# Top 50 Angel Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## Ariel Maislos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 29 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Ariel has been leading technology innovation and entrepreneurship for over 30 years, leading teams, founding companies and mentoring entrepreneurs. He is an active angel investor in startups, and supports technology education as a philanthropist. Ariel is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program, and holds a BSc from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (Cum Laude) and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. ## Nevzat Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 27 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club. ## Omer Hayrı Erkmen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara. ## Ahu Serter - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University. ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster. ## Firat Isbecer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. ## Gigi Levy Weiss - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps Gigi Levy Weiss is the General Partner at NFX. He attended Tel Aviv University and the Finance Department - Kellogg School of Management. ## Sertaç Özinal - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Gaming Sertaç Özinal ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 15 - 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. ## Zohar Zisapel - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Security, Software Zohar Zisapel ## Zohar Gilon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994. ## Musaab Hakami - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## Rafi Gidron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Software Rafi Gidron is the Founder and Chairman of Israel Brain Technologies. He previously worked at Lucent as a VP of Optical networks. Rafi Gidron attended Columbia University. ## Danny Hadar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet For the last 10 years, I have been active within the Israeli and US startup ecosystems where I completed 20+ seed investments in companies such as Geoforce (acquired by LLR), Bonobo (acquired by Salesforce), Optitex (acquired by Efi), Keeprz (acquired by Como), Drippler (acquired by Soluto), Snyk (Unicorn) and few others. I am passionate for seedinvestments, creative ideas, risk taking and supporting entrepreneurs.Prior to that, I founded 2 companies, Blue Sky (Energy) and Sinusafe (Medical) after working as a software engineer for 7 years.I grew up in Israel, and lived in the US for 5 years while completing my MBA from Duke. I love all kinds of extreme sports, and particularly kite surfing and snowboarding. ## Joachim Behrendt - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Social Media Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin. ## Marius Nacht - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Machine Learning Marius Nacht, one of Check Point’s founders, has served as Chairman of our board of directors since 2015. Nacht has also served as one of our directors since we were incorporated in 1993. From 1999 through 2005, Nacht held Senior Vice President roles at Check Point. Nacht earned a B.S. (cum laude) in Physics and Mathematics from the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem in 1983, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University in 1987. ## Ameet Patel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Information Technology CTO//Investor//Whisperer to Leading Enterprise Companies Exits Acopia Networks, Mimosa Systems, Integrien, Cyvera, Librato, Caspida, BlueBox Security, Nodeprime, APIGEE, SkyHigh, Solinea, Cask, Zscaler (TPG-IPO), Anaplan (IPO) ## Shlomo Kramer - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 10 - 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 ## Danny Grander - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Developer Tools Entrepreneur (Snyk), Angel Investor, CTF Player (@pastenctf) ## Akin Babayigit - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games Akin Babayigit is currently a co-founder of Tripledot Studios, a mobile games studio based in London. Before starting Tripledot, Akin was an active investor & advisor to various companies in the gaming space as well as serving as the Head of Business Operations & Special Projects at King Digital Entertainment. Before his experience at King,Akin was the head of Facebook Audience Network in EMEA. ## Hande Enes - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Social Media Hande Enes ## Figen Korun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Coffee, Battery Figen Korun ## Koray Bahar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, CRM, Apps Koray Bahar is an investor at Ekmob. ## Assaf Rappaport - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Post-IPO Secondary - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Assaf Rappaport is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wiz. He previously worked at Microsoft as a General Manager, at Microsoft Israel R and D. Assaf Rappaport attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. ## Nadir Izrael - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Security, Cyber Security As co-founder and CTO, Nadir Izrael guides the technology vision behind Armis to protect the new connected or IoT devices in and around the workplace. He co-founded the company in 2015 with its CEO, Yevgeny Dibrov. Prior to Armis, worked at Google as senior software engineer. Before Google, Nadir spent six years in the Israeli army, specifically inunit 8200, where he designed and programmed software projects and systems, serving as team leader and attaining the rank of captain. ## Ahmet Bilgen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect. Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions. in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba. Foriba did: - Series A With Revo Capital - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst - Exit ## Ofer Ben Noon - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, SaaS Ofer Ben Noon is the Co-founder & CEO of Talon Cyber Security. He previously worked at Continental as a Senior Executive Manager. Ofer Ben Noon attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). ## Elad Kushnir - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Software, Mobile Apps Elad Kushnir ## Mickey Boodaei - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - 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). ## Moshe Lichtman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Moshe Lichtman is an angel investor. Moshe Lichtman has spent 29 years creating software products for global markets. He's freshly retired from Microsoft where he was Corporate VP responsible for several of its consumer businesses including its MSN business in the late 90s, its TV business in the mid-2000s and most recently its IsraelR&D center, which he built into one of the 3 largest centers outside the U.S. Mr. Lichtman was also one of the leaders of the Windows 95 team and president of Softimage, a leader in media creation software. