Stake, the region’s leading digital real estate investment platform, has announced the close of a $31m oversubscribed Series B.
The round was led by Emirates NBD, one of the largest banking groups across the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT), with participation from 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. The deal takes Stake’s total funding to date to $58m, underlining its rapid ascent within the Middle East’s FinTech ecosystem.
Founded to modernise access to real estate, Stake enables investors to gain regulated, transparent exposure to property markets through a digital platform. It positions itself as infrastructure connecting global capital with high-quality real estate opportunities, allowing individuals to invest across borders in assets that were traditionally difficult to access. By combining regulatory oversight with technology, the company aims to simplify ownership structures and provide clearer visibility into performance and returns.
The fresh capital will be used to deepen Stake’s footprint in Saudi Arabia, identified as its most immediate and strategic growth market. In the fourth quarter of 2024, Stake became the first CMA-regulated investment platform to open the Kingdom’s property market to global investors. Since then, it has launched three Saudi real estate funds, attracting 6,930 international investors and directing more than SAR 416m into the local property sector. The new funding will support the expansion of its CMA-regulated offering and strengthen local capabilities as demand from both regional and overseas investors accelerates.
Beyond the Gulf Cooperation Council, Stake is also advancing internationally. In October 2025, it entered the US industrial real estate market, targeting what it describes as one of the world’s most resilient asset classes. The company says early traction has demonstrated appetite for income-generating US assets and validated the scalability of its cross-border investment model.
Product development remains central to its strategy. Last October, Stake launched StakeOne, designed to digitise access to full property ownership and post-sale asset management. The product opens investment into premium Dubai developments, including projects from Emaar, Ellington Properties and Dubai Holding, while streamlining ownership structures and creating a pathway towards listing ready-to-own properties. Stake is also pursuing regulated tokenisation in partnership with Property Finder and has secured In-Principle Approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), aiming to enable fractional, tradeable exposure to real estate assets.
Stake co-founder and co-CEO Rami Tabbara said, “This round is more than capital. It is validation of a mission we have poured our lives into. To have institutions like Emirates NBD, Mubadala, Property Finder, MEVP, Wa’ed Ventures, GFH Partners, STV and Ellington Properties join us is a reminder that our region believes in ambitious ideas and in the power of technology to transform industries. Together, we are building the infrastructure for a new era of real estate ownership, one where borders do not limit opportunity and where every person, regardless of background, can participate in real estate wealth creation. This is just the beginning of what Stake will unlock,”
Stake co-founder and co-CEO Manar Mahmassani added, “Saudi Arabia is a strategic growth market for us, and this round allows us to deepen our investment in the Kingdom by expanding our local capabilities and scaling our CMA-regulated offering to meet growing demand from both regional and international investors. We are committed to being a long-term partner to the market, helping channel capital into high-quality opportunities while supporting the Kingdom’s ambition to broaden foreign investment to the masses.”
Mubadala Investment Company executive director, diversified assets, UAE investments platform Ali Eid AlMheiri said, “At Mubadala, through our MENA Venture Capital Fund, we are committed to advancing economic growth and diversification by supporting innovative, high-potential platforms across the MENA region. Our investment in Stake reflects this commitment, as we back businesses that demonstrate strong fundamentals, disciplined execution, and the ability to scale sustainably as a real estate investment platform in the MENA region.”
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