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Top 50 EdTech Angel Investors in Middle East (September 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Middle East EdTech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Middle East EdTech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel
5 Turkey Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A iOS, Software, macOS
Bashar Hamood
Angel
4 United States, India, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $6k–$5M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
4 United States, India, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $10k–$5M
Murat Tayhan
Angel
3 Turkey Angel Training, Service Industry $50k–$50k
Rami Lipman
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Series A SaaS, Software, Machine Learning $750k–$8M
Mehmet Murat İsen
Angel
2 Turkey Angel Training, Service Industry
Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
Angel
2 Turkey Angel Training, Service Industry
Nir Zohar
Angel
2 United States, Israel Seed, Series A Software, Publishing, B2B $2M–$14M
Guy Gamzu
Angel
2 United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Advertising $300k–$30M
Shaula Alexander Yemini
Angel
2 United States, Israel Seed, Angel iOS, Apps, EdTech
Dr Abdul Malek Al Jaber
Angel
2 Jordan Seed, Pre-Seed Education
Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
2 Turkey, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Travel, Leisure, Internet $18k–$1.3M
Zohar Gilon
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, Health Care $1.5M–$15M
Nrupaditya Singhdeo
Angel
2 United Arab Emirates Pre-Seed Education, Guides, Finance $500k–$500k
Satish Gopinathan
Angel
2 United Arab Emirates Pre-Seed Education, Guides, Finance $500k–$500k
Nevzat Aydın
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, France Seed, Angel Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$2.7M
Eilon Tirosh
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series C Apps, FinTech, Payments $750k–$4M
Koray Gultekin Bahar
Angel
2 Turkey, Estonia, United States Seed, Angel, Convertible Note Software, FinTech, Education $140k–$1M
Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan
Angel
1 Egypt Pre-Seed EdTech, Primary Education
Michael Eisenberg
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Australia Seed, Series C, Series A Software, Financial Services, B2B
Hande Enes
Angel
1 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $29k–$4.1M
Mekan Yusupov
Angel
1 Turkey Seed Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
Eli Manning
Angel
1 United States, Israel Series B, Seed, Series E Wellness, Sports, Personal Health $4M–$50M
Udi Netzer
Angel
1 Israel Seed EdTech, Software, Education
Dan Shapiro
Angel
1 United States, Israel Seed, Angel, Series B Internet, Software, SaaS $425k–$1.4M
Roy Rodenstein
Angel
1 United States, Israel Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Music $70k–$2.1M
Gil Hirsch
Angel
1 Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Analytics $1.1M–$12M
Burak Günsev
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Patrick O'Donnell
Angel
1 Israel, United States Angel Computer, Internet, Software $425k–$1.3M
Craig Sherman
Angel
1 United States, Israel Series C, Series D, Seed Software, Health Care, Medical $1.3M–$635M
Barış Conger
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Abdullah Alzabin
Angel
1 Kuwait Seed Training, Education
Dr. Lama
Angel
1 Lebanon Seed Education, Mobile Apps, Peer to Peer
Dalia Al Sulaiman
Angel
1 Lebanon Seed Education, Mobile Apps, Peer to Peer
Hemra Ashyrov
Angel
1 Turkey Seed Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
Mustafa Sandal
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Andrey Belozerov
Angel
1 Russian Federation Seed Apps, EdTech, FinTech
Arya Bolurfrushan
Angel
1 United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Angel Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $120k–$42M
Alex Zubillaga
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Apps $745k–$100M
Joe Heitzeberg
Angel
1 Israel, United States Seed, Angel Software, Education, Email Marketing
Lamiaa Abdelmonem
Angel
1 Egypt Series A Education, Health Care, Real Estate
Dana Messina
Angel
1 Israel Seed Music, EdTech, Software
Noam Hachmon
Angel
1 Israel Pre-Seed SaaS, Sports, E-Learning
Faissal Abdallah
Angel
1 Lebanon Pre-Seed EdTech
Amit Gilon
Angel
1 Israel Seed EdTech, Children, Education
Shai Rephaeli
Angel
1 Israel Seed Software, EdTech, Medical $880k–$1M
Ayberk Kuday
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Ayla Cönger
Angel
1 Turkey Seed FinTech, Finance, Education
Ali Partovi
Angel
1 United States, Spain, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services $770k–$105M
Scott Banister
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Mobile, Internet $500k–$45M
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Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel · 5 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

