UAE’s Stake Secures $31M Series B to Redefine Global Real Estate Investment

Stake, the UAE-born digital real estate investment platform, has closed an oversubscribed $31 million Series B round, led by Emirates NBD and backed by a heavyweight lineup of regional and international investors. Among them are Mubadala’s MENA Venture Capital Fund, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), Property Finder, STV NICE, Wa’ed Ventures, GFH Partners and Ellington Properties.

The raise pushes Stake’s total funding to $58 million to date, placing it firmly among the Middle East’s fastest-growing fintech players. And if you’ve been watching the region’s proptech space, you’ll know this has been bubbling for some time.

At its core, Stake positions itself as a regulated fintech platform that modernises how investors access and own property, including across borders. Real estate has always been a cornerstone of portfolios globally, but for many small investors, getting in has been, frankly, a bit of a faff. Lengthy paperwork, opaque processes, high ticket sizes. You know the drill.

Neeraj Makin, Group Head of Strategy, Analytics and Venture Capital at Emirates NBD, noted that while property remains foundational in global portfolios, access and transparency can still be improved. He pointed to Stake’s technology and regulatory infrastructure as a way to streamline these processes and make sophisticated real estate investment more approachable. The bank’s backing, he added, aligns with its wider ambition to expand its digital investment capabilities through its Innovation Fund.

For Stake’s co-founder and co-CEO Rami Tabbara, the round represents more than fresh capital. He described it as validation of a long-term mission to build infrastructure for a new era of property ownership, one where borders are less of a barrier and more people can participate in wealth creation through real estate. It’s a bold claim, but then again, this is a company that has been scaling at speed.

Saudi Arabia is currently its most strategic growth market. In the fourth quarter of 2024, Stake became the first investment platform regulated by the Kingdom’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) to open the Saudi property market to global investors. Since then, it has closed three real estate funds in the country, attracting 6,930 international investors and funnelling more than SAR 416 million into the local market. That is no small feat, especially at a time when Saudi Arabia is pushing hard to increase both domestic and foreign investment under Vision 2030.

Manar Mahmassani, co-founder and co-CEO, described the Kingdom as central to Stake’s next phase, saying the new funding would help expand local capabilities and scale its CMA-regulated offering to meet demand from regional and global investors alike.

Beyond the GCC, the company has also been widening its lens. In October 2025, Stake entered the US industrial real estate market, often seen as one of the more resilient asset classes globally, particularly with the continued rise of logistics and e-commerce. Early traction suggests appetite from its investor base for income-generating US assets, reinforcing the idea that its cross-border model can travel.

The same month, Stake launched “StakeOne”, a product designed to digitise access to full property ownership and post-sale asset management. The initial focus is on premium properties in Dubai, including developments by Emaar, Ellington Properties and Dubai Holding. The pitch is simple: streamline ownership structures and create a pathway towards ready-to-own properties with full ownership potential. I reckon this hybrid approach, part fractional, part full ownership, could appeal to a new wave of investors who want flexibility without losing control.

And then there is tokenisation. As part of a broader ambition to digitise the entire real estate investment lifecycle, Stake is working with Property Finder on a regulated tokenisation initiative. It has already secured In-Principle Approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The goal is to make fractional, tradeable exposure to high-demand assets more liquid and transparent, in theory opening doors that were once firmly shut to retail investors.

Mubadala’s Ali Eid AlMheiri said the sovereign investor’s backing reflects its focus on platforms with strong fundamentals and disciplined execution that can scale sustainably in the MENA region. Joseph Thomas, co-founder of Ellington Properties, echoed similar sentiments, highlighting confidence in technology-led platforms that enhance transparency and broaden access while maintaining quality.

Operationally, Stake’s growth metrics are eye-catching. The company reports a gross merchandise value compound annual growth rate of over 130% and a revenue CAGR above 100% over the past three years. It now serves more than 2 million users from 211 nationalities across 181 countries. That global footprint is striking, and, some might say, symbolic of how capital is becoming increasingly borderless.

We often hear at Arageek from founders trying to “democratise” this or “disrupt” that. Sometimes it’s hype. Sometimes it’s spot on. With Stake, the regulatory licences, institutional backers and tangible numbers suggest there is real substance behind the story. On the flip side, scaling across jurisdictions and asset classes is never simple, even with deep-pocketed partners.

Still, for a MENA-born platform to channel hundreds of millions into real estate across Saudi Arabia, Dubai and now the US, well… that definitely signals ambition. And in a region that is chuffed to bits about building global tech champions, this is one to watch carfully.

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