# Adey Salamin

> Adey Salamin is a seed investor at iMENA Group backing Advertising and Classifieds. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [iMENA Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imena-holdings)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salamin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/adeysalamin?lang=en
- Website: https://x.com/adeysalamin?lang=en

Adey Salamin is a seed investor at iMENA Group focused on Advertising and Classifieds. Adey Salamin is the Founder of iMENA Group & CEO of OpenSooq.com. Having started his career as an entrepreneur and a corporate executive, he has moved on to become an investment professional with a focus on TMT in recent years. Adey has enjoyed an international career having held senior management positions in the US and Jordan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Classifieds | 1 | 50% |
| Information Services | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenSooq | OpenSooq is an online classified platform that allows users to freely trade property, cars, products, and services in the Middle East & North Africa region. Sellers can offer products and services to millions of users online without intermediaries. Buyers can browse a wide variety of goods and services, including automotive, Real Estate,Electronics, and much more. | $24M | Series B | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| OpenSooq | OpenSooq is an online classified platform that allows users to freely trade property, cars, products, and services in the Middle East & North Africa region. Sellers can offer products and services to millions of users online without intermediaries. Buyers can browse a wide variety of goods and services, including automotive, Real Estate,Electronics, and much more. |  | Seed | May 07, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saudi-jordanian-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About iMENA Group

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

iMENA is a holding company focused on capturing the hyper-growth phase of the consumer Internet opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The company invests in, builds, and partners with great founders and organizations across sectors and businesses with globally proven technology and business models. iMENA supports them withstrategic and operational services that address the challenges of building, growing, and creating value out of online businesses in the MENA region.

4 contacts available at iMENA Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adey Salamin | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adey-salamin |
| Khaldoon Tabaza | Founder and MD | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khaldoon-tabaza |
| Rudi Dökmecioğlu | Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rudi-d-kmecio-lu |
| Sultan Shalakhti | UX / UI / Design Lead at iMENA Digital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sultan-shalakhti |

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## FAQ

### What does Adey Salamin invest in?

Adey Salamin invests primarily in Advertising, Classifieds and Information Services startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Jordan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Adey Salamin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adey Salamin closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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