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Top 35 Digital Media Angel Investors in Middle East in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 35 angel investors that invest in Digital media startups based in Middle east. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Digital media companies from Middle east. We update this investor list every month.

Top 35 Digital Media Angel Investors in Middle East in December 2024

Investor	Digital Media Middle East investments
Eilon Tirosh	2
Firat Isbecer	2
Kerem Tokcan	2
Rami Lipman	2
Kerim Kotan	1
Rauf Cem Erkli	1
Jimmy Iovine	1
Philippe Guez	1
Maverick Carter	1
Magnus Olsson	1
Shalom Meckenzie	1
Alfred Ruth	1
Hasan Aslanoba	1
James Packer	1
Leon Recanati	1
Yariv Gilat	1
Omar Darwazah	1
Justin Lubliner	1
Yossi Matias	1
Alex Zubillaga	1
Oren Zeev	1
Eric Elalouf	1
Kamel Gazzaz	1
Ron Zuckerman	1
Deniz Devrim Cengiz	1
Eddy Shalev	1
Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC	1
Mathias Ackermand	1
Faruk Eczacıbaşı	1
Sami ElShafai	1
Gigi Levy Weiss	1
Moshe Gaon	1
Hande Enes	1
Nimrod Cohen	1
Igal Weinstein	1

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Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University.

Investment focus

Apps, FinTech, Digital Entertainment
Seed, Series A, Series C
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

zooz — Manage and optimize multiple payment providers through a single platform.
Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
Thumzap — Thumzap reconnects people in the digital world by making the process of paying for someone else's purchases simple, fun and safe.Sometimes we need or just want someone else to pay for our purchases, either because we don't have a credit card or enough money, or because we're just not that tech-savvy and need some help.Thumzapmakes it easy to send friends and family a request to pay for us. All they have to do is approve the payment and they can pay with their own credit card or paypal account, in just one click. Not only does that make it completely safe and secure, but also familiar. No one has to share a password, set up a digital wallet, or input their credit card information, it’s a simple way to help fulfill a digital request.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

Crait.it — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.

Kerem Tokcan

Investment focus

Podcast, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment
Angel
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.

Rami Lipman is an angel investor.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Matics Manufacturing Analytics Ltd. — Matics real-time manufacturing analytics provides a digital toolbox for factories' production floor management and dramatically increases the production efficiency.
Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...

Kerim Kotan

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Internet of Things
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Turkey, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

FormaStar — FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem.
Innovasion Labs PINC — Next Generation of Energy Storage
TelomEye Pharmaceuticals — TelomEye Pharmaceuticals provides treatments to prevent and improve age-related ophthalmologic disorders.

Rauf Cem Erkli

Investment focus

Podcast, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment
Angel
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.

Jimmy Iovine is a legendary figure in the music industry and a forward-thinking visionary, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, the Iovine and Young Center, Interscope Records, and Beats by Dre. Jimmy’s influential career began at Record Planet in New York City. Early on, Jimmywas a recording engineer for the likes of John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen before becoming a recording producer for Patti Smith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits, The Pretenders, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, and U2. Jimmy co-founded Interscope Records in 1990, launching artists such as Dr. Dre, Nine Inch Nails, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, The Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Lady Gaga. Jimmy and hip-hop producer and trailblazer Andre “Dr. Dre” Young co-founded Beats By Dr. Dre, a leading, high-performance headphone and speaker company in 2006. Thanks to the sleekly designed headphones, and expansion into smartphones and car audio systems, Beats By Dr. Dre secured the No. 1 spot in the billion dollar-plus premium headphones industry. In 2014, Jimmy and Dr. Dre expanded the Beats brand into the digital music space with Beats Music—the first streaming music service delivering contextually and culturally relevant playlists personalized for each user. Beats by Dr. Dre and Beats Music were acquired by Apple in 2014. In 2013, Jimmy and Dr. Dre teamed up again to establish and fund the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation at the University of Southern California. The pair endowed the Academy with a $70 million donation to help forge the futures of technologists, entrepreneurs, designers, and innovators working toward purpose-driven societal change. The signature integrated learning framework offers a different type of education, with undergraduate and graduate degrees focusing on technology, communication, entrepreneurship, and human-centered design. Jimmy and Dr. Dre wanted to extend the Academy’s curriculum to high school students across the U.S. The inaugural Iovine and Young Center (IYC) opened its doors in Los Angeles in 2022. The Iovine and Young Center at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta is set to open in August 2024. Jimmy is a board member for several companies and organizations, including Live Nation Entertainment, XQ Institute, NTWRK, and Rosewood Creative. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

