I build things that scale, and I build them to do good.
I’m Nasser Jaber. I’ve built and sold companies in food and crisis logistics, and served more than 6 million meals along the way. Now I build in AI and government contracting, and I consult, most recently for Endless Access. I’m backed by Antler, and I’m building what’s next.
By the numbers
About
My name is Nasser Jaber, and I’m an entrepreneur who cares deeply about social impact. I’ve built two companies, The Migrant Kitchen and Jabber Dorado Enterprises (JDE), and sold both in 2024. Today I build in AI and government contracting, and I consult, most recently for Endless Access, where we scaled education through gaming in Jordan from 1,500 kids to 10,000. Food is where I proved I could build and scale: during COVID we served millions of meals in New York, and on Election Day 2020 we fed voters through Feed the Polls. What I believe is simple: social impact and good business belong together.
قف على ناصية الحلم وقاتل
“Stand at the corner of a dream and fight.”
My mantra, from Mahmoud Darwish’s poem “It Was What It Was Going to Be” (A’ras, 1977)From 20 meals to 6 million
The night New York shut down in March 2020, a friend at Sloan Kettering asked me for 20 meals for her ER. We had 1,000 in the fridge, so we fed every emergency room we could reach. Within weeks we were cooking 10,000 meals a day for hospitals, shelters, pantries, senior centers and a Queens mosque, and we kept going until the end of 2023.
After the Beirut port explosion, we fed the hardest-hit neighborhoods and Palestinian refugee camps. During COVID, we fed hospitals in East Jerusalem. On Election Day 2020, Feed the Polls brought free meals to voters. One rule the whole way: “We give restaurant-quality food. Food with respect.” That’s the operator in me: take one small request and build it to scale.
Ventures
The Migrant Kitchen Acquired 2024
Latin-Arab food with a built-in give-back: one meal for a New Yorker in need for every meal sold, and good jobs for immigrant cooks. I co-founded it in 2019 and sold it in 2024. themigrantkitchen.com →
Jabber Dorado Enterprises (JDE) Acquired 2024
The meals company behind JD Meals, which I built and sold in 2024. Starting in 2019 it delivered millions of fresh meals to shelters, schools and emergency sites across New York, and it was built to scale fast when demand surged. M/WBE-certified, with a halal-certified kitchen. jdmeals.com →
S3i
AI that turns raw match footage into tactical insight. s3i.ai →
Jaber Industries
Government contracting. “Taxpayer dollars represent a responsibility, not a reward.” jaberindustries.com →
Komeeda
Dinners cooked by refugees that sold out in three cities, and the 2017 Refugee Food & Art Festival.
What’s next
Men’s self-care, with a nonprofit for kids affected by war built in from day one. Soon.
Consulting: most recently for Endless Access, part of Endless Studios. We took its education-through-gaming program in Jordan from 1,500 kids to 10,000 in a year. I also advise LEAP Learning Program, ProMedia Studios and EFE Benefit.
Selected press
Over the years, some very good reporters have pulled up a chair. Here’s what they saw.
How far does a chef have to go to be truly good?
“For every meal a customer buys from Migrant Kitchen, it makes a meal for a New Yorker in need.”
How can small local restaurants increase food access to those in need?
“There is nothing better in life than living in service of others.”
At a New York relief kitchen, urgency meets empathy
“Imagine being forgotten while you’re fasting.”
For Refugee Chefs, This Meal Is a Business Card
At the 2017 Refugee Food & Art Festival, refugee cooks would stop retelling how they got here and start building careers.Paraphrase
The Rise of Refugee Cuisine
“fresh hummus, fat Medjool dates stuffed with haloumi, and tightly rolled grape leaves”
Feed the Polls
“We give restaurant-quality food. Food with respect.”
Millennial Change Makers
Named a change maker for growing a relief kitchen from 100 to 10,000 meals a day.Paraphrase
2023 Power of Diversity: MENA 50
“pursued gastro-diplomacy to highlight diverse cuisines and the immigrants behind them”
La cucina dei migranti diventa uno strumento diplomatico
“Migrant cooking becomes a diplomatic tool.” (translated)
Writing
I write about Palestine, business, and the people both of them tend to forget.
Get the Kids Out of GazaPalestine · EssayWhat Is American Dynamism?Startups · EssayNotes from the corner of a dream
Occasional letters on food, business and Palestine, named for the Darwish line I keep coming back to.
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