Name of startup: DO-Marketing
Sector: Marketing Services
Year selected: 2018
Year founded: 2019
Founder: Ahmad Al-Aqra is a Syrian graphic designer entrepreneur providing the FMCG industry with a photography toolbox to boost their client’s acquisition process by providing editorial work and advertising campaigns for food brands, companies, and restaurants.
Name of a startup: ego-Jasmine
Sector: Skin care products
Year selected: 2018
Year founded: 2019
Founder: Lara Shaheen started ego-Jasmine House as a way to create jobs for Syrian women by introducing authentic Syrian products. Lara started the business with 5 women. Ego Jasmine’s now produces luxurious bath and beauty products like organic soap, and healing water, and bath and shower gels.
Sector: Skincare Products
Year selected: 2020
Year founded: 2020
Founder: Nisreen Haddad started NisaLisa company and brand to introduce its latest production lines (hair and skin oils) made from purely natural ingredients which are suitable for both genders (males and females) and all age groups.
Sector: Smart Systems
Year selected: 2022
Year founded: 2022
Founder: Fares Bawab started B-Tech in 2022, in response to removing complexity from households’ life and corporates’ building management systems by focusing on simple usability with one-touch access and control over your entire home/corporate. B-Tech home automation devices connect appliances, switches, and gadgets to a central hub, enabling users to control those devices in secure and convenient ways.
Name of startup: ENBAT
Sector: Education and learning development
Year selected: 2020
Year founded: 2021
Founder: Rania Al-Ayoubi started ENBAT in 2021, in response to the scarcity of educational games and means compatible with Jordanian curricula for all educational levels. ENBAT designs and produces toys and educational aids compatible with the educational curricula in Jordan and educational aids to teach students with learning disabilities and those with special needs.
Sector: Events Planning & Management
Year selected: 2022
Year founded: 2021
Founder: Omar AL Safadi started Creative Inspiration in 2021, in response to the high local and regional demand for Events management and supply, including the supply of stages, dance floors, decoration, and design for big events such as weddings, conferences, corporates events, and graduation events.
Sector: Constructions and Decorative Paints
Year selected: 2022
Year founded: 2022
Founder: Thaer Nabeel Al Qawasmeh started Ecco Paints in 2022, in response to the construction and renovation industry booming in Jordan and the region. Ecco Paints Manufactures a wide range of Paints (Decorative- Isolation- Antifungal) in Jordan and Provides Medium-Low income societies and retail shops with affordable price paints.
Sector: Barbery and Skincare treatment
Year selected: 2022
Year founded: 2018
Founder: Sief Aldeen Taha started Sief Aldeen Saloon in 2018 to offer personalized, hassle-free, and effective treatments for haircare, rejuvenating the skin, and sculpting the body for males and females.
