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In an official statement by Endeavor Catalyst, its Managing Director, Allen Taylor, has announced closing its 3rd Fund “Endeavor Catalyst III”, with $134 million, of which $2 million is from Jordan’s Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF), and 1.7 from other Jordanian Limited Partners (“LPs”).

“COVID-19 touched all our lives. People accepted that forcefully, which means that now the entrepreneurial conducive atoms in the air are at an all-time high concentration.”

An eye-opening interview with our visionary Endeavor Entrepreneur and Mentor Imad Malhas on how their global company IrisGuard responded to the Covid-19 crisis, with some advice for current and aspiring entrepreneurs and investors alike.

In an analysis conducted by Business Financing UK using data featured on Crunchbase to identify top female founders in every country in the world, we are proud to say that Endeavor portfolio company Little Thinking Minds with its founders Lamia Tabbaa and Rama Kayyali represented Jordan on this global map!

The Straight Up Start Up interviews our high-impact entrepreneur and CEO of POSrocket, Zeid Husban in an exciting and inspiring podcast, where he got to share his entrepreneurial journey from starting iFood, which got acquired, to founding POSRocket.

In an interview with The National UAE, Hussam Hammo, talks about his beginnings since 2006 to reaching the establishment of his 3rd startup Tamatem Games in 2013, where he shares challenges faced and lessons learned along the way, future plans, as well as a few tips to aspiring entrepreneurs.

Hosted as the guest of the 11th episode of Conversations with Loulou’s, Jalil Allabadi, Founder of Altibbi, shares the challenges he has faced since the establishment of the company in 2011, to becoming “an overnight” success”. The episode features the inspiration behind Altibbi, the challenges and learnings particularly while fundraising with a special focus on the impact of COVID-19 on his business.

At a ceremony held on July 31st, His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, honored national institutions and individuals for their distinguished efforts that bolstered Jordan’s capabilities to counter coronavirus disease (COVID-19). His Majesty awarded Endeavor Entrepreneurs Rami Al Qawasmi and Mohammad Jaber, Founders of Mawdoo3.com, Order for Distinction of the First Degree, in appreciation of their efforts since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in providing an advanced online platform for remote learning at record speed.

It is no news that reading boosts success since it allows entrepreneurs to learn from the experiences of others, provides insights and business strategies, develops skills, and influences the way we conduct business through personal development and leadership skills. As such, we at Endeavor Jordan have launched a book club, ‘Book Doods’, where the first book discussed was ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ by Daniel Kahneman. The book club, which will be discussing a book every six weeks, is a local intellectual initiative part of our ‘Road to Success’ initiatives offering different training programs.

Tamatem Games has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Tamalaki - the mobile games publisher - to release its popular game, Home Designer Blast Makeover, across the MENA region, Turkey, South Korea and several Southeast Asian countries. The game will be localised and renamed to 'خبير تصميم المنزل Home Design Expert' to make it more culturally relevant.

In a Q&A session with MenaBytes, our entrepreneur Nour Al Hassan, shares the story behind the beginnings of Tarjama, the AI powered language service provider that houses a range of different language solutions across 8 markets.