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Astra for Investments

Amman Governorate Founded 1976 Website LinkedIn
Cheque Size$1M to $50M
Stages10
Industries12
Markets11
Stated Portfolio21
Operating Since1976 (50y)

About Astra for Investments

Astra for Investments is a diversified investment firm based in Jordan, focusing on a wide range of sectors. The firm has investments in construction and mining, energy, financial services and investment, food and agriculture, healthcare and medicine, industry, real estate and hospitality, media, plastics, specialty chemicals, steel, and telecommunications. Astra for Investments operates in multiple countries, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Iraq, Qatar, Turkey, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Egypt. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes self-sufficiency and horizontal and vertical integration, aiming to add value to existing investments while meeting market needs. Astra for Investments seeks businesses with scalable and defensible business models, supported by resilient or improving cash flow generation. The firm places a strong emphasis on governance quality and the potential for professionalization, ensuring businesses are well-positioned to support growth and institutional standards. Management teams with ambition, execution capability, and a long-term mindset are prioritized, with a focus on companies with clear organic growth opportunities, the ability to benefit from digital acceleration, and the capacity to pursue disciplined strategic mergers and acquisitions and regional expansion. Through active ownership and strong governance, Astra for Investments works closely with portfolio companies to drive operational, strategic, and financial performance over the long term.

Geographical Focus

African markets3

Other stated markets8

United Arab EmiratesSaudi ArabiaQatarBahrainTurkeyJordanIraqPalestine

Requirements

Scalable and defensible business models, Resilient or improving cash flow generation, Strong governance quality, Professionalization potential, Management teams with ambition and execution capability, Long-term mindset, Clear organic growth opportunities, Ability to benefit from digital acceleration, Capacity for disciplined strategic mergers and acquisitions, Capacity for regional expansion

Stated Portfolio21

Vegetable Oil Industries Co.
Golden Wheat Mills Co.
Cairo Amman Bank
PADICO
Al-Ayyam Press
Printing
Publishing - Palestine And Distribution Co.
International Building Systems Factory
Palestine Telecommunications Group (PALTEL)
Al Anmaa For Construction Materials
Astra Energy
Al Tanmiya Company for Steel Manufacturing
VTel Holdings
Cicon Building Materials
Rum Agricultural Co.
South Agricultural Co.
Jordan Vegetable Oil Industries Co.
Tabuk Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
Ayla Oasis Development Co.
Zara Investment Holding Co.
Agricultural Plastic Industrial Co.

As reported by the investor. We hold no profile for these companies, so they are printed as stated rather than linked.