# Hosam Arab

> Hosam Arab is a seed investor at Tabby (Dubai) backing B2B, FinTech and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tabby](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tabby)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hosam
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hosamarab
- Website: https://x.com/hosamarab
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harab

Hosam Arab is a seed investor at Tabby in Dubai focused on B2B and FinTech. Hosam Arab is based out of Dubai, Dubai and is the CEO and Co-founder of Tabby. Hosam previously worked at Namshi.com as a CEO. Hosam Arab attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alaan | Alaan is a financial technology platform that provides corporate cards and expense management tools for businesses to manage company spending and financial operations. The platform enables organizations to issue physical and virtual corporate cards, set spending controls, monitor transactions in real time, and automate expense tracking andreconciliation processes. Alaan also integrates with accounting and enterprise resource planning systems, allowing finance teams to sync transaction data, invoices, and supporting documents directly into their accounting workflows. Its services include budgeting controls, approval workflows, reporting dashboards, and automated receipt and tax data extraction to support compliance and financial oversight. The platform is used by businesses across sectors such as retail, logistics, healthcare, hospitality, and professional services to centralize and manage operational expenses digitally. | $48M | Series A | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| Pluto | Pluto is the most comprehensive & powerful corporate card and spend management platform built for MENA businesses. From small businesses to the largest multi-national group holdings, businesses such as Property Finder, Knight Frank and Swissport have trusted Pluto with all of their non-payroll spending.Pluto combines the power of gettingaccess to instant issuance unlimited corporate cards, full end-to-end reimbursements, petty cash & account payables management all within one platform. No more chasing for receipts, manually approving invoices on long e-mail threads or sharing one corporate card with several people. Pluto's enterprise platform brings control back to complex finance and accounting business processes and creates a streamlined approach to controlling your company's spending. | $6M | Seed | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Opontia | Opontia provides a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies. They buy businesses with a long-term competitive advantage and strong home-grown brands. They know that selling a business can be stressful and difficult, which is why they have streamlined the process so that you can receive money in your accountwithin just 6 weeks of starting the process. |  | Seed | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Opontia | Opontia provides a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies. They buy businesses with a long-term competitive advantage and strong home-grown brands. They know that selling a business can be stressful and difficult, which is why they have streamlined the process so that you can receive money in your accountwithin just 6 weeks of starting the process. | $20M | Debt Financing | Jun 03, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kingsway Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kingsway-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Presight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presight-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [885 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/885-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tabby

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.

3 contacts available at Tabby.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hosam Arab | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hosam-arab |
| Daniil Barkalov | Co-founder and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniil-barkalov |
| Russ Carroll | Chief Commercial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russ-carroll-b9cd |

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## FAQ

### What does Hosam Arab invest in?

Hosam Arab invests primarily in B2B, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hosam Arab last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hosam Arab closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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