Fractional real estate, borderless and liquid. Own a slice of Gulf property from AED 500 - and let the rent arrive every month.
STAKE, DIFC - Dubai. The app icon that turned a AED 500 note into a share of a rental building. Est. 2020.
Dubai has long been a city where property built fortunes - but only for those who could write a seven-figure cheque and stomach the paperwork. Stake, founded in 2020, was built to remove both requirements. The platform breaks income-generating buildings into shares that anyone can buy from AED 500, roughly the price of a nice dinner for two.
The mechanics are deliberately plain. An investor browses vetted properties in the app, buys a fraction, and then receives a proportional share of the monthly rent. When a property is sold, they take their slice of any appreciation. Sourcing, acquisition, tenants and exits are handled by Stake, so the experience feels less like becoming a landlord and more like buying a fund unit.
What began as a Dubai experiment now reaches more than two million registered users spanning 211 nationalities across 181 countries. The company has expanded into Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, added full-property ownership through StakeOne, and even bought into US industrial warehouses. In February 2026 it closed a $31M Series B led by Emirates NBD.
Behind the growth is a regulatory spine that most fintech founders avoid: licenses from the DFSA in the UAE and the CMA in Saudi Arabia, plus in-principle approval from VARA for tokenization. For a business asking strangers to hand over money for a share of a building, that spine is the product as much as the app is.
Retail investors putting in AED 500, expatriates seeking Gulf exposure, and international buyers who previously had no clean way into Dubai or Saudi property. Saudi Arabia alone has drawn 6,930+ international investors.
Traditional property demands large capital, brokers, legal work and years of illiquidity. Stake lowers the entry to pocket change and adds a secondary market so investors can exit before a property is sold.
Where rivals chase scale, Stake collected licenses - DFSA, CMA, VARA - and built Shariah-compliant options. Being the first to open Saudi real estate to non-residents came from that groundwork.
This round is more than capital. It is validation of a mission we have poured our lives into. Together, we are building the infrastructure for a new era of real estate ownership.- Rami Tabbara, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, on the 2026 Series B
Buy fractional shares of hand-picked Dubai rental homes from AED 500 and earn monthly rental income plus capital appreciation.
Regulated private real estate funds offering diversified income or growth strategies across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Fully digital full-property ownership - buy, manage and sell an entire property online from curated developer listings.
Sell your property shares before the final exit, adding liquidity to an asset class famous for having none.
Faith-conscious offerings certified by a Shariah supervisory board under the DFSA's Islamic Window.
Browse deals, invest, track a portfolio and receive rental payouts - rated 4.5+ across the app stores.
Stake acquires and manages income property on behalf of a pool of investors who buy fractional shares. Revenue comes chiefly from fees - sourcing and acquisition, annual management fees on assets under management, and exit or performance fees when a property is sold - rather than from the rent itself, which flows to investors. Fund management and StakeOne transactions add further lines.
The founding trio pairs deep real estate with fintech muscle: Rami Tabbara ran sales at DAMAC Properties, Manar Mahmassani spent 15 years in investment banking, and Ricardo Brizido helped build the UK equity-crowdfunding pioneer Seedrs. That mix - property, capital markets and platform engineering - is the reason the licensing and custody plumbing works.
15+ years in real estate, formerly Senior VP of Sales at DAMAC Properties. The market-facing voice of the company.
15+ years in investment banking across Deutsche Bank and Falcon Group, steering capital and structure.
Tech entrepreneur who previously helped lead equity-crowdfunding platform Seedrs; owns product and engineering.
| Round | Amount | Date | Key Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $4M | Jun 2021 | Combined Growth Real Estate, Vivium Capital, Verve Ventures |
| Pre-Series A | $8M | Aug 2022 | MEVP, BY Venture Partners, Vivium Holding |
| Series A | $14M | Jun 2024 | MEVP, Mubadala, Wa'ed Ventures, Al Jomaih, Republic |
| Series B | $31M | Feb 2026 | Emirates NBD, Mubadala, MEVP, Property Finder, STV |
Tabbara, Mahmassani and Brizido launch the company and grind through pandemic-era licensing.
Investors get access in Dubai; Combined Growth Real Estate leads the seed round.
MEVP and BY Venture Partners back the platform as it adds a secondary market for liquidity.
Enters Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi - the first platform to let non-residents invest in Saudi real estate.
Launches full digital property ownership and a first US industrial fund of 27 warehouses.
Closes an oversubscribed round, wins VARA tokenization approval, and distributes record monthly rent.
Stake shares the MENA fractional-property field with SmartCrowd - the region's first regulated platform - alongside PRYPCO and Baytukum in the UAE and Aseel and Awaed in Saudi Arabia. Traditional REITs and direct brokers remain the broader alternative for anyone with a larger cheque.
Its differentiation is less about the app and more about reach and rails: multi-market regulation, Shariah-compliant products, a secondary market for liquidity, and the distinction of opening Saudi real estate to non-residents. Backing from Emirates NBD, Mubadala and Aramco's venture arm reinforces the position.
Distributed a record AED 4.2M in monthly rental income; reported 31.6% average appreciation on properties sold in H1 2026.
Closed a $31M oversubscribed Series B led by Emirates NBD and received VARA in-principle approval for tokenization with Property Finder.
Publicly launched StakeOne for full digital property ownership and entered US industrial real estate with a fund of 27 warehouses.
Raised a $14M Series A and expanded into Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, opening Saudi property to non-residents for the first time.
Stake is a digital platform that lets you buy fractions of income-generating real estate from as little as AED 500. You earn a share of the monthly rent and any capital appreciation, while Stake sources, manages and eventually sells the property.
You can begin with as little as AED 500 (roughly USD 130-150), which buys a fractional share of a property or fund.
Yes. Stake is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in the UAE and the Capital Market Authority (CMA) in Saudi Arabia, and has received in-principle approval from VARA for tokenization.
Yes. Stake operates a secondary market that lets investors sell their shares before a property's final exit, providing liquidity that traditional real estate lacks.
Yes. Through a DFSA Islamic Window, Stake offers Shariah-compliant products certified by a Shariah supervisory board.