Shubham Poddar is Founder of Amaani, a d2c company based in Dubai, founded in 2023. Amaani's most recent disclosed round was a Series A of $5M in Sep 2026.
Dubai consumer company behind AÏZA, a skincare and haircare brand built around ingredients and beauty practices from the Arab world, including dates, black seed, frankincense, rose and bakhoor. It sells through its own website, Ounass and Ulta Beauty.
Launches AÏZA, a skincare and haircare brand drawing on Arab-world ingredients including dates, black seed, frankincense, rose and bakhoor, with formulations developed in Korea, Japan and Italy.
Raises a $5 million Series A led by BECO Capital, taking total funding to $8 million, to expand across the GCC with Ulta Beauty launches in Jeddah and Riyadh and entries into Kuwait and Qatar planned.
Shubham Poddar is the Founder of Amaani, a d2c company based in Dubai, founded in 2023.
StartupFox's company records list Shubham Poddar as Founder of Amaani.
Amaani has raised $8M across 2 disclosed rounds on record. The latest was a Series A of $5M in Sep 2026, with BECO Capital (lead), Homegrown Ventures, Peak XV's Surge.
Amaani is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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