Top 5 Mobile Apps Startup Investors in Jordan (August 2026)

The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become anintegral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it.Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas.Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-)

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 41
Round size: Seed $284k–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $850k–$2.5M; Series A $800k–$25M
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
Qeen Ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
Blueground — Rent beautiful, fully furnished apartments for monthly stays in the best locations around the world. Thousands of furnished flats for short and long-term stays.

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Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 194
Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $2M–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$33M
Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
Comfi.ai — Unlock B2B Growth in MENA: Streamline Payments & Offer Credit with Comfi BNPL
Halo AI — Halo AI provides autonomous influencer marketing solutions.

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Arzan Venture Capital (Arzan VC) is a Kuwait-born VC firm that has been investing in startups with a MENA angle since 2014, making it one of the earliest VC firms in the region. Arzan VC's portfolio includes 30+ startups. The firm invests in young, fast-growing and innovative tech teams and it remains committed to building long-lastingrelationships with the region’s most talented entrepreneurs at an early stage.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 59
Round size: Seed $600k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $180k–$1.7M; Series A $3M–$25M
Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

Yasmina — Yasmina offers AI-driven Home & Renters Insurance services.
yozo.ai — Hire an all-in-one AI marketing team for a fraction of the cost. Yozo never forgets, learns from every interaction, and does better every time!
Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.

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Adamtech is The result of three entrepreneurs joining their life experiences together.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 7
Round size: Seed $70k–$750k
Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

Repzo — Repzo is a mobile sales CRM (customer relationship management) app . Simply put, this application turns your smartphone or tablet into the ultimate standalone field force management tool.
Abwaab — Abwaab is an online learning platform that allows secondary-school students to learn at their own pace, test themselves and get ahead with our expert tutors anytime and anywhere. By offering short, engaging video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment and performance analytics, we are changing the way students learn outsidethe classroom.
Faylasof — Because the storage space is limited in the traditional bookstores, and it is always under pressure to advertise only the best-selling books. And for the special needs of readers Faylasof has brought the solution to this troubled approach to current technology, only very little space to store large amounts of data and be able to quickly find thebooks they need, of course, books can provide readers with a variety of consulting needs.Faylasof is one of the largest advisor books online bookstore in the Middle east. That allows ordinary users to conveniently easy find books, offering more than 1 million titles of Arabic and English books with home delivery and customized payment methods .Faylasof Mission: provide people with what is needed to read more in a very technical and professional way, inspire them with EducationFaylasof Vision: Create a generation of Readers by building an international strategy to become the best books providers nationally, and internationally

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