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Top 45 Software Startup Investors in Jordan

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 45 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Software startups based in Jordan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Software companies from Jordan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 45 Software Startup Investors in Jordan

Investor	Software Jordan investments
Jabbar Internet Group	6
Innovative Startups and SME’s Fund (ISSF)	5
Propeller Inc.	3
Flat6Labs	3
Vision Ventures	3
Algebra Ventures	3
GSV Ventures	3
AdamTech Ventures	2
Arzan Venture Capital	2
EQ2 Ventures	2
Shorooq Partners	2
4DX Ventures	2
Khwarizmi Ventures	2
Beyond Capital	2
Silicon Badia	2
BECO Capital	2
Al Turki Group	1
Samih Toukan	1
HALA Ventures	1
LEAD Capital	1
Mufleh Akel	1
VentureSouq	1
SANAD Fund	1
Etihad Bank	1
Dunce Capital	1
MVI (MENA Venture Investments)	1
Hadi Badi	1
Financial Horizon Group	1
Injaz	1
Daam Almonsha'at Holding	1
Mary Nazzal-Batayneh	1
Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF)	1
Wamda Capital	1
Zuhair Shammout	1
DASH Ventures	1
TotallyAwesome	1
Valuta Capital Partners	1
Mindshift Capital	1
Foundation Ventures	1
Access Bridge Ventures	1
Edgo VC	1
Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC)	1
Endure Capital	1
Watar Partners	1
Ibtikar Fund	1

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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

E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan

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.
Keyper — Keyper is revolutionizing real estate management allowing you to manage all your properties, get real-time valuations and help you make data-driven decisions.
Jiye Technologies — Jiye Technologies is revolutionizing Agri Marketplaces of Pakistan

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

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United States

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 — Building the largest decentralized network of cloud kitchens in the MENA Region.
Kader — Kader is an on-demand mobile application that connects pre-vetted quality workers with businesses in the hospitality, retail and service sectors using an advanced matchmaking technology based on location, experience and qualifications.

Capital is important, but your first customers, hires and product are fundamental to building great companies. As builders ourselves, we understand that product-market fit is the only thing that matters.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Computer
Seed, Pre-Seed
Jordan, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Maqsam — Maqsam is MENA’s friendliest cloud communication suite for SMBs and Enterprises, replacing a bulky and expensive hardware-based solution used by businesses to communicate with their clients with a simple cloud-based pay-as-you-go solution. Maqsam provides its clients with local numbers from more than 200+ cities around the world (with a focus onMENA), and offers high quality voice calls, SMS, Whatsapp messaging, and seamless integrations to 10+ popular cloud CRMs.
Gameball — Gameball is a one-stop platform to market your products and keep your customers engaged, leading to boosted conversion and increased RoI with a data-driven success strategy.
BusinessChat Technologies Holding limited — BusinessChat : Make WhatsApp your #1 sales channel using Marketing Campaigns, WhatsApp chatbot for 24/7 automated replies.

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Roboost — Tayar is an enterprise solution using Artificial intelligence and complex Algorithms to facilitate, optimize, and manage the delivery process to any BTC (mainly home delivery) business to increase the delivery speed and performance.
Fundbot — Fundbot is a solution for lenders that helps them digitize invoice financing, supply chain financing, and other financial services. It is a cash flow optimization tool and a financing marketplace for SMEs.The invoices are synchronized in the accounting system. It offers a digital CFO that analyses payables and receivables in real-time and offers tofinance. It provides financial recommendations based on the business’s needs.
Natify — Native targeted advertising in games & metaverses

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Munjz — Munjz is a mobile app for connecting individuals & corporate sector looking for household services with pre-screened professionals.
Cognna — Cognna provides cybersecurity that is stress-free by providing the tools needed to detect, prevent, and resolve threats with ease.
Rewaa | رواء — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.

