Fintech · Bengaluru, India
Alaan
Alaan is the Middle East’s first AI-powered spend management platform, founded in 2022, serving 1,300+ UAE businesses and saving over AED 100 million; backed by Y Combinator, profitable, and regarded as the region’s #1 expense management platform.
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- Location
- Bengaluru, India
- Total raised
- $48M
- Series A · last round Aug '25
- Founded
- 2022
About Alaan
Alaan is the Middle East’s first AI-powered spend management platform, founded in 2022. It serves more than 1,300 leading businesses across the UAE, with customers including G42, Careem, McDonald’s, Tabby, Al Barari, Rove Hotels, Rivoli and CarSwitch. Customers have saved over AED 100 million using Alaan. In three years, Alaan has become the #1 expense management platform in the Middle East and is profitable. The company is backed by Y Combinator and top global investors and is built by a world-class team from McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Zomato, Careem, Rippling and other high-growth companies, all aiming to reimagine and simplify how finance works for modern Middle East businesses by maximizing control over spend.
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