U
University

University of Oxford

2 founders

Companies

FM featured UAEDeep tech

Xpanceo

Dubai deep tech company developing a smart contact lens for extended reality and health data

$1.4bnValuation
K
KuwaitFintech

Krti

Krti connects payments, merchants and AI-powered rewards intelligence to transform how merchants attract customers and how consumers access rewards.

Founders

FM featured UAEDeep tech

Roman Axelrod

Co-founder and Managing PartnerXpanceo

Serial founder building a smart contact lens, now valued at $1.35 billion

30
FM30 KuwaitFintech

Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi

K
Founder and ChairmanKrti

Went from engineering work at Kuwait Airways to founding Kuwaiti payments startup Krti

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