yallacompare operates an online platform that enables consumers to compare and buy insurance policies and apply for bank accounts, credit cards, loans and cars across nine markets in the MENA region. Led by CEO Jon Richards, the company launched the region’s first insurance comparison platform in 2016 and has since built a dominant position in digital insurance sales in the UAE, accounting for more than 75% of online insurance transactions. It currently employs over 120 people and expects to issue more than $50M of policies in 2019. yallacompare recently partnered with Smart Dubai to bring insurance aggregation to the Dubai Now app. The company plans to use new funding to grow its workforce by up to 50% and to expand insurance aggregation into additional regional markets. compareit4me is a Dubai, UAE–based finance comparison startup that operates finance comparison websites across seven Middle East countries. It runs compareit4me.com in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait and operates as amwalak.com in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon. The sites help users find and compare financial products including personal loans, credit cards and bank accounts. The company is led by CEO Jon Richards and COO Samer Chehab. In September 2015 compareit4me raised $3M in venture capital funding. The company plans to use the funds to continue expansion, launching in at least three more countries in 2015.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jan 2019