# Top 50 Angel Investors in Egypt in June 2026 ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Omar is a Managing Director, General Partner, and CFO at AAF Management Ltd. (AAF), an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016. Over the past 5 years, Omar has invested in over 120 venture-backed startups in the US, Europe, and MENA region across a multitude of different sectors alongside over 800 blue-chip venture capital firms,corporate venture arms as well as notable incubators and accelerators. Omar has also deployed capital to 18 emerging managers globally. His fund performance is consistently ranked in the top decile in terms of DPI and TVPI respectively benchmarked on Cambridge Associates’ data on over 1500 US VC Funds. Previously, Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy, and corporate finance where he worked on over $35 billion worth of corporate transactions. Prior to that, Omar was with Deloitte Tax LLP in Chicago and Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team in London.Omar also founded and successfully exited his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which managed two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments Omar is also an angel investor in over 20 tech companies including Andela, Blockstack, BitOasis, Dayra, Freterium, Halan, FiscalNote, Thndr, and Ziina. Omar sits on the Board of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA). He is also a mentor to the NYU Steinhardt EdTech Accelerator, an advisor to Yale University’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation, and a judge at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab. In aggregate, Omar has over 16 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations, and venture capital.Omar is an avid traveler and has visited 87 countries around the world. He also has an interest in film production and has been an Executive Producer on several short feature films including Baby Mine (2017) and Lab Rat (2018).Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as one of Wharton’s 40 under 40 in 2017 and one of the Top 100 the University of Chicago Alumni in Tech in 2021. ## Noa Khamallah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Real Estate, Information Technology Noa Khamallah, known as K-Noa, is an active investor, and start-up scaling executive. Before his new journey at Don't Quit Ventures Fund I, he Co-Founded GetCharged Inc (Charge) led the company in Europe and got acquired 17.5M$ to become Charge Enterprises, a company today listed on Nasdaq Global Exchange. Prior his time at Get Charged Inc(Charge), Noa pioneered the micro-mobility industry as first mover reaching Lime’s hyper-growth goals with 11 countries and 15 cities across the world, in 8 months' time which hit a record breaking valuation reaching 2.1B$. His journey with kick-scooters also led him to Voi, led by Fredrik Hjelm as VP Global Strategy. Noa helped on the company Series A, operations & public affair paving the way for a strong Nordic player. As such he is recognized as Top talent in his field by Bloomberg, Business Insider and other medias. Noa's investor acumen incubated Cure a health-tech business to an amazing 15M$ Series A led by Breega Ventures, or Tiko a Turkish prop-tech company with a 60M$ Series A & many other investments across the world crystallizing high MOIC & DPI over 4 years time. Prior to being caught by the micro-mobility & venture mania Noa started working at the French Ministry of Defense, he then stumbled against social pushbacks during his early career because of outdated youth offenses dating back to 2008 only to finally join Nespresso after 35 + jobs rejection, unfair dismissals & systemically discriminating led rejections. He became vocal during his various roles championing employment accessibility in favor of various candidates who committed minor offenses in their youth, LGBTQ, handicap & minorities of all kind paving the way to a better society in the process. In a recent podcast called Pause, run by French Bill Gates multi-millionaire Alexandre Mars, he said " Success should come in many shapes and forms. Our unforgiving culture of social-perfectionism doesn't emancipate people, it disables them! I was rejected by my colleagues not only because my results outpaced them, but because of what I represent: a French national, Algerian, school drop-out, who fell during his youth with bad reputation, to finally raise from his ashes with the belief of becoming successful, breaking the trans-generational poverty ceiling as immigrant in the process. I dared to become what I was meant to be, not a stereotype the world tried to define me with." His powerful message resonated at Les Determinés's podcast, a famous NGO led by Moussa Camara, supported by French president Emmanuel Macron, which backed more than 400.000 underprivileged entrepreneurs to access top investors in France. Charity-minded, Noa furthers wealth redistribution with Epic Foundation, Les Déterminés & various other non-profit organizations, as such, he backed the famous teacher Samia Essabaa to send underprivileged high-school students to study in San Francisco and visit top start-ups, furthering hope & progress in his former community. ## Karim Hussein - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Blockchain, Health Care Karim is a technology veteran with deep experience in product and innovation management and rapid