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ISSF’s bet: fund the investors, bring the money to Jordan
Jordan’s ISSF started with $98 million and a practical wager: backing venture funds could bring more capital to local founders. Its next chapter tests how far that approach can travel.
Leaders International Wants Small Businesses on the Purchasing List
From Jordanian suppliers to Tunisian tourism, the nonprofit connects business support to buyers and jobs. Its projects show what that takes - and its accounts show the financial strain behind the work.
Parachute16 knows the jump. Now it builds the landing.
After eight earlier ventures, Ghassan Halawa built a company to help other founders. From Palestinian startups entering Saudi Arabia to PepsiCo’s youth hackathons, Parachute16 makes a business of getting people ready for their next move.
Jeeny Is Turning the Ride-Hailing App Into the Trip Itself
The Saudi-Jordanian app began by making taxis easier to find. Now it is stitching rides, parcels, payments, advertising and travel into one regional mobility layer - while trying to keep the economics attractive on both sides of the car door.
The Sneaker Shop That Runs Its Own Radio Station
How a single Baltimore shoe store became a 250-location fixture of American sneaker culture - and why it plays its own soundtrack.
JD Finish Line
JD Finish Line is the North American athletic footwear and apparel arm of UK-based JD Sports Fashion plc. Founded in Indianapolis in 1976 and built into a national sneaker chain under the Finish Line name, the business was acquired by JD Sports in 2018 for about $558 million. It sells premium multi-branded athletic footwear, apparel and accessories through Finish Line stores, Finish Line shop-in-shops inside more than 450 Macy's department stores, a growing fleet of JD-branded stores, and the finishline.com e-commerce platform. As of 2025 JD Sports is retiring the standalone Finish Line mall banner in favor of the JD nameplate while keeping the Finish Line brand alive inside Macy's.
Novelship
Novelship is a Singapore-based online marketplace for buying and selling authentic sneakers, streetwear, apparel and collectibles across Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2018, it connects buyers and sellers through a bid-and-ask model, verifies every item in-house before it ships, and has grown into one of the region's largest platforms for limited-edition drops from brands like Nike, Jordan, Adidas, New Balance and ASICS.