Samih Toukan
Co-founder of Maktoob; Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group
About
Samih Toukan co-founded Maktoob, one of the Arab world’s first major internet portals, in 2000 with Hussam Khoury; it was sold to Yahoo in 2009. In 2009 the two co-founded Jabbar Internet Group, which Forbes Middle East named first on its 2024 list of the Middle East’s top venture capitalists and described as the oldest VC firm on the list.
Investment focus
Strong teams with unique business models in the region, as he has described Jabbar’s picks.
Publicly reported investments
| Company | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Foodics | Through Jabbar Internet Group | Forbes Middle East |
| Ziina | Through Jabbar Internet Group | Forbes Middle East |
| Lyve | Through Jabbar Internet Group | Forbes Middle East |
| Stake | Through Jabbar Internet Group | Forbes Middle East |
| Hopscotch | Through Jabbar Internet Group | Forbes Middle East |
| qeen.ai | Through Jabbar Internet Group | Forbes Middle East |
How to approach Samih Toukan
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Sources
- Forbes Middle East: Top Venture Capitalists 2024, Samih Toukan & Hussam Khoury
- Wamda: Samih Toukan on entrepreneurship
- Wikipedia: Maktoob
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