Ibtikar Fund

Ibtikar Fund is a venture capital firm established in 2015, focusing on seed and early-stage investments in innovative Palestinian companies. Based in the Palestinian Authority, the fund aims to bridge the funding gap between accelerators and later-stage investors by providing support to high-potential companies. With a strategy that includes investments from seed level through series A, Ibtikar Fund maximizes returns for investors while helping portfolio companies meet regional and global needs. Leveraging a strong network of investors and partners, the firm's management team and advisors offer direct support to drive the success of their investments.

Ambar Amleh

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Habib Hazzan

Managing General Partner

Reem Qawasmi

Chief Financial Officer-in-Residence

34 past transactions

LogesTechs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
LogesTechs is a delivery management software that streamlines delivery operations by digitizing and connecting the disparate parts and processes involved in delivery. LogesTechs delivery management software caters to the needs of express delivery providers that work in parcel delivery, document delivery or food delivery.

Safra

Private Placement in 2019
Safra Platform is literally the first all-inclusive package designing platform, with revolutionary advanced technology that makes the platform do the hard work while our partners enjoy the simplicity. By empowering our clients with full control and flexibility, they can instantly create and customize vacations for their clients with various travel components within a Package, using flights, hotels, sightseeing, tickets and transportation.

RedCrow

Seed Round in 2016
RedCrow Intelligence operates as a private intelligence company that provides practical risk mitigation solutions to organizations and individuals in the Middle East and North Africa region. The company primarily focuses on emphasizing on connecting new media and changing the intelligence gathering tools in order to constantly adapt to the ways in which information is disseminated and analyzed. Its methodologies triangulate open source, human intelligence, and social intelligence to provide timely, accurate, and proactive risk intelligence on strategic and tactical levels. The company is based in Palestinian Authority.

Play 3arabi

Seed Round in 2017
Play 3arabi Inc publishes social media mobile games focusing on the Middle East and North Africa region. Its games include Heidi: Alpine Adventure, a mini-games series to teach children more about life in the mountains; Kingdoms Online, a military strategy game; Stars of Knowledge, a multi-player trivia game played on Facebook; Arab Racing, a car racing multi-player game. The company develops games for iOS and Android. Play 3arabi Inc was founded in 2014 and is based in New Castle, Delaware.

SocialDice

Seed Round in 2017
SocialDice offers an innovative digital hiring solution making hiring easy, smart and fun. Employers can advertise their job to several job sites via few clicks and they will manage all candidates from all job sites via their candidates’ dashboard. They will drill down to top 10-15 candidates directly via their Artificial Intelligence technology that leverage machine learning & semantic algorithms, collaborate effectively via their social timeline, communicate with candidates via their features and manage the stages of the process.

Safra

Seed Round in 2019
Safra Platform is literally the first all-inclusive package designing platform, with revolutionary advanced technology that makes the platform do the hard work while our partners enjoy the simplicity. By empowering our clients with full control and flexibility, they can instantly create and customize vacations for their clients with various travel components within a Package, using flights, hotels, sightseeing, tickets and transportation.

Tawazon

Seed Round in 2020
Tawazon is offers its users meditations guides in Arabic to help them practice breathing exercises, mindfulness and relaxation before sleep.

Mashvisor

Seed Round in 2016
Mashvisor lets average people become savvy individual investors to make profitable real estate investments and rental strategy decisions through an online platform that instantly aggregates real estate data. The platform delivers neighborhood data and analytics such as Cash Flow, Cash on Cash Return, Cap Rate, GRM, Vacancy Rates and rental market strength indicators to identify secure investment market potentials for traditional and short-term lodging (Aribnb) properties.

Mashvisor

Seed Round in 2017
Mashvisor lets average people become savvy individual investors to make profitable real estate investments and rental strategy decisions through an online platform that instantly aggregates real estate data. The platform delivers neighborhood data and analytics such as Cash Flow, Cash on Cash Return, Cap Rate, GRM, Vacancy Rates and rental market strength indicators to identify secure investment market potentials for traditional and short-term lodging (Aribnb) properties.