business growth and scaling – particularly in the healthcare and financial services markets. Karim has been an active investor and mentor to a number of technology businesses in Egypt and the US. He is founder and Chairman of D-Kimia DiagnosticSolutions developing fast, affordable, and accurate medical diagnostics using nano-technology and focused on controlling the Hepatitis C epidemic in Egypt and globally. Karim has served on the board of D-Kimia, Integreight, Shezlong.com, Prognos.ai, and Simplex Arabia CNC Solutions. He is also Chairman of the entrepreneurship committee of the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council, a mentor to high impact entrepreneurs through the Endeavor network, and a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Previously, Karim was SVP, Products and Engineering at WebMD, Inc., directing product management, technology strategy and engineering. Prior to WebMD, Karim was co-founder and CTO of Riskclick, Inc., a software firm specializing in commercial insurance applications. He also was a senior associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton where he was a member of the Global e-Commerce team.Karim received his PhD in Information Systems from MIT and a dual BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has over 40 publications and a patent for his work on distributed computing. ## Richard Aseme - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Credit, InsurTech Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000. ## Axel Peyriere - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Delivery, E-Commerce, Retail Startups - Mentoring - Advising - Emerging Markets. I am a enthusiastic entrepreneur and angel investor working with startups all around the world. Have worked / mentored / coached / partnered / invested in more than 200 startups around the world. Specially keen on online marketplaces and emerging and frontier markets. ## Kushal Shah - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: eSports, Video, Gaming Kushal Shah is a Senior Partner at Roland Berger's Dubai office and a Managing Partner for the Middle East. Prior to joining Roland Berger, he spent 12 years with a leading consultancy in London and Dubai. He studied Economics at Cambridge in the UK and he is a certified Chartered Accountant. ## Kevin Johnson - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Travel As president of the Platforms & Services Division of Microsoft, Kevin Johnson leads an organization of over 14,000 employees responsible for product development, marketing and strategy for the Windows and Online Services businesses. With Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and seven other senior executives, Johnson also serves on the Senior LeadershipTeam that sets overall strategy and direction for Microsoft.Since assuming his role in September 2005, Johnson successfully launched Windows Vista to consumers and commercial customers, resulting in record-breaking Windows revenue of nearly US$15 billion in fiscal year 2007. In addition to leading the Windows business, Johnson is driving the company's evolution towards software + services and building on the company's position as a leader in the online advertising market.Under Johnson's leadership, Microsoft has completed over 30 acquisitions in support of its software + services strategy. In August 2007, Johnson closed the company's largest acquisition, of aQuantive, Inc., to form Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions, and complement Microsoft's development of an industry-leading online advertising platform. Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions provides an online advertising platform for an ecosystem of industry partners, including advertisers, publishers and digital marketing agencies. Today the platform has offerings across digital media types and devices, including the PC, Web, mobile phones, gaming consoles, IPTV and Video-on-demand.Johnson also leads development and marketing of Microsoft's consumer online services, including Live Search, MSN.com and Windows Live, which collectively drove nearly $2.5 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2007. These compelling experiences attract hundreds of millions of consumers per month, and provide online advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide.Previously, Johnson held a number of leadership positions in sales and marketing at Microsoft, where he worked globally with consumer, small/medium business and enterprise customers. Prior to his current role, Johnson served as group vice president of Microsoft's worldwide sales, marketing and services, leading an organization of 30,000 employees, including field sales and marketing professionals who delivered $40 billion in revenue during fiscal 2005. Johnson also oversaw corporate operations and IT functions that support the work of Microsoft employees around the world.In his tenure as head of sales, marketing and services, Johnson led a transformation in the field. He organized subsidiary leadership teams in more than 80 countries and regions and orchestrated their efforts to better align with product development and company priorities. His re-engineering of the field operating approach and the sales compensation system contributed to an $11 billion increase in sales from 2002-2005. Johnson also led a cross-company initiative focused on emerging markets, positioning the