Qureos, a Dubai, UAE-based EdTech and Future of Work marketplace, secured $3M in pre-seed funding.
The round was led by COTU Ventures and Colle Capital, with participation from Globivest, Plutus21 Capital, Dubai Angel Investors, and AlZayani Venture Capital, as well as angel investors including current and former leaders of Swvl, Boston Consulting Group, Moelis & Company, Careem, Cisco Systems, Koinz, Message Bird, Bain & Company, Hiperpool, ADNOC, QIA, and other notable individuals.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to build product-led operations and expand its remote-first team with a focus on hiring talent for their offices in the UAE, Pakistan and India.
Founded in August 2021 by Alexander Epure, Mehrad Yaghmai and Usama Nini, Qureos is an EdTech and Future of Work marketplace building an experiential learning community to change how people connect, learn and work. Qureos is helping people from over 127 countries learn in-demand skills through cohort-based learning paths led by industry experts that match the hiring demands from Qureos’ business partners.
The company has been able to achieve organic growth of 25,000+ users, as well as attracting mentors from leading organizations including Google, Paypal, Amazon, Cisco, and more than 100 business partners globally.
In November 2021, Qureos announced its partnership with DP World, a Dubai-based multinational logistics provider, to digitize the Tumoohi program, an initiative to support the Emirati society and contribute to the UAE government’s efforts to enable Emirati youth.
FinSMEs
06/04/2022