Dubai-based digital real estate investment platform Stake has closed an oversubscribed $31 million Series B round, led by Emirates NBD. The round also saw participation from a strong syndicate of regional and international investors, including the MENA Venture Capital Fund at Mubadala Investment Company, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), Property Finder, STV NICE, Wa’ed Ventures, GFH Partners, and Ellington Properties.
With this raise, Stake’s total funding now reaches $58 million, reinforcing its position as one of the region’s fastest-growing fintech platforms modernising real estate ownership.
Building the infrastructure for borderless real estate investing
The Series B marks a strategic inflection point for Stake as it scales its regulated fintech infrastructure to connect global capital with high-quality real estate markets. As investors increasingly seek transparent, compliant exposure to real assets, Stake is positioning itself as the digital rails enabling fractional, cross-border participation in property investments.
Emirates NBD’s investment, made through its Innovation Fund, aligns with the bank’s ambition to expand its digital investment capabilities and strengthen its role as a regional fintech leader.
Saudi Arabia: a strategic growth engine
Saudi Arabia represents Stake’s most immediate growth market. In Q4 2024, the company became the first CMA-regulated platform to open the Kingdom’s property market to international investors. Since then, Stake has closed three Saudi real estate funds, attracting 6,930 international investors and channeling over SAR 416 million into the local market—supporting the Kingdom’s broader foreign investment ambitions.
The fresh capital will enable Stake to deepen its presence in Saudi Arabia, expand local capabilities, and scale its regulated offering to meet rising regional and global demand.
Expanding beyond the GCC
Beyond the GCC, Stake is advancing its international footprint. In October 2025, the company entered the U.S. industrial real estate market—an asset class widely regarded for resilience and stable income generation. Early traction signals growing appetite among global investors for diversified, income-producing U.S. exposure through Stake’s platform.
The company also launched StakeOne, a product designed to digitise access to full property ownership and post-sale asset management. The offering opens pathways to premium Dubai properties from leading developers such as Emaar, Ellington Properties, and Dubai Holding, while introducing streamlined ownership structures and listing-ready solutions.
Tokenisation and the next phase of digitisation
As part of its long-term vision to fully digitise the real estate lifecycle, Stake is advancing regulated tokenisation initiatives in collaboration with Property Finder. The platform has already received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), paving the way for fractional, tradeable exposure to high-demand real estate assets.
Strong growth metrics
Stake reports a GMV CAGR of over 130% and revenue CAGR exceeding 100% over the past three years. The platform now serves more than 2 million users from 211 nationalities across 181 countries, underscoring its growing global footprint and investor confidence.
As institutional backing deepens and regulatory milestones accumulate, Stake is positioning itself not just as an investment app—but as foundational infrastructure for the next era of digital real estate ownership in the MENA region and beyond.