Investment focus

Software, Beauty, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Series A, Series C
United States, Israel, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Stari — Stari is an entertainment tech platform that connects stars and fans through personal stories.
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Handle — 15 minute delivery by students for students

Philippe Guez

Investment focus

Software, Photography, Digital Media
Series A
Israel

Portfolio highlights

Photomyne — Photomyne is a company that specializes in family nostalgia. We leverage our original, unprecedented technology to provide tools for digitizing and managing all types of old (analog) and new media.Our primary app is designed for scanning, managing, and storing old photographs in bulk. In addition, we offer several other utility apps, eachspecializing in the scanning of a specific media type, to offer the best technological accommodation for each type and its characteristics.Explore our apps: https://photomyne.com/get-photomyne

Maverick Carter is the Founder and CEO of SpringHill Entertainment and it's premier digital media company UNINTERRUPTED, oversees the expanding entertainment companies’ overall strategic direction, spearheads their new business and content development partnerships, and guides their growing multi-platform global distribution efforts. Inaddition, Carter plays a vital role in all project, partner, and talent developments, leveraging key relationships and providing unique insight to create original, exclusive, and authentic content across a variety of mediums. With a steadily expanding portfolio of innovative projects, Carter has quickly become an influential figure in the media and entertainment industry. One of SpringHill Entertainment’s fastest-growing ventures is UNINTERRUPTED, the multimedia content network created by Carter and James in 2015 that provides unique personalities in sports and entertainment the platform to develop and amplify their stories. Since its debut, UNINTERRUPTED has forged partnerships with a growing list of industry-leading companies including Warner Bros. Entertainment, Facebook, and Verizon to create and distribute its unique, creative and captivating content globally across multiple platforms with a particular focus on mobile, web, and social distribution streams.

Investment focus

Sports, Content, eSports
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Polywork — Launch an AI-powered personal website to showcase your work, grow your personal brand, or start your side hustle.
StatusPro — Completely rewrite the rules of the game and leave your legacy in the latest NFL and NFLPA-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA 25
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Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
Getbee — Use live video calls to create in-person interactions with your clients from product recommendations to completing a purchase.
Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.

Shalom Meckenzie is the Founder of SBTech.

Investment focus

Art, SaaS, Video
Seed, Series A
Israel

Portfolio highlights

Niio — One comprehensive video art platform & pro tools for artists, galleries and collection owners to manage, display and securely distribute moving image & digital artworks, 4K to VR
CoinScan — Fastest trading history in the industry for any ETH token along with seeing pending transactions. One-of-a-kind Airdrops and Holders distribution for quick analysis and much more.
MonkeyBall — MonkeyBall is a Solana-based play-to-earn soccer game – a kind of FIFA Street and Final Fantasy rolled into one fun monkey-themed game.

Private investor with background as co-founder/CTO of Videoplaza. Author of speculative fiction thriller trilogy Fermi's Filter.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Sweden, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Mavenoid — Mavenoid is the only product support automation platform built for complex products and devices. Using our unique AI, we solve problems too complex for chatbots
Kitab Sawti — Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and podcasts through mobile apps.
Match2One — Self service programmatic advertising platform, easy to use and no minimum spend. Launch intelligent programmatic display campaigns and drive online sales.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Turkey, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.