Algebra Ventures invests in technology startups that leverage innovation to transform large markets. They seek high-growth companies, led by passionate and capable teams, that have a unique value proposition, and that can generate significant economic returns.Algebra Ventures looks for entrepreneurial teams that possess vision and insight as wellas the execution skills needed to build scalable companies. Algebra Ventures focuses on Series A and Series B rounds in Egypt although they do not exclude investments in earlier-stage startups or in other parts of the MENA region. They prefer to meet startups early on and get to know the team as the opportunity is shaping up.

Investment focus

Marketplace, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
Shift EV — Electrifying fleets in emerging markets.

GSV Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and their companies in the $75 billion learning and talent technology sector. The mission of GSV Ventures is to back innovative learning and talent technology entrepreneurs working to give all people access to the future.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Mattilda — Mattilda helps schools manage and automate payments.
Kyron Learning — Kyron Learning is a platform that uses interactive videos to teach lessons on any topic, using real instructors.
MagicSchool AI — Join thousands of teachers saving hours of time using AI to help lesson plan, differentiate, write assessments, write IEPs, communicate clearly, and more!

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

Investment focus

CRM, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
Jordan

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.
Mawdoo3 — Mawdoo3 is an online platform that provides content in the Arabic language on various topics. It aims to enrich Arab content on the Internet for more than 50 million unique visitors every month. Mawdoo3 features written content in a variety of fields, including health, education, and cooking.The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered inAmman.

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

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Zid زد — Zid is an e-commerce in a box - solution that any retailer can use to start their eRetail. Zid helps them to build their own eStores (with their own name and identity) and integrates them with the supply chain players to enable them to manage and with ease. The company aims to enable the retail sector to enter the world of electronic retail in aneasy and professional.Zid was founded in 2017 and based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
Gameball — Gameball is a one-stop platform to market your products and keep your customers engaged, leading to boosted conversion and increased RoI with a data-driven success strategy.
Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.

EQ2 Ventures is an investment firm that invests in Seed to Series B-stage startup companies. It was incorporated as a spin-off of Equitrust, a corporate VC arm launched in 2015 by Choueiri Group to capture opportunities linked to the digital transformation of the Middle East. Relying on a strong network of strategic investors and mentors, EQ2Ventures helps talented entrepreneurs solve major consumers and business problems, build sustainable companies. and create long-term value.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Advertising, Retail
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
AIfluence — AIfluence is an Artificial Intelligence-driven end to end influence marketing platform. AIfluence accurately match influencers with brands, monitors & manages high impact audience based campaigns in real-time, with an ability to accurately predict and deliver measurable results and ROI. The platform utilizes advanced AI technologies that deepdives into clients' key demographic evolving and adapting with the audience to deliver impactful and emotional connections in campaigns.
Hala — I hope my experience will help you make an informed decision when choosing car insurance in the UAE. Keep an eye on my blog for more travel and car tips! Safe driving!

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

DXwand — DXwand Cognitive Engagement Toolkit, COGENT, is next generation chatbot that is trained to lookup your products, track orders and conducts a full sales order dialog with your customers. It supports both Arabic and English and works on Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, SMS, website, Twitter, Mobile App and over voice.
MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
MANTRA — MANTRA bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi by offering the necessary infrastructure for tokenizing Real World Assets (RWAs) while adhering to real-world regulatory requirements.

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Zoie Health — Zoie is a digital health firm for women that provides family planning, fertility, and maternity care services.

Khwarizmi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks investments in startups with a passion for algorithms. It seeks to help create their vision, as they embark on a journey together that aligns their goals to improve quality of life using technology powered by algorithms. .

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Rewaa | رواء — Rewaa was founded to make penetrating through the e-commerce industry easier for retailers with minimal operational and marketing costs by solving two main aspects:Marketing aspect: Make in-store products available online. By using Rewaa Cashier System, any product in the physical store will be automatically listed in the online marketplaces andthe merchant's online store. Operational aspects: The integration between physical, online store and marketplace, eliminate the need of independent inventory for online store operations, and that will help to reduce employment cost, therefore, the physical store will be the shipping center, so whenever an order received by online store will be transferred automatically for the nearest branch from the customer. And eventually, the inventory will be automatically updated across all channels.

