Strangers until starters.
An invitation-only weekend supper society in Dubai.Six matched strangers, one curated venue, one pre-paid table package.
Investor preview · October 2026
01 · In short
What T6 does, and why
Every weekend, T6 brings six strangers together for dinner or brunch at a restaurant we select. Members take a short quiz, our algorithm matches each table, and every seat is paid for in advance at one fixed price.
Why people want it
A city of newcomers
Dubai added 332,000 residents last year, many of them new to the city. 27% of UAE adults say they felt lonely for much of the previous day.
Why venues want it
Residents, paid in advance
UAE dine-in revenue fell in early 2026, mostly because of fewer tourists. T6 brings restaurants residents, six at a time, with every seat paid in advance.
Why now
The habit already exists
Timeleft recorded 3,380 bookings for dinners with strangers in Dubai in September 2026. T6 turns that habit into a weekend night out, with the venue chosen and the bill settled.
02 · The market
Why Dubai
Dubai is large, young and growing fast, and its residents already pay to meet strangers over dinner.
residents in Dubai, September 2026
new residents in 2025, growth of 7.5%
of residents are aged 20 to 49
Timeleft dinner bookings in Dubai in September, nine in ten from returning members
Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment and Dubai Health Authority via Gulf News, Sep 2026. Gallup, 2024. timeleft.com/en/dubai, fetched 18 Oct 2026. Investors are backing the category: 222 (USD 10.1M Series A), Meet5 (EUR 8M) and Clyx (USD 14M) raised since September 2025.
03 · The market
What people pay today
People in Dubai already pay to meet new people and to eat out at the weekend. T6 sits between the two.
UAE App Store, Oct 2026; oddtables.com; Khaleej Times, Jul 2026; BBC Good Food ME, Apr 2026; meetup.com.
04 · The product
How T6 works
Members take a short quiz once. Every week after that, our algorithm builds the tables, a curator checks them, and what members tell us after each night improves the next round of matching.
- 1
Eight questions
A three-minute quiz on how a person likes to spend an evening. It scores five traits: openness, energy, depth, humour and adventure. No photos or profiles.
- 2
The algorithm seats six
Our matching algorithm builds each table from the quiz scores, keeping ages within ten years and balancing men and women. A curator on the team checks every table.
- 3
Tuesday, 6:00 PM
Each member gets an invite on WhatsApp with the night, the venue and the price. Who else is coming stays a surprise.
- 4
Pay to confirm
Members pay within 24 hours to hold their seat. Unpaid seats go to people on standby, so every table is full.
- 5
The night
Friday or Saturday dinner, or weekend brunch, at a venue T6 has selected, with the table package already paid.
- 6
The morning after
Each member rates the night and says who they would sit with again. Those answers shape who the algorithm seats together next.
The learning loop
Every “sit with again” brings compatible members closer in future matching, and every rating shows which traits make a good table. We tune the algorithm as this data grows, so matching improves with every weekend T6 runs. That data is hard for a newcomer to copy.
per seat, with the table package, VAT and service included.
05 · Competition
How T6 is different from Timeleft
Timeleft is an app that matches strangers for dinner in cities around the world, including Dubai. It proves the demand. T6 is designed around the problems its members raise most often in reviews.
timeleft.com/en/dubai; Timeleft reviews on Trustpilot and Google Play, Aug to Oct 2026.
06 · Where we are
What is already built
The product works end to end today. The investment round pays for members and venues, not for building software.
- Members can sign up, take the quiz and get matched
- The algorithm proposes every table and a curator approves it
- Every seat is paid for before the night
- Invites, confirmations and feedback run automatically
- Live now at tsix.app
07 · Restaurants
Why restaurants sign up
Restaurants need residents. UAE dine-in revenue fell 6.5% in early 2026, and 70% of that fall was tourists.
Paid covers
Six seats paid before the night and the headcount confirmed 48 hours ahead, so no-shows never cost the venue.
New residents
Matched groups who live here, many of them first-time guests.
Repeat visits
Members get a discount at partner venues when they come back with their own friends.
Promotion
Featured in the Tuesday invite, with launch tables for new menus.
Syrve and Redseer data via Enterprise, May 2026.
08 · Money
What T6 earns on each seat
T6 sells the seat and pays the venue. On an average USD 106 seat, T6 keeps about USD 18, and a member pays back what it cost to win them in under three months.
kept per table of six, after the venue and all costs
to win a paying member
what a member is worth, against what it costs to win them
months for a member to pay back that cost
Average package price after Regular discounts. T6 Financial Projection v0.8.
09 · Money
How T6 makes money
Two revenue lines are in the numbers. Three more are upside, and none of the figures in this document include them.
