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Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Middle East (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Middle East Education startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Middle East Education startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A 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
Hesham Zreik
Angel
4 United States, Nigeria, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $12k–$5M
Murat Tayhan
Angel
3 Turkey Angel Training, Service Industry $50k–$50