov 2024Series C$15.5M
- Oct 2020Series C$17.7M
#4
Series B · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2019 · 136 employees$33.4Mraised▾
Provider of cloud kitchen solutions for restaurants. It provides SaaS-based solutions for cloud kitchens and restaurants by integrating with third-party food aggregators. Solutions includes logistics, payments, delivery management, online ordering, QR code-enabled contactless dine-in, insights, and and point of sale solutions.
- May 2024Series B$15M
- Dec 2021Series A$13M
- Mar 2021Seed$3.4M
- Jul 2020Seed$2M
#5
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2019 · 10 employees$544.4Kraised▾
NutriCal is a web-based recipe management solution for the food industry. Its nutrition analysis on recipe and menu items allows restaurants to showcase calories, protein, fats, carbohydrates, and other nutrients on digital menus, physical menus, and social media platforms. Also, it helps to create nutrition labels and streamline product development.
- Jul 2025Seed$544.4K
- Dec 2022Seed—
#6
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2024$6Mraised▾
Online platform to book meals in bulk for corporates. Allows corporate to place the order with details such as no. of persons, time, venue and the choice of restaurant from their list. Has partnered with local restaurants to cater the orders. Targets the market that includes office admins, small business owners and freelance professionals. Orders are fulfilled by the partner restaurants by either delivery or pickup.
- Aug 2024Seed$6M
#7
Careem 🦄Acquired · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2012 · 1400 employees$771.7Mraised▾
App-based ride-hailing aggregator. Users can book rides by providing location, passenger details, payment details, and more. The platform also offers services like food delivery, recharge services, grocery delivery services, and more. Apps are available for Android and iOS users.
- Oct 2018Series F$200M
- Aug 2017Series E—
- Jun 2017Series E$150M
- Dec 2016Series E$350M
#8
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2023$408.4Kraised▾
Online platform for ordering surplus food from restaurants. The platform connects people with food near the end of its shelf life to restaurants and retail locations. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Jan 2025Seed$408.4K
#9
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 73 employees$12.7Mraised▾
Provider of online ordering software for restaurants & suppliers. The platform enables restaurant owners to chat with suppliers, place and track orders, explore a marketplace, and generate LPOs. Suppliers can access new restaurants and can sell products.
- Jul 2023Seed$10.5M
- Feb 2022Seed$500K
- Sep 2021Seed$2.1M
#10
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2022 · 4 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Cloud-based software platform designed to help restaurants. It displays daily performance statistics on a dashboard, allowing users to follow growth and make proactive decisions.
- Jun 2024Seed$1.8M
- Jul 2023Seed$750K
#11
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2002$350Kraised▾
Online platform offering solutions recipe discovery. It enables users to browse recipes, filter them by ingredients or dietary requirements, and save them to individual profiles. The website also contains articles and ideas on cooking, culinary trends, and meal planning.
- Jun 2024Seed$350K
#12
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2020 · 62 employees$9.5Mraised▾
Provider of digital procurement solution for food businesses. The platform offers an app that digitizes the ordering process for restaurants by centralizing all the existing suppliers onto one application while gaining business insights. Its additional features include order tracking, purchasing decisions with real-time insights, customized reports, and more.
- Jul 2022Seed$8M
- Sep 2021Seed$1.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Food Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Dubai researches in food tech
University of Wollongong, American University, and BITS Pilani Dubai research food waste, agricultural sustainability, and food safety in a contested tone, balancing breakthroughs with equal concern.
- University of Wollongong in Dubai5
- American University in Dubai3
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Dubai Campus3
- Synergy University Dubai3
- University of Dubai3
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.