Funded by USAID, Beyond Capital is an LC created through a joint partnership between Endeavor Jordan, a leading non-profit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs, & Silicon Badia, a global venture capital firm focusing on investments in the tech sector.

Investment focus

Video, Gaming, Content
Seed, Pre-Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

BithTV — BithAI is an all-in-one free video editor to take your content to the next level. Create, edit, and publish videos in minutes.
Kitchefy — Building the largest decentralized network of cloud kitchens in the MENA Region.

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm providing networks and support to leading technology entrepreneurs around the world.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Jordan, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

mtion interactive — mtion is a creating the metaverse for gamers to stream from, share with each other, and be in. mtion's platform provides gamers with the tools to create their own personalized 3D spaces in which the can create, build, and socialize with in.
Roboost — Tayar is an enterprise solution using Artificial intelligence and complex Algorithms to facilitate, optimize, and manage the delivery process to any BTC (mainly home delivery) business to increase the delivery speed and performance.
The Prospective Co. — The Prospective Co. provides fast, interactive analytics & data visualization product for large datasets.

BECO Capital provides growth capital and hands-on operational support for early-stage technology companies. It is a technology-focused venture capital that supports entrepreneurs and financial sectors to raise funds.The company helps small companies with growth capital and hands-on operational mentorship in their early stage of development. Itwas founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.BECO Capital was founded on February 1, 2014, by Dany Farha and Amir Farha, and it is headquartered in Dubai.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
BRKZ — BRKZ is a construction-tech company that provides a one-stop solution by selling building materials to contractors and builders.
Pine Street Labs — A non-custodial API for managing wallets. Built for enterprises.

Al Turki Group

Investment focus

EdTech, Content, Education
Series A
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Little Thinking Minds — Little Thinking Minds is an educational technology company that creates educational products and resources among school aged children to improve learning outcomes, advance skills and increase cultural connectedness.Initially the company started producing literacy content that addressed preschool basics focusing on early literary and numeracy. In2015, capitalizing on their content expertise and wealth of lessons learnt interacting in the educational regional market they started developing online Arabic literacy solutions for schools, teachers and students. Their product, I Read Arabic, is the first and largest digital reading platform in the world. It provides children with a gamified journey containing hundreds of Arabic children’s books sourced from award-winning publishers in the region. KG Arabic introduces early learners to Arabic and enhances their vocabulary acquisition and fluency. Their latest platform I Start Arabic is designed for non-native speakers to learn the basics of the Arabic language and provides users with words and expressions that are necessary for everyday communication.

In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region.

Investment focus

Social Media, Mobile, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Ola — Ola operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners in India. Its mobile application allows its customers to book a range of cabs, auto-rickshaws, bikes, and shuttle buses. Ola's mobile application allows customers to book city taxi, outstation travel, car rental, and corporatetravel services. Its mobile application is available on Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal founded Ola on December 1, 2010. It has its headquarters with additional offices in Bengaluru in India.
VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
Kitchenful — Kitchenful is an app for personalized recommendations of recipes, which gets users the ingredients delivered from their local supermarket. Kitchenful's algorithm always suggests the most popular recipes that are 40% cheaper than meal kits.

Technology VC that empowers GCC’s startups in their early-growth stages.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.

LEAD CAPITAL IS A PRODUCT-FOCUSED, SEED-STAGE VENTURE CAPITAL FUND BASED IN AMMAN - JORDAN.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Advertising
Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Edexy — Edexy connects people with great businesses, listings, deals, and events by providing a platform for businesses and consumers to engage and transact. We foster a review culture in our societies and revive word of mouth. We are the new version of business

Mufleh Akel President at Akel consulting.

Investment focus

Virtualization, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Kitchefy — Building the largest decentralized network of cloud kitchens in the MENA Region.

VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
Orangewood Labs — Orangewood Labs is focused on automating mundane human jobs through Easy-to-use, collaborative and tele-operable robotic arms for Industries

The SANAD* Fund for MSME views the micro, small and medium enterprise sector as an engine of economic development, job creation and prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This also makes it a vast and as yet untapped investment opportunity.To realize this potential, SANAD provides debt and equity financing to local partnerinstitutions for on-lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and fueling their growth.

Investment focus

SaaS, Computer, Internet
Pre-Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Egypt, Kenya, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

El Zatona — ElZatona offers warehouse and sales management program.
POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.
Sky.Garden — Sky.Garden is a SaaS ecommerce platform that allows African retailers to sell inventory with ease. Sky.Garden gives back control to the individual retailer by allowing inventory control and immediate payment reconciliation in an automated platform, where local shipping and payment options come out-of-the-box.

Bank

Investment focus

Computer, Software, Staffing Agency
Funding Round
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.

Dunce Capital invests in idea, pre-seed, and seed stage startups in the future of learning and work.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Kritic — peer-to-peer solution designed to enhance students' higher order and critical thinking skills in online or in-person classes
FourthRev — FourthRev is working to bridge the digital skills gap by connecting leading companies and universities to enable the delivery of up-to-date, industry relevant programs, ranging from micro-credentials through to degree courses. We do this by co-creating content and curriculum with leading technology companies, such as AWS, Salesforce and Tableau,which is delivered to learners by our university partners, either as stand-alone courses or as part of existing offerings. FourthRev then connects learners to employers in our partners ecosystems.
Ender — Ender Clubs enable kids to connect with like minds around their favorite stuff while learning new skills, unlocking cool prizes, and fostering friendships.

Mena Venture Investments (MVI) is an angel fund that invests in early stage startups with strong growth potential in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region and beyond. We work with entrepreneurs to build solid, scalable businesses and ensure access to capital at early stages of a venture to fuel their growth. Beyond financial investment,MVI offers support through mentorship, access to markets, networks, and clients, as well as cross-border operational support.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

liwwa — liwwa connects small businesses in need of capital with people who want to invest in them. The company’s peer-to-peer lease-to-own model addresses the capital access and interest-free investor return opportunities. Liwwa conducts in-house reviews of a small business's creditability and enables them to pay a monthly fee to investors. Foundedin 2013, Liwwa raised seed funding with DASH Ventures, al Etihad, and MENA Venture Investments, which it plans to use to hire several new team members, including an underwriting team and to support a new product offering.
Shippify — Shippify is an innovative logistics service that connects businesses with a diverse network of drivers & 3PLs to provide same day delivery . Shippify is backed by strategic leading venture capital and angel investors. Currently available in Brasil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. The company was founded in 2014.
Connecterra — Remove data silos across your systems, quantify your decisions with data, get insights and analysis powered by advanced AI delivered to your inbox and to your wider team.

Hadi Badi is an initiative to raise awareness of the literature and culture of children and adolescents in Arabic and to promote creative learning inside and outside the Arab world.

Investment focus

EdTech, E-Learning
Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Adam Wa Mishmish — Children learn best when they are happy this is why the new "Learn Arabic with Adam Wa Mishmish App" is FULL OF FUN! Flashcards, Books, Arts & Crafts and

Financial Horizon Group is a family office that was established in 2014 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its services vary from Investment, Recruitment, and Consultancy.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Magnitt — Magnitt is a startup directory that connects investors, mentors, and emerging companies in the Middle East. The discovery platform is a database with over 5,500 MENA startups and over 200 investors.
Telfaz11 — Telfaz11 is a creative media studio from Saudi Arabia specializing in locally-relevant entertainment content
POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.

INJAZ was founded in 1999 as a project under a USAID-funded program, Save the Children. In 2001, INJAZ became an independent, nonprofit Jordanian organization. Over the past 18 years, INJAZ has established itself as a leading solution provider linking the public, private, and civil society sectors to bridge the skills gap between the educationalsystem and the changing needs of the labor market.