Mecal corporate

Seed Round in 2019
Mecal Corporate provides e commerce platform for men’s accessories. It designs customized gifts and custom made to order jewelry. It offers seasonal products and sells its products through online. It includes wallets, bags, caps, lighters, laptop covers, swimming pools, customized products, necklaces, car accessories, rings, keychain medals, pens, musical accessories, couples group, cosmetics, luxury collections, belts, bracelets, artworks, trousers accessories, and jacket and shirt accessories. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Amman, Jordan.

Bambinotes, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Bambinotes, Inc. develops and operates a subscription based multi-language platform for online and private communication. It invigorates the communication between kindergartens, pre-school, and parents. The company replaces the paper work and uses multi-platforms to communicate and provides more involvement in children development for both teachers and parents. Bambinotes, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority with additional offices in the United States and Chile.

Inggez

Private Placement in 2019
Inggez LTD provides a mobile application that enables users to access fitness options to manage their lifestyle. It allows users to access fitness venues with fitness plans. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

gamiphy

Seed Round in 2020
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 create platform-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.

Bambinotes

Seed Round in 2018
Bambinotes is a platform for online and private communication, where preschools can maintain better communication with families. Bambinotes has created a unique and powerful connection between parents and children in their first stage of education, involving the family in the development and educational process in a regular and timely manner; Helping in this way cots, nurseries, nests and kindergartens with an effective way to keep the information updated for the family.

Kenz, Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Kenz is a brand for women, by women. Kenz, meaning treasure in Arabic, is an e-commerce site selling lingerie to Middle Eastern market. Our solution was to create an online space to bring trendy styles and a variety of sizes to the region. We’ve teamed up with amazing brands from all over the world, some of which have been featured in Vogue, ELLE, In Style, Cosmopolitan and Modern Bride. Our goal at Kenz is to be the premiere online destination for lingerie shopping in the Middle East. We carry a large variety of sizes and products ranging from bras, bottoms, sleepwear, pajamas and perfect pieces for brides, honeymoons and anniversaries.

gamiphy

Private Placement in 2020
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 create platform-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.

Receet

Seed Round in 2020
Receet, Inc. owns and operates a software as a service (SaaS) platform for providing digital receipts in any business transaction where a receipt is required. The platform uses bluetooth and near-field communication (NFC) technology to instantly push the digital receipt to consumer’s smartphones. The platform enables users to find receipts to make a return, file taxes, and complete expense reports by searching for the receipt on their smartphones. Receet, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Algebra Intelligence

Seed Round in 2022
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.

5QHQH.com

Seed Round in 2016
We make the our customers feels happy and relaxed of the tough day, so we present a funny content for them. We have over than 100 Million young people online and interested in fun and over than 4 Million search for "Jocks" monthly, also we have 39% of smartphone growth users in Egypt which is our 1st market and 90 Million views daily on YouTube in Saudi Arabia which is our 2nd market.

Kenz, Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Kenz is a brand for women, by women. Kenz, meaning treasure in Arabic, is an e-commerce site selling lingerie to Middle Eastern market. Our solution was to create an online space to bring trendy styles and a variety of sizes to the region. We’ve teamed up with amazing brands from all over the world, some of which have been featured in Vogue, ELLE, In Style, Cosmopolitan and Modern Bride. Our goal at Kenz is to be the premiere online destination for lingerie shopping in the Middle East. We carry a large variety of sizes and products ranging from bras, bottoms, sleepwear, pajamas and perfect pieces for brides, honeymoons and anniversaries.

Mecal corporate

Private Placement in 2019
Mecal Corporate provides e commerce platform for men’s accessories. It designs customized gifts and custom made to order jewelry. It offers seasonal products and sells its products through online. It includes wallets, bags, caps, lighters, laptop covers, swimming pools, customized products, necklaces, car accessories, rings, keychain medals, pens, musical accessories, couples group, cosmetics, luxury collections, belts, bracelets, artworks, trousers accessories, and jacket and shirt accessories. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Amman, Jordan.

