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AHOY

Jumeirah Lakes Towers Unit No: 409 The Dome Tower Plot No: JLT-PH1-N1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Overview

AHOY is a provider for e-commerce and retail covering 100% of the UAE and serving more areas than any other provider; with plans to expand to the region soon. Ahoy extends well over being just a “last-mile” service boasting a myriad of geo-location solutions, payment solutions, IoT hardware that we developed and use every day, and very soon an e-store solution to each of our Merchants in addition to other solutions for them such as returns and subscriptions management and analytics. We believe we are the world’s most advanced and efficient mobility optimization technology bringing our own take on what is considered as mere theories such as “the traveling salesman problem” and “ACO (Ant Colony Organization)” into practice. We have been disrupting the market in the UAE, with amazing growth, proven scalability and increasing demand from our foothold customer segment (e-commerce and retail) and we are here to stay, expand and grow with an innovative set of solutions that made us win many e-commerce as well as brick-and-mortar retail companies over with a 100% retention and 9/10 conversion rate.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
4

Sector focus

  • Delivery Service
  • E-Commerce
  • Geospatial
  • Logistics
  • Payments
  • Same Day Delivery
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Investment portfolio

  • Qme

    Led · Seed · Feb 2025

    Qme is a Cairo, Egypt–based B2B SaaS startup building MENA’s first AI-based customer journey platform. Its offering integrates booking, queuing, analytics, and payments into a unified phygital, hardware-agnostic infrastructure. The company targets sectors including healthcare, banking, and government to eliminate inefficiencies in customer interactions and reduce waiting times. Qme has already served over 100,000 customers. Management aims to collect $10B in appointment booking payments as a long-term objective. The company plans to use new funding to enhance its technology stack, expand operational reach, and sign partnerships.

Team

  • Jamil Shinawi

    CEO and Co-Founder

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  • Gerard Sansoni

    Co-Founder, Director of Business Development & Operations

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  • Adel Samer

    Co-founder and Director Of Administration and services

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  • Hady Shaikh 📱

    Entrepreneur in Residence

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