Investment focus

Virtualization, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Kitchefy — Building the largest decentralized network of cloud kitchens in the MENA Region.

Daam Almonsha'at Holding

Investment focus

Training, Education, E-Learning
Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Hello World Kids — Hello World Kids specializes in teaching and training software coding to students, teachers, and schools in junior 1 to level 6 stages.

Chairperson of 17 Ventures.

Investment focus

Virtualization, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Kitchefy — Building the largest decentralized network of cloud kitchens in the MENA Region.

Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF) is a venture capital fund investing in early stage technology companies around the globe. The fund is interested in post-revenue Seed through Series-B opportunities. RTF was founded by Riyad Capital Co. and TAQNIA and is backed by leading Saudi institutional investors.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

Haseel — The new concept to meet your needs of vegetables and fruits selects you the best crops and the best prices in a way that is consistent with your digital age.
TruKKer — TRUKKER is one of the leading names of logistics & transportation companies in UAE, KSA, Egypt & across the GCC. We offer logistics & transport & truck rental services in the MENA Region. Call us on +971 600-524642.
Eureka — Discover Eureka AI our App measurement tools and how we help you grow in the Digital economy

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

E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

BitOasis — BitOasis is MENA's leading platform that allows you to securely buy, sell and trade crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Bitcoin Cash at the best rates. Currently available in UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
Wafeq وافق — Send invoices or purchase orders, manage your inventory and your payroll, and get over 30 reports to manage your company, all in one software.

Zuhair Shammout

Investment focus

Virtualization, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Jordan

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Kitchefy — Building the largest decentralized network of cloud kitchens in the MENA Region.

At the core of our ethos is a firm belief in human potential and the promise of a better future. We forge lasting legacies by partnering with founders who are obsessed with redefining paradigms and building companies that will transcend generations.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
Jordan, United Arab Emirates, United States

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Omniful — Omniful is your partner in retail revolution. Explore our comprehensive suite of AI-Powered solutions designed to empower omnichannel retailers, D2C brands, and fulfillment providers. From scalable order management, to agile warehouse management, to data-driven business intelligence, we provide the tools you need to thrive in tomorrow's dynamic market.
Caplight — Caplight is a platform that enables institutional investors to buy and sell derivatives of private equity.For the first time in the private markets, institutional investors can hedge positions, generate income on assets, and access true liquidity with public settlement-like mechanics.Caplight serves a broad range of QIBs including hedge funds,VC funds, family offices, pensions, endowments, mutual funds, and insurance firms.Securities are offered by North Capital Private Securities, member FINRA/SIPC, a partner of Caplight Markets LLC.
Wellx — Turn your health into currency. At Wellx, we're focused on making you healthier. Insurance helps us make it happen.

TotallyAwesome is the only youth-first engagement platform in APAC. We enable a youth-first and brand-safe digital ecosystem with more than 500 million monthly active users.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Web Development
Seed
Jordan

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MERAKI Academy — MERAKI Academy; is an Online Part-Time Coding Bootcamp that teaches programming from scratch. We provide a unique learning experience using the most up-to-date methods and technologies consisting of over 700 hours of support and guidance to prepare our students for the software engineering industry. MERAKI Academy has been a part of the techcommunity since the pandemic started. The IT sector was standing still during all that, and we believe in involving more capable people in it, and open opportunities for those who are passionate, willing to learn, and enthusiastic about being Software Engineers; through an intensive Online Part-Time Coding Bootcamp, consisting of two phases: • Phase 1 (5 months): The Training Phase lasts for 5 months [700 hours of training]. • Phase 2 (up to 8 months): The Support Phase lasts up to 8 months after graduation to help all graduates to land their first job in the IT field.Until this time, we’ve graduated four cohorts of students who have gone on to become Software Engineers in high-profile companies (local and international), currently, we are in the middle of the fifth cohort.Each student has a cost fee of $3100, we have our support system; study now and pay later where the student pays $700 upon registration which can be paid in installments then pays $2400 in installments after getting a job only and within 8 months after graduation (425 $ Registration Fees). We provide a high-quality learning experience for our students as we have our industry-driven curriculum, various teaching methodologies, and a system that competes with world-class Coding Bootcamps. I have no doubt this will end up being a significant success if we make it happen.What We Are Looking For? A strategic partner (investor) who can help us to open a new branch and move the business to the next level; in return, we offer a stake from MERAKI Academy.Please find attached MERAKI Academy’s profile to this email also, you can find more details on our Online Part-Time Coding Bootcamp (youtu.be/a5ic81DheuU). Outcomes Statistics: Graduates Salary Range: $493 - $4500 Graduates Employment Rate (overall): 85%-95% (within 8 months after graduation)

