# Top 30 Android Startup Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## TAU Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning TAU Ventures is an early-stage focused venture capital fund affiliated with Tel Aviv University, investing in the next generation of impactful home-grown technology companies. At the heart of the start-up nation, TAU Ventures invests the first capital into startups and is dedicated to helping them transform their ideas into global businesses.TAU Ventures cultivates an innovation ecosystem by combining the resources and global network of Tel Aviv University, strong industry connections, and a supportive home-base for founders. Together with its world-leading team of experienced mentors, TAU Ventures empowers startups in their critical, early steps. At its 1000 sq meter co-working office space located in Tel Aviv, the team works shoulder to shoulder with their portfolio companies, nurturing their growth by drawing on the strength of its innovation ecosystem on a daily basis. ## Rakesh K. Loonkar - Type: Angel - Location: Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Network Security, Security Rakesh is the President and Co-Founder of Transmit Security. Rakesh earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. ## ATOORO FUND - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS An Israeli investment family fund that targets to support innovative entrepreneurs and assist them in building great global companies. ## 2B Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Cheshin Venture Capital - Beyond funding, we provide: mentorship, strategy consulting, connections, and Joyon your way to becoming a truly exceptional company. ## Mickey Boodaei - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Network Security, Cyber Security, Security Founder and CEO of Transmit Security.Previously Founder of Trusteer (now IBM Security) and Imperva. Early stage investor in cyber security startups including Armis, RiskRecon (now Master Card), and FireGlass (now Symantec). ## Shlomo Kramer - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Security Shlomo is co-founder and CEO of Cato Networks. He is a network security expert and a serial entrepreneur. Shlomo has co-founded Check Point Software, who created the first commercial Firewall, and Imperva, the innovator of the Web Application Firewall. Shlomo has made early investments in successful cybersecurity companies including Palo AltoNetworks, Trusteer, and numerous others. He was named CEO of the Year by SC Magazine in 2008, one of “20 luminaries who changed the network industry” by Network World in 2006, and was inducted into the InfoSec Hall of Fame in April 2013.Shlomo holds a master’s degree in computer science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from Tel Aviv University. @office.ceohq@gmail.com ## SEEDRA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Predictive Analytics SEEDRA Ventures invests in companies from the very first stages of inception to Series-A and beyond, providing financing and hands-on development support. ## Blumberg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Blumberg Capital is an early and growth stage venture capital firm, partnering with visionary technology founders from inception to exit. Learn more. ## F6 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software MENA’s leading seed and early stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. We are Accelerating the Future. ## Mercedes-Benz Group AG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Corporate Round, Series C - Focus: Automotive, Manufacturing, Transportation The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (former Daimler AG) is one of the world's most successful automotive companies. With Mercedes-Benz AG, we are one of the leading global suppliers of high-end passenger cars and premium vans. Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG offers financing, leasing, car subscription and car rental, fleet management, digital services forcharging and payment, insurance brokerage, as well as innovative mobility services.The company founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history by inventing the automobile in 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, Mercedes-Benz sees shaping the future of mobility in a safe and sustainable way as both a motivation and obligation. The company's focus therefore remains on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior vehicles that both captivate and inspire.Mercedes-Benz continues to invest systematically in the development of efficient powertrains and sets the course for an all-electric future: Mercedes-Benz Cars intends to go all-electric by the end of this decade wherever market conditions allow. Mercedes-Benz Vans targets an EV share of more than 50% by 2023. Shifting from electric-first to electric-only, the company is accelerating toward a fully electric and software-driven future. The company's efforts are also focused on the intelligent connectivity of its vehicles, autonomous driving and new mobility concepts as Mercedes-Benz regards it as its aspiration and obligation to live up to its responsibility to society and the environment.Mercedes-Benz sells its vehicles and services in nearly every country of the world and has production facilities in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia and Africa. ## Founder Collective - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Each Founder Collective partner has founded and sold a technology company. The company we wish had existed when we first started out is what we hope to create with Founder Collective. We offer a user guide for managing the risky commodity known as venture capital. The company believes that in order to advance their firms and maintain control,entrepreneurs should aim to raise the least amount of money possible.Founder Collective was established on May 22, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ## Joe Greenstein - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Joe Greenstein is the Co-Founder and Assistant Zookeeper at Innerspace. He attended the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. ## Accel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology First partner to exceptional teams everywhere ## Entrée Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services We are a team of former serial founders managing $1.5Bn across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York. We back the next generation of category-defining companies with conviction of founders who have built companies themselves.We back founders with a partnership built on trust, fairness and real operating experience. Westand with founders through every challenge, and help them grow with clarity, resilience and purpose. ## Falak Startups - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Mobile Apps Falak Startups is a start-up accelerator designed to support and empower the next generation of Egyptian entrepreneurs and contribute to the development of the start-up ecosystem in Egypt. ## Inimiti - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glil Yam, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, iOS, Apps Inimiti makes seed-stage New Media investments. They bring extensive experience in fund and company management from being entrepreneurs, CEOs and investors. Their focus is Software platforms and services in the New Media space (Internet, Mobile and anything in between).Its Name Inimiti, is a derivative of “inimitable” which means “somethingthat