I am the Art and Code Director at Metromedya Digital Ad Agency. In addition to my role as director, I am also a skilled programmer, designer, and musician. I have expertise in iOS and MacOS development and enjoy snowboarding in my free time. As a self-proclaimed geek, I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field. I am passionate about creatinginnovative and visually appealing designs and using my coding skills to bring them to life.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, Software, macOS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Toboti — Toboti Game Studio is a game development company that specializes in creating games for various platforms. The company has a particular passion for designing games that draw inspiration from classic arcade machines, with a primary focus on the Apple platform. Toboti is known for its commitment to creating fun and engaging games that are optimizedfor mobile devices.The team at Toboti Game Studio utilizes cutting-edge technology and innovative design techniques to produce high-quality games that are both entertaining and challenging. They are dedicated to providing gamers with a unique and nostalgic experience, while also bringing a fresh perspective to the gaming industry.Toboti Game Studio strives to create games that meet the demands of today's gamers, offering exciting gameplay, immersive graphics, and intuitive controls. With a focus on quality and creativity, Toboti Game Studio is poised to become a leading force in the world of game development.
  • Notes.io — A free note-taking app. Online Notes on everywhere.
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Bashar Hamood
Angel · 4 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 622
  • Round size: Seed $11k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $6k–$413k; Series A $33k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
  • Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
  • ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 4 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1158
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$2M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Groccery store — Groccery store is a local Groccery store based in Hlotse, Leribe, Lesotho, designed to address a key challenge in the community
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Mercy Community School — Mercy Community School is a community-driven education initiative based in Linda Compound, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Murat Tayhan
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Murat Tayhan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Training, Service Industry
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Angel $50k–$50k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Skilled Hub — Skilled Hub creates jobs in the technology industry and offers services in the areas of human resources and education.
  • Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
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Rami Lipman
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Rami Lipman is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$8M; Series A $2.5M–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
  • Exaware —
  • NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
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Mehmet Murat İsen
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Mehmet Murat İsen

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Training, Service Industry
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Skilled Hub — Skilled Hub creates jobs in the technology industry and offers services in the areas of human resources and education.
  • Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
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Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Training, Service Industry
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Skilled Hub — Skilled Hub creates jobs in the technology industry and offers services in the areas of human resources and education.
  • Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
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Nir Zohar
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Nir Zohar is the COO and President of Wix.com. Attended at Tel Aviv University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Publishing, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$7M; Series A $13M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TaTiO — TaTIO is delivering a smarter way to hire through competency-based sourcing that combines artificial intelligence and job experience simulations to guarantee qualified candidates.
  • Willow — The AI basecamp for the enterprise.Willow (formerly Webrix) connects any AI agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) to your internal systems with the visibility security needs and the enablement teams want. SSO, RBAC, audit trail, and runtime guards, built in.You'll find: - Technical deep dives on MCP, agents, and AI governance - Enterprise AIadoption playbooks (not hype) - Real implementation walkthroughs from production deployments - Conversations with CISOs, platform leaders, and AI adoption ownersBuilt for: CISOs, VPs of Engineering, platform leads, and CTOs rolling out AI at scale.
  • Safe School Analytics — Safe School Analytics is a software solution for K–12 schools. They produce content to support social and emotional learning and the internet safety of kids and teenagers. With the intention of assisting schools, the organization works in teams composed of subject matter specialists, teaching personnel, educational psychologists, consultants, andsocial workers.
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Guy Gamzu
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Guy Gamzu currently works as an Entrepreneur for Guy Gamzu. He previously worked at Yeloha as a Director & co-founder. Guy Gamzu attended City University London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.6M; Series A $1.4M–$5M; Series B $6.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vyzer — One platform for investment tracking, financial planning, data-driven insights, document analysis & more! Ideal for diverse portfolios.
  • Generaytor — Generators Solar Power and Alternative Energy Solutions
  • Atlas Invest — Commercial real estate bridge loans up to $20M with same-day term sheets and funding in as few as 7 days. Institutional private credit for investors.
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Shaula Alexander Yemini
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Dr. Shaula Alexander Yemini is a startup mentor, board member and advisor to several technology companies. She is also an angel investor. Until 2007, Shaula was a Vice President at EMC. She joined EMC in 2005 with the acquisition of SMARTS (System Management Arts), a developer of network and system management software that she founded and led asCEO from inception. SMARTS counted among its customers the leading global telecoms, global banks, and multi-national enterprises, as well as thousands of others. Shaula was named as 1 of 10 “Leaders Among Leaders” in Information Technology by Information Week Magazine, and selected as an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Her company SMARTS was an INC 500 company, a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 company, and won other prestigious awards.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, Apps, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TinyTap — TinyTap, the world's largest library of games by teachers, becomes a part of Animoca Brands to build an open education system on blockchain
  • Canvs AI — Canvs AI is the easiest, fastest, and most accurate insights platform for analyzing open-ended text from virtually any source, including surveys, customer reviews and social media. Canvs is used by some of the world’s most admired brands, research agencies, and media & entertainment companies to accelerate time-to-insights, reduce cost, anddeepen the understanding of consumers. For more information or to request a customized demo, please visit https://canvs.ai/ or email sales@canvs.ai.
  • Semperis — Semperis is the industry's most comprehensive Active Directory security and recovery platform, protecting hybrid AD environments from identity-based attacks.
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Dr Abdul Malek Al Jaber
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Dr Abdul Malek Al Jaber

