Silicon Badia

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan, founded in 2011. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies across the Middle East and the United States. It manages several funds, including the Badia Impact Fund and Badia Outreach Fund II, which target early-stage investments in sectors such as software, SaaS, IT services, B2B payments, and telecommunications. Silicon Badia aims to support innovation in various industries, including enterprise solutions, education, finance, healthcare, and logistics, by providing capital and strategic guidance to emerging businesses.

Tarek Chelaifa

Venture Partner

Emile Cubeisy

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Tareq Z. Faddah

Operating Partner

Hamed Masri

Partner

Mohammed Nasif

Venture Partner

Namek Zu'bi

Founder and Managing Partner

Past deals in Jordan

Vezeeta

Series D in 2020
Vezeeta is a digital healthcare platform based in Heliopolis, Egypt, that connects patients with healthcare providers across the Middle East and Africa. Founded in 2011, the platform allows patients to search, compare, book, and review healthcare services in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. With over 200,000 verified reviews, users can quickly find and schedule appointments with doctors, enhancing their access to quality healthcare. Additionally, Vezeeta offers innovative software solutions for healthcare providers, facilitating efficient clinic management and improving the overall patient experience. The platform aims to empower millions of patients by leveraging data to create better healthcare accessibility in the region.

liwwa

Series A in 2019
liwwa, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors. Founded in 2013 and based in Amman, Jordan, the platform allows borrowers to apply for loans while offering investors the opportunity to earn regular monthly returns on their investments. liwwa's model includes conducting in-house credit reviews of businesses to ensure credibility, facilitating a lease-to-own structure that provides interest-free returns to investors. The company aims to enhance capital access for SMEs in the MENA region, enabling business owners to raise funds for assets and facilitating profitable lending opportunities for investors.

Vezeeta

Series C in 2018
Vezeeta is a digital healthcare platform based in Heliopolis, Egypt, that connects patients with healthcare providers across the Middle East and Africa. Founded in 2011, the platform allows patients to search, compare, book, and review healthcare services in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. With over 200,000 verified reviews, users can quickly find and schedule appointments with doctors, enhancing their access to quality healthcare. Additionally, Vezeeta offers innovative software solutions for healthcare providers, facilitating efficient clinic management and improving the overall patient experience. The platform aims to empower millions of patients by leveraging data to create better healthcare accessibility in the region.

liwwa

Series A in 2018
liwwa, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors. Founded in 2013 and based in Amman, Jordan, the platform allows borrowers to apply for loans while offering investors the opportunity to earn regular monthly returns on their investments. liwwa's model includes conducting in-house credit reviews of businesses to ensure credibility, facilitating a lease-to-own structure that provides interest-free returns to investors. The company aims to enhance capital access for SMEs in the MENA region, enabling business owners to raise funds for assets and facilitating profitable lending opportunities for investors.

Vezeeta

Series B in 2017
Vezeeta is a digital healthcare platform based in Heliopolis, Egypt, that connects patients with healthcare providers across the Middle East and Africa. Founded in 2011, the platform allows patients to search, compare, book, and review healthcare services in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. With over 200,000 verified reviews, users can quickly find and schedule appointments with doctors, enhancing their access to quality healthcare. Additionally, Vezeeta offers innovative software solutions for healthcare providers, facilitating efficient clinic management and improving the overall patient experience. The platform aims to empower millions of patients by leveraging data to create better healthcare accessibility in the region.

liwwa

Seed Round in 2017
liwwa, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors. Founded in 2013 and based in Amman, Jordan, the platform allows borrowers to apply for loans while offering investors the opportunity to earn regular monthly returns on their investments. liwwa's model includes conducting in-house credit reviews of businesses to ensure credibility, facilitating a lease-to-own structure that provides interest-free returns to investors. The company aims to enhance capital access for SMEs in the MENA region, enabling business owners to raise funds for assets and facilitating profitable lending opportunities for investors.

Vezeeta

Series B in 2017
Vezeeta is a digital healthcare platform based in Heliopolis, Egypt, that connects patients with healthcare providers across the Middle East and Africa. Founded in 2011, the platform allows patients to search, compare, book, and review healthcare services in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. With over 200,000 verified reviews, users can quickly find and schedule appointments with doctors, enhancing their access to quality healthcare. Additionally, Vezeeta offers innovative software solutions for healthcare providers, facilitating efficient clinic management and improving the overall patient experience. The platform aims to empower millions of patients by leveraging data to create better healthcare accessibility in the region.

liwwa

Seed Round in 2016
liwwa, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking capital with individual and institutional investors. Founded in 2013 and based in Amman, Jordan, the platform allows borrowers to apply for loans while offering investors the opportunity to earn regular monthly returns on their investments. liwwa's model includes conducting in-house credit reviews of businesses to ensure credibility, facilitating a lease-to-own structure that provides interest-free returns to investors. The company aims to enhance capital access for SMEs in the MENA region, enabling business owners to raise funds for assets and facilitating profitable lending opportunities for investors.

