What Grape Technology does

Grape Technology (operating as Grapetech) is a Dubai-headquartered software house founded in 2017 that builds blockchain, artificial intelligence, and Web3 solutions for government entities, enterprises, and educational institutions in the UAE and MENA region. Its core product is Shahada, a SaaS blockchain platform that enables institutions to issue, manage, and verify academic and professional credentials via web and mobile applications, with a cloud-based back-office portal for publishing, role management, and verification, deployed on AWS infrastructure. Shahada is offered in three subscription tiers — Explorer (up to 1,000 credentials at 10,000 AED annually), Business (up to 6,000 credentials at 50,000 AED annually), and Enterprise (custom pricing with on-premise and white-labeled options).

The company complements Shahada with a Conversational AI product line (including a chatbot deployed at Dubai Chamber), professional consultancy services for blockchain and AI adoption, and custom Web3 development covering decentralized finance, digital identity, and blockchain infrastructure integration. GTM is hybrid: enterprise field sales for government and large institutional clients alongside a self-serve direct-purchase channel for smaller Shahada deployments. Visible customers include Dubai Chamber (AI chatbot), Higher Colleges of Technology (Shahada), and the UAE Internal Auditors Association (Shahada). The company is founder-led (CEO Ali Sajwani, Co-Founder Abdul Hussein, Lead Architect Vishal), privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, and operates with 1-10 employees from its Sheikh Zayed Road office in Dubai.

Name

Grape Technology

Legal name

Grape Technology

Website

https://grapetech.ae

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grape Technology is a Dubai-based software house founded in 2017 that provides blockchain, AI, and Web3 solutions — primarily its Shahada credentialing SaaS — to government entities, enterprises, and educational institutions across the UAE and MENA region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Shahada SaaS Subscriptions: The company generates revenue through tiered SaaS subscription packages for the Shahada blockchain credential platform. Packages include Explorer (up to 1000 credentials at 10,000 AED), Business (up to 6000 credentials at 50,000 AED), and Enterprise (custom pricing) tiers. Revenue is recurring as clients pay for ongoing credential issuance and verification services.
2. Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy services helping organizations navigate emerging technologies including blockchain and AI. This appears to be a service-based revenue stream focused on advisory and implementation guidance.
3. Web3 Development Services: Custom Web3 development services including decentralized finance, digital identity management, and blockchain infrastructure integration for enterprise clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Grape Technology is a UAE-based software house that builds and sells tailored blockchain, AI, and Web3 solutions. Its flagship offering, Shahada, is a SaaS blockchain platform for creating, maintaining, and verifying academic and professional credentials, complemented by Conversational AI chatbot technology and Web3/emerging-technology consultancy services for government entities and enterprises in the UAE and MENA region.

Product overview

Grape Technology is a software house offering a portfolio of blockchain-based and AI-powered solutions. The core product is Shahada, a SaaS blockchain platform for issuing, managing, and verifying academic credentials with tiered pricing (Explorer at 10,000 AED, Business at 50,000 AED, and Enterprise). This is complemented by Conversational AI technology for customer-facing chatbot applications. The company also provides Web3 consultancy and blockchain advisory services to help organizations navigate emerging technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shahada: A cutting-edge SaaS blockchain solution for creating, maintaining, and verifying academic credentials through web and mobile apps. Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Products and services

• Shahada

Quantifiable outcome

• Streamlined communication and valuable insights into member needs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Accredible: Accredible provides digital certificate and badge issuance infrastructure for universities and training organizations, directly comparable to Shahada's credentialing SaaS for educational institutions.
• Hyland Credentials: Hyland Credentials (formerly Learning Machine / Blockcerts) is a direct competitor in blockchain-anchored digital credentialing for education and professional certification, overlapping directly with Grape Technology's Shahada platform.
• Parchment: Parchment (an Instructure company) is a major provider of digital credentials, transcripts, and verification services to higher education institutions—a direct competitor in the academic credentialing space.
• Credly: Credly (Pearson) is a leading digital credentialing platform used by enterprises and education providers; it competes with Shahada in issuing and verifying academic and professional credentials at scale.

Broad incumbents

• Consensys: Consensys is a broad incumbent in the Ethereum/Web3 ecosystem offering digital identity, DeFi, and enterprise blockchain tooling—comparable to Grape Technology's Web3 development and consultancy services in the MENA market.
• IBM Blockchain: IBM Blockchain is a broad incumbent offering enterprise blockchain platforms and services that compete with Grape Technology's consultancy and infrastructure integration work for government and large enterprise clients.

Emerging players

• Kore.ai: Kore.ai provides enterprise conversational AI platforms and chatbots, overlapping with Grape Technology's Conversational AI offering for customer service and member engagement at government and enterprise buyers.
• Yellow.ai: Yellow.ai offers AI-powered chatbot and voice automation for enterprises and is a comparable peer for Grape Technology's conversational AI deployments with government and chamber-of-commerce customers.
• Mavennet: Mavennet is a blockchain solutions provider with experience in trade, supply chain, and digital identity—comparable to Grape Technology's emerging-tech consultancy for regulated industries.

Regional players

• Alta Software / Chainalysis-style regional integrators: Regional MENA system integrators and boutique blockchain consultancies (e.g., firms based in UAE or Saudi Arabia) compete for the same government blockchain mandates and digital transformation budgets as Grape Technology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/grapetechdxb
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grapetech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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