# Top 50 Biotech Angel Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## Candan Karabagli - Type: Angel - Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Retail, Analytics, Biopharma Candan Karabagli - Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı, CHAIRMAN @ GS Yuasa ## M. Cengiz Aydın - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology M. Cengiz Aydın ## Yossi Ackerman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, Local, Mobile Joseph Ackerman, also known as Yossi, served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Security Systems Ltd. and Harpia Sistemas S.A. from 1996 to March 31, 2013. From 1994 to 1996, Joseph Ackerman served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Elbit Ltd.'s Defense Systems Division(EDS.). He joined Elbit Ltd. in 1982 and held various management positions, including General Manager of EFW, Senior Vice President of Operations Group, Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Advanced Battlefield Systems. He serves as the Chairman of MediGuide Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. and Elbit Systems Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Tadiran Communications Ltd. since August 2005. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. He served as the Vice Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from April 1, 2013 to November 19, 2013. He serves as a Director of Imagesat International N.v. He served as a Director of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. Joseph Ackerman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (the Technion). ## Danny Hadar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Shimon Eckhouse - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Fitness Shimon Eckhouse ## Okan Erol - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, AgTech, Ad Exchange Okan co-founded Wordego and as CEO leads the company’s strategic, executive and managerial efforts. His executive management experience includes working as a Business Development Manager for French Chamber of Commerce, CEO for Imerys Minerals, CEO for Esen Minerals, and CEO for Steno Energy. Okan holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering fromGalatasaray University, an MBA from Sorbonne University and a PhD degree in Finance & Banking from Kadir Has University. ## Howard Morgan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Howard Morgan is currently the Chairman of B Capital. He co-founded First Round Capital with Josh Kopelman as the first professional Seed Stage Fund, where he remains Senior Advisor. Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Prior tohis move into the business of technology, Howard served as a professor at the Wharton School and the Moore School, both at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at Cornell University. He is also an Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley. Howard’s research on user interface technology and the optimization of computer networks was critical to bringing the ARPAnet to Philadelphia in the 1970s. Through this early internet participation, he helped corporate and government agencies use technology to improve the efficiency of both large and small organizations. He also has deep experience with very large databases, and served as the first Editor of the ACM Transactions on Database Systems Journal. Throughout his career, Howard has sought out great people and nurtured them so that they could realize their dreams. His mentees have included both PhD students researching a key topic, and early stage entrepreneurs building companies and taking them from seed stage through initial public offerings. He currently serves as a Director of Idealab, and he is on the board of several non-profits including Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and Math For America. He has also served on a number of public company Boards, including Franklin Electronic Publishers and Internet Brands, Inc. He was CEO of Kentek and Franklin during various turnover or transitional periods and in 1997 he was named Delaware Valley Entrepreneur of the Year. Howard is a respected author and a frequent speaker at major industry conferences. Howard received a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1968, and a BS in Physics from City College of the City University of New York in 1965. ## Ömer Aras - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing Ömer Aras ## Osman Alp Arli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Osman Alp Arli ## Naci Topçuoğlu - Type: Angel - Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note - Focus: Retail, Analytics, Biopharma Naci Topçuoğlu is a Chairman of Istcapital. He previously worked as Vice President at Kasmir Hali. ## Hale Umul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Local, AgTech Hale Umul ## Ahmet Ramiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Biotechnology Ahmet Ramiz ## Judith Richter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Virtual Reality Judith Richter ## Emine Erdem - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology Emine Erdem ## Ron Sabar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care, Bioinformatics, Personal Health Dr. Ron Sabar, founder and CMO of Sabar Health. ## Eren N. Sarıkaya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Robotics, Biotechnology Eren N. Sarıkaya ## Münteha Adalı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: AgTech, Baby, Farming Münteha Adalı is an angel investor. ## Huseyin Karayagiz - Type: Angel - Location: Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, AgTech, Battery Huseyin Karayagiz ## Volkan Öngüç - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Delivery Service, Food and Beverage Volkan Onguc co-founded TRAngels Angel Investment Network. He is Omni-Channel Sales Strategy Director at PepsiCo, Turkey. During 15 years of corporate experience, he has successfully managed teams in Trade Marketing, Insight, Revenue Management, and Business development at FMCG and cosmetics companies like PepsiCo & L'Oreal. ## Mehmet Sacit Sungu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Apps, Local Mehmet Sacit Sungu ## Kaan Akın - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 Tech investor, startup mentor and founder of Hackquarters Startup Accelerator. He is involved with corporate accelerator programs. ## Demir Karaaslan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Sustainability, Natural Resources Demir Karaaslan is a private investor. ## Yalin Karadogan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, AgTech, Energy Yalin is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team, responsible for Cinven's Limited Partners in EMEA. At Cinven, he has also worked on a number of transactions, including Allegro and Pronet. Prior to joining Cinven, Yalin spent eight years with J.P. Morgan Partners, in New York and London, completing a number of buyout, growthequity, and venture capital investments in a variety of sectors across Western and Eastern Europe. Previously, he was with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. ## Yasemin Mistikoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant - Focus: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology Yasemin Mistikoglu ## Ozlem Tumer Eke - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant - Focus: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology Ozlem Tumer Eke is an angel Investor. ## Sedat Eryilmaz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Sedat Eryilmaz is an angel investor based in Turkey. ## Shai Rephaeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, EdTech, Medical Shai Rephaeli - Co-Founder and CEO @ Tutoria Digital ## Ahmed Abdelhamid - Type: Angel - Location: Kortenberg, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Big Data, Aerospace, Biopharma Ahmed Abdelhamid is based out of Kortenberg, Flemish Region and is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Keheilan Asset Management. Ahmed previously worked at USAID Business Egypt as a Senior Investment Policy Advisor. Ahmed Abdelhamid attended Vlerick Business School. ## Ali Emre - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device Ali Emre, Arthur Andersen Turkey and NCR PDR Group founded in 1989, after working in Turkey. Initially tmı of Turkey's leading training and consulting firm founded by then Ali Emre group as its licensors, and is positioned as a first in its field.PDR Group, as organic and strategic partnerships, Turkey buying in and out and / orinorganic mergers road widened, and after some changes and additions, each continues to operate as a synergistic companies that carry out training and consultancy activities in their area.Ali Emre; He works on the advisory boards of different companies, and in his studies with stakeholders who aim to grow their business and take them to the next level, focusing on growth, increasing efficiency and competitive advantage, advises institutions on achieving results. ## Erman Turan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: CRM, Apps, Mobile Erman Turan is an investor at Ekmob. ## Ariel Yaar - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, CRM Ariel Yaar - VP Research and Development @ Readz ## Ozlem Petek Hun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Film, Software, Biotechnology Ozlem Petek Hun ## Eytan Stibbe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Software Eytan M. Stibbe, the Founding Director of Vital Capital Fund, has been involved in investment in Africa for the past 26 years. Mr. Stibbe studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Bar Ilan University and completed his Masters in Business Administration at the European University in Belgium.Among his many professional accomplishments, Mr. Stibbehas worked extensively in initiating business and financing ventures worldwide, primarily in developing countries, including many countries in Africa. His vision and leadership have led to the initiation, implementation and successful completion of high-profile projects throughout this region, with a consistent focus on aligning humanitarian objectives with financial and business interests.Mr. Stibbe’s successes in this regard have become a hallmark of his involvement in any project or investment and have resulted in tangible improvements in the quality of life for tens of thousands of people.Mr. Stibbe is a founder and board member of the Centre for African Studies at Ben-Gurion University.On April 8, 2022, Stibbe became the second Israeli to travel to space, joining the crew of the Axiom Mission (Ax-1), the first commercial mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission was undertaken in collaboration with the Ramon Foundation and the Israel Space Agency, engaging numerous scientists, educators, students, and artists. The Rakia Mission on Ax-1 presented a distinctive opportunity for Israeli investors, researchers, and entrepreneurs to participate in various scientific and cultural aspects of space exploration. ## Brock Weatherup - Type: Angel - Location: San Diego, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Medical, mHealth