The Orbit Brief - Jan 30, 2025
Orbit Startups
Orbit Startups is a venture capital firm investing in high growth technology startups in emerging and frontier markets.
Announcing the Sanabil Accelerator by Orbit
Earlier this month we launched the Sanabil Accelerator by Orbit, a partnership between Orbit Startups and Sanabil Investments , a financial investment company wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) , backing startups from around the world to grow in Saudi Arabia and across the MENA region. We look forward to the exciting collaboration ahead!
Portfolio News
Pre-owned motorbike trading startup iMotorbike (Orbit 2022) completes $10M Series A -Read more >>
The Money Club, India (Orbit 2022), a liquidity platform for low-income individuals in India,?secures $2.5M in Series A funding?-?Read more >>
The Binary Holdings (Orbit 2022), a web3 infrastructure provider for the telecommunication sector in?emerging economies secures $5M strategic investment from?ABO Digital?-?Read more >>
New Investments
etmana - Social shopping e-commerce platform in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
POGO ? - Moroccan urban mobility platform for electric vehicle rentals
FABC LLC ?- Skill-building system combining blockchain and AI?to bridge education to employability
What We're Reading
Principal? Stella (Jeehyon) Yoh ?reads the?ExecSum finance newsletter everyday.?"I like its succinct, humorous, meme-filled daily headlines for VC/PE news as well as global public markets finance updates."
What We're Listening To
The Science of Scaling: Q&A | How Do You Solve for a Siloed Marketing and Sales?? " Mark Roberge had me at 'Let's get really tactical,'" COO and Partner Ching-Ping Lin
We're Hiring!
We're looking for an Executive Assistant and Growth Manager. Who are the most talented people you know that we should hire? Introduce them to us! -??See Jobs >>
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