# Techstars Dubai

> Techstars Dubai is a VC fund in Dubai backing Software and Transportation. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.techstars.com/programs/dubai-program/

Techstars Dubai is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Software and Transportation. The Techstars Dubai Accelerator in partnership with GINCO is expanding Techstars’ presence in the Middle East. GINCO is a full service general contracting firm, covering the full lifecycle of the construction process from concept to execution and supervision. Dubai is known for their leadership in technology innovation. Pioneering entrepreneursleading innovative companies solving challenges in transportation, construction, wellness, IoT, robotics, & beyond should apply, no matter your location.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 23% |
| Transportation | 4 | 18% |
| B2B | 3 | 14% |
| Health Care | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 36% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 36% |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 18% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Jordan | 1 | 5% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ramzy Ismail | Investment Principal | 6 | — |
| Maëlle Gavet | CEO and Board Member | 2 | — |
| Vijay Tirathrai | Managing Director | 43 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Klasha | Klasha is a global technology company, building a platform and APIs to move money to and from emerging markets frictionlessly. With Klasha, businesses can collect, send money and hold exotic and hard currencies through our extensive API stack. Enterprise businesses use our rails and infrastructure to power their cross-border payments. Founded in2021 by Jess Anuna, Klasha collects and sends over 120 currencies, saving merchants time and money. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| Clara | Clara founded in 2020, Clara is a leading Latin American financial technology company focused on modernizing corporate spend management. The platform combines corporate credit cards, accounts payable automation, reimbursement management, and AI-driven financial analytics into a unified solution for businesses. Clara enables finance teams to controlspending through customizable limits, approval workflows, real-time transaction tracking, and ERP integrations with systems like Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and QuickBooks. The company serves thousands of businesses across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia and has raised significant funding from global investors including DST Global, Coatue, General Catalyst, and Citi Ventures. Clara is recognized as one of the fastest-growing fintech platforms in Latin America. | $2M | Seed | Jul 09, 2019 |  |
| Clara | Clara founded in 2020, Clara is a leading Latin American financial technology company focused on modernizing corporate spend management. The platform combines corporate credit cards, accounts payable automation, reimbursement management, and AI-driven financial analytics into a unified solution for businesses. Clara enables finance teams to controlspending through customizable limits, approval workflows, real-time transaction tracking, and ERP integrations with systems like Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and QuickBooks. The company serves thousands of businesses across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia and has raised significant funding from global investors including DST Global, Coatue, General Catalyst, and Citi Ventures. Clara is recognized as one of the fastest-growing fintech platforms in Latin America. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2019 |  |
| Buglance | Buglance is a crowdtesting platform which provides you access to thousands of testers and devices for affordable price. Buglance provide mobile app testing solutions that allow you to test your app or game with thousands of testers and devices with one click. | $120K | Seed | Feb 06, 2019 |  |
| Nestrom | A mobile first SaaS solution to streamline data gathering, 
observations, inspections and work-orders from the field. | $120K | Seed | Jan 20, 2019 |  |
| Three Wheels United | Three Wheels United is a tech-enabled financier of light electric vehicles. Three Wheels United is a Global fintech lender for electric mobility in the Global South. The company is disrupting lending to low-income and less literate clients. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. |  | Seed | Jan 20, 2019 |  |
| Element 16 Technologies | Element 16 Technologies operates in the energy industry. The company uses high-temperature heat energy storage to improve efficiency and save money for commercial and industrial facilities. Founded in 2016, Element 16 Technologies is based in Glendale, California. | $120K | Seed | Jan 20, 2019 |  |
| YACOB | YACOB is a nutrition management platform that facilitates communication and operational flow between children, parents, schools & food vendors.YACOB’s mission is to enhance children’s and parents’ health behaviour related to nutrition and physical activity both at home and at school.Based on holistic data ranging from children’s currenthealth levels to their eating habits and physical activity patterns and up to sleeping and screen time balance - in correlation with the international standards set by the WHO, we are developing an adaptive gamified framework in order to trigger children’s desire and determination to become healthier.Our adaptive gamified framework is a blend of physical, digital and phygital tools - from fitness tests to healthy food tastings up to online challenges and competitions based on wearables data, thus creating a seamless flow of experiences across the environments where children already enjoy being. | $120K | Seed | Jan 20, 2019 |  |
| Ottogee | Ottogee is a resource management solution company. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 20, 2019 |  |
| LuggAgent | Founded in 2016. 3 individuals set out with the goal to solve the problem of luggage hassles that our fellow travellers face. Through an invitation from InvestHK, LuggAgent International Limited was formed in 2017.Over the past 3 years, LuggAgent has managed to successfully penetrate 200 cities, build partnerships with over 300 dedicated logisticpartners, and establish strategic collaboration with Ctrip, Klook, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Cathay Pacific, to deliver over 100,000 luggages around the globe with no bags lost.A simple idea, with a clear vision, became a global concierge that offers the luxury of time and freedom, essentially enabling travellers to achieve more on every single trip. However, we do not intend to stop there. This year, we are building a technological platform with the objective to connect all stakeholders in the travel ecosystem, namely, Airports, Airlines, OTAs, Hotels, Bank, Shopping Malls, with 3rd party service providers and travellers. Only through such a integrated global network, that we could offer our fellow travellers a truly seamless experience. We want to do the heavy logistical lifting so that they can focus on the adventure. | $120K | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [GINCO Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ginco-investments) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Creative Destruction Lab — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delta Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Techstars Dubai invest in?

Techstars Dubai invests primarily in Software, Transportation and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Techstars Dubai?

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### Who are the partners at Techstars Dubai?

The team at Techstars Dubai includes Ramzy Ismail (Investment Principal), Maëlle Gavet (CEO and Board Member) and Vijay Tirathrai (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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