- UAE-based Yozo.ai secures $1.7 million in pre-seed funding.
- The startup is developing an AI-native revenue engine to automate customer growth and retention.
In just three months, Yozo helped clients reach over 250,000 customers.
Yozo.ai, a UAE-based startup founded in early 2025, has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-native revenue engine designed specifically for e-commerce companies.
The platform focuses on automating tasks traditionally handled by customer growth and retention teams through intelligent workflows and data-driven marketing campaigns powered by artificial intelligence.
Funding Round Details
The round was co-led by Access Bridge Ventures and Disruptech Ventures, with participation from Arzan VC, Oraseya Capital, Plus VC, Suhail Ventures, Glint Ventures, and M-Empire Angels. The diverse investor base highlights strong confidence in Yozo.ai’s model and its potential in AI-driven e-commerce infrastructure.
What Does Yozo.ai Do?
Yozo.ai is building a smart revenue engine that manages the customer lifecycle for e-commerce brands by:
Running automated, targeted marketing campaigns
Activating high-intent shoppers
Recovering lost sales opportunities
Improving customer retention
Within just three months of launch, Yozo enabled its clients to reach over 250,000 customers through automated operational flows and precision-driven campaigns.
The Problem Yozo.ai is Addressing
The founding team identified a major gap in e-commerce performance: the disconnect between shoppers who show purchase intent and those who actually complete transactions.
Industry data indicates that most e-commerce brands have conversion rates below 3%, meaning 97% of interested shoppers leave without completing a purchase. This represents billions of dollars in untapped revenue.
Despite the opportunity, many companies fail to capture this value due to the complexity of lifecycle marketing, retention strategies, and the operational burden required to manage them effectively.
A Second-Time Founding Team
Yozo.ai was founded by entrepreneurs on their second venture. They previously built Fatura, an e-commerce and fintech platform that was acquired in 2022 by a major regional investment bank.
Their experience revealed how much revenue is lost due to inefficient customer engagement and retention systems, inspiring them to build an AI-first revenue engine to solve this challenge at scale.
Why This Funding Matters
The fresh capital will support product development and the expansion of Yozo’s AI-powered infrastructure, enabling e-commerce companies to unlock hidden revenue opportunities, improve retention, and reduce reliance on manual marketing operations.
As competition in e-commerce intensifies, platforms like Yozo.ai are becoming critical drivers of AI-powered growth and revenue optimization.
