Ziina
YC W21 ↗Dubai, AE · Founded 2020 · 57 employees · 12 known investors
Ziina is a mobile payment platform operating in the UAE that enables businesses and individuals to send, receive, and accept contactless payments through iOS and Android devices.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)
Investors · 12
Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M
Avenir Growth CapitalNew York
Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5Mvia Ashley Flucas · inferred
Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M
Jabbar Internet GroupDubai · $284K – $25M
Kube VC
Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M
Wamda CapitalDubai · $600K – $65M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Altos VenturesreportedBurlingame · $1M – $3M
FinTech CollectivereportedNew York City · $100K – $10M
FJ LabsreportedNew York · $250K – $2M
In the news
- Ziina Success Story: Building Middle East’s First Social P2P Walletuaestartupstory.com · 2025
- PYMNTS | Ziina Raises $22 Million as UAE’s Small Business Sector Growspymnts.com · 2024
- Ziina Raises $22 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Financial Servicesentarabi.com · 2024
- Ziina banks $22M as growth explodes for the UAE-based fintech for small businesses | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2024
- This Y Combinator-backed fintech startup aims to be the Amazon Pay of the Middle Eastyourstory.com · 2022
- Making It Big: Four Tactics That Enabled UAE-Born Startup Ziina To Make It To Y Combinatorentrepreneur.com · 2022
- ZiiBoard: POS in your DMs 💰 💬ycombinator.com · 2022
- Ziina heralds new age of online payments with digital wallet for UAE - News | Khaleej Timeskhaleejtimes.com · 2022