Brock Weatherup is the CEO/Founder of Metamorphosis Partners driving enterprise value through innovation in the $80B pet industry focused on the consumer. Brock was most recently the EVP of Strategic Innovation & Digital Experience at Petco. Previously he was CEO & CoFounder of PetCoach (acquired by Petco) - revolutionizing the PetHealth Care experience. Brock is a CEO, entrepreneur, angel investor, builder of enterprise value and passionate advocate about the consumer and their interactions with digital media & Ecommerce. Brock is also managing partner of Atai Ventures angel investments, co-founder of ICONYC (www.iconyclabs.com) an early stage NYC based Israeli accelerator, investor/advisor/board member for 7+ startups - VeryApt, SideCar, Social Ladder, Ethology and an industry advisor for VC firms EQT Partners, MissionOG & SafeGuard. Previously Brock was SVP/Chief Digital Officer of Petsmart after selling Pet360 where he was CEO the prior 5 years. Brock was also CEO of Fathead and held several leadership positions with InterActiveCorp (Ticketmaster, Match.com, CitySearch, ReserveAmerica). A graduate of University of Colorado Boulder, sits as a board member of the Nature Conservancy – Adirondacks, father of two amazing girls and pet owner to my 4yr old retriever named...Boulder. ## Essam Abdelhadi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biopharma, Life Science, Biotechnology Essam Abdelhadi ## Sake Bosch - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering. ## Nalan Uysal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Software, Biotechnology Nalan Uysal ## Temel Güzeloğlu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology Temel Güzeloğlu ## Ali Rıza Babaoğlan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - 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 ## Amnon Shashua - Type: Angel - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet Amnon Shashua is the Chairman and Co Founder of Mentee Robotics. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a Senior Vice President. Amnon Shashua attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ## Jeffrey Berman - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Mobile, FinTech Jeffrey Berman is a General Partner at Camber Creek. ## Berkay Mollamustafaoglu - Type: Angel - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Berkay Mollamustafaoglu is the Co-Founder & CEO at OpsGenie. Prior to OpsGenie, Berkay was the CEO of iFountain, and held roles at several technology and consulting companies including Netuitive, Smarts, Ernst & Young, and Predictive Systems. Berkay holds a degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from METU. ## Shmuel Cabilly - Type: Angel - Location: Rehovot, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Artificial Intelligence Dr. Cabilly is a highly regarded scientist, an investor and an experienced Board Member of several companies. He is currently a Board Member of Medasense Biometrics Ltd. He previously worked for several companies including as the Co-Founder and a Chief Scientist of Ethrog Biotechnology which was sold to Invitrogen. Dr. Cabilly graduated fromthe Hebrew University (Ph.D., Immunology), and was a Post-Doctoral fellow at the City of Hope Research Institute heading a joint City of Hope/Genentech project where he developed a new technology for recombinant antibody production. This invention was patented in world patents “The old Cabilly” and “The New Cabilly patent”. Today there are already 20 drugs in the market based on this technology among which are Herceptin, Rituxan, Traceba, Raptiva, Xolair and more. ## Eddy Shalev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Kobi Richter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Energy, Power Grid, Health Care Kobi Richter ## Eyal Ravid - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sales, Marketing, Neuroscience Eyal Ravid ## Yehuda Zisapel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care Mr. Yehuda Zisapel (EE,MSc, MBA, DHC) is the founder and president of the RAD-Bynet Group, a leading pioneering association of Israeli companies active in the development, production and marketing of innovative solutions for the data communications industry, and Chairman of RAD. The RAD-Bynet Group grew out of Bynet Data Communications, whichMr. Zisapel founded in 1975 as a small private company that marketed data communications products. Bynet represented major international vendors and was the first to introduce cutting-edge technologies into the Israeli market. Today, the Bynet Group is comprised of eight companies active in both the Israeli and Eastern European markets in such fields as systems integration, cabling, testing, outsourcing, and software development. Following the arrival of Mr. Zisapel’s brother, Zohar, who joined him in 1981, a wide range of industrial activity was spawned from within the newly established RAD, the first of the RAD Group companies. In the years following its successful launch, twenty-four additional independent hi-tech companies were opened to develop, produce and market a wide variety of advanced data communications products. ## Zohar Zisapel - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Security, Software Zohar Zisapel ## Arie Abecassis - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Events Arie Abecassis is the Co-Founder at ICONYC labs. ## Henry Soesanto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food Henry Soesanto serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Monde Nissin Corporation.