James Packer

Investment focus

iOS, Music, Android
Series A, Funding Round
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Beats Music — Beats Music is a music streaming service spun out of Beats Electronics and into its own company in early 2013. Beats Music is a new kind of streaming music service that focuses on providing a personalized music experience for each user through a unique blend of digital innovation and musical passion.
Inception XR — InceptionXR is dedicated to improving learning and training outcomes globally, through a cutting edge XR technology platform. Our platform enables creation and distribution of XR content at scale for a variety of industries including telecommunications, education, healthcare and publishing.

Leon Y. Recanati is currently the Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel Ltd., a private investment company whose main field of activity is venture capital investments in startup companies engaged in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, and in advanced technologies. Until May 2003, and prior to founding GlenRock, he served as Chairman& CEO of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Chairman of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., and Chairman of Azorim Investment Development and Construction Ltd., in addition to several other positions in a variety of operating companies in Israel. Mr. Recanati initiated in 1998 Clal Biotechnologies Ltd. (CBL). Clal Industries invested $100 million in CBL. Clal Biotechnologies is considered the largest biotechnology investment company operating in Israel.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Photo Editing
Seed
Israel

Portfolio highlights

Photomyne — Photomyne is a company that specializes in family nostalgia. We leverage our original, unprecedented technology to provide tools for digitizing and managing all types of old (analog) and new media.Our primary app is designed for scanning, managing, and storing old photographs in bulk. In addition, we offer several other utility apps, eachspecializing in the scanning of a specific media type, to offer the best technological accommodation for each type and its characteristics.Explore our apps: https://photomyne.com/get-photomyne
Treetoscope — The first and only commercial device that senses the internal water flow of a plant and directly measures its water consumption and real-time irrigation needs. without extrapolations based on indirect sensing technologies.Treetoscope offers a SaaS irrigation management platform, based on direct plant sensing technology. We tackle one of the mostcrucial challenges farmers face today: water scarcity and irrigation optimization. Our groundbreaking ag-tech enables the unprecedented measurement of real-time actual water use of trees (based on our patented single probe Sap Flow sensor). Through the Treetoscope solution, growers gain great value as a result of the affordability, scalability, and ease of deployment of our technology.
Perfect — A personalized talent-finding and engaging experience made for every team.

Yariv Gilat is a Tectona

Investment focus

Software, Photography, Apps
Seed
Israel

Portfolio highlights

MyRoll — MyRoll (formerly Flayvr) is a mobile gallery application that organizes photos and videos and converts them into interactive collections, enabling its users to share them with others. MyRoll was founded by Adi Ashkenazi and Ron Levy in 2012.
Photomyne — Photomyne is a company that specializes in family nostalgia. We leverage our original, unprecedented technology to provide tools for digitizing and managing all types of old (analog) and new media.Our primary app is designed for scanning, managing, and storing old photographs in bulk. In addition, we offer several other utility apps, eachspecializing in the scanning of a specific media type, to offer the best technological accommodation for each type and its characteristics.Explore our apps: https://photomyne.com/get-photomyne
Scalez — Scalez develops AI driven conversational commerce platforms, which combine human intelligence with machine learning, AI and NLP to offer expert advice in the digital era. Human professional’ recommendations give your customers highly personalized answers to suit their need.The first vertical that Scalez is transforming with its unique AI-basedconversational commerce technology is the apparel industry. Using state of the art technology, Scalez creates a conversational fashion styling platform for online stylists to augment their knowledge and provide on-demand styling services. Connecting human insight with machine-generated data attributes enables us to create an authentic user journey with the capacity to create a richer experience for consumers at scale. Our expandable real time, fashion recommendation chatbot is based on a variety of unique parameters, such as the customers’ body type and style preferences, liked items, abandoned carts, past orders and much more. We offer brands a door to a new world of data, engaged users, increased conversions and better retention.Scalez Fashion’s AI driven platform enables online personal stylists / fashionistas to augment their knowledge and provide "Flash styling" sessions at scale. Clients can get instant outfit advice, or help finding jeans that are the perfect fit for their body type.For brands, with their own fully branded chatbot, they can create conversational shopping experiences that engage their audience, provide added-value, gain valuable insights and great retargeting opportunities.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Dr. Treat — Experience pet care at its best with exceptional personalized veterinary care at unsurpassed levels. After all, our companions are entitled to happier, healthier, and longer lives.
Fuze — Transform your business with Fuze's digital assets infrastructure solutions and integrated payment systems. Achieve seamless transactions and efficiency.
Exponential DeFi — Exponential is an investment platform for crypto holders to earn yield on their crypto through decentralized finance (DeFi) safely and easily.