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  • Industry: Education
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Edunation — Educate, Engage & Empower the next generation of students using the latest Ed-Technology LMS for a sustainable and future-proof learning experience.
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Kıvılcım Çaylı is the author of "Startup Investor's Handbook", a technology company investor with 18 investments in 5 countries, management consultant, and private equity professional.He holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration), CPEP™ (Chartered Private Equity Professional), and FMVA® (Financial Modeling & ValuationAnalyst) degrees and a Capital Markets Activities License Level 3. After many years of corporate business experience in global companies and entrepreneurial experience in the companies he founded, he has contributed to the growth journey of nearly a hundred companies in his management consultancy career.He is the CEO of Kanvas Management Consultancy Company and Kılıç Çaylı & Partners Law Office and Private Equity & Venture Capital (PE & VC) Director & Partner at Financial Axis A.Ş. | GGI. He makes his personal investments under the Pareto Ventures brand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Leisure, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fonbulucu — fonbulucu is a crowding funding platform that provide innovative financing and investment system benefit to entrepreneurs and investors.
  • Teleporter — California and Istanbul based VR gaming company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of VR medium and creating high-quality experiences that redefine social interaction and gaming.
  • UnderTheDoormat — UnderTheDoormat Group is a prop-tech company that empowers property owners, portfolio owners and property companies to generate higher income through the short-term rental industry. Our mission is to help every property fulfil its potential every day, by to connecting them with quality guests through our 3 products.Firstly, we operate short termrentals for those who don’t have the capabilities - UnderTheDoormat London has 300 units across the city, including the flagship aparthotel 3 Sloane Gardens operated on behalf of Cadogan Estate. Secondly, we distribute for providers who can provide quality hospitality, but not distribution. The tech landscape in short term rentals is hugely fragmented, and our B2B SaaS platform Hospiria integrates the stack so property companies and managers have a ready-made platform so they can focus on what they’re good at - hosting guests. And finally, our TrustedStays platform is the world’s first platform which connects professional home rentals with Government and Corporate procurement. Until now, short-term rentals haven’t been able to enter this world, and we’re connecting it.All three arms enable owners to earn higher return from short term accommodation.
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Zohar Gilon
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.3M; Series A $1.6M–$11M; Series B $4.5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CADY — CADY's mission is to fully automate the inspection and verification of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) schematics, using AI technology.
  • Loora — Unlock your full potential with Loora, your very own AI English tutor. Engage in real conversations with Loora anytime, anywhere, and on any topic!
  • Annabella — The Electric Breast Pump that mimics a baby's tongue. This technology encourages the release of oxytocin and prolactin hormones, leading to a 50% increase in average milk production.
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Nrupaditya Singhdeo
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Nrupaditya Singhdeo

