Ziina - About the company
Ziina is a series A company based in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), founded in 2020 by Sarah Toukan, Andrew Gold and Faisal Toukan. It operates as an App-based digital wallet for consumer payments. Ziina has raised $30.5M in funding from investors like Class 5, Y Combinator and Altos Ventures Management. The company has 22 active competitors, including 3 funded and 3 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Paytm, QIWI and Jingle Pay.
Company Details
App-based digital wallet for consumer payments. It facilitates P2P money transfers via credit or debit cards, receives cash through payment links or QR codes, and enables payment for dining, rent, bill payments, bill splitting, and more. It supports a pin code, face scan, and fingerprint to provide security.
- Website
- ziina.com
- Email ID
- *****@ziina.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2020
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$30.5M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
2nd among 22 active competitors
Employee Count
273 as on Apr 30, 2026
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Ziina's funding and investors
Ziina has raised a total funding of $30.5M over 6 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Sep 02, 2024 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Ziina has 22 institutional investors and 4 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ziina:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 02, 2024 | 8597749 | Series A | 8057249 | 5609411 | 9002093 | 9701123 |
Jun 07, 2021 | 6228193 | Seed | 6187392 | 1450158 | 8387721 | |
Jan 19, 2021 | 2193811 | Seed | 2540203 | 6883253 |
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Ziina's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Ziina are Sarah Toukan, Andrew Gold and Faisal Toukan. Faisal Toukan is the CEO of Ziina.
Here are the details of Ziina's key team members:
- Sarah Toukan: Co-Founder & CPO of Ziina. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Andrew Gold: Co-Founder of Ziina. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Faisal Toukan: Co-Founder & CEO of Ziina.
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Ziina's employee count trend
Ziina has 273 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Ziina's employee count trend over the years:
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Ziina's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Ziina include Paytm, QIWI and Jingle Pay. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ziina, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Digital payment platform offering financial services, recharges and more | $2.76B | 81/100 | ||
2nd | Ziina 2020, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Series A | App-based digital wallet for consumer payments | $30.5M | 68/100 | |
3rd | Card-linked wallet for consumer payments | - | 57/100 | ||
4th | Jingle Pay 2017, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Series A | NFC-enabled prepaid card-linked wallet for consumers and businesses | - | 47/100 | |
5th | Beam Wallet 2012, Lisbon (Portugal), Acquired | Provider of a digital wallet and reward service provider for electronic payments | $27M | 44/100 | |
6th | eWallet Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Unfunded | App-based wallet | - | - | 44/100 |
7th | e& money 2021, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Unfunded | Wallet-enabled payment solution for consumers and businesses | - | - | 40/100 |
8th | Cash Security 2016, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Unfunded | Card-linked wallet | - | - | 40/100 |
9th | Empay 2017, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Unfunded | App-based wallet for contactless payments | - | - | 38/100 |
10th | Yeel 2018, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Unfunded | Provider of a mobile payment platform enabling seamless peer-to-peer and merchant transactions | - | - | 35/100 |
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Ziina's Investments and acquisitions
Ziina has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Ziina
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News related to Ziina
Media has covered Ziina for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about partnerships and 1 about company updates.
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Sharjah Media City Partners with Fintech Ziina to Boost Digital Payments for SMEsThe Fintech Times•May 08, 2026•Ziina, SHAMS
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UAE records first live customer-initiated Open Finance payment.Gulf Business•Jan 16, 2026•Lean, Ziina
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Dubai CommerCity and Ziina Partner to Offer Financial Solutions for SMEsMy Startup World•Jul 03, 2025•Dubaicommercity, Ziina
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FinTech Company Ziina received an investment of 22 million dollarsWebrazzi•Sep 03, 2024•Ziina, Altos Ventures Management, Activant Capital, Avenir Growth Capital and 6 others
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Ziina selects WE ARE Pi as strategic and creative partner, Jack StorrsFinTech Collective•May 01, 2024•Ziina, Pi
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Ziina heralds new age of online payments with its digital walletTrade Arabia•Feb 09, 2022•Ziina, Y Combinator
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Uae Payment App Ziina Secures $7.5 Million In FundingITP•Jun 09, 2021•Ziina, Avenir Growth Capital, Class 5, Wamda Capital and 6 others
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