UAE-based proptech Keyper has raised an $11 million Series A round led by Speedinvest, with participation from NeoVentures (Mashreq), MEVP, Dubai Future District Fund, Property Finder, Arab National Bank, Ellington Properties, Dar Ventures, and Abbey Road Investment Group. The round builds on a previously announced $30 million Sukuk financing agreement with Franklin Templeton.
Founded in 2022 by Omar Abu Innab and Walid Al Saqqaf, Keyper operates a digital residential real estate platform that converts traditional annual rental payments into manageable monthly instalments for tenants while ensuring landlords receive their rental income upfront.
The platform integrates rent payments, property management technology, and embedded financial services—a combination the company argues sets it apart from conventional rent facilitation providers. Keyper has so far financed over $44 million in rent value, including $19 million in 2026 year-to-date, and supports more than 10,500 properties valued at over $6 billion across the UAE.
What makes this round significant
The UAE rental market presents an infrastructure disconnect: Dubai alone registered over AED 100 billion in tenancy contracts last year, yet nearly all of it is settled through annual post-dated cheques. For global investors and institutions watching the GCC, this is one of the region's largest recurring-payment pools that remains almost entirely offline.
Keyper is positioning itself as the digitisation layer for those cash flows—and the capital markets logic is straightforward. Once residential rent payments become digital, transparent and predictable, they become the raw material for private credit, securitisation, and new institutional investment products. The Series A, anchored by a European VC and backed by a regional banking CVC, signals appetite for exactly that infrastructure play rather than a consumer app story.
Keyper will use the capital to expand its monthly rent payment platform, accelerate adoption among institutional landlords and large residential portfolios, introduce financing and liquidity solutions for property owners, and strengthen its broader ecosystem of property management and real estate services.
