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Does Careem support Israel?

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We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Careem. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

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Background

Careem is a Dubai-based ride-hailing and 'everything app' founded in 2012 and operating in more than 70 cities across about ten countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Türkiye. No recorded donations, investments, contracts, sponsorships or statements in support of Israel were found for Careem or for the entities that own it. Careem has never operated in Israel; the one adjacent fact in its history runs the other way — in June 2017 it became the first ride-hailing company to launch in the Palestinian territories, starting in Ramallah and pledging investment in the Palestinian market. Its ownership needs stating precisely, because it is split. Uber agreed in March 2019 to buy Careem for $3.1 billion ($1.4 billion cash plus $1.7 billion in convertible notes) and closed the purchase in January 2020. In April 2023 the non-ride-hailing businesses — food and grocery delivery, Careem Pay, bikes and third-party services — were carved out into Careem Technologies, and on 8 December 2023 the Emirati telecoms group e& completed the acquisition of 50.03% of that entity for $400 million; Uber and Careem's three co-founders retain minority stakes in it, while Uber continues to own the ride-hailing business outright. That matters here because Uber does have one documented Israel-linked corporate action: an equity investment in and partnership with the Israeli drone-delivery startup Flytrex announced in September 2025 (Uber's own earlier taxi-hailing service in Israel had been shut down in June 2023). That act belongs to Uber and is recorded on Uber's page; it is a parent-company fact, not an act by Careem, which has made no payment, investment or statement of its own concerning Israel. Careem is privately held and neither it nor e& files with US regulators, so the absence recorded here rests on news, corporate announcements and exchange filings in the UAE rather than on SEC or IRS records.

Times of Israel — Uber buys Dubai-based competitor Careem for $3.1b CNBC — Uber-owned Careem launches spinout with $400 million investment from e& The National — e& concludes acquisition of majority stake in Careem Technologies (8 December 2023) Gulf News — Careem set to launch in Palestine (Ramallah, 2017) TechCrunch — Uber's September 2025 investment in Israeli drone-delivery startup Flytrex (parent-company fact) Globes — Uber ends taxi-hailing service in Israel (June 2023)

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Did Careem donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

No records found. We searched 9 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from Careem. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-25

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