Jalebi Jalebi offers an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software-as-a-service (SaaS) for millions of restaurants, saving billions in unoptimized inventory costs.

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Jalebi

Jalebi is a Techstars-backed venture headquartered in the UAE, building world-class technology to unlock efficiency and working capital for SME/SMB restaurants through automation software and powerful integrations and partnerships. It is an award-winning SaaS restaurant tech platform that accurately automates and optimizes restaurant inventory and supply management, preventing financial and material loss, waste, and theft while boosting margins by over 20%.

  • FOUNDED IN: 2021
  • SECTOR: SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT

"As a UAE-based company, we are well placed to improve food costs and food-waste reduction for the 25,000 food businesses and have received many accolades for our achievements. From recognition by publications like Entrepreneur Middle East to institutional backing from Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), in5 Dubai, and soon another significant ecosystem in Abu Dhabi, we have been recognized as a critical technology operator across the major Emirates and the GCC as 'made in the UAE.'"

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