Ureed

Ureed was founded in 2017 by Nour Al Hassan.^[8][9][10] It was operated by Tarjama, a UAE-based company founded in 2008.^{[6][11][12][13]}

In March 2019, Tarjama closed a $5m fundraising from two investors, Wamda Capital and Anova Investments as a part of an expansion plan for Ureed.^[14][15]

In June 2020, Ureed received a seed investment of over $1m from Wamda Capital and Anova Investments but the parties have not announced the size of the deal.^[16][17] The same month, Ureed announced it has spun out to become its own company led by CEO Marwan Abdelaziz, and announced its acquisition of Nabbesh, a freelance marketplace which was founded in 2012.^[18] Nabbesh's acquisition resulted in an integration of all Nabbesh's assets including the contracts and freelancers into Ureed.^[16][19] As a part of the expansion, Ureed developed from a linguistic content-focused platform to a general freelance marketplace offering more categories and fields.^{[20][21][22][23]}