In the projection
margin on every table package, about USD 18 (AED 66) a seat
a month from each Regular member, on top of the seats they book
Upside, not in the projection
Venue promotions
Featured places in the Tuesday invite, launch tables for new menus, opening nights.
Brand and product promotions
Sponsored tables and products placed in front of a matched, ID-checked audience.
Advertising
Sponsored content across T6 channels, sold by Curio:City’s media team.
10 · Team
Who runs T6
Three people in year one and no more than five later. Curio:City supplies media, creative and technology, and AI agents will take on routine work such as venue onboarding and the member inbox.
Producer
Runs the weekly cycle, from the invite to the morning after.
Community lead
A woman on the team, and the named contact for women-only tables.
Venue partnerships lead
Signs venues and agrees each table package.
Led by the founder of Curio:City.
11 · Backed by
The company behind T6
T6 is built and backed by Curio:City, a Dubai-based, integrated marketing and advertising technology company working across the UAE, GCC and India.
The Curio:City Platform
ad channels, from Meta, Google and TikTok to programmatic
digital out-of-home screens
connected TV channels
ad exchanges, reported on one dashboard
What T6 gets
Campaigns run in-house
T6’s member campaigns are planned, bought and optimised on the Curio:City Platform by the team that runs it, with every dirham tracked.
Content made in-house
Curio:City’s creative suite produces T6’s video, photography and social content, using generative AI and its own production team.
Technology already built
The same team built T6’s website, matching and payments, and runs the workflows and CRM behind its weekly operations.
Doors already open
Working relationships with restaurants and venues across Dubai, and a practical read of how residents in the UAE, GCC and India spend, book and go out.
This is why T6 can run with a team of three, and why the investment goes to members and venues rather than salaries and software.
12 · Plan
The plan, month by month
Prove it in Dubai, break even with Dubai and Abu Dhabi, then open new cities from profit.
- Month 1
The first four weekends in Dubai, at three tables each.
- Month 2
Ten tables a weekend and the launch campaign, with new venues added each month.
- Month 7
Abu Dhabi opens.
- Month 11
Break-even and 1,000 seats a month, from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
- Month 14
First city outside the UAE, then one new city a month, paid for from profit.
- Month 21
Ten cities across the Middle East and India, about 2,000 seats a month.
Seats sold per month, first year
Month 1 is the first four weekends at three tables. Orange: month 11, the first month above 1,000 seats and the first profitable month.
13 · Financials
Financial summary
The USD 150,000 round carries T6 to break-even in month 11. Every city after that is paid for from profit, with no further raise.
| USD, thousands | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats sold (number) | 7,519 | 20,727 | 29,364 |
| Gross bookings, incl. VAT | 795 | 2,190 | 3,103 |
| Revenue, excl. VAT | 835 | 2,301 | 3,260 |
| Venue package costs | −576 | −1,588 | −2,250 |
| Net revenue | 259 | 713 | 1,010 |
| Payments, refunds and messaging | −50 | −138 | −195 |
| Contribution | 209 | 575 | 815 |
| Marketing | −135 | −207 | −240 |
| Team | −98 | −125 | −186 |
| Overheads, set-up and contingency | −106 | −156 | −160 |
| EBITDA | −131 | 87 | 230 |
| Cash at year end | 19 | 106 | 335 |
break-even, from Dubai and Abu Dhabi
peak cash need, against a USD 150k round
the lowest the cash balance ever falls
Founder plan, T6 Financial Projection v0.8. Assumes 15% of confirmed members book, 10% leave each month and members book 0.7 seats a month. Curio:City’s cash services fee starts in month 18 and the regional leads join from month 20, all after break-even. Curio:City services given in kind are not charged (about USD 114k in year one). Corporate tax and upside revenue lines excluded. For AED, multiply by 3.6725.
14 · Scenarios
Break-even, success and best case
What T6 looks like when it first covers its costs, where the plan lands in year three, and what happens if more people book than we assume.
Break-even
Month 11, Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Cities
- 2
- Tables a weekend
- 41
- Seats a month
- 1,070
- Regulars (USD 27 a month)
- 510
- Net revenue a year
- USD 0.44MAED 1.6M
- EBITDA a month
- Break-even
Success
Month 36, founder plan
- Cities
- 10
- Tables a weekend
- 98
- Seats a month
- 2,546
- Regulars (USD 27 a month)
- 1,212
- Net revenue a year
- USD 1.05MAED 3.9M
- EBITDA a month
- USD 22KAED 79K
Best
Month 36: 25% book, 7% leave a month, 20 cities
- Cities
- 20
- Tables a weekend
- 156
- Seats a month
- 4,053
- Regulars (USD 27 a month)
- 1,757
- Net revenue a year
- USD 1.62MAED 5.9M
- EBITDA a month
- USD 66KAED 242K
T6 Financial Projection v0.8. Net revenue is what T6 keeps after VAT and the venue’s share. A slower plan is in the appendix.
