Oasis500

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.

Luma Fawaz

CEO

Past deals in Lebanon

Feedeed

Seed Round in 2014
Feedeed first came to life when four Lebanese entrepreneurs, each of whom had initially pursued traditional career paths, found themselves freelancing in order to get closer to their true passions. Having dealt with the hardships of freelancing and with concerns over rising unemployment in the region, the founding team saw a need for an online platform that supported such skills and talent. Launched in August 2014, Feedeed establishes an online marketplace for skills and talent, and empowers local creativity by turning skills into viable businesses. The website is an efficient, easy-to-use platform for both seller and buyer, offering unique services and products that are sold as simply as any product online. Some of these services range from the basic such as website development, logo design, photography, to the unique like wakeboard lessons, djs, and custom made products. Feedeed is hoping to have an impact beyond the obvious functionality of its marketplace as it encourages everyone to live off of doing what they love. In parallel with the website, Feedeed launched #HateTheDesk, social media campaign, aimed to promote and support people making a living off what they love. One of the features of the campaign is a call for people to share a picture of themselves doing what they love in the environment they feel most creative.
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