company as a trusted partner for future growth.Johnson joined Microsoft in 1992, serving in a variety of roles across sales, marketing and services during his career at the company. Before joining Microsoft, Johnson worked in IBM's systems integration and consulting business unit from 1986 to 1992. He started his career in 1981 as a software developer in the petroleum and financial services industries.Johnson grew up in New Mexico and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from New Mexico State University. He is a founding member of the board of directors of NPower, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help other nonprofits use technology to expand the reach and impact of their work. He is also a member of the Western Region Board of Advisors of Catalyst, a non-profit organization dedicated to women's career advancement. ## Khaled Ismail. - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Information Technology Khaled Ismail is the founder and Chairman of Kiangel, an angel investment fund investing in early-stage startups in Egypt (2011). ## Con O'Donnell - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Hardware, Software Con O'Donnell is Founder & Advisor at ElWafeyat. ## Gehan Fathi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software Gehan Fathi ## Tarek Roushdy - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Consulting, Service Industry Tarek Roushdy is a Founder & Managing Partner at UI Investments. ## Ali Shaaban - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking Ali Shaaban has been a pioneer in the digital advertising and communications industry for more than 18 years, founding the award-winning full-fledged creative digital agency Icon Creations back in 2003 when the industry was at its infancy stage. Since then, Ali Shaaban has built strong long-term relationships and a strategic network with most ofthe leading automotive brands in Egypt and the Middle East, where he established a solid track record of delivering top-notch digital products & services that stood the test of time. Driven by passion for excellence and an always-on personalized approach to satisfying his partners, Ali Shaaban is the quintessential digital partner to have on your side in the automotive industry today.His automotive portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Castrol, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, JAC, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Pirelli, Renault, Seat, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Aside from being a digital pioneer, Ali Shaaban is also an angel investor and serial supporter of emerging innovative startups and fresh business ideas, venturing into several sectors to contribute in making a sustainable impact on the local and regional economies. His latest investments have tapped into the Fintech sector with rising companies such as Paynas (https://Paynas.com), Oxygen (https://oxygen.us/), Dfin Holding (https://www.dfinholding.com/) , and Kiwe wallet (https://kiweapp.com/) as well as the Media and AI sector with Speakol (https://speakol.com/) , NU Digital Awards (https://nudigitalawards.com/) and Nanotronics (https://nanotronics.co/ ).Ali Shaaban believes in always taking the next step forward in his extensive career, and using his core values and commanding personality as motivation, he has paved an impressive path over the years that will certainly lead towards an even more diverse and fruitful future. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster. ## Hatem Dowidar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Mobile, Internet, Real Estate Hatem Dowidar ## Faisal Al-Abdulsalam - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Payments Faisal Al-Abdulsalam is the founder of Purity, and an active investor in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. ## Khaled Alashmouny - Type: Angel - Location: Cupertino, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Hardware, Software Khaled Alashmouny is the AMS IC Design at Apple.Khaled Alashmouny attended University of Michigan. ## Nasser Chourbagi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Sustainability Nasser Chourbagi is the owner of Consolidated Casuals. ## Ahmed Bazara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Marketplace, Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Ahmed Bazara ## Jamal El Dabal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence Jamal El Dabal ## Mohamed Haroun - Type: Angel - Location: Mansoura, Ad Daqahliyah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Web Design Security Engineer and Civil Engineer worked in many companies. ## Lamiaa Abdelmonem - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Education, Health Care, Real Estate Lamiaa Abdelmonem ## Emad Sharaki - Type: Angel - Location: Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Food and Beverage Emad helps businesses and companies with SEO improve ranking in search engine results — Planning and executing SEO strategies for various big-brand companies. He is a highly motivated individual who is prepared to use the knowledge collected from his practices and experience as he started his career as a web hosting technical support in 2003. hehas created many WordPress sites from 2008 till now. He learned about digital marketing in 2010 and started his new career in digital marketing in 2011 as a content writer, managing social media