Investor Profile: Silicon Badia — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan, that partners with technology entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa and in the United States. It describes itself as a firm that partners with passionate, bold entrepreneurs to solve some of the world's biggest problems, and its history makes it one of the most seasoned venture names in the Arab world.

Thesis

Silicon Badia backs technology startups across a wide range of industries, rather than specialising in a single vertical. Its MENA work focuses on Arab founders building for regional markets, while its US work backs early-stage technology ventures using technology to solve inefficiencies in traditional niche markets such as healthcare, finance, real estate and education.

Sectors/stages

Silicon Badia invests mainly at seed and early stages, with later-stage and growth exposure through follow-on rounds. Sector coverage reported across sources includes enterprise and B2B software, fintech, health, education, e-commerce and information technology, with recent portfolio activity also touching artificial intelligence and data products. Geographically, its focus spans Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and the wider MENA region, plus the United States.

Fund size/cheque size

Silicon Badia does not publish a single total fund size on the sources read, so its overall assets are recorded here as not publicly disclosed. Its vehicles are public by name: the Badia Impact Fund invests in Arab startups, and Badia Impact Fund II is an early-stage venture fund managed by Silicon Badia and based in Amman. A concrete cheque is public for the first fund: the Badia Impact Fund led a US$2 million financing round for Jordan-based weather products company ArabiaWeather, alongside Jabbar Internet Group, Dash Ventures and MENA Venture Investments. Individual standard cheque sizes beyond that were not stated in the sources read.

Portfolio

Portfolio names confirmed across sources include ArabiaWeather, Amplitude, Bayzat, Compstak, Headnote and Ideal Ratings, plus Oasis500, an accelerator and venture firm in which Silicon Badia holds a portfolio position and which itself reports over 200 portfolio companies. More recent portfolio activity includes Synapse Analytics in Egypt, Journify, Scalvy and Thunders AI.

Partners/programmes

Namek Zu'bi is founder and managing partner of Silicon Badia, and Fawaz H. Zu'bi and Emile Cubeisy are named as founders alongside him. BeyondCapital, created with Endeavor Jordan, is a related initiative aimed at building startup communities as well as individual companies, and Oasis500 is a related accelerator and seed investor in the region's tech and creative industries. The firm's own press materials also name Dana Qtaishat as an investment principal for its MENA practice.

How to apply for funding from Silicon Badia

Silicon Badia does not run a public application form in the sources read, so founders should approach through the firm's official website and its published contact route: the firm's own press releases give [email protected] as its contact address, and its Amman office is on Zahran Street. A strong approach names the specific fund fit, whether a MENA-market company for the Badia Impact Fund vehicles or a US technology company, and shows international ambition with credible execution. Introductions through Endeavor Jordan, Oasis500 or a portfolio founder will help, given the firm's community-based sourcing.