Name: Jad Antoun
Designation: Co-Founder and CEO
Company: Huspy
Category: PropTech Powerplayers
Jad Antoun is the visionary co-founder and CEO of Huspy, a fast-growing UAE-based proptech startup that is transforming the home-buying experience across the MENA region and beyond. With a mission to streamline the real estate journey, Huspy offers a powerful all-in-one platform where users can both find and finance their home, simplifying one of life’s most significant decisions.
One of the youngest startup CEOs in the region, Jad brings a bold vision: to build a global technology brand from the Middle East. Under his leadership, Huspy has quickly become a dominant force in the UAE’s mortgage industry and expanded internationally into Spain, acquiring three mortgage businesses in the process. The company now boasts a team of over 300 professionals, including talent from top global tech firms such as Uber, Loft, QuintoAndar, and SumUp.
Huspy’s technology sits at the heart of the real estate ecosystem, empowering brokers, agents, banks, and developers with tools that deliver faster, more transparent transactions. Its mortgage platform is already the largest in the UAE, offering customers access to the most competitive home financing rates in the market.
Beyond the company, Jad is an active angel investor, deeply committed to nurturing the startup ecosystem in the region. He is also a member of LebNet, a US-based nonprofit connecting Lebanese tech professionals, and Endeavor, the global network of high-impact entrepreneurs.
With backing from a powerhouse lineup of investors including Sequoia Capital India, Founders Fund, Fifth Wall, Chimera Capital, Breyer Capital, and Venture Souq, Huspy is on a high-growth trajectory and Jad Antoun is at the helm, reshaping how the region and the world approach real estate.
