Digital real estate investment platform Stake has closed a $31 million Series B funding round led by banking group Emirates NBD, bringing its total venture capital raised to approximately $58 million and marking continued global expansion.
Dubai based proptech and real estate investment platform Stake announced the successful close of an oversubscribed $31 million Series B funding round led by Emirates NBD, with participation from Mubadala Investment Company’s MENA Venture Capital Fund, Middle East Venture Partners, Property Finder, STV NICE, Wa’ed Ventures, GFH Partners, and Ellington Properties, according to company releases. Stake’s founders include Manar Mahmassani, Rami Tabbara, and Ricardo Brizido, and the Series B brought its cumulative financing to about $58 million since inception.
Stake is regulated by key financial authorities in the Middle East and operates a platform that enables fractional ownership of real estate and participation in private real estate funds with minimum investments starting from AED 500 (about $136). Since its founding in 2021, the platform has scaled to support a large community of users and a diversified range of property‑linked investments; coverage notes that Stake’s community spans over 2 million users from more than 211 nationalities, with over 250,000 individual investments completed across more than 500 properties and private funds, and more than AED 55 million in rental income distributed on the platform.
The company’s recent growth includes strategic expansion into the Saudi Arabian market, where it became one of the first Capital Markets Authority regulated platforms to open the Kingdom’s property sector to global investors in late 2024, closing multiple real estate funds that attracted 6,930 international investors and directed more than SAR 416 million into Saudi property. In addition, Stake has advanced into the U.S. industrial real estate segment, reflecting its cross border strategy, and is exploring products such as fully digital full property ownership offerings and regulated tokenisation initiatives with partners such as Property Finder, backed by in principle approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).
Emirates NBD’s leadership of the Series B aligns with the bank’s broader capital markets and digital ecosystem initiatives; its recent financial filings highlight strategic investments and digital expansion across core markets in the Middle East and beyond. The participation of institutional investors such as Mubadala and global venture firms reflects sustained investor interest in real estate fintech platforms within the region’s evolving capital landscapes.
Stake’s fundraising trajectory follows earlier financing rounds, including a $14 million Series A led by Middle East Venture Partners with participation from Aramco’s Wa’ed Ventures, Mubadala, and others in mid‑2024, which supported the company’s entry into the Saudi market and platform scaling. The cumulative capital base established through these rounds underpins Stake’s expansion of regulated real estate investment products, geographical reach, and technology development.
As part of its disclosed operations, Stake reports usage metrics indicative of platform scale, hundreds of individual real estate offerings across multiple countries and revenue distributions to investors though publicly available performance data varies by source and is often aggregated across investment products rather than presented as specific yield or return figures.
The Series B funding announcement follows wider industry trends where banking and financial services institutions are increasingly participating in venture funding rounds for fintech and digital asset ventures, particularly those engaged in asset tokenisation, cross border investing, and regulated digital infrastructure.
With the close of its $31 million Series B, Stake reinforces its position within the real estate investment technology sector, backed by a diversified investor base and expanding product suite designed to facilitate regulated access to global property markets.
