{"id":66039,"date":"2026-05-21T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=66039"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:06:23","slug":"manara-ventures-launches-70-5-million-fund-to-support-startups-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2026\/05\/manara-ventures-launches-70-5-million-fund-to-support-startups-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Manara Ventures launches $70.5 million fund to support startups in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jordan Investment Fund (JCIF) launches \u201cManara Ventures\u201d worth $70.5 million to support Jordanian startups in technology and innovation during growth and expansion stages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fund targets investments in more than 20 Jordanian tech companies, focusing on enabling regional expansion with backing from institutional investors, including Abu Dhabi-based Lunate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The Jordan Investment Fund (JCIF) has launched \u201cManara Ventures,\u201d a JOD 50 million &#8220;approximately $70.5 million&#8221; fund aimed at supporting Jordanian startups in the technology and innovation sectors during their growth and expansion stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The fund targets investments in more than 20 Jordanian tech companies, with a focus on enabling regional expansion, backed by institutional investors in the region, including Abu Dhabi-based Lunate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The platform is established within the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) under a Sharia-compliant structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">Investment tickets range from $750,000 to $3 million per company, with additional capital allocated to support high-performing startups during their regional scaling phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The fund focuses on accelerating the growth of high-potential Jordanian tech companies while connecting local innovation with regional capital, strengthening the venture capital ecosystem in Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">Lama Fawaz has been appointed CEO of the fund, where she will lead the investment strategy and support founders in building companies capable of competing regionally and globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jordan Investment Fund (JCIF) has launched \u201cManara Ventures,\u201d a JOD 50 million &#8220;approximately $70.5 million&#8221; fund aimed at supporting Jordanian startups in the technology and innovation sectors during their growth and expansion stages. The fund targets investments in more than 20 Jordanian tech companies, with a focus on enabling regional expansion, backed by institutional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":66037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8850,1803],"tags":[2570,12633,12634,12635],"class_list":["post-66039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venture","category-business-accelerators","tag-abu-dhabi-global-market","tag-jcif","tag-jordan-investment-fund","tag-manara-ventures"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66040,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66039\/revisions\/66040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}