ReserveOut

Series A in 2016
ReserveOut is an online restaurant reservation service based in Amman, Jordan, catering to diners in major Arab cities like Beirut. The company offers a web and mobile platform that allows users to search and make reservations at various venues, including restaurants and spas, within its network. By providing real-time booking capabilities, ReserveOut enables users to quickly find and secure dining options while assisting venue owners in managing their bookings and resources more efficiently. The platform serves as a bridge between hospitality and entertainment, enhancing the overall dining experience for both consumers and service providers.

ArabiaWeather

Series A in 2015
ArabiaWeather is a company that provides comprehensive weather information through a web-based portal, offering hourly-updated forecasts and alerts specifically for the United Arab Emirates. Its services include detailed weather forecasting, real-time condition updates, and broadcasting weather shows. ArabiaWeather caters to various sectors that are significantly impacted by weather, such as media, airlines, oil and gas, agriculture, insurance, and retail. By delivering timely and accurate weather data, the company enables businesses and farmers to make informed decisions and effectively plan for weather-related challenges.

Hashdoc

Seed Round in 2015
Hashdoc, Inc. operates an online platform that enables publishers to share, distribute, sell, and market their documents. It offers Hashdoc, an online professional document storage and search site that enables professionals to search, discover, and share documents and templates on various topics. The company also hosts documents for small businesses on various topics, such as project management, human resources, design, software development, psychology, leadership and social media, and other topics. Hashdoc, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Amman, Jordan.

ArabiaWeather

Seed Round in 2014
ArabiaWeather is a company that provides comprehensive weather information through a web-based portal, offering hourly-updated forecasts and alerts specifically for the United Arab Emirates. Its services include detailed weather forecasting, real-time condition updates, and broadcasting weather shows. ArabiaWeather caters to various sectors that are significantly impacted by weather, such as media, airlines, oil and gas, agriculture, insurance, and retail. By delivering timely and accurate weather data, the company enables businesses and farmers to make informed decisions and effectively plan for weather-related challenges.

Wysada

Series A in 2014
Wysada Limited is an online retailer specializing in a diverse range of home products, including furniture, décor, kitchen and dining accessories, bed and bath essentials, and outdoor items. The company offers a wide selection of products such as bedding, bath accessories, lighting fixtures, garden furniture, and home appliances. In addition to these categories, Wysada provides gift items and fashion accessories under the Voonsh brand, which includes jewelry and decorative embellishments. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with additional offices in Saudi Arabia, Wysada aims to deliver quality home furnishings and décor at competitive prices, catering to various customer needs in the home improvement segment.

Vezeeta

Series A in 2014
Vezeeta is a digital healthcare platform based in Heliopolis, Egypt, that connects patients with healthcare providers across the Middle East and Africa. Founded in 2011, the platform allows patients to search, compare, book, and review healthcare services in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. With over 200,000 verified reviews, users can quickly find and schedule appointments with doctors, enhancing their access to quality healthcare. Additionally, Vezeeta offers innovative software solutions for healthcare providers, facilitating efficient clinic management and improving the overall patient experience. The platform aims to empower millions of patients by leveraging data to create better healthcare accessibility in the region.

Oasis500

Venture Round in 2011
Oasis500 is the leading seed investment company and business accelerator in the Tech and Creative Industry spaces based in Amman, Jordan. We enable great entrepreneurs to transform their viable ideas or creative talents into scalable businesses. That includes finding those entrepreneurs, investing in their startups, bridging their know-how gap, and eventually helping them get follow-on funding. In the process, we have become one of the most influential players in advancing the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in Jordan and the MENA region in general. It all starts with reaching out to those people with the entrepreneurial drive, compelling them to embrace it and submit their startup ideas to Oasis500. Successful applicants are invited to attend our intensive Business and Entrepreneurship workshop aimed at building their entrepreneurial capacity and maximizing their potential of securing funding. Those with more mature pitches may go to the investment stage directly and skip the workshop. Startups that are successful at securing funding from Oasis500 will be accelerated at our facilities for 180 days where the focus will be on driving growth. Startups will have access to the tremendous cumulative know-how of Oasis500 staff, and our wonderful network of mentors. Not to mention the vibrant community that will help them come to terms with their maturing entrepreneurial identity. They will also be introduced to our investors network at a later stage as part of our focused efforts to help them get follow-on funding when needed.
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