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JORDAN Startups 360Moms

360Moms Raises Funding from Ibtikar Fund And ISSF 360Moms has been able to garner a large online following, becoming a trusted source for parents seeking guidance on issues concerning themselves and their children’s physical and mental well-being.

by magnitt

2020-09-08

JORDAN EDTECH Abwaab

Online learning platform Abwaab raises $2.4M pre-seed funding The startup plans to use this funding to develop its product and grow its team.

by magnitt

2020-03-18

JORDAN GAME Tamatem

Wamda leads $3.5 million round in mobile games publisher Tamatem Jordan-based Tamatem initially focused on developing mobile games.

by magnitt

2020-02-17

JORDAN FINTECH Liwwa

Amman-based Liwwa raises $6 million to fuel growth of its SME lending marketplace in Jordan and Egypt Liwwa plans to use the investment to fuel its growth in both Jordan and Egypt, the markets it Liwwa says in dire need for capital investment.

by MENAbytes

2020-02-14

JORDAN FUNDING SaaS

Repzo raises $750,000 in Pre-Series A funding The company was founded in 2017 by Hassan Atmeh, Moutaz Atmeh and Ayman Atmeh as a sales force automation solution with advanced CRM capabilitie

by wamda

2019-11-20

JORDAN FUNDING FINTECH

Jordan’s Solfeh raises $400,000 seed led by Edgo VC to provide same-day microloans to salaried employees Solfeh according to the statement has extended more than 3000 loans over the past 18 months and has partnered up with more than 60 employers (all of them are public enterprises) to offer its services.

by MENAbytes

2019-11-18

Oasis 500 JORDAN VC

Oasis Venture II Invests in Eight Early-Stage Startups The startups are Controlcast, Decapolis, FittiCoin, Ghoorcom, Harreef, MeemApps, OrderEra, and TapShare.

by magnitt

2019-10-24

JORDAN INVESTMENT STARTUP

Jordanian ‘Bot as a Service’ startup Arabot raises $1 million seed led by Saudi’s RTF Arabot, an Amman-based ‘Bot as a Service’ startup has raised $1 million in seed funding led Saudi’s Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF) with participation from existing investors.

by MENAbytes

2019-10-03

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN POLICY

Jordan introduces new customs service fee on cross-border online shopping of clothes, shoes and few other products Jordan Customs Authority last week has introduced new rules and custom service fee for personal online cross-border purchases of apparel and clothing, shoes, children’s toys and food items, made by citizens and residents in Jordan. Previously, the products purchased online from international ecommerce websites for personal use were exempt from customs fees.

by MENAbytes

2019-08-29

INVESTMENT FUNDING MIDDLE EAST

Amman-based e-commerce platform Mecal raised funding from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund Amman-based Mecal, an e-commerce platform focused on men’s accessories has raised funding from Palestine-based Ibtikar Fund and Jordan-based Innovative Startups and SME’s Fund (ISSF).

by wamda

2019-08-28

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN INVESTMENT

Jordan’s Oasis500 launches second fund, now offers up to $100,000 in pre-seed funding to local creative and tech startups Amman-based early-stage investor and accelerator Oasis500 has announced the launch of its second fund Oasis Venture II Fund. The fund has been launched with support and financing from Jordan’s King Abdullah Fund of Development (KAFD), the recently launched $98 million Innovative Start-ups and SMEs Fund or ISSF (their first investment in a fund) and Arab Bank, Oasis 500 announced on Twitter earlier this week.

by MENAbytes

2019-07-17

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN INVESTMENT

Jordan’s Faylasof raises $500,000 pre-Series A Amman-based online bookstore Faylasof has raised $500,000 as Pre-Series A funding from Saudi-based Wise Ventures.

by MENABytes

2019-07-03

MIDDLE EAST FUNDING INVESTMENT

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 closes Series B with $23.5 million Amman-based Mawdoo3 has raised $10 million in fresh funds to close its Series B with $23.5 million, the startup announced today.

by Wamda

2019-05-28

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN STARTUP

Jordan’s DigitaSport raises seed funding Oasis500, one of the leading investment companies and business accelerators based in Jordan announces a seed round of investment in Jordanian Sportech startup DigitaSport, according to a blog post on their website. However, the amount was not disclosed.

by Wamda

2019-05-24

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN STARTUP

Jordanian edtech startup Little Thinking Minds raises $500,000 Amman-based edtech startup Little Thinking Minds has raised another $500,000 to close its Series A with $1.765 million, the startup announced today.

by MenaBytes

2019-05-20

MIDDLE EAST STARTUP FUNDING

Mejuri, a direct-to-consumer fine jewelry startup, raises $23 million Series B Toronto-based direct-to-consumer jewelry startup Mejuri has raised $23 million in Series B led by New Enterprise Associates, one of the leading and oldest American VC firm.

by menabytes

2019-04-28

MIDDLE EAST JORDAN MENA

World Economic Forum kicks off in Jordan The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa(MENA) 2019 kicked off on Saturday in Jordan with more than 1,000 participants from more than 50 countries.

by Isla

2019-04-08

POLICY INVESTMENT MIDDLE EAST

Jordan Allows Foreign Investors to Hold 100% Share of Companies the Jordan Investment Committee had recently proposed the revision of 2016 77th Non-Jordanian Investment System, allowing foreign investors to fully own the shares of projects in certain economic activities.

by Jeremiah

2019-02-28

INVESTMENT HEADLINE STARTUP

Key facts about startups financing in Middle East and North Africa When reviewing the local investment cases in East Africa in 2018, we find that the region is experiencing a peak period of venture capital investment.

by Carol

2019-02-10