Alaan Secures $48M Fund in MENA’s Largest Series A Round

As a consultant at McKinsey in Dubai, Parthi Duraisamy had learned that his employer used American Express cards for corporate travel, but that none of these would be accepted in the Middle East. As a result, Parthi would pay out of his own pocket for large business travel expenses and spend time filing expense reports.

“The biggest challenge we faced, both in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, was simply going live,” the CEO shared.

Today, Alaan, the company Parthi founded with fellow McKinsey graduate and co-founder Karun Kurien is now the region’s foremost spend management…