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Guides, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $500k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Newage Learning — NewAge Learning official website is a Dubai-based professional training and corporate learning platform focused on executive education, compliance training, and skill development programs. The company mainly provides KHDA-approved certification courses for professionals and businesses.
  • SD Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence — AT SDCEE, We believe that entrepreneurship is the primary driving force for innovation and sustainable economic growth. To this end—in collaboration with Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), and Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) —we have launched the SD Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence (SDCEE).Located inDubai, United Arab Emirates, SDCEE is the premier centre for individuals looking to build and develop their entrepreneurial skills to create a successful venture.With over 200+ years of collective industrial experience of its founders and mentors, SDCEE is focused towards promoting entrepreneurial excellence through exceptional mentorship, entrepreneurship training programs, and consulting services.Our programs have been designed to combine rigorous, updated curriculum with practical learning to maximize real-world application and impact.
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Satish Gopinathan
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Satish Gopinathan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Guides, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $500k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Newage Learning — NewAge Learning official website is a Dubai-based professional training and corporate learning platform focused on executive education, compliance training, and skill development programs. The company mainly provides KHDA-approved certification courses for professionals and businesses.
  • SD Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence — AT SDCEE, We believe that entrepreneurship is the primary driving force for innovation and sustainable economic growth. To this end—in collaboration with Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), and Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) —we have launched the SD Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence (SDCEE).Located inDubai, United Arab Emirates, SDCEE is the premier centre for individuals looking to build and develop their entrepreneurial skills to create a successful venture.With over 200+ years of collective industrial experience of its founders and mentors, SDCEE is focused towards promoting entrepreneurial excellence through exceptional mentorship, entrepreneurship training programs, and consulting services.Our programs have been designed to combine rigorous, updated curriculum with practical learning to maximize real-world application and impact.
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
  • Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
  • ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
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Eilon Tirosh
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
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Koray Gultekin Bahar
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, Estonia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$1M; Angel $140k–$346k; Convertible Note $250k–$730k
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations. Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
  • Yancep — Yancep is a web-based application. The company offers portfolios that can be modeled according to the investment goals and risk preferences of users. Investors can become anyone with this platform.
  • HrPanda — Streamline your hiring process with HRPanda's advanced applicant tracking system. Manage job postings, track candidates, and simplify recruitment all in one intuitive platform. Transform your hiring with HRPanda!
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Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Primary Education
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Farid — Farid is the first and most prominent platform in the Middle East and North Africa to offer direct, one-on-one sessions for character development and mental health treatment.
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Michael Eisenberg
Angel · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Michael is a General Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with $850M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies (not all announced) including Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), Frank (acquired JPM), Melio, Healthy.io, JoyTunes, Fabric, Honeybook and Bringg. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, which he joined in July 2005, and where he continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on internet and software-enabled service investments since 1995. He has invested in and served on the boards of some of Israel’s leading companies and startups, such as Conduit, Gigya (Acquired SAP), Picturevison (acquired: EK), SeekingAlpha, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired: EBAY), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Wix (Nasdaq: WIX), and Wework (NYSE: WE). Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job,” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism and macroeconomics. He was a contributor to TheMarker, a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper, and is the author of the “Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published numerous books, including The Vanishing Jew, Ben Barukh, and The Tree of Life and Prosperity. He has published two additional books in Hebrew which are due out in English in the coming years: Everyone Can Be Moses and Roaring Tribe. Michael also lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel and entrepreneurship. He is the Chairman of HaShomer Hachadash and sits on the board of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Michael founded the Nevo network, a professional network organization that integrates immigrants to Israel into the high tech ecosystem and serves as the organization's active Chairman. Michael lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TaTiO — TaTIO is delivering a smarter way to hire through competency-based sourcing that combines artificial intelligence and job experience simulations to guarantee qualified candidates.
  • Beewise — Beewise offers robotic beehives that operate with minimal human intervention, by utilizing AI-powered precision robotics. The company's solution automates all beekeeping activities in order to increase yield, reduce colony loss, and eliminate the use of chemical pesticides. We are the first comprehensive solution that keeps bees alive, inspite of all the stressors and challenges they face, allowing them to thrive, pollinate, and produce honey.
  • Dream Security — Dream Security provides critical infrastructure defensive cyber solutions.
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Hande Enes
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Hande Enes

