Top 10 Publishing Startup Investors in Jordan (August 2026)

MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Egypt, India, Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 61
Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$6.5M; Series A $6.6M–$32M
Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Tap Protocol — Tap Protocol is a protocol that focuses on the development of bitcoin capabilities through the Ordinals system.
Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan

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We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 127
Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

HeyBreez AI — Conversational Al, for Everyone. Real phone calls. Real-time automation. Built for real operations.
Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
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NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

Investment focus

Industry: Digital Media, Advertising, News
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, India, Vietnam

Investor stats

Total investments: 63
Round size: Seed $75k–$5.7M; Series A $2M–$8M; Series B $2M–$23M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $19M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

Zaiko — Zaiko is the market leader in providing ticketing technology for live events and streaming shows. Monetize your show, engage fans, user analytic data, memberships, and more.
Rappler — Rappler is the Philippines' leading digital media company that's driven by uncompromising journalism, enabled by technology, and enriched by communities of action.
Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!

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The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (“ISSF”) is a private sector managed fund making investments in innovative startups and early stage SMEs. The World Bank has invested USD 50 million in the Fund which was complimented by the Central Bank of Jordan with an additional USD 48 million bringing the total working capital of the ISSF to USD 98million.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Gift, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 17
Round size: Seed $150k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $450k–$2.4M
Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

gamiphy — GAMIPHY is a user engagement and retention platform that equips brands in different industries with tools proven to increase customer reach and loyalty such as branded mini games, playable Ads and digital loyalty programs. The tools and techniques offered by GAMIPHY can be either integrated into existing websites and apps, or can be used to createplatform-independent solutions. The available solutions are diverse, fully customizable, DIY, and are guaranteed to improve each customer journey, thus shorten the path to earn the loyalty sought after.
Kitchefy — The all-in-one restaurant management system & POS to streamline your operations, manage inventory, order online and boost sales.
Kader — Kader is an on-demand hiring platform for jobs in the hospitality, retail, and service sector.

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Early Stage Investors

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Geography: United States, Senegal, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Angel $20k–$110k; Pre-Seed $50k–$3M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

Yoon — Building better mobility solutions for Africa
NILE Creators — NILE Creators a revolutionary Project-Based Learning (PBL) kit designed to empower African students. By combining hands-on activities with digital tools, NILE Creators transforms traditional classrooms into dynamic learning environments. Our kits cover subjects like engineering, art, and coding, fostering critical thinking, creativity, andproblem-solving skills. With NILE Creators Kits, we aim to bridge the educational gap and prepare students for the future job market. Join us in revolutionizing education across Africa and creating a generation of innovative thinkers and leaders.
Tenet Insurance — Tenet leverages AI to scale distribution and back office workflows for insurance, providing fast and affordable service to businesses.

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Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.

Investment focus

Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, India, Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 19
Round size: Seed $50k–$1.8M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Cypherock — Welcome to Cypherock, where we are dedicated to building the world's safest cold wallet to protect your crypto. Discover Cypherock X1 with cutting-edge technology and robust security features.
Atlan — The missing context layer for enterprise AI. Atlan gives every AI agent the data graph, business logic, and governance to act on trusted data.
Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.

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We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 102
Round size: Seed $600k–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$13M; Series A $3.6M–$30M
Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
Stitch — The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments.
THINK-AI — Complete in-house freedom to innovate, develop, fine-tune and train AI models for any unique business needs. Own the AI.

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Vision Ventures (VV) is an early stage venture capital firm founded by experienced entrepreneurs. Its slogan is:"By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs". We invest in innovative startups in the Seed and Series A across a wide range of verticals. We help startups realize their dreams and make a difference in a noisy world. We are an energeticteam that has a wealth of experience in starting companies and steering them to success and hyper growth. Our combined experience spans over 90 years in multiple countries which gives us extensive experience in multi-national, multi-cultural teams. We provide startups with hands on assistance and guidance on marketing, sales, product/service development, financial planning and management, expansion & growth strategy, and more.

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 126
Round size: Seed $190k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $60k–$1.6M; Series A $1.5M–$27M
Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Madeed — Madeed is a privately held company that works in the facilities and health care distribution industry.
DEEP.SA — DEEP.SA develops artificial intelligence engines and intelligent agents that support both consumer-facing and government-focused applications. It offers secure platforms for controlled access to AI models, incorporating knowledge graph-driven tools such as GraphI to convert complex data relationships into actionable insights for decision-making.The company deploys virtual assistants (for instance, KADI) and AI-powered search capabilities tailored to structured and unstructured data environments. Its offerings emphasize compliance with privacy and regulatory standards while enabling technology-driven transformation across different client domains.
Lola Do — Lola, Cake for every occasion, Customized your cake selections and Lola will bake it with love!

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Evergreen venture capital investing in Seed to Series A startups across MENA and Africa. 27 active investments, $71.8M portfolio NAV, 17% IRR.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Sales
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $2.5M–$10M
Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

Coraly — Coraly helps real estate teams create listing-ready content, qualify leads, manage transactions, and share client-ready Packs from one AI-powered platform.
Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.

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