15 · Milestones
The targets we report every month
Set before the first table and shared with investors every month. Launch spend is released month by month against them.
of paid seats show up
of tables run at six
average table rating out of 5
of confirmed members book a seat
or fewer members leave each month
seats per member a month
or more kept per table, after paying the venue and all costs
venues ask to host again
16 · Risks
Risks and how we manage them
Launch spend is released month by month, and new cities open only from profit. If bookings are slower, the slower plan in the appendix still breaks even within the round.
Dubai runs under an events and ticketing licence. Each new country is registered locally before it opens.
Women are recruited first, and the women-only table has a woman on the team as its named contact.
Venue packages, a licence and pre-paid tables take months to copy. T6 is already built around weekend nights and brunch.
The model is built on residents, not tourists, who drove most of this year’s dine-in fall.
17 · Structure
How the company is set up
T6 is a separate company with its own IP. Curio:City is the majority shareholder and supplies the team, technology, venues and media.
Ownership after the round converts
USD 150k converting at the USD 1M cap, before any later round.
18 · The investment
USD 150,000 for 15%
AED 551,000
A convertible with a USD 1M post-money cap, a 20% discount and a most-favoured-nation clause, issued from the holding company.
What it pays for
The Dubai launch and marketing campaign, setting up the company, and opening Abu Dhabi.
What it delivers
Break-even and 1,000 seats a month by month 11. Ten cities by month 21, paid for from profit.
How it works
The investment turns into shares at the next funding round, at the USD 1M cap or a 20% discount, whichever is better for the investor.
Where the money goes until break-even, months 1 to 11
Share of total spending in months 1 to 11; seat income pays for part of it. Terms subject to counsel.
Strangers until starters.
Thank you. Next, let us show you T6 working on your own phone, from the quiz to a confirmed seat.
Founder, T6
tsix.app
Appendix
Supporting detail
A slower plan, if fewer people book
If bookings in the first months come in below plan, T6 stays in Dubai until it is profitable, then opens Abu Dhabi and new cities from profit. It still breaks even within the USD 150,000.
Founder plan
Dubai and Abu Dhabi, then new cities
- Booking rate
- 15%
- Members leaving a month
- 10%
- Break-even
- Month 11
- Peak cash need
- USD 134KAED 491K
Slower plan
Dubai only until profitable
- Booking rate
- 12.5%
- Members leaving a month
- 11%
- Break-even
- Month 16
- Peak cash need
- USD 147KAED 540K
Booking rate: the share of members who confirm on WhatsApp and then book and pay. In the slower plan Dubai reaches about 970 seats a month by month 18.
What it costs to win a paying member
T6 finds members through ads on Instagram and TikTok. This is what happens to every 1,000 people who click an ad.
click an ad. At about USD 1.10 (AED 4) a click, that costs about USD 1,090 (AED 4,000).
start the quiz (40% of clicks).
finish the quiz (55% of those who start).
confirm their WhatsApp number and become members (65%).
book and pay for a seat (15% of members).
About USD 1,090 spent on ads, divided by about 21.5 members who book and pay. In AED: about AED 186 per paying member.
Cost per click from Meta’s UAE benchmarks, Jul 2025 to Jul 2026. Quiz rates from published quiz benchmarks. The last step, how many members book, is the one figure nobody publishes, so it is the first figure we will measure.
Sources
Population, age and gender. Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment and Dubai Health Authority, via Gulf News, 26 and 29 Sep 2026.
Loneliness. Gallup global emotions data (2023), published Jul 2024.
Timeleft. timeleft.com/en/dubai, fetched 18 Oct 2026; UAE App Store listing, Oct 2026; Trustpilot and Google Play reviews, Aug to Oct 2026.
Category funding. Seedtable (222); Trending Topics (Meet5); Forbes, Aug 2026 (Clyx).
Restaurants and brunch prices. Syrve and Redseer data via Enterprise, May 2026; BBC Good Food ME, Apr 2026; Khaleej Times, Jul 2026.
Acquisition, messaging and payments. Superads Meta UAE benchmarks; Meta WhatsApp pricing for the UAE; Stripe UAE pricing, Oct 2026.
Regulation. 10% event ticket fee annulled by Decree No. 5 of 2023 (WAM). Convertible instruments in the UAE: Kayrouz and Associates, Aug 2026.
T6 figures. T6 Financial Projection v0.8, founder plan. Venue margin and team costs from the founder, Oct 2026.