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$4.1M; Angel $50k–$280k; Pre-Seed $29k–$430k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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 AI — 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.
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Mekan Yusupov
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Mekan Yusupov

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dersimix — Dersimix is a platform that connects private tutors with students via online or face-to-face sessions.
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Eli Manning
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Eli Manning is a former Quarterback at New York Giants.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Sports, Personal Health
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Series E
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $4M–$11M; Series B $20M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Spren — Spren powers digital health, wellness, and fitness experiences with unique, heart rate variability based biomarker insights.
  • ZOE — ZOE analyzes your unique gut, blood fat and blood sugar responses. So you can take back control of your health & weight
  • Toya Pioneering Women — Toya is developing multilayer games for girls on a Minecraft platform. The playful learning experience enables girls to become the heroes while revealing the life stories of exceptional women.
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Udi Netzer
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Udi Netzer is the Private Investor at Joonko.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Software, Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lingua.ly — Founded by Cambridge and Stanford graduates Dr. Jan Ihmels and Dr. Orly Fuhrman, Lingua.ly is a brand new way to learn a language. Collect new words from across the web with Lingua.ly's smart dictionary. Use your new vocab as you read real articles you choose. Immersion is the ultimate way to learn a language, and Lingua.ly’s free, onlinelearning platform uses “digital immersion” to give you all the same benefits no matter where you learn. Do you like to read about science and technology in your spare time? Prefer French recipes or travel magazines? Perhaps following business updates from the Middle East is key to your company’s success? Our patent pending algorithm understands your vocabulary to fill your feed with real articles from the web to suit both your level and interests. Better still, we let you practice your new words through fun games and quizzes. So, give your vocabulary a boost, create some colorful flashcards, keep your mind engaged and explore the web in a new language with Lingua.ly! Learn English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian. Lingua.ly’s blended learning solution can be used as a stand-alone product or to complement language classes and self-study course-ware. It is cloud synced and operable via desktop or mobile and supports 18+ dictionary languages. Website: http://lingua.ly App Store: http://bit.ly/1pyL1bb Google Play: http://bit.ly/1s04YuK
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Dan Shapiro
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Dan Shapiro is the CEO and primary turtle wrangler at Robot Turtles, a company created when he accidentally launched the bestselling board game in Kickstarter. He has previously spent time leading a Google subsidiary that operates comparison shopping products. Dan Shapiro joined Google when they bought his previous company, Sparkbuy, a comparisonshopping website, where he was founder and CEO.Before Sparkbuy, Dan Shapiro was founder and CEO of Ontela, a pioneering mobile imaging company, where he was named CEO of the Year by MobileBeat. Ontela was frequently recognized including the Dow Jones Top 10 in Wireless list, the CTIA award for Best Social Networking Application, and Breakthrough Startup of the Year by the WTIA.Prior to founding Ontela, Dan Shapiro managed development of the RealArcade service at RealNetworks, enabling thousands of end-users to play classic games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, and Rollercoaster Tycoon on their desktops. He arrived at RealNetworks by way of Wildseed, where he managed software development for the Identity Cellular Phone. Dan Shapiro started his career at Microsoft working on Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.Dan Shapiro's articles have been published in the Washington Post, Wireless Week, and the Seattle PI, and he is a frequent speaker at conferences and events. He serves on the board of the non-profit Washington Technology Industry Association. He is a mentor for the Founder's Institute, 500 Startups, and Techstars. Dan Shapiro has been awarded eleven U.S. patents, and received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.4M; Angel $425k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Skilljar — Skilljar is a customer training platform for enterprises to accelerate product adoption and improve customer retention.
  • SparkToro — Our mission is to make it easy to discover the websites, blogs, podcasts, social accounts, and publications that reach your audience.
  • Apptentive — Measure shifts in customer emotion and gather actionable feedback across your mobile customer journey.
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Roy Rodenstein
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Roy Rodenstein is Co-founder at SocMetrics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2.1M; Angel $70k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Humanoid — Humanoid is the world's first human brainpower API.Humanoid offers computer programmers a reliable way to use human intelligence in software applications. Using a drag-and-drop interface, engineers can swiftly create tasks and send instructions to humans.Proprietary software breaks the tasks into small pieces and routes them to workersacross the globe. Meanwhile, Humanoid’s artificially intelligent workforce manager ensures accuracy and prevents fraud without human oversight. When the task is complete, developers receive the resulting data through a simple programming interface, known as an API.
