Top Tech Startups in United Arab Emirates in 2026

Zoniqx is a real world asset tokenization infrastructure company headquartered in Menlo Park with a development centre in India. We provide the compliant, institutional grade rails that let asset owners, funds, issuers and financial institutions bring traditional and private assets on chain. Our platform combines blockchain and AI to power the full tokenization lifecycle. This spans issuance, smart contract based asset and fund structuring, and secure primary and secondary transfer through investor wallets. The result is greater liquidity, transparency and access for assets that were historically hard to move. We work with issuers, funds and capital allocators across multiple markets, giving them the technology and compliance foundation to tokenize at scale.

Skandax Nexus is a technology-driven organization dedicated to harnessing AI, Blockchain, Quantum and Decentralised sustainability solutions to build a decentralized, intelligent, and eco-conscious world.

Alpaca is a series B fintech startup that’s raised over $70M in funding. Alpaca’s technology and suite of APIs powers hundreds of thousands of individual traders and hundreds of businesses worldwide. From developers and product managers to founders and CTOs, a broad audience interacts with Alpaca’s products and uses them to start, run, and scale their companies. Removing the barriers to embedded finance helps more new businesses get started and expedites growth for existing companies. Alpaca API allows developers to build apps, services, and trading algorithms that can access US financial markets. *Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC (alpaca.markets/#disclosures )*

Created in 2009 by Yael Aflalo, we design and manufacture the majority of our limited-edition collections in our factory headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. All other garments are produced by responsible manufacturing partners here in the U.S. or abroad using sustainable methods and materials. We source sustainable fabrics and vintage garments while incorporating better practices throughout our supply chain to make beautiful styles at a fraction of the environmental impact of conventional fashion. It is our mission to lead and inspire a sustainable way to be fashionable.

Thor’s Hall is building a performance-based network for creators, publishers, marketers and online communities. We help partners monetize their audiences without having to build the technical infrastructure themselves. Thor’s Hall handles dedicated landing pages, campaign tracking, reporting and partner management while our partners focus on bringing quality traffic through the channels they already understand. Our model is simple: if a partnership generates revenue, everyone involved shares in the results. We currently focus on online gaming and iGaming, with the goal of building a wider network of creators, publishers and growth partners across multiple markets. We are still early, which means the people joining now have the opportunity to help shape how Thor’s Hall grows, test new acquisition strategies and potentially develop long-term partnerships as the network expands.

Jeser Al Arab General Trading (trading as Caldo Freddo) is an industrial B2B company based in Sharjah, UAE, supplying industrial cleaning technology (of cleaning critical industrial parts and engines), PVC systems, and consumables to the industries that keep the UAE & GCC running: large-scale dairy farming, automotive, oil & gas, marine, aviation, and healthcare. Every one of these sectors depends on equipment that has to stay clean, compliant, and operational — and most are underserved by suppliers who don't really understand the operational reality on the ground. We build around that gap: from fast, easy-to-buy essentials (equipment inspections, spare parts, consumables, maintenance contracts) through to large-scale industrial cleaning systems and PVC installations for the biggest operators in each sector. We're small and deliberately lean. Decisions get made fast, directly with the person running the business — no layers between a good idea and it getting done. Right now we're building a systematic, performance-first go-to-market engine: real targets, real commission structures, and a clear path from a first small sale to a long-term account. If you want to help build something real in an unglamorous but essential industry — and get paid properly for the value you actually create, not just for showing up — this is a ground-floor opportunity to shape how we sell, who we serve, and what this company becomes.