Meet Dubai’s new generation of European tech founders

This article is part of a Sifted series exploring European tech’s relationship with the Gulf.

Mihai Mărcuță uses a UV umbrella when he walks around Dubai. “If I use a normal umbrella, I still get burnt,” he says, hailing from the cooler climes of Moldova and not quite used to the beating Emirati sun.  

Mărcuță is one of a new crop of European founders choosing to build their startups in the United Arab Emirates, which has said it…