is beyond imitation, something surpassingly excellent, unrivaled and exceptional.” We like to feel that way but more important, it keeps us on edge and reminds us every day about the high level of performance we are expected to deliver.The company is at the beginning of a revolution in the way people communicate, consume content, shop, do business and manage their lives. The usage of Internet and mobile today, and their connectivity presents a tremendous opportunity to create successful companies that bring new platforms and services to the space. Combine that with today’s rapid development and deployment technologies and our start-up companies are getting to the market faster with less capital, and grow quickly into profitable businesses. ## Genesis Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile Genesis Partners is a leading early stage Israeli venture capital firm that manages over $600 Million across four funds, and focuses on seed and early stage investments in the ICT sectors. ## Bill Tai - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Bill Tai is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the Co-Founder of OneOf. Bill previously worked at Maxthon International Limited as a Chairman of the Board. Bill Tai attended Harvard Business School. ## Bon Woong Koo - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, iOS, Mobile Bon Woong Koo is the Founder and GP of Formation 8. He attended Stanford University. ## Porsche - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series C - Focus: Automotive, Software, Manufacturing Porsche is an automobile manufacturer. The company develops numerous technologies that have advanced vehicle performance, improved safety, and spurred environmental innovations. They are specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs, and sedans. It also offers motor vehicle development work and consulting. It also develops software solutionsfor transport logistics and traffic planning and management and provides dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking, insurance, fleet management, and mobility services. The company was awarded the title of "Most Prestigious Automobile Brand" by Luxury Institute in a 2006 survey.Porsche was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ## Auren Hoffman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, Mobile CEO, NQB8, Chm, SafeGraph. GP, Flex Capital. Fmr CEO of LiveRamp. Follow @auren ## theDOCK - Type: VC Fund - Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, Shipping, Software theDOCK is a Maritime-Tech venture capital firm investing in startups developing technologies for Ports, Shipping and Logistics sectors. ## WR Hambrecht - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care WR Hambrecht + Co provides venture capital and early growth funding for disruptive companies worldwide. ## Wa’ed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Wa’ed Ventures is a $500 million venture capital fund with the aim to accelerate the development of an integrated startup ecosystem by investing in local tech-based startups and incentivizing global entrepreneurs to localize their tech innovations in the Kingdom. ## Emre Gönül - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: iOS, Android, E-Commerce Emre Gönül ## Paul Maritz - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Big Data, PaaS Paul Maritz is Chief Strategist of EMC Corporation. With revenues of $21.7 billion in 2012 and 60,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMCaccelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way.As Chief Strategist, Maritz drives EMC's technology strategy with a particular focus on Big Data and the next generation of cloud-oriented applications. He is also responsible for M&A, strategic investments and emerging technologies.Maritz joined EMC in 2012 from VMware, where he was CEO. During his four year tenure as CEO, VMware transformed from a technology leader in virtualization to a category leader in cloud computing. Maritz remains a member of VMware’s board of directors.Prior to joining VMware, Maritz was President of the Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division at EMC after the company’s February 2008 acquisition of Pi, where he was the Founder and CEO. Before founding Pi, Maritz spent 14 years working at Microsoft, where he served as a member of the five-person Executive Committee that managed the overall company, with his responsibility being the product development and marketing of the Windows Client and Server product lines. Prior to Microsoft, he spent five years working at Intel.Born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and educated in South Africa.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town. Maritz also serves on the Board of the Grameen Foundation, and has an interest in the use of technology in the developing world. ## Lior Prosor - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Machine Learning Lior Prosor is the Founding Partner of Hanaco Venture Capital. He previously worked at Elevator as a Partner. Lior Prosor attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). ## Magma Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software Magma is Israel's leading venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in communication, semiconductors, internet and media. They seek bright ideas, infuse them with experience and foresight, and facilitate their rise as industry leaders that redefine the global communications sector. They use their experience and sectorspecialization in cooperating with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to define the future of the communication, semiconductors, internet and media arenas. Their goal is to foster and enable the flow of innovation from an idea's early stages and through a company's emergence as a leader within its dynamic market. They understand the local market and help to influence the global one. ## Sawari Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce The Middle East/North Africa is the next great investment opportunity. The Middle East has a collective population larger than the US, the vast majority of whom are ‘digital natives‘ (e.g.; under 30) with great appetites for consumer technology products and services. The region boasts higher per capita GDP and more disposable income than Indiaor China. In short, the Middle East is one of the technology sector’s high-growth regions, and offers tremendous potential for expansion in mobile, internet, social media and eCommerce services.Like the BRIC’s and other emerging markets, local partners are key to success. Sawari Ventures is at home in the Middle East, and knows its culture, context and business climate. They have experience and relationships working with technology and investment leaders world-wide. They know how to translate local visionaries into global hits. ## Škoda Auto - Type: VC Fund - Location: Novi Beograd, Vojvodina, Serbia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Corporate Round - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Retail Since ŠKODA was born on a bicycle, we are proud of the fact that in 2018, for the fifteenth year in a row, we are co-operating with the Tour de France organizers. Also, since 2015 we are a generous sponsor and famous Green T-shirts.These applications are mandatory for all cycling lovers who want to keep up with the race. In addition to placementsand up-to-date information, there are also GPS positions and driver profiles, and much more. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co