AstroLabs
| Founded | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Louis Lebbos, Muhammed Mekki |
Area served | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia |
Key people | Roland Daher (CEO), Joe Kobrianos (CSO) |
| Website | astrolabs |
AstroLabs is a Dubai-based business setup consultant with offices in Riyadh and Dubai. They specialize in company formation and incorporation, licensing, business services, corporate services and ecosystem integration for international firms entering the Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) markets. Their vision is to be the operations as a service provider where they run your local operations while their clients focus on growth. It started as a Google for Startups (GFS) co-working space member of the GFS Tech Hub Network, as of 2024, it is no longer with the program.[1]
Overview
[edit]AstroLabs was founded in 2014 by Louis Lebbos & Muhammed Mekki, co-founders of Namshi.com. Now as board members. With the company being led by Roland Daher as CEO and Joe Kobrianos as CSO [2] The company launched in March 2013.[3]
It operates from Riyadh and Dubai and the co-working and private offices spaces are in Jumeirah Lakes Towers and Riyadh.[4]
Company name
[edit]The company's name is based upon the astrolabe, a tool for navigation that was used by mariners in the Middle Ages.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Busy times at Google-partnered tech hub AstroLabs - Arabian Business: Latest News on the Middle East, Real Estate, Finance, and More". Arabian Business. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ "AstroLabs Dubai sign on 30 startups ahead of Google tech hub launch". Wamda.
- ^ Hamid, Triska (March 4, 2015). "AstroLabs gives women in tech start-ups a helping hand". The National. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Robert (2018-04-04). "Dubai's AstroLabs opens second co-working space for enterprises". Gulf Business. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ Hamid, Triska (September 8, 2014). "DMCC, AstroLabs and Google team up for tech hub launch". The National. Retrieved May 10, 2017.