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Lichtman held software development and management positions in several high-tech startups. He is the co-author of the best-selling book "The complete guide to the C language" and holds a BSc Cum Laude in Computer Engineering from the Technion and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School. Mr. Lichtman is currently an active angel investor in Israeli startups. and is in the process of forming a private equity fund focused on growth and public tech companies in Israel ## Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Advisor @ Hesapkurdu ## Hasan Aslanoba - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software business in the water industry. By 2005, the company succeeded in the Turkish bottled water industry under his guidance.In 2006, Erikli Water partnered its Turkish operations with Nestle Waters, the global leader of the bottled water industry. ## Jonathan Karten - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Marketing Principal at Awz Ventures | Advancing Israel’s Economic & Technological Resilience Investing in deep-tech innovations across AI, cybersecurity, photonics, biotech, and quantum technologies to strengthen Israel’s economy and defense capabilities. Veteran Staff Sergeant in the Israeli Air Force Intelligence division, Horizon. MSc BusinessAnalytics & BA Financial Economics, Psychology & Business Management; Columbia University Magna Cum Laude.• Former President and Founder of Democratize Value (VC) • Former President and Founder of The Iftach Consulting Group (Management Consulting)My recent accomplishments include: • Raising $8 million from angel investors and due diligence/investing in 27 ventures in PropTech, E-commerce, Marcom, Healthcare, and FinTech sectors • Providing fundraising, due diligence, marketing, and operational advice to 23 PropTech, FinTech, and other Israeli start-ups • Underwriting, modeling, sourcing capital, negotiating, and closing 100+ commercial real estate transactions in the US, Israel, and EuropeOn the personal side, I: • Created a documentary called “Survival In The Forest, Isidore Karten & The Partisans”. • Served in the Israeli Air Force (SSG in Business Intelligence Division) • Volunteer as a Board Member with Yad Va Shem and the Israeli American CouncilSkills Global Early-Stage Startups | Venture Capital| Business Valuation | Account Management | Arabic | Business Strategy | Data Analysis | Financial Reporting | Foreign Relations| Hebrew | Management Consulting | Public Speaking | Social Media | Statistical Data Analysis | Strategic Communications | Team Leadership | Arab-Israel Conflict | Business Valuation | Client-Focused | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | Commercial Real Estate Acquisition | Commercial Real Estate Analysis | Commercial Real Estate Development | Competitive Analysis | Corporate Finance | Corporate Venture Capital| Creative Entrepreneurship | Early-Stage Investment | Early-Stage Ventures| Debt & Equity Capital Raising| Debt & Equity Financing | Entrepreneurship Development| Financial Analysis | Financial Modeling | Fintech| Fundraising | Global Cross Functional Team Leadership | International Business Development | International Trade Relations | Investment Communications | Management Due Diligence| Market Research | New Business Development |Operational Due Diligence| Private Equity Firms | Proptech | Real Estate Private Equity | Residential Real Estate Sales | Startup Development | Start-Ups | Valuation Modeling ## Varol Civil - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Baby, SaaS Varol Civil - General Manager @ Türk Ekonomi Bankası ## Fatih Isbecer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Health Care Fatih Isbecer - Founder & CEO @ Dataroid ## Volkan Bicer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Online Games, Mobile, Software Volkan Biçer is the co-founder of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.Bicer’e employment history includes his time as product manager of Turkcell’s mobile marketing and advertising department, and community manager at Yahoo, Turkey.Bicer holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Boğaziçi University and an MBAfrom Galatasaray University. ## Emre Acikel - Type: Angel - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Angel Investor. Investing in Turkey (member of Sharks & Partners) & Switzerland (member of Business Angels Switzerland). ## Kerim Kotan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, VoIP Kerim Kotan ## Eddy Shalev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology Eddy Shalev is an angel investor. Eddy is one of the best-known figures in the Israeli business community. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, ParadigmGeophysical and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect and Sensible Medical.Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992, when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firm’s corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ. ## Rakesh K. Loonkar - Type: Angel - Location: Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed - 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. ## Ron Zuckerman - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Internet, Video, Apps Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time. ## Aviram Jenik - Type: Angel - Location: Cupertino, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur. Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies ## Daniel Recanati - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Internet, Analytics, Advertising Daniel Recanati is the founder & CEO of Rhodium, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across deep tech, space, AI for good, digital and consumer innovation. He is also a General Partner at Earth & Beyond Ventures, a deep-tech fund dedicated to scaling science-based innovations into global markets. Beyond venture, Daniel is engagedin philanthropy and social impact initiatives, with a focus on education, technology access, and social mobility. ## Deniz Devrim Cengiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Apps Deniz Devrim Cengiz ## Yevgeny Dibrov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, SaaS Leads the vision and direction for Armis. Previously Head of Global Business Development for cloud security company Adallom (acquired by Microsoft). Graduate Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. ## Ali Rıza Babaoğlan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: TV, CRM, Apps I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com Web: https://alibabaoglan.com Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally. ## Eilon Tirosh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Payments Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University. ## Uri Levine - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Travel Uri Levine - Co-Founder & Chairman @ Refundit