Receet

Seed Round in 2019
Receet, Inc. owns and operates a software as a service (SaaS) platform for providing digital receipts in any business transaction where a receipt is required. The platform uses bluetooth and near-field communication (NFC) technology to instantly push the digital receipt to consumer’s smartphones. The platform enables users to find receipts to make a return, file taxes, and complete expense reports by searching for the receipt on their smartphones. Receet, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

SocialDice

Seed Round in 2015
SocialDice offers an innovative digital hiring solution making hiring easy, smart and fun. Employers can advertise their job to several job sites via few clicks and they will manage all candidates from all job sites via their candidates’ dashboard. They will drill down to top 10-15 candidates directly via their Artificial Intelligence technology that leverage machine learning & semantic algorithms, collaborate effectively via their social timeline, communicate with candidates via their features and manage the stages of the process.

Receet

Private Placement in 2019
Receet, Inc. owns and operates a software as a service (SaaS) platform for providing digital receipts in any business transaction where a receipt is required. The platform uses bluetooth and near-field communication (NFC) technology to instantly push the digital receipt to consumer’s smartphones. The platform enables users to find receipts to make a return, file taxes, and complete expense reports by searching for the receipt on their smartphones. Receet, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

360Moms

Venture Round in 2020
360Moms operates an online parenting platform. It offers 360Moms, an online platform that provides Arabic-speaking moms with ideas, tips, and testimonials to help them make the parenting choices and practice self-care. The company’s platform also provides live videos by experts who answer questions submitted by users; short videos featuring practical tips and inspiring testimonials from other moms; articles on various topics relating to parenthood for moms and dads; and on-site workshops. In addition, its platform enables moms to question experts; and delivers offline activities, including interactive workshops and the rewards card programs. 360Moms was founded in 2016 and is based in Khalda, Jordan.

MockApp

Seed Round in 2017
MockApp is a design collaboration and workflow platform that allows designers to build, share and manage interactive web and mobile prototypes.

Vidmass

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Vidmass is a SaaS business that helps SMEs and enterprises to produce marketing video content for social media channels and websites using customizable video and graphics templates. Clients upload their own text, images, logos, and then the templates produce eye-catching video overlays in minutes. Vidmass solves the cost and time problem that's exist in traditional video production for those channels that may require an in-house team or hire a social media marketing agency.

Receet

Private Placement in 2020
Receet, Inc. owns and operates a software as a service (SaaS) platform for providing digital receipts in any business transaction where a receipt is required. The platform uses bluetooth and near-field communication (NFC) technology to instantly push the digital receipt to consumer’s smartphones. The platform enables users to find receipts to make a return, file taxes, and complete expense reports by searching for the receipt on their smartphones. Receet, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

360Moms

Private Placement in 2020
360Moms operates an online parenting platform. It offers 360Moms, an online platform that provides Arabic-speaking moms with ideas, tips, and testimonials to help them make the parenting choices and practice self-care. The company’s platform also provides live videos by experts who answer questions submitted by users; short videos featuring practical tips and inspiring testimonials from other moms; articles on various topics relating to parenthood for moms and dads; and on-site workshops. In addition, its platform enables moms to question experts; and delivers offline activities, including interactive workshops and the rewards card programs. 360Moms was founded in 2016 and is based in Khalda, Jordan.

gamiphy

Seed Round in 2018
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 create platform-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.

Inggez

Seed Round in 2019
Inggez LTD provides a mobile application that enables users to access fitness options to manage their lifestyle. It allows users to access fitness venues with fitness plans. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Vatrin

Seed Round in 2022
Vatrin provides an easy way for small-business owners to set up a simple website to facilitate online orders, payments and a direct connection to WhatsApp for managing and tracking the final order.

Alma Health

Seed Round in 2022
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 Health is based in Hub71-Abu Dhabi.