  • Juna — Juna is transforming chronic care, starting with GLP-1 weight loss treatments, addressing the needs of over 40% of U.S. adults with obesity. One-size-fits-all healthcare often fails, leaving gaps for the 133 million Americans affected by chronic diseases.
  • Seedscout — Seedscout is a professional network that connects founders, investors, and job seekers together across the global startup universe.
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Gil Hirsch
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Gil Hirsch is an angel investor. Gil has over ten years of experience in software architecture, product and general management in computer technology. Before co-founding face.com, Gil held multiple R&D, Product and Sales executive roles at Amdocs, Xacct Technologies and Telrad Networks. Gil is also the co-founder of the garage geeks communityin Israel to drive non-commercial innovation activities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Localbird — Explore unique experiences, on-demand services, rentals, you name it.
  • InfiniGrow — With InfiniGrow, marketers can talk to their data and explore it in real time. Ditch static dashboards. Get real insights on what works, and why.
  • Vee — Vee empowers you to change the world by doing good. Use our platform to make an impact & invest in your community. Join us in doing good!
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Burak Günsev
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Burak Gunsev is the Chief Ego Operator at UGC90 Ultimate Gamechanger.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
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Patrick O'Donnell
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Patrick O'Donnell is based out of Seattle, Washington, and is the CTO/Co-Founder of Gumshoe AI. Patrick previously worked at Outgo as a developer. Patrick O'Donnell attended the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Computer, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Angel $425k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Smore — Cut through the noise and communicate effectively with Smore. Create interactive newsletters that parents and staff actually read. Get started with free school newsletter templates.
  • SparkToro — Our mission is to make it easy to discover the websites, blogs, podcasts, social accounts, and publications that reach your audience.
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Craig Sherman
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Craig Sherman is a Partner and Managing Director at Meritech since 2011. Craig focuses primarily on digital media and consumer services. Craig has led the firm's investments in Evernote, Zulily, Lynda.com and Ariosa Diagnostics. Prior to Meritech, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Gaia Interactive, which he grew from a 1/2 millionto over a 20 million monthly visitor pioneer in social games and online communities. Prior to joining Gaia, Craig served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital. Previously, Craig was Chief Operating Officer of Ancestry.com (ACOM), where he helped lead the company’s pivot from a free family social network to a family history subscription service and grew the company from under $10 million to $150 million in sales and from tens of millions in losses to tens of millions in profits. Before Ancestry.com, Craig held senior positions at AIG: he was Head of Marketing and Internet for all of AIG's Japanese and Korean divisions totaling over $5 billion in sales; and the General Manager of AIG's property management software subsidiary, a $90 million sales company whose growth rate quadrupled during Craig's tenure. Previous to AIG, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Japan, a joint venture startup he founded with Cendant and Mitsubishi Corporation that he helped grow from inception to over $20 million in sales and profitability. Before that, Craig worked in product, marketing, finance and operations roles at Cendant during its growth from less than a $1 billion to over a $40 billion public company. Craig has personally invested in over a dozen startups including Ancestry, SurveyMonkey, Zillow and Zipcar. In addition, Craig has held independent board and advisory roles with Homestead (prior to its sale to Intuit), Kongregate (GameStop), Logoworks (Hewlett Packard), Netquote (BankRate), and Photobucket (Fox). Craig graduated magna cum laude with A.B. degree in East Asian Studies from Princeton University. Craig spends his 'free' time with his son and daughter - hiking, playing soccer, doing puzzles and even some musical theater. After they go to sleep, he loves to meditate and read classic (AKA “old”) novels.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series C, Series D, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4M; Series C $22M–$200M; Series D $10M–$635M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glystn — Glystn is a reliable platform for creator analytics and insights of any scale. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, California.
  • GENETICA® US — Originated from San Francisco, Genetica® is a leading and the fastest growing gene testing company in Asia with leading-edge proprietary technology.
  • Toya Pioneering Women — Toya is developing multilayer games for girls on a Minecraft platform. The playful learning experience enables girls to become the heroes while revealing the life stories of exceptional women.
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Barış Conger
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Barış Conger - Advisor @ Manibux

