Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in United Arab Emirates
The 69 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: XPANCEO.
Our analysis of 184 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies
$13.9b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in United Arab Emirates
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XPANCEO 🦄 Developer of invisible and weightless smart contact lens for ultimate AI-powered XR interface | $40M | 11 mo ago | Series A | Roman Axelrod Founder | 2021 | Node.jsThree.jsTailwind CSS+22 | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Hala Online motor insurance platform for individuals | $7M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 3 | Esyasoft Developer of digital platforms for utility grid management and electrification | $4M | 73 mo ago | Series A | Bipin Chandra Founder & Co-CEO | 2014 | ContentfulApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+8 | — |
| 4 | Derq Developer of intelligent transportation systems using artificial intelligence for road safety | $2M | 19 mo ago | Seed | Karl Jeanbart Co-Founder & COO | 2016 | — | 1 partnership |
| 5 | KAIF PLATFORM Digital twins for personal development | $2M | 36 mo ago | Funding Raised | Maksym Holovakhin CEO | 2022 | — | — |
| 6 | FortyGuard Provider of AI-powered urban cooling systems | $120K | 33 mo ago | Seed | Jihad Sadiq Founder | 2019 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 7 | Nytilus Patent-pending MR headset for industrial applications | $20K | 96 mo ago | Deadpooled | Abi Ghafari Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 8 | Fleetroot IoT powered SaaS solution to help businesses to streamline logistics and transport operations | — | 55 mo ago | Seed | Moidu Chandanam Founder | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | — |
Top 12 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in United Arab Emirates
#1
XPANCEO 🦄Series A · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021$40Mraised▾
Developer of invisible and weightless smart contact lens for ultimate AI-powered XR interface. It is a deep tech company that develops an invisible and weightless smart contact lens as the ultimate interface for AI-powered XR computing. Our contact lens reinvents the whole concept of human-technology interaction and redefines the way we experience both real and digital worlds, including social media, content consumption, and gaming. By merging all your gadgets into one, the smart contact lens transforms the everyday into an infinite XR experience, replete with advanced real-time health monitoring and comprehensive practical recommendations, superpowers like night vision and zoom, and cutting-edge privacy and security measures.
- Jul 2025Series A$250M
- Oct 2023Seed$40M
#2
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2016$2Mraised▾
Developer of intelligent transportation systems using artificial intelligence for road safety. The company offers a platform that integrates with existing infrastructure. It detects, tracks, and predicts road user behavior in real time. The company’s products monitor and analyze road safety and traffic performance. The platform helps agencies manage traffic flow, reduce congestion, and predict road user intent.
- Oct 2024Seed—
- Dec 2020Seed$500K
- Oct 2017Seed$1.5M
#3
Funding Raised · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2022$1.9Mraised▾
Digital twins for personal development. It develops a virtual AI assistant for personal and business applications. It helps to improve skills, education, health and career of users. It is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jun 2023ICO$1.9M
#4
Series A · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2018 · 41 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Online motor insurance platform for individuals. It offers solutions for accident coverage, emergency fuel requirements, personal injuries coverage, third-party liability car insurance, and more. It also offers claim assistance solutions for users.
- Aug 2021Series A$5M
#5
Series A · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2014 · 262 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Developer of digital platforms for utility grid management and electrification. These systems integrate smart metering, internet of things infrastructure, and artificial intelligence to monitor distribution networks. The technology supports energy storage systems, grid resilience, and the management of electric vehicle charging ecosystems. Data analytics tools provide insights for resource optimization and the integration of renewable energy sources into power grids.
- May 2020Series A$3.9M
- Sep 2018Angel$41.3K
- Mar 2018Seed$461K
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$309.8K
#6
Seed · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2019 · 10 employees$120Kraised▾
Provider of AI-powered urban cooling systems. It leverages data sciences, IoT sensors, and advanced materials to reduce roadways' carbon footprint and regulate heat absorption. Its urban mapping software detects the urban heat islands utilising AI, temperature sensor data to prevent heat stress and ensure corrections. It leverages surface enhancement technology with organic compositions to coat surfaces, regulate and control surface reflected heat. It also provides roadway assessment and measurement follow-ups. Its features include increased lifespan, thermal stability and conductivity, microbial decomposition, and reduced emissions.
- Sep 2023Seed$120K
#7
Deadpooled · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2017 · 3 employees$20Kraised▾
Nytilus offers a fatigue-free mixed reality headset for industrial applications. The company claims that the helmet mixes real welding and simulated welding using dynamic cameras while collecting data for enabling collaborative robots to perform welding tasks in the future. Nytilus was a part of Techstars Dubai Accelerator (in association with GINCO) 2018.
- 2018Seed$20K
#8
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 14 employees—raised▾
IoT powered SaaS solution to help businesses to streamline logistics and transport operations. It is a SaaS-based solution that optimizes last-mile logistics of moving people, goods and services. The connected logistics helps businesses to monitor, measure and optimize on-demand and scheduled delivery operations. The connected transport helps transportation providers to optimize commute & transit operations through ridership, fleet utilization, and passenger safety. It provides businesses and fleet owners with real-time information about the status of their vehicles, sensors, drivers, and fleet operations.
- Nov 2021Seed—
#9
Seed · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi · founded 2019 · 3 employees—raised▾
Developer of acoustic sensors and AI platform for pest detection. It offers tools for early pest detection and soil health monitoring. The platform provides data and reporting for informed decision-making. It helps stakeholders optimize pest response mechanisms.
- Jun 2021Seed—
#10
Funding Raised · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2017 · 9 employees—raised▾
Provenmed provides a device for treating urinary incontinence. The products provided are Kit, Excath, Bidet, UriSocks, UrineBag. It provides a wearable device, providing a solution for male urine incontinence care.
- 2018Grant (prize money)—
#11
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2017—raised▾
Astron is developing an AI-based and machine learning platform for energy management in commercial buildings. Offers real-time data analysis, communication through voice commands, and asset management capabilities.
- Mar 2018Seed—
#12
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2014—raised▾
Developer of a wearable device and application to help pilgrims track each other. The company's device offers a wearable technology through which one can communicate and navigate their friends and family by wearing a band or device around the wrists during Hajj and Umrah, enabling pilgrims to perform Hajj pilgrimage safely without getting lost, getting hurt, losing their lives or losing track of dependants.
- Jan 2015Seed—
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How research on Internet of Things is moving in the United Arab Emirates
A read on the academic research around Internet of Things — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 564 United Arab Emirates-affiliated papers.
- Amity University112
- United Arab Emirates University56
- University of Sharjah46
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology38
- Higher Colleges of Technology37
- Computer security1→33
- Cloud computing1→18
- Software deployment1→17
- Health care1→7
- Wireless1→24
- Key (lock)1→18
- Embedded system1→13
- Cloud computing2→14
- Smart city2→10
- Computer security2→19
- Internet privacy1→8
- Key (lock)1→5
- Smart city1→4
Where iot is researched across United Arab Emirates
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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