Prosus Ventures has led a $3.6 million seed funding round in Orbii, a company providing embedded credit infrastructure for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Other investors in the round include VentureSouq, DASH Ventures, Taz Investments, and Sanabil 500.
Orbii was founded in 2024 and offers an AI-powered platform that integrates with business systems such as point-of-sale (POS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms. This integration allows lenders to underwrite, disburse, and monitor loans in real time by using machine learning models to analyze payment data. The technology aims to speed up lending decisions for SMEs while reducing default rates.
Prosus Ventures said that investing in artificial intelligence is a key part of its strategy to support companies shaping future work and e-commerce trends. “From day one, Orbii impressed us with how quickly their solution can be implemented, the depth of expertise across the team, and the tangible results they deliver for clients,” said Robin Voogd, Head of Middle East Investments at Prosus Ventures. “Nauman and his leadership team combine rare technical skill with deep market understanding, and they’ve built a platform that is transforming SME lending in MENA making credit faster, smarter, and more accessible.”
The partnership between Orbii and Foodics—a company already backed by Prosus Ventures—shows how portfolio synergies can create new opportunities within the group.
With this new funding round, Orbii plans to increase its engineering and data science teams, strengthen partnerships with banks across MENA, deepen regional integrations—especially in Saudi Arabia and the UAE—and expand its presence further. The company’s goal is to facilitate $1 billion worth of SME loans by 2026.
Orbii’s customer base includes digital lenders, fintech firms, payment companies, and B2B ecosystems focused on underserved SME segments.
Orbii describes itself as a platform that helps lenders launch scalable SME lending products using AI-based underwriting alongside real-time loan disbursement tools.