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
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Abdullah Alzabin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Abdullah Alzabin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Training, Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kuwait

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CODED — CODED is the Middle East's First Coding Bootcamp. Learn everything you need to become a professional programmer.
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Dr. Lama
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Dr. Lama

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Mobile Apps, Peer to Peer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Lebanon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ostaz — Ostaz is an education technology (EdTech) company focused on delivering AI-powered personalized tutoring services across the Middle East, particularly in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon. The platform connects students with qualified tutors while using artificial intelligence to improve tutor-student matching and educational outcomes.
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Dalia Al Sulaiman
Angel · Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Dalia Al Sulaiman

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Mobile Apps, Peer to Peer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Lebanon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ostaz — Ostaz is an education technology (EdTech) company focused on delivering AI-powered personalized tutoring services across the Middle East, particularly in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon. The platform connects students with qualified tutors while using artificial intelligence to improve tutor-student matching and educational outcomes.
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Hemra Ashyrov
Angel · Ashgabat, Ahal, Turkmenistan · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Hemra Ashyrov

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dersimix — Dersimix is a platform that connects private tutors with students via online or face-to-face sessions.
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Mustafa Sandal
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ Manibux

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
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Andrey Belozerov
Angel · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Andrey Belozerov is an entrepreneur and investor. Expert in the field of digital technologies and digital transformation, co-founder Digital Disrupt investment club, United Nations Development Program expert.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, EdTech, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Digital Disrupt — Using our experience, networking and expertise, we help projects grow so that they change life around the world to the best.
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Arya Bolurfrushan
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$42M; Series A $998k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Oliv — Oliv.com is a career marketplace based in Dubai, made for the youth of the Middle East. We connect students and graduates to employers for internships, part-time & graduate jobs. Launched in 2013, we set out to tackle a huge problem - a 30% youth unemployment rate in the MENA region. Oliv helps university students and graduates launch theircareers. And we're pretty good at it.Today, Oliv is home to thousands of students and graduates where their ambitions are aligned to opportunity. More than 1,000 businesses from startups to Fortune 500s use Oliv to hire top emerging talent to maintain a healthy talent pipeline and grow their business for the future.Our goal is to make launching careers simple, personal and rewarding. That's Oliv.
  • AppliedAI — AppliedAI is an Abu Dhabi technology company building AI-native workflow systems for banking, fintech, insurance, and healthcare. Its platform, Opus, automates and supervises mission-critical, document-heavy processes with embedded governance and human oversight.
  • Jingle Pay — Join now and get your ZERO fees, forever FREE account.
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Alex Zubillaga
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $745k–$8M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $12M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

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.
  • Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
  • 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!
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Joe Heitzeberg
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Joe Heitzeberg is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder of AI Tinkerers. Joe previously worked at Madrona Venture Labs as a co-founder and president. Joe Heitzeberg attended MIT - Sloan School of Management. Joe Heitzeberg has received the 2019 Allen School Alumni Impact Award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, Email Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Smore — Cut through the noise and communicate effectively with Smore. Create interactive newsletters that parents and staff actually read. Get started with free school newsletter templates.
  • Glue — Engage and retain employees with deep insights and data-backed morale strategy.
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Lamiaa Abdelmonem
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Lamiaa Abdelmonem