Valuta Capital Partners is an advisory outfit with its headquarters in Istanbul providing management consulting services to its affiliates.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, iOS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

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Tailster — Tailster is an iOS and Android mobile application that matches pet owners with people who are willing to care for their pets. It allows its users to track dog walks, real time photo updates, free insurance, and online payment services. Individuals shares their requirements and they can get in touch with the carers. They also can book the carersonline and over the telephone. It provides customer testimonials for new users to get an idea about the company and their experiences.Tailster is a U.K.-based company that was founded in 2014 by Indy Sangha.
MyGoGames — My GO games (OTCQB: MYGG) is a publicly traded, on-line, ethical action game developer for outdoor enthusiasts. CEO Danny Hammett has extensive experience, leadership and sponsor contracts enabling the company to build a Games Universe of over 30 outdoors games. MYGG takes a proven outdoor action formula - recognized branding combined withfast paced hunting /fishing /riding/boating/camping, and outdoor enthusiast activities with a low barrier to entry - and puts it in a graphically rich MMO world specifically crafted for the over 500 million hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts, globally. Players can hike trails, camp out in the wilderness, try their hand at fishing, use firearms and bows against targets or various wild game animals, encounter numerous outdoor celebrities, and experience a variety of other games and activities with a central lodge focus. GO is designed to combine humanity’s oldest social experiences with the most powerful social networking tools available online.
Quantemplate — Insurance data integration, automation, validation & analytics. Automate all your insurance and reinsurance data preparation, including Bordereaux Management, MGA Reporting, Exposure Management, Fleet Auto, Aggregation and Clash with integrated data quality assurance. Turn all of your insurance data sources into insights you can trust with the Quantemplate SaaS platform.

Investing in global, female entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Education, Wellness, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

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FORTË — FORTË enables fitness brands globally to create a high-quality, premium digital fitness platform cost-effectively. FORTË installs its proprietary streaming hardware and software at one or more of its clients’ locations, deploys a customized website and accompanying mobile apps, and assists the client to launch and promote its new virtual offering.End-users can stream live and on-demand fitness classes from their favorite gym while interacting with their community on two-way video, tracking their performance in real-time on leaderboards and through wearable integrations, participate in challenges, and get social with their friends. FORTË powers UFC, Goodlife Fitness, YMCA's, NFL Player's Association, The Edge, Heartcore, GYMVMT, and many other well-known gym chains and boutique studios.
Wellbees — Wellbees is a corporate wellbeing platform working to change the way we work. Wellbees' main value proposition for HR is offering a "one -stop-shop experience for all things employee wellbeing" saving HR time and money. Wellbees has powerful social functions such as challenges, clubs, events that help employees get the inspirationnecessary for sustainable behavior change on top of its functions such as online expert calls and wellbeing content.
Making Space — Making Space is a talent acquisition and learning experience platform for companies to access pre-qualified underrepresented talent pools.

