Alaan combine corporate cards, a business bank account, international transfers, expense management, and accounting automation into one platform, with intelligence baked into every finance workflow.
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-23
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Alaan
Alaan is an AI-native finance platform for businesses in the Middle East. One platform for corporate cards, expense management, cross-border payments, accounting automation, treasury, business banking, and more, with AI doing the work finance teams used to do by hand: coding transactions, chasing approvals and receipts, flagging policy breaches, pl
Overview
Alaan is an AI-native finance platform for businesses in the Middle East. One platform for corporate cards, expense management, cross-border payments, accounting automation, treasury, business banking, and more, with AI doing the work finance teams used to do by hand: coding transactions, chasing approvals and receipts, flagging policy breaches, placing treasury deposits and closing the books.
Our mission is to simplify finance for businesses so they can save time and money.
Over 3,000 businesses use Alaan, from first-time founders to enterprises like Careem, G42, Tabby, Al Barari, and Rivoli. Since 2022, they have saved more than 2.2 million hours of manual finance work.
Alaan raised one of the largest Series A rounds in Middle East history, backed by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India), Y Combinator, 468 Capital, and 885 Capital, among others. Headquartered in Dubai, Alaan has more than 250 employees across its Dubai, Riyadh, and Bangalore offices, with a team that comes from Careem, McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Revolut, Rippling, and the world’s leading firms.
Alaan has been named to the UAE Future 100 list, selected as an Endeavor company, and ranked the No. 1 spend management platform in EMEA by G2.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
Product & workflow
Founders & team
Parthi Duraisamy
FounderI grew up in a lower-middle-class family in India. Neither of my parents had been to high school or college. The first life-changing event occurred in 2005 when I won a full scholarship to study engineering in Singapore. The drive to prove myself then sent me on a journey through prestigious institutions, including Barclays Investment Bank, McKinsey, and Dartmouth College. While I always felt like an outsider in these institutions, the journey eventually led me to build Alaan.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-29
Karun Kurien
FounderKarun started his career as a software engineer and then spent a few years consulting with McKinsey Digital. Most recently, he has focussed on building products for startups. He now leads product and tech. at Alaan.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-29
250team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-29
Founded 2021 · Source
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedDubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented
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The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.
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- Product overviewSource description Checked 2026-11-08
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- Business model & pricingPricing page detected on company website; plans not reviewed Checked 2026-11-11
- Funding & ownershipNot documented
- Dated milestonesDated source activity: 2023 Q1 (quarter only)
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