Justin Lubliner is a CEO of the Darkroom.

Investment focus

Content, Software, Digital Media
Seed, Series A
Israel, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Stari — Stari is an entertainment tech platform that connects stars and fans through personal stories.
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Yossi Matias is Vice President, Engineering, at Google and the Head of Google's R&D Center in Israel which he established. He leads global efforts in Search, AI, and Crisis Response (some highlights here), and is the founding executive lead of Google’s Campus Tel Aviv, the birthplace of Launchpad and other global entrepreneurship programs.In addition to his executive and entrepreneurial experience, Yossi has been on the Computer Science faculty at Tel Aviv University, and previously a Research Scientist at Bell Labs and visiting professor at Stanford. He published extensively, has dozens of patents on his name, and pioneered some of the early technologies for the effective analysis of big data, internet privacy, and contextual search. He is a recipient of the Godel Prize and is an ACM Fellow.Yossi was on the board of IATI - Israel Advanced Technology industries - and is co-chair of IATI’s Multi National Companies Forum.

Investment focus

Music, Social, Content
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Anyword — The AI writing platform that knows what works. Trusted by over 1 million marketers, Anyword is built to help you scale on-brand content that drives marketing results
Tonara — We believe in using technology to move music education forward. Tonara's products empower music teachers and their students, worldwide.
enso — enso offers AI-powered bot bundles to automate your marketing strategy. Perfect for small business owners, our bots handle social media, SEO, lead generation & much more. Start with a 7 days free trial or talk with one of our marketing experts today.

Alex Zubillaga is the founder of 14W, a New York-based, venture capital firm focused on consumer Mobile, Web, E-commerce, CPG, and Media.Previously, Alex was Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development at Warner Music Group (WMG). Prior to WMG, Alex founded Net Uno, a leading Venezuelan cable television and broadbandoperator where he served as CEO and Chairman.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, Music
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
Qapital — Qapital is an award-winning app designed to let you save, invest, and spend with any goal in mind.
Opal — Protect your focus time. Schedule your days, block distracting apps and focus fully, on your iPhone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browser. Try Opal for Free!

Oren Zeev is the Founder of and one of the two main early backers respectively, a former board member of Zeev lives in San Francisco, California, United States.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Impala — Business Intelligence for the nonprofit world. Powerful insights for grantmakers and fundraisers who want to make more impactful decisions.
Fairmatic — Powered by data and AI, focused on rewarding fleet safety with savings. Finally, a smarter insurance option designed to put fleets in control.
Riverside.fm — Riverside.fm makes it easy for podcasters and media companies to record remote interviews in studio quality. End result? 4k video and WAV audio content.

Eric Elalouf

Investment focus

SaaS, Security, Software
Series A, Series B
Israel

Portfolio highlights

Photomyne — Photomyne is a company that specializes in family nostalgia. We leverage our original, unprecedented technology to provide tools for digitizing and managing all types of old (analog) and new media.Our primary app is designed for scanning, managing, and storing old photographs in bulk. In addition, we offer several other utility apps, eachspecializing in the scanning of a specific media type, to offer the best technological accommodation for each type and its characteristics.Explore our apps: https://photomyne.com/get-photomyne
Vulcan Cyber — Vulcan Cyber provides the one solution for all exposure risk management needs, helping teams reduce risk across the entire attack surface.

Kamel Gazzaz - Angel Investor @ Mars Reel

Investment focus

Digital Media, NFC, Audiobooks
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Maslo — We make companions that care about people.
SkyHi —
Kitab Sawti — Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and podcasts through mobile apps.

Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time.

Investment focus

Internet, Video, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Israel, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Cymbio — Connect to hundreds of digital sales channels via Cymbio's automated multi channel e-commerce platform to increase sales & elevate revenue.
Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
Safeguard Applied Innovation — Safeguard Applied Innovation provides a mobile performance management platform for construction enterprises. It designs its solution to enable decision-making for successful project planning and execution, delivering effective control regardless of project complexity or national regulations.

Deniz Devrim Cengiz

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Apps
Seed, Series A
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

EasyCep — EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty.
Passion Punch — Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives.
Hiwell — Hiwell app is an online psychological counseling app that helps people without leaving their homes.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series B, Series A
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Payouts.com — Payouts.com provides payouts automation for affiliates, freelancers, vendors & more. Experience faster, seamless payouts. Enjoy fast, automated payouts.
Atlas Invest — A platform for institutional investors to invest in real estate backed bridge loans at scale with reduced risk.
Element Security — Element Security is a cybersecurity landscape that is evolving rapidly, with external attack surfaces expanding and threats becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD ABIM FRCPC is an Iraqi-Canadian physician-entrepreneur who specializes in endocrinology, hypertension and genetics. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an early-stage investor and advisor with over 10 years of clinical and business experience. He has conducted extensive researchin the field of hormones and genetics at America’s research hospital, the National Institutes of Health, and co-founded and financed several startup companies in the fintech, blockchain and healthcare sectors. Business:Fady is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of FHS Capital (fhscapital.io), a privately held early-stage investment fund focusing on real estate, express car wash services, wellness and digital assets. He serves as a strategic advisor and consultant on several healthTech and blockchain companies, focusing on strategic planning, operational skills, business support, and financing. He led several seed financing rounds, including; Ovenue Inc. (ovenue.com), a no-code AI and blockchain Platform-as-a-Service for real-world asset valuation and tokenization; Flyby (flyby.global), a technology platform connecting last mile delivery with digital out of home advertising; and Fluus (fluus.com), a web3 ramping solution. Medicine:Fady completed clinical training in internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine; adult endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the National Institutes of Health; and clinical biochemical genetics at the University of Toronto. He is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada; and in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. He is an active staff physician and adjunct professor at Vancouver General Hospital (UBC), and Trillium Health Partners (UofT), and a fellow with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Research: Fady served the NIH (2015-2021) as a physician-scientist in endocrinology/genetics, Head of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Program Director of endocrinology fellowship program. His research interests remain on adrenal disorders including primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension that is potentially reversible with early detection and treatment. He has authored over 100 original articles, book chapters and reviews on endocrine-genetic conditions (h-index 20, i10-index 42), and was the founding member and first Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Endocrine and Metabolic Science (Elsevier).

Investment focus

Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

FLUUS — FLUUS is an aggregator of fiat to crypto gateways with a crypto ramping network covering emerging. FLUUS allows users to buy, sell, or swap cryptocurrencies and tokens. They aggregate cryptographic services into a single software development kit, connect ramping, exchanging, transactions, and payments, and create a money experience.
Fasset — Fasset is an all-in one financial super app that allows people and businesses to securely invest, earn and make payments from anywhere in the world.
Flyby — Flyby is an innovation in last mile delivery with a smart delivery box and technology platform offering tracking and advertising.

Mathias Ackermand is a Private Investor at Privat. Attended Kiel University.

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Music
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Sweden, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

46elks — Integrate SMS, MMS and Phone calls into your applications with just a few lines of code. Transparent pricing, no startup fees, no minimum monthly costs.
Kitab Sawti — Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and podcasts through mobile apps.
AnotherblockAnotherblock AB — Anotherblock is Transforming Music into an Investable Asset Class. We Specialize in Music Investments, Music Rights, Catalog Valuations, and Royalty Management.

Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center

Investment focus

iOS, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Deplike — Everyone can make music!
Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.

Sami ElShafai

Investment focus

Big Data, Software, Analytics
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Crowd Analyzer — The 1st media and digital crowd monitoring, analytics and activation by which brands and agencies can understand people's opinions on social, analyze their content, ask them questions, and incentive them to do digital actions.

Gigi Levy Weiss is the General Partner at NFX. He attended Tel Aviv University and the Finance Department - Kellogg School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kama — Kama offers sexual wellness practices that improve how you experience love, sex, and intimacy. Available on the iOS App Store.
BrandShield — Your brand protection tool should do more than detect counterfeits. BrandShield will detect and takedown all manner of frauds, protecting your company.
Diagnostic Robotics — Diagnostic Robotic develops a signal-agnostic artificial intelligence system for healthcare insurers, providers, and patients. It allows to build powerful predictive analytics models that will solve a world-wide challenge, strained health budgets, and workforces. Diagnostic Robotic was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Business entrepreneur and investor in startups. For the past 20 years developer of new initiatives and ideas. CEO, Chairman of companies, political strategist and advertising expert. Lead public opinion campaigns for people and issues from breast cancer, to national elections to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Founding Partner atmybulb.vcOwner of the Gaon Holding Group; Executive Director in the group's companies, focusing on development and marketing products and services for the global Water Smart Grid. Member of the AquaAgro Fund Investment committee, a 50 Million dollar Israeli Venture Capital Fund, focused only on developing innovative water and agriculture technologies, as well as other innovative clean technologies.

Investment focus

Advertising, Association, Social Media Marketing
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Apester — Supercharge your marketing and funnel with interactive content experiences that generate more leads, engage and convert users, and boost retention
Yoocan — Yoocan is a global community for people with disabilities and their families, discover empowering stories, find support, and connect with a world that understands you.
IndieFlow — IndieFlow developed a workflow management platform for the music industry. The platform provides a centralized platform to manage music industry workflows and streamline the major building blocks of an artist’s career. It enables users to manage creative projects, distribute to streaming platforms, collect roylaties, register music with royaltycollection societies, promote music, book gigs, receive payments and more.

Hande Enes

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Social Media
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
Crait.it — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.

Nimrod Cohen is the Managing Partner of TAU Ventures. He previously worked at Hapoel Ramat-Gan as a Chairman. Nimrod Cohen attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Swimm — Swimm helps enterprise software organizations document and understand big, complex, and legacy codebases.
Cyabra — We break down social media so you can understand narratives, detect authenticity and reach true audiences.
XTEND — Explore cutting-edge military-grade tactical drones powered by AI, designed to enhance strategic capabilities and mission success in complex environments.

Igal Weinstein

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series C, Series A
United States, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

mealco — Mealco is a food-tech platform to create delivery-native food brands, with a mission to bringing the world's favorite food to peoples door step.
Heyday — Heyday offers a digital marketplace space built for sellers to accelerate consumer product brands.It aims to amplify the eCommerce entrepreneurs' marketplace brand. Heyday is backed by General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, and Arbor Ventures.The San Francisco-based company started in August 2020 and is founded by Sebastian Rymarz and AdamGerchen.
HAAT Delivery — A 3-way solution platform that allows customers to discover all restaurants around them, place an order with a finger press, and get the desired meal delivered in the fastest way possible. The platform connects users, restaurants, and drivers most efficiently with focusing on infrastructure-less areas

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