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Health Care, Real Estate
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Al-Jannat Real-Estate — Al Janat is a real estate investment company, an Egyptian joint stock company engaged in real estate investment and real estate development in Egypt, which has a new concept for residential projects.
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Dana Messina
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Dana Messina

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, EdTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Simply — Feel the joy of playing piano and guitar, or discovering your singing voice, with Simply. The best apps for learning musical instruments.
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Noam Hachmon
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Noam Hachmon

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Sports, E-Learning
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Skillset — Skillset is a game-based sports e-learning platform that offers young athletes and sports fans the opportunity to learn from leading professional athletes. Through its app, Skillset offers courses that break down techniques and tactics used by some of the world's top football players into easy-to-follow lessons. The app is designed to behighly engaging, with social and gamification elements that encourage continued viewing and sharing.
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Faissal Abdallah
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Faissal Abdallah

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Lebanon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zaker — Lebanon's leading hub for student resources
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Amit Gilon
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Amit Gilon

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Children, Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Jotit — Jotit is a cutting-edge educational technology startup that uses handwriting tools to help kids, instructors, and parents stay organized.
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Shai Rephaeli
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Shai Rephaeli - Co-Founder and CEO @ Tutoria Digital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, EdTech, Medical
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $880k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Myndlift — Myndlift offers a therapist-guided home neurofeedback solution for mental health, using mobile and wearable technology. Home users enjoy accessible and affordable training while neuro-therapists can grow their practices with remote supervision.
  • Lingua.ly — Founded by Cambridge and Stanford graduates Dr. Jan Ihmels and Dr. Orly Fuhrman, Lingua.ly is a brand new way to learn a language. Collect new words from across the web with Lingua.ly's smart dictionary. Use your new vocab as you read real articles you choose. Immersion is the ultimate way to learn a language, and Lingua.ly’s free, onlinelearning platform uses “digital immersion” to give you all the same benefits no matter where you learn. Do you like to read about science and technology in your spare time? Prefer French recipes or travel magazines? Perhaps following business updates from the Middle East is key to your company’s success? Our patent pending algorithm understands your vocabulary to fill your feed with real articles from the web to suit both your level and interests. Better still, we let you practice your new words through fun games and quizzes. So, give your vocabulary a boost, create some colorful flashcards, keep your mind engaged and explore the web in a new language with Lingua.ly! Learn English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian. Lingua.ly’s blended learning solution can be used as a stand-alone product or to complement language classes and self-study course-ware. It is cloud synced and operable via desktop or mobile and supports 18+ dictionary languages. Website: http://lingua.ly App Store: http://bit.ly/1pyL1bb Google Play: http://bit.ly/1s04YuK
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Ayberk Kuday
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ Manibux

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
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Ayla Cönger
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Ayla Cönger

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
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Ali Partovi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Ali Partovi is the CEO and Founder of Neo. He previously worked at Dropbox as an Advisor. Ali Partovi attended Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Spain, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$13M; Pre-Seed $770k–$1.8M; Series A $1.7M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vybe — Virtual Try-On & AI Styling for Fashion Stores
  • Ohana — Find sublets and furnished apartments for internships, travel nursing & monthly stays. Ohana offers flexible short-term and mid-term rentals in top cities.
  • Skiff — Everything on Skiff is end-to-end encrypted. Your most sensitive data is private, decentralized, and truly owned by you.
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Scott Banister
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East EdTech startups

Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $660k–$5.8M; Angel $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.4M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Barndoor AI — Barndoor AI offers a centralized governance layer to manage granular access, policy enforcement, and visibility across agentic AI workforce.
  • Artemis — Powered by AI, Mona Lee is the fastest, most efficient way for homeowners to go solar. Through a direct-to-consumer approach, Mona Lee’s AI-powered self-serve platform transforms the solar buying experience by eliminating non-stop solicitation calls, lengthy design and evaluation processes, and back-and-forth price negotiations that can take up toweeks. With Mona Lee, customers go from quote to scheduling their installation in minutes. Feel free to visit our website to read customer testimonials and Mona Lee solar reviews.Mona Lee was founded by a group of serial entrepreneurs with decades of experience in clean energy. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA and is proud to serve homeowners nationwide.
  • Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
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