# Top 40 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in June 2026 ## 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 ## 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 ## 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. ## 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. ## wale. moca - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 wale.moca is Doing research at Azuki. ## Shunsuke Oyu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally. ## Salman Butt - Type: Angel - Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Brand Marketing Salman Butt - Co-Founder & Chief Expansion Officer @ Salla ## Elena 🌸 - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Elena is researching and investing NFTs/ DeFi News. ## Ivan Herasymenko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Ivan Herasymenko ## Mike Dudas - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Mike Dudas is the founder and former CEO of The Block: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-block-crypto. Previously, he was the CRO and co-founder of from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. Mike Dudas was born on June 1, 1979. ## 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. ## NFTboi ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment NFTboi is the founder of BoiLabs. ## Murali Kulala - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Murali Kulala is the CEO at Smart IT Frame. ## DCF GOD - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) DCF GOD ## 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 ## 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. ## 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 ## 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. ## Srinivas Rao M - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Srinivas Rao M is a CEO at T-Hub. ## 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. ## Evan Van Ness - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Open Source Evan Van Ness ## 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. ## 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 ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Evan Luthra - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Blockchain EvanLuthra is an angel investor. ## christopher ‏‏‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence ‏‏‎ ‏‏christopher is an angel investor. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Frederic Lardieg - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, SaaS Frederic is a partner at Mubadala Ventures Europe, based in London. ## 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. ## Chris 🐉 MON - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Chris 🐉 MON is Cofounder at Pixelmon and Monprotocol. ## 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. ## Giulio X. - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Internet Radio Giulio X is a co founder at LiquidX. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## VonDoom ☕️ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment VonDoom ia CoFounder at cmnd_line,loveless_city. ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## 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. ## Christophe Lassuyt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, B2B Christophe Lassuyt co-founded Request Finance, the ultimate enterprise finance platform for crypto and fiat. The product helps Startups and Enterprises manage everything crypto and fiat: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounting, Payroll, Employee Expenses, Crypto Payments, and Fiat Payments to 170+ countries. ## Afzal Shaikh - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency CEO of HFM Global • Entrepreneur with 3 decades of experience across India, Middle-East and South East Asia • Have been in Gold trading business for more than a decade. ## Josh Ong - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Josh Ong - Communications Co-Pilot @ Savvy Millennial