iMENA Group
VC Fund
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
iMENA Group is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Apps and Mobile. 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 with strategic and operational services that address the challenges of building, growing, and creating value out of online businesses in the MENA region.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries iMENA Group invests in
Stages iMENA Group invests in
Countries iMENA Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.3M–$6.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (13%)
- Mobile 1 (13%)
- FinTech 1 (13%)
- Internet 1 (13%)
- Payments 1 (13%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (50%)
- Series A 2 (25%)
- Seed 1 (13%)
- Series B 1 (13%)
Country
- United Arab Emirates 3 (38%)
- Jordan 1 (13%)
- Saudi Arabia 1 (13%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adey Salamin
Founder and CEO
|
Founder and CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Khaldoon Tabaza
Founder and MD
|
Founder and MD | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Rudi Dökmecioğlu
Founder & Managing Director
|
Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sultan Shalakhti
UX / UI / Design Lead at iMENA Digital
|
UX / UI / Design Lead at iMENA Digital | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ReserveOut is a free and real-time online restaurant reservations, allowing diners to quickly search and reserve at restaurants within their network. www.reserveout.com | $4.1M / Series A / Jan 31, 2016 | ||
| JRD Group is a pioneering PropTech company, passionate about technology and how it can be used to improve the real estate industry.Their proprietary real estate products – seven market leading property portals across the MENA region and a proprietary real estate SaaS tools – help thousands of real estate professionals on a daily basis managetheir business activities online. | Series A / Aug 01, 2015 | ||
| ReserveOut is a free and real-time online restaurant reservations, allowing diners to quickly search and reserve at restaurants within their network. www.reserveout.com | $1.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 11, 2015 | ||
| JRD Group is a pioneering PropTech company, passionate about technology and how it can be used to improve the real estate industry.Their proprietary real estate products – seven market leading property portals across the MENA region and a proprietary real estate SaaS tools – help thousands of real estate professionals on a daily basis managetheir business activities online. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| Jeeny operates as a Middle Eastern-based mobile application that hosts multiple services to ease daily consumer needs such as transportation, integrated wallet top-up transactions, mobility, and much more on-demand with a wallet that spans all services together. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2014 | ||
| Telr is a fintech company that provides online payment gateway and digital commerce solutions for businesses across the Middle East and other emerging markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Dubai, Telr enables merchants to accept online payments through websites, mobile apps, social commerce channels, QR codes, and payment links. | $6.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2014 | ||
| 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 |
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FAQ
What does iMENA Group invest in?
iMENA Group invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and FinTech startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does iMENA Group invest in?
iMENA Group typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6.4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not iMENA Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds iMENA Group took part in.
How do I contact iMENA Group?
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Who are the partners at iMENA Group?
The team at iMENA Group includes Adey Salamin (Founder and CEO), Khaldoon Tabaza (Founder and MD) and Rudi Dökmecioğlu (Founder & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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