Est. 2013 · UAE · India · Malaysia
A portfolio of businesses in AI, technology, real estate, investments, hospitality and retail, built one at a time across the UAE, India and Malaysia.
Portfolio
Artificial Intelligence
01
YOJNAPersonal AI built in India. It takes in a person's situation, works out what applies to them and helps them follow through.
Smart Home • Technology
02
ApaniotSmart-home automation and IT services in the UAE and India, with its own range of connected devices for buildings already in use.
Real Estate
03
ALOT Real EstateA licensed real estate company in Dubai, working in residential property from the first brief to the handover of keys.
Wealth Management Consultancy
04
ALOT Wealth ManagementA licensed Dubai consultancy helping individuals and families plan and organise what they hold.
Venture Capital Investment
05
ALOT Venture CapitalA Dubai company licensed for venture capital investment: the arm of the portfolio set up to back early businesses.
Digital Platforms
06
ALOT PortalA digital platform company in Dubai. The proposition it published in 2024: markets, classifieds, jobs and health in one place.
Hospitality
07
ThanjaiSouth Indian and Tamil restaurants in Dubai and Ajman: biryani, parottas, dosas and home-style curries on a banana leaf.
Consumer Technology
08Device repair and the supply of handsets, accessories and telecom equipment in India, under the printed promise “We fix, you relax.”
Retail
09Neighbourhood supermarket retail in Selangor, Malaysia: groceries, fresh produce and household essentials.
Beauty • Consumer Trading
10
BlushesCosmetics and personal-care trading in Dubai, under the Blushes name.
Facility Management • Business Services
11
Eye OnFacility management in Dubai: building automation, mechanical maintenance, security systems, utilities and on-site teams.
Technology • Heritage
12
You & MeWhere it started: the Dubai technology business, begun in 2013, that moved from hardware and software into smart homes and gave the portfolio its name.
Current focus
Personal AI · YOJNA Cognitive Technologies · India
YOJNA is a Personal AI. It is built to understand a person's situation, work out which problems and opportunities apply to them, turn those into a plan in steps, and follow that plan through with them.
Insights
Sourced guides to the rules and the practice behind the businesses. Every figure cited to the authority that published it.
Property7 min read
What a non-resident actually needs to buy and register property in Dubai: the designated areas, the passport-only document list, powers of attorney signed abroad, the Land Department's remote registration route, the published fees, and the residence permits that ownership can support.
18 September 2026Business setup6 min read
How the UAE's private-sector Emiratisation targets work: which employers fall inside the 50-plus and 20-to-49 bands, what MOHRE counts as a skilled job, the monthly contribution charged for a shortfall, and the reporting each hire triggers.
18 September 2026Technology8 min read
How WHO, ICH and FDA guidance define temperature logging frequency, sensor placement, mean kinetic temperature, alarm thresholds and audit trail evidence for cold chain monitoring, and where the published rules for storage and transport genuinely differ.
18 September 2026Facilities5 min read
Dubai Civil Defence governs a building's fire systems in two layers: a design code, and an operational layer run through its Smart Services portal and the Hassantuk alarm-monitoring network. This sets out what each layer covers, and what it does not publish.
18 September 2026Food6 min read
How Chettinad's dried, trade-built pantry, kalpasi, marathi mokku and star anise among them, differs from the rice and coconut cooking of the Cauvery delta at Thanjavur, and which of those ingredients India's Spices Board actually recognises.
18 September 2026Property7 min read
Law No. (6) of 2019 abolished the owners association and left owners with a committee of up to nine members appointed by RERA. What that committee can do, who manages the common parts, and how the reserve fund works.
18 September 2026Journey · from the archive
Presence
United Arab Emirates
Dubai · Ajman
Technology, real estate, investments, hospitality.
India
Navi Mumbai · Chennai · Hyderabad
Technology, AI, smart-home and consumer technology businesses.
Malaysia
Selangor
Retail.
Enquiries
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