UAE-Based Martech Growdash Raises $1.8 Million for Regional Expansion

UAE-based marketing technology startup Growdash has raised $1.8 million in a seed round led by Oryx Fund, a MENA-focused investment fund, and Oraseya Capital, the venture capital arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ).

"With our seed financing, we will accelerate our product roadmap, doubling-down on machine learning and building new, innovative features that align with our product methodology of: insight, decision, action," Enver Sorkun, CXO of Growdash, says.

"We will also open our technology to restaurants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia later this year, and have exciting plans to seize the first-mover opportunity that is apparent in Central Eastern Europe," Sean Traviskis, CEO of Growdash, adds.

Growdash was founded in 2022 by Sean Trevaskis and Enver Sorkun, former employees of Talabat, and enables restaurant marketing and operational teams to build, execute and manage profitable growth strategies across digital sales channels. Growdash is the leading restaurant analytics and business intelligence technology company in the region; they work with over 300 restaurant brands across 4,000 locations in the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar.