TL;DR
- Stake raised $31 million in Series B to fund AI and tokenization as it scales across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
- Emirates NBD led the round with Mubadala, MEVP, Property Finder, STC NICE, Wa’ed Ventures, GFH Partners and Ellington Properties, citing access and transparency.
- Stake said funding reached $58 million and listed 2 million users, 250,000+ investments, $15 million payouts, $381 million transactions, and $110 million deployed in Saudi Arabia.
Stake said it has raised $31 million in a Series B round, a fresh vote of confidence for its digital real estate investing platform in the Gulf. The raise frames real estate access as a fintech problem that needs institutional-grade execution. The company said the capital will be directed toward artificial intelligence, tokenization and new product offerings as it expands its footprint across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The announcement lands as regional investors look for regulated ways to participate in property markets with smaller tickets, clearer data and faster settlement without sacrificing compliance guardrails.
Series B funding sets up the next build phase
The Series B was led by Emirates NBD and included Mubadala Investment Company, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), Property Finder, STC NICE, Wa’ed Ventures, GFH Partners and Ellington Properties, according to the report. Backers are treating the platform as a strategic distribution channel for property investing. Nareej Makin, Emirates NBD’s group head of strategy, analytics and VC, said real estate is foundational in portfolios and argued there is room to improve how investors access and gain transparency into these assets. Stake co-founder and co-CEO Rami Tabbara said the roster signals regional conviction in technology-driven transformation.
Stake said the new money will accelerate investment in AI, tokenization and additional product lines, with tokenized real estate positioned as a next phase following an in-principle license approval from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority. The roadmap aims to pair regulated rails with software that compresses friction across onboarding, pricing and ownership. The company also laid out its funding history: $5 million in seed capital, $8 million in a pre-Series A, $14 million in Series A, and $31 million in Series B, bringing total funding to $58 million. It said the round supports regional scaling.
Founded in the UAE in 2021 and expanding into Saudi Arabia in 2024, Stake said it serves over 2 million users from 211-plus nationalities. Operating metrics are being used to sell credibility, not just vision, as the platform targets mainstream adoption. The company said it has enabled 250,000-plus investments across 500-plus properties and four real estate funds, paid out over $15 million of rental income, and surpassed $381 million in transactions. In Saudi Arabia, it closed three funds, attracted 6,930 international investors and channeled over $110 million into the market, co-CEO Manar Mahmassani said there.
