Wipe Technologies, a UAE-origin mobility technology venture with a reported international reach spanning 180 countries, is entering a new chapter of its growth journey as founder and CEO Mohammed Rameez Iqbal focuses on expanding the platform’s long-term potential.
Built around a vision of connecting travelers with mobility services across international markets, Wipe brings together chauffeur-driven transportation and self-drive rental options through a technology-led platform and an international partner network.
The company has attracted acquisition interest, presenting its founder with an important strategic consideration: pursue an early exit or continue building towards a larger vision.
Rameez Iqbal is choosing to focus on the latter.
“Building a business with international reach is an important milestone, but I believe the greater opportunity lies in what we can build from here. Our focus is on strengthening the platform, expanding our partnerships and creating long-term value,” said Iqbal.
Rather than defining success solely through an acquisition, the founder sees potential in expanding Wipe’s capabilities and developing a more comprehensive global mobility ecosystem.
The next stage will focus on growth opportunities, strategic collaborations and building a stronger foundation for the platform’s future. As the business evolves, conversations with aligned strategic partners and long-term investors could play a role in accelerating that ambition.
Beyond Mobility: A Long-Term Vision for Commercial Space
Alongside Wipe, Iqbal is developing Orbit Nine, a venture focused on connecting businesses and customers with opportunities in the global commercial space economy.
Orbit Nine’s vision includes space tourism access through industry partners, human spaceflight-related experiences and commercial partnerships that help connect space-sector companies with new markets.
The venture is being developed around ecosystem building and commercial access, with an initial focus on partnerships rather than independently building capital-intensive spacecraft or launch systems.
For the Middle East, where ambition across technology, aerospace and future industries continues to create new opportunities, the vision reflects the potential for regional founders to build globally connected businesses in emerging sectors.
Building Globally Relevant Businesses from the Middle East
For Iqbal, the long-term objective extends beyond building a single company. It is about demonstrating how internationally oriented technology ventures can emerge from the Middle East and develop into platforms with global relevance.
Wipe provides the mobility foundation, with an existing international network and opportunities for further expansion. Orbit Nine represents a longer-term ambition in a rapidly developing commercial space ecosystem.
As both ventures progress, the focus remains on building capabilities, forming the right partnerships and pursuing opportunities that can support sustainable growth.
For investors and strategic partners looking beyond conventional sectors, the next chapter of these ventures presents an opportunity to follow and potentially participate in the development of two distinct businesses with international ambitions.
