“The startups featured have shown employment growth, high job candidate interest and are attracting the top talent in the UAE,” said Nabila Rahal, MENA News Editor at LinkedIn.

As for Cafu, the fuel-on-demand service provider, it’s a third time that it made it to the LinkedIn rankings for the UAE. A food service focused platform, Qlub, also made the cut, and ‘showing us that convenience apps continue to be sought after in the region’.

According to Nabila, “This year’s list highlights the startups that are leveraging the UAE’s steady economic expansion and population increase to provide services and platforms that consumers and businesses appreciate.”

To be eligible, companies must be fully independent, privately held, have 30 or more full-time employees, be in business for 7 years or less and be headquartered in the UAE.