Foundation Ventures is an investment firm that backs exceptional teams building industry defining companies in Egypt and the MENA region.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, Jordan, United States

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Kenzz — Kenzz is an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA.
Commonplace — Commonplace is an online citizen engagement platform. We help you to engage with more community members, collect their ideas and make better places.
The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

Access Bridge Ventures (ABV) is a leading early stage venture capital fund. tha invests across the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and on a case by case basis outside these regions. We currently have investments in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and aggressively expa

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom

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Scalers — Scalers is a one-stop shop for Saudi youth to enter the job market, through enhancing their skills for modern employment, as well as connecting them to employers both within and outside its network.
RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
Keyper — Keyper is revolutionizing real estate management allowing you to manage all your properties, get real-time valuations and help you make data-driven decisions.

Edgo VC is the venture capital arm of Edgo, under which the group’s direct and indirect venture capital activities are consolidated. Edgo VC takes an opportunistic approach to venture capital investing and is sector, stage, and region agnostic.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Computer
Series A, Funding Round
Jordan

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liwwa — liwwa connects small businesses in need of capital with people who want to invest in them. The company’s peer-to-peer lease-to-own model addresses the capital access and interest-free investor return opportunities. Liwwa conducts in-house reviews of a small business's creditability and enables them to pay a monthly fee to investors. Foundedin 2013, Liwwa raised seed funding with DASH Ventures, al Etihad, and MENA Venture Investments, which it plans to use to hire several new team members, including an underwriting team and to support a new product offering.
POSRocket — Traditional cash registers are a thing of the past. POSRocket modernizes this near-obsolete system by providing business owners with an intuitive, user-friendly, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform.

The Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC) is a leading investment holding company that was founded by a number of Arab and Palestinian businessmen aiming at steering investments towards Palestine that ultimately contribute to building a viable Palestinian economy. APIC was established and registered in the British Virgins Island as a privateshareholding company in 1994. In 1996, it was registered in Palestine as a foreign limited private shareholding company.

Investment focus

CRM, SaaS, Dental
Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
United States, Jordan

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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.
Mashvisor — Optimize real estate investing with Airbnb data, comps, & advanced software. Maximize revenue, find properties, & automate rentals for efficiency & profitability.
EON Aligner — Get the smile you've always wanted with clear aligners. Count on a network of over 3000 Eon Aligner doctors. Start your clear aligner journey today!

Endure Capital is an early stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs looking for startup teams. They look for founders who are relentlessly resourceful and imaginative, solving genuine problems that matter to a lot of people and building high growth companies that endure.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Egypt, United States, United Kingdom

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Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
Pylon — Pylon provides water and electricity distribution companies, in emerging markets, with a platform for managing their customers and infrastructure.
Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.

Watar Partners

Investment focus

EdTech, Gaming, Grocery
Series B, Series A
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United States

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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.
Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.

Ibtikar (Innovation, in Arabic) is a disruptive fund that will invest in innovative Palestinian companies. Ibtikar’s investments begin at the seed level through local accelerators, continue in post-acceleration phases and can also include series A investments in its portfolio companies. Through this investment strategy we aim to close a criticalfunding gap between acceleration and VC and other later-stage investors. Our goal is to maximize return for our investors by helping high-potential Palestinian companies answer regional and global needs. We will do this through direct support from our management team and select group of advisors, and will leverage the strong network of our investors and partners for the benefit of each of our portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Palestinian Territory, United States, Jordan

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DataQueue — DataQueue is a premier technology platform that transforms how businesses manage their entire AI lifecycle. It's a platform that covers every element of the AI lifecycle, from data labeling to model training, deployment, and human-in-the-loop integration, in order to ease AI adoption and speed up creativity.
Alma Health — Alma Health is a digitally-native chronic illness management platform serving an addressable market of 20m patients in GCC. Through its cloud pharmacy and virtual doctor consultations, Alma Health is translating patient behavior and insights into personalized services and products like digital treatments and at home monitoring systems. Alma Healthis based in Hub71-Abu Dhabi.
Algebra Intelligence — Algebra Intelligence is a software development firm that integrates artificial intelligence solutions into the energy sector by providing comprehensive asset performance management, proactive notifications, predictive maintenance, and energy forecast.

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