Prosus Ventures backs Orbii with $3.6 million seed round to drive AI-powered SME lending in MENA

Prosus Ventures backs Orbii with $3.6 million seed round to drive AI-powered SME lending in MENA

(IN BRIEF) Prosus Ventures has led a $3.6 million seed round in Orbii, an AI-powered embedded credit infrastructure platform that enables financial institutions and B2B platforms to launch SME lending products across MENA. The round, which also included VentureSouq, DASH Ventures, Taz Investments, and Sanabil 500, will accelerate Orbii’s expansion in Saudi Arabia and the UAE and support its goal of facilitating $1 billion in SME loans by 2026. Orbii’s technology integrates with POS and ERP systems, replacing slow manual assessments with machine learning models that deliver faster, higher-quality lending decisions. Prosus Ventures highlighted Orbii’s rapid deployment, strong leadership, and tangible client results as reasons for backing the platform, which is already processing thousands of applications and powering millions of dollars in approved loans for underserved SMEs.

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 8-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Prosus Ventures has led a $3.6 million seed round in Orbii, the AI-first embedded credit infrastructure platform designed to help financial institutions and B2B platforms launch SME lending products across the Middle East and North Africa. The investment, joined by VentureSouq, DASH Ventures, Taz Investments, and Sanabil 500, expands Prosus Ventures’ global portfolio of fintech and digital commerce platforms, while strengthening its commitment to AI-driven financial solutions.

Founded in 2024, Orbii is transforming SME access to finance in the region. Its technology integrates directly with the systems businesses already use – from POS to ERP platforms – enabling lenders to underwrite, disburse, and monitor loans in real time. By replacing manual credit assessments with machine learning models that evaluate live payment data, Orbii delivers faster, higher-quality lending decisions, reducing defaults and unlocking new growth opportunities for small businesses.

AI is a central pillar of Prosus Ventures’ strategy, and Orbii reflects this vision by addressing one of MENA’s most critical economic gaps: financing for small and medium enterprises. SMEs are the backbone of the region’s economy but remain largely underserved by traditional banking. Through Orbii’s integration with Foodics, a Prosus Ventures portfolio company, the platform is already demonstrating the power of portfolio synergies to unlock wider commercial credit opportunities.

“From the outset, Orbii impressed us with the speed of its deployment, the expertise of its team, and the measurable outcomes it delivers for clients,” said Robin Voogd, Head of Middle East Investments at Prosus Ventures. “Nauman and his team bring rare technical depth and local insight, and they’ve built a platform that makes SME credit smarter, faster, and more accessible across the region.”

With this new round of funding, Orbii is targeting $1 billion in SME loan volume by 2026. The company plans to grow its engineering and data science teams, expand integrations with banks and platforms, and strengthen its presence in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Already, Orbii is powering millions of USD in loans through partnerships with digital lenders, fintechs, payments companies, and B2B ecosystems, helping underserved SMEs gain access to working capital.

About Orbii

Orbii is a credit infrastructure platform helping lenders across MENA launch and scale SME lending products. From AI-based underwriting to real-time disbursement and collections, Orbii empowers banks, fintechs, and platforms to deliver smarter credit, embedded natively where businesses operate.

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About Prosus

Prosus is the power behind the world’s leading lifestyle ecommerce brands, across Europe, India, and Latin America, unlocking an AI-first world for our 2 billion customers.

The Prosus technology ecosystem spans food delivery, payments, classifieds, travel, events, and mobility. Our integrated approach enhances user engagement and creates the foundation for unprecedented AI capabilities through proprietary data and cross-service intelligence.

Through Prosus Ventures, we invest in companies which inspire and support the Prosus ecosystem. We search for new opportunities at the leading edge of AI and ecommerce, the digital AI workforce and in frontier technologies, such as robotics, drones and synbio.

The team actively backs exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to improve people’s everyday lives.

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