Best Mobile Companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The 60 best Mobile companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Telegram.
Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Dubai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telegram Developer of a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging application | $150M | 27 mo ago | Series D | Subhadip Dawn Co-Founder | 2013 | CodeMirrorBootstrapNginx+4 | — |
| 2 | Playgama Provider of online gaming platform | $3M | 19 mo ago | Seed | Dmitry Kachmar Founder | 2023 | SentryGoogle Sign-inVue.js+23 | 1 launch |
| 3 | Dubai Verse Cup Metaverse platform for horseracing | $3M | 34 mo ago | Seed | Vincent Isik CEO | 2022 | — | — |
| 4 | Cryptomeda NFT-based gaming platform | $3M | 58 mo ago | Seed | Martin Hromek Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | Katana Inu NFT-based trading platform for digital games | $2M | 54 mo ago | Funding Raised | Marwan Haddad Founder & CEO | 2021 | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+17 | — |
| 6 | Growl Edutainment app developer | $500K | — | Early Stage | Dinesh Lalvani Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | Goama Online gaming platform for mobile games | $450K | 48 mo ago | Seed | Taro Araya Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 8 | Babil Games Publisher of mobile-based mid-core genres | $150K | 168 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+22 | 1 job opening |
Top 10 Mobile companies in Dubai
#1
Series D · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2013 · 2 employees$150Mraised▾
Developer of a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging application. The application focuses on providing users with secure and fast communication. It offers features such as encrypted messaging, self-destructing messages, and cross-device synchronization. The application supports large group chats and allows users to customize their messaging experience. It also provides an open API and source code.
- Mar 2024Conventional Debt$310M
- Jul 2023Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2021Series D$150M
- Mar 2021Conventional Debt$850M
#2
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2023$3Mraised▾
Provider of online gaming platform. It offers various categories of games. The portfolio of games includes Cannoneer-2 Constant Movement, Home Rush The Fish Fight, imposter smashers, Cat vs Kripotians, and many more.
- Dec 2024Seed$3M
#3
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2022$3Mraised▾
Metaverse platform for horseracing. It offers an immersive horse-racing world based on a play-to-earn model. It allows players to race, breed, and trade virtual horses. It is compatible with Android and iOS devices.
- Sep 2023Seed$3M
#4
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 30 employees$2.7Mraised▾
NFT-based gaming platform. It offers multiple NFT games like medawars for strategy gaming, soulooter, and meda sooter a card collectible game. Users can play, earn, and win on games. It also offers a communtiy and a cryptocurrency token.
- Aug 2021ICO$280K
- May 2021Seed$2.7M
#5
Funding Raised · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021 · 22 employees$1.8Mraised▾
NFT-based trading platform for digital games. It enables users to buy, sell, play, exchange digital games including battle-based NFT games. It offers NFT wallets for gamers. It also offers staking and in-game rewards for users.
- Dec 2021ICO$1.8M
#6
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2017 · 53 employees$450Kraised▾
Online gaming platform for mobile games. It offers subscription-based mobile games where players compete on casual games. It also offers engagement. monetization and acquisition services.
- 2022Seed—
- Jul 2021Seed$450K
- Apr 2019Seed—
#7
Early Stage · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2012$500Kraised▾
Edutainment app developer
#8
Acquired · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2012 · 60 employees$150Kraised▾
Publisher of mobile-based mid-core genres. The company focuses on publishing strategy and card games including World war, Gang wars, Baloot royale, Strike of nations, and more. The games are available for iOS and Android users.
- 2012Angel$150K
#9
Seed · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2021—raised▾
Decentralized gaming-as-a-service platform developing a massively multiplayer online role-playing games. The company is focusing on the development of a revolutionary MMORPG game called Legends of Bezogia a blockchain-based platform that utilizes tokenization and DeFi to empower players and developers.
- Oct 2023Seed—
#10
Series A · Dubai, Dubai · founded 2013—raised▾
Yazle Media is an RTB enabled demand-side platform which works with the publishers and offers inventory to the advertisers. Has a partnership with SiteScout, a Demand-side platform for bid management platform. Supports native, video, social advertising. Clients include Ford, BMW, HSBC, Marriott, Max, Huawei, and Unilever.
- Sep 2015Series A—
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How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in the United Arab Emirates
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 275 United Arab Emirates-affiliated papers.
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology102
- Technology Innovation Institute33
- University of Sharjah30
- American University of Sharjah21
- New York University Abu Dhabi18
- Beamforming4→72
- Electronic engineering2→24
- MIMO4→24
- Telecommunications1→19
- Telecommunications link2→11
- Beamforming10→71
- MIMO8→39
- Electronic engineering6→29
- Telecommunications1→17
- Antenna (radio)5→16
- MIMO4
- Beamforming4
- Wireless4
- Software deployment2
- Telecommunications2
Where 5g 6g 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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