Workspace booking platform Hotdesk raises $1 million seed round - Wamda
Summary
• None Dubai-based on-demand workspace booking platform Hotdesk has raised a $1 million seed funding round, led by Virtuzone with participation from AlZayani Investments through its Zayani Venture Capital arm alongside angel investors Youssef Salem, Swvl’s CFO and Khaled AlFahim, board member in Abu Dhabi’s Chamber of Commerce and at Berlin’s Black Lane. Mohamed Khaled, the founder & CEO of Hotdesk was recently involved as Director of Finance at Swvl in the Middle East’s first $1.5 billion unicorn to list on NASDAQ through a business combination with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”), and was part of the core de-SPAC transaction execution team. Hotdesk has garnered significant talent from PwC, Delivery Hero, Rocket Internet, Google, and Careem - all with the vision to revolutionise how people work. Hybrid models are the future, and Hotdesk falls right in between giving the comfort of working from home, yet being able to socialise, be equipped, and without the daunting corporate office experience. We see great potential in the workspace solutions that Hotdesk brings, and these align with our goals to remove barriers to entrepreneurship and make it a lot easier to start and do business in the UAE and abroad.