Jordan

Winners of first Visa Everywhere Initiative Levant edition announced

Visa and the Central Bank of Jordan have announced the winners of the first Levant edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, a global open innovation program and competition for fintech startups to p...

The CORE@HTU celebrates the graduation of startups under ISSF support

The CORE@HTU, Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Excellence at Al Hussein Technical University, celebrated the graduation of its final cohort of startups under the Innovative Startup and SME ...

ISSF increases investment in Propeller Ventures II to $5mln

The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) has announced an increase in its commitment in Propeller’s second fund, Propeller Ventures II (PVII) a Jordanian venture capital fund specializing in...

24 startups join Flat6Labs’ StartMashreq Growth Track Program

Flat6Labs announced the selection of  24 startups for its StartMashreq Growth Track program from Jordan, Lebanon & Iraq. All these startups operate in diverse sectors such as fintech, healthtech, ...

Jordan’s ISSF invests $1.5 million in Sadu Capital

The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) announced an investment in Sadu Capital’s early-stage fund, a venture capital fund focused on empowering technology startups and SMEs in Jordan and the reg...

Synopsys and Golden Electronics partner to foster talent development

Synopsys and Golden Electronics, an IC development services company based in Amman, are collaborating to increase the number of industry-ready chip design engineers in Jordan. The

JoPACC and Rainmaking Innovation to invigorate fintech across Jordan

The Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC) and Rainmaking Innovation have signed an agreement to mark the onset of the programs of JoPACC’s newly established fintech incubator, JOIN Fincu...

Applications open in Jordan for Visa Everywhere Initiative for fintech startups

Applications are now open in Jordan for the 2023 edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation competition that sees startups pitch their innovative solutions to solve tomo...

BIGO to support Singaporean startups expanding into MENA region

BIGO Technology (BIGO), one of the fastest-growing Singapore technology companies, announced that it will be providing assistance to Singapore startups and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) which are lo...