# Top 50 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## Ivo Georgiev - Type: Angel - Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Privacy, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Ivo Georgiev - Co-Founder & CEO @ Ambire AdEx ## Yaron Lemelbaum - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Internet Mr. Lemelbaum is an experienced Film Producer. Since 2007 Mr Lemelbaum is also involved in Investment Research and Managment, and serves on the Board of Directors of Israeli listed public companies AMS Electronics and BSR Europe. Mr. Lemelbaum holds a BA in Computer Science from IDC, and MBA from Columbia University ## Mark Ransford - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Angel Investor ## Winslow Strong - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Privacy Winslow Strong ## Patrick Dai - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Privacy, Computer Patrick is graduated from Draper University and dropped out of his doctoral degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Previously employed by Alibaba, and committed to the blockchain technology development, with abundant blockchain industry development experience. ## Anton Bukov - Type: Angel - Location: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Internet I am a philosopher, concept generator, and innovator with a deep fascination for technology, simplicity, and innovation, stemming from my software engineering journey that began in 2002. I have a profound curiosity in diverse domains such as algorithms, space exploration, blockchain technology, virtual and augmented reality, artificialintelligence, emerging energy sources, and new material sciences. My holistic and interdisciplinary approach propels me towards harnessing technology and innovation to conceive and create a future that surpasses the conventional boundaries of imagination ## Dingaling ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Location: Delaware City, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Dingaling is an individual investor and crypto twitter celebrity. ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Sebastien Borget is based out of Paris, Île-de-France and serves as the Global Ambassador of The Sandbox. Sebastien attended The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## christopher ‏‏‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence ‏‏‎ ‏‏christopher is an angel investor. ## Suniel Shetty - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Wellness, Health Care, Fitness Sunil Veerappa Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Bollywood films. ## VonDoom ☕️ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment VonDoom ia CoFounder at cmnd_line,loveless_city. ## Cihan Demir - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Cihan Demir is the Founder & CEO of Finartz. He previously worked at mypat as a Co-Founder. Cihan Demir attended Maltepe University. ## Chris 🐉 MON - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Chris 🐉 MON is Cofounder at Pixelmon and Monprotocol. ## Christophe Lassuyt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 Christophe Lassuyt is the Co-Founder at Request. ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## Hys Sevim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Software Hys Sevim ## Vitalik Buterin - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Ethereum Vitalik Buterin is the Founder & Developer of TOKENEO. He previously worked at NextThought, LLC as a Developer Intern. Vitalik Buterin attended the University of Waterloo. ## Kartik Talwar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Kartik Talwar is the General Partner at A.Capital Ventures and Co-Founder at ETHGlobal. ## David Chan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Women's Mr. David Chan, CFA is an Advisor at ROBO Global Ventures. He graduated with a B.A. in Biochemistry from Harvard University in 1983 and received an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1989. ## Emmanuel Schalit - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Software Serial entrepreneur and global CEO with more than 25 years of experience in building high performance teams, leading business through fast growth and digital transformation: • Proven ability to frame strategic vision and accelerate transformation by coaching & challenging executive teams • Best-in-class expertise in transformative technologiesAI/Robotics, SaaS, Cybersecurity • Built and led teams through hypergrowth • Track record of raising capital from top tier institutional investors • General Management roles in publicly traded and privately held VC backed companies with strict governance • Successful bi-cultural executive career (French and American bi-national) • Extensive experience with M&A transactions (Buy & Sell side) and post-merger integration • Frequent speaker at top technology conferences on Data Regulation, Privacy, Digital Rights ## Ron Gross - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sales, Dating, Internet Ron Gross ## Samih Toukan - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region. ## Sergej Kunz - Type: Angel - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Cryptocurrency Co-Founder of 1inch Network, Software Engineer and Security Expert. ## Linda Xie - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Linda Xie is co-founder and Managing Director of Scalar Capital. Previously she was a product manager at Coinbase which she joined in June 2014. At Coinbase, Linda has worked with regulators and law enforcement on compliance for digital assets. Prior to Coinbase, she was a portfolio risk analyst at AIG. Linda holds a B.A. in Economics from theUniversity of California, San Diego. ## Alex Svanevik - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Software Alex Svanevik is a Co-Founder & CEO of Nansen. ## Charles St.Louis - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Charles St.Louis - CEO @ DELV ## Amir Sarhangi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services Amir Sarhangi is the Founder and CEO of Skyfire Systems. He previously worked at Ripple as a VP of Product and Services. Amir Sarhangi attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. ## Fred Ehrsam - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Fred Ehrsam is the Co-Founder of Paradigm. ## Valentine Baudouin - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps Valentine Baudouin ## DCF GOD - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) DCF GOD ## NFTboi ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment NFTboi is the founder of BoiLabs. ## Jaynti Kanani - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon ## Didier Valet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Didier Valet ## Stefan George - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Stefan George - Co-Founder & CTO @ Gnosis ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Philippe Suchet - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Philippe Suchet joined Spider Capital as Venture Partner in 2015. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## Meni Rosenfeld - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Privacy, Computer Meni Rosenfeld - Chairman @ Israeli Bitcoin Association ## Guillaume Houzé - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Blockchain Founder of Motier Ventures. Executive Board member of the Galeries Lafayette Group. President of ANDAM and Lafayette Anticipations. ## Akın İdil - Type: Angel - Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Akın İDİL is a Co-Founder at Veacon. ## Evan Van Ness - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Open Source Evan Van Ness ## Emmanuel Costa - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Cryptocurrency Emmanuel Costa is the Founder & Project Manager at Bankin. ## Philipp Zentner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Founder & CEO of LI.FI ## Private Private - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency Private Private ## Ivan Herasymenko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Ivan Herasymenko ## Paul Taylor - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Paul Taylor is an angel investor and advisor to 100+ companies in the web3 industry. He was the most active angel investor based in the US for crypto in 2024 (Crunchbase). He previously worked at Fancy Studios as a Core Contributor. Prior to that, he worked at BlackRock on the Private Equity Partners team. Paul attended Emory University where hereceived his BBA degree. He is also a 4-time national chess champion, international best-selling author, and mined Bitcoin back in 2011. ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## Yusuf Sevim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Software Yusuf Sevim ## Prajit Nanu - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Prajit serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. Based in Mumbai, Prajit is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of our organization. He is also in charge of driving innovation across processes and create value add for customers. Prior to co-foundingInstarem Prajit, held several leadership positions in global companies, including Global Sales Director, TMF Group and Vice President, Sales and Account Management at WNS (NYSE:WNS). He is a graduate from Mumbai University.