Silicon Badia

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm founded in 2011, with a focus on investing in technology companies primarily in the Middle East and the United States. Based in Amman, Jordan, the firm manages several funds, including the Badia Impact Fund and the Badia Outreach Funds, which target early-stage investments. The Badia Impact Fund, established in 2014, concentrates on software, SaaS, and mobile sectors within the Middle East, while the Badia Outreach Funds, also launched in 2014 and 2018, focus on software and technology, media, and telecommunications sectors in the United States. Through these initiatives, Silicon Badia aims to support innovative technology ventures that drive growth in these key regions.

Jenny Atout Ahlzén

Investment Principal

Emile Cubeisy

Managing Partner

Tareq Z. Faddah

Finance Director

Dina Shawar

Investment Associate

Namek T. Zu'bi

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Fawaz Zubi

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Fawaz H. Zu’bi

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Past deals in Jordan

Vezeeta

Series D in 2020
Vezeeta is the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions of patients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.

liwwa

Series A in 2019
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. Founded in 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.

Vezeeta

Series C in 2018
Vezeeta is the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions of patients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.

liwwa

Series A in 2018
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. Founded in 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.

Vezeeta

Series B in 2017
Vezeeta is the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions of patients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.

liwwa

Seed Round in 2017
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. Founded in 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.

Vezeeta

Series B in 2017
Vezeeta is the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions of patients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.

liwwa

Seed Round in 2016
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. Founded in 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.

Reserveout

Series A in 2016
Reserveout provides online restaurant reservation services in Amman, Beirut, and major Arab cities in the Middle East. The company’s Web and mobile applications enable online and mobile users to search and reserve with venues part of the reserveout network. It serves clients, such as venue owners that include restaurants, spas, etc. The company is headquartered in Amman, Jordan.

Arabia Weather

Series A in 2015
Arabia Weather features hourly-updated weather forecasts and alerts in United Arab Emirates.

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.

Arabia Weather

Seed Round in 2014
Arabia Weather features hourly-updated weather forecasts and alerts in United Arab Emirates.

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 the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions of patients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.

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.