liwwa, Inc. is a peer lending platform based in Amman, Jordan, established in 2013. The company connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors looking to diversify their investment portfolios. Through its platform, liwwa enables borrowers to apply for small business loans, facilitating access to necessary funds while allowing investors to earn regular monthly returns. The company conducts in-house evaluations of borrowers' creditworthiness and employs a lease-to-own model that provides interest-free returns for investors. By focusing on the MENA region, liwwa aims to enhance capital access for small businesses and create investment opportunities for individuals and institutions.
liwwa
Debt Financing in 2022
liwwa, Inc. is a peer lending platform based in Amman, Jordan, established in 2013. The company connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors looking to diversify their investment portfolios. Through its platform, liwwa enables borrowers to apply for small business loans, facilitating access to necessary funds while allowing investors to earn regular monthly returns. The company conducts in-house evaluations of borrowers' creditworthiness and employs a lease-to-own model that provides interest-free returns for investors. By focusing on the MENA region, liwwa aims to enhance capital access for small businesses and create investment opportunities for individuals and institutions.
Eon Aligner
Series B in 2021
Eon Aligner is a company focused on simplifying the process of teeth straightening through its innovative clear aligner systems. Originally founded in Minnesota, the company is now headquartered in Belgium and operates regional offices across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Eon Aligner provides a comprehensive range of services, including clinical treatment setup, agile manufacturing of clear aligners, and advanced clinician-centric software. This approach allows dental professionals to offer a hygienic and comfortable solution for treating various malocclusions, all while maintaining a commitment to user-friendly processes and high-quality service.
liwwa, Inc. is a peer lending platform based in Amman, Jordan, established in 2013. The company connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors looking to diversify their investment portfolios. Through its platform, liwwa enables borrowers to apply for small business loans, facilitating access to necessary funds while allowing investors to earn regular monthly returns. The company conducts in-house evaluations of borrowers' creditworthiness and employs a lease-to-own model that provides interest-free returns for investors. By focusing on the MENA region, liwwa aims to enhance capital access for small businesses and create investment opportunities for individuals and institutions.
liwwa, Inc. is a peer lending platform based in Amman, Jordan, established in 2013. The company connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors looking to diversify their investment portfolios. Through its platform, liwwa enables borrowers to apply for small business loans, facilitating access to necessary funds while allowing investors to earn regular monthly returns. The company conducts in-house evaluations of borrowers' creditworthiness and employs a lease-to-own model that provides interest-free returns for investors. By focusing on the MENA region, liwwa aims to enhance capital access for small businesses and create investment opportunities for individuals and institutions.
Quassar Capital
Venture Round in 2017
Quassar Capital is a firm with a broad presence in the US, founded in 2012, which manages $23.6 billion in assets. Our people have extensive experience in various fields such as applied mathematics, statistical methods, financial markets, as well as advanced programming with a quantitative approach, which has allowed a sustained growth in recent years always betting on the most innovative technology and which is reflected in the excellent results towards our investors. Delivering high-quality returns requires unwavering focus, continuous adaptation to dynamic conditions, and the active pursuit of market opportunities. To achieve this, we invest significantly in technology and infrastructure and bring together diverse perspectives and approaches. Quassar Capital, L.P. a Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC company.
MadfooatCom
Funding Round in 2015
MadfooatCom is the first e-payments company in Jordan, established in 2011 with an investment by Oasis500, aiming to disrupt the cash payments in the emerging markets. In 2014, MadfooatCom won the bid for the Central Bank of Jordan’s project to build and operate eFAWATEERcom; the national electronic bill presentment and payment service in Jordan. Today, it is connected to 100% of the banks and more than 300 billers including all telecom, utilities, private and government sector billers (Customs dept., e-Gov, ministry of Finance, social security, traffic tickets, etc...), and has processed till date, more than 48 million bills paid worth of more than 32 billion USD. The government of Jordan decided to use eFAWATEERcom for all its payments. By the end of 2017, more than 10 government services stopped using cash and transfer to ePayments using eFAWATEERcom in a government plan to digitize all government services and payments by 2020. MadfooatCom expanded to Oman and Palestine with more MENA countries in the pipeline (Algeria, Kenya, …), and is an active member of Endeavor Entrepreneurs’ global network and EO network. MadfooatCom was recently licensed by the Central Bank of Jordan as an e-wallet operator, to build and operate an electronic wallet in Jordan to help the unbanked people with managing their financials online. MadfooatCom’s CEO and Founder (Nasser Saleh) received the award of excellence from his majesty King Abdullah II for the company service: eFAWATEERcom which made the people life easier by introducing ePayments for most of their payments. In January 2018, Mr. Nasser also received the Mohammad bin Rashid Award at Dubai for the best Service Company in the Arab World. In 2019 MadfooatCom was selected as one of the top 100 startups that are shaping the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" in the MENA region and in 2020 was ranked by Forbes magazine in the top 10 Best regional technology companies in the Middle East Customers are wasting a lot of time and effort in paying their bills forcing them to stand in long queues for extended periods of time s they can pay their bills online, anywhere and anytime. Our platform, eFAWATEERcom, streamlines the billing and collection process for businesses and consumers alike. It runs on a scalable, microservices-based architecture that accommodates billers, banks and payment service providers. The system uses RTGS (Real Time Gross and Settlement System) to enable real time settlements that can be configured to handle multiple sessions.
liwwa, Inc. is a peer lending platform based in Amman, Jordan, established in 2013. The company connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors looking to diversify their investment portfolios. Through its platform, liwwa enables borrowers to apply for small business loans, facilitating access to necessary funds while allowing investors to earn regular monthly returns. The company conducts in-house evaluations of borrowers' creditworthiness and employs a lease-to-own model that provides interest-free returns for investors. By focusing on the MENA region, liwwa aims to enhance capital access for small businesses and create investment opportunities for individuals and institutions.