accounts, creating ads, and finally moved to SEO in 2013. ## Ali Rampurwala - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency 15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder. ## Dr. Khaled AlMutabagani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed Dr. Khaled AlMutabagani is an investor. ## Hisham Halbouny - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed Hisham Halbouny is the Partner at London-based Mansour Capital. ## Jeffrey Katzenberg - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Software Jeffrey Katzenberg is the Founder and Managing Partner of WndrCo. He was a Co-Founder and Chairman of DreamWorks SKG. ## Magnus Olsson - Type: Angel - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Apps Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem. ## Khalid AlTawil - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, eSports, Rental Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company. ## Abdulrahman Mutrib - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Ride Sharing, Transportation Abdulrahman Mutrib ## Essam Abdelhadi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biopharma, Life Science, Biotechnology Essam Abdelhadi ## Ha Taji - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software Ha Taji ## Al Raya Kuwaiti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Software, Internet of Things Al Raya Kuwaiti ## Khaled Nasser - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Professional Networking Khaled Nasser ## Karen Sewasa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Professional Networking Karen Sewasa ## Joseph Hanna - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Professional Networking Joseph Hanna ## Ashraf Bacheet - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Professional Networking Ashraf Bacheet ## Al Sharif Nawaf Faiez Al Abdelhakim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Human Resources, Health Insurance Al Sharif Nawaf Faiez Al Abdelhakim is the chief executive officer at ASG Holding. ## Onsi Sawiris - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Retail, FinTech, Payments Onsi Sawiris is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at HOF Capital, where he focuses on cloud-based technologies, fintech and enterprise SaaS.Onsi currently sits on the boards of Drop Technologies (Canada), ItaliaOnline (BIT:IOL) (Italy), Riverbank (EU), OPTii Solutions (US), Mach Music (US), Energal (Egypt), and is a Board Observer at Orascom TMTInvestments (Luxembourg, Egypt, UK). His focus is on supporting these companies with digital transformation strategies, and finding synergies with HOF's portfolio.Prior to HOF Capital, Onsi worked in TMT-focused M&A at Arma Partners, a specialist technology investment bank. Onsi also co-founded Energal, a hyperlocal sustainable energy company tackling distribution inefficiencies in emerging markets.Onsi holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is fluent in English, German and Arabic with a working proficiency in French. ## Jambu Palaniappan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Customer Service Jambu Palaniappan is Managing Partner of OMERS Ventures in Europe. He previously had several executive roles at Uber, where he was among the first 100 employees of the company globally. From 2012 to 2014, he led Uber’s international expansion in EMEA and India. From 2014 to 2016, he served as Regional General Manager for Uber in Eastern Europe,Russia, the Middle East and Africa leading a team of 300 as Uber built and scaled its business in that region. From 2016 to 2018, he was Head of Uber Eats in EMEA. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director of JustEat PLC.Jambu studied Public Policy and Economics at Vanderbilt University. ## Mostafa Amin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed Mostafa Amin - CEO & Co-Founder @ Breadfast ## Family & Friends - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Family & Friends ## Farouk Kadous - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Shipping, Logistics Farouk Kadous is a Limited Partner of Chapter One. ## Faisal Alabdelsalam - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Consulting, Information Technology Faisal Alabdelsalam is the Founder and CEO of Zetta Technologies. He previously worked at STC as a Database Manager. Faisal Alabdelsalam attended King Saud University. ## Gustavo Fuchs - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Transportation, Apps, Internet Gustavo Fuchs ## Abderahman ElSewedy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software Abderahman ElSewedy ## Mahmoud Ali - Type: Angel - Location: Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Human Resources, Health Insurance Mahmoud Ali ## Hadeer Shalaby - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Medical, Psychology, Health Care Hadeer is currently the General Manager of Careem in Cairo and was the founder of Taxi El Sa7el. She worked in Lebanon & The Netherlands in 2011-2013 in AIESEC and graduated from AUC from Business Marketing in 2011. ## Paul Antaki - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Sustainability Paul Antaki ## mohamed alsamman - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Delivery, Internet mohamed alsamman ## Simon Rowlands - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Machine Learning Simon Rowlands is Managing Partner at Africa Platform Capital.