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Note: Dubai is funding more startups than ever, and design is the bottleneck for many of them. Here are the options, where each falls short, and what to look for.
Dubai is in the middle of a startup boom. With the D33 agenda pushing to double the economy and a steady flow of seed and Series A funding, there are more funded teams here than ever. For a lot of them, design is the bottleneck, not capital.
What funded startups here actually need from design
- Senior work, not junior output that needs constant direction.
- Speed that matches the pace of a funded team chasing product-market fit.
- Range across product, brand and web, because early teams need all three.
- Continuity, so momentum does not vanish when one person leaves.
The options, and where they fall short
Hiring locally is slow and expensive, and genuinely senior product designers are hard to find fast in the region. Global agencies are often bloated, slow and priced for enterprise. Freelancers are inconsistent and disappear when it matters most. Each of these is a real option, and each one leaves a funded founder compromising on either speed, seniority or continuity.
The alternative that has emerged is the design subscription: senior designers embedded with your team on a monthly basis, with the speed of a freelancer, the seniority of a great hire and the continuity of an in-house team, without the cost and lock-in of any of them.
Anyday is built for funded startups in Dubai and across the region. Senior product design on a subscription, embedded with your team, shipping every day. If you are funded and design is your bottleneck, let us fix that.
- Dubai is funding more startups than ever, and design is often the bottleneck.
- Hiring, agencies and freelancers each cost you speed, seniority or continuity.
- A design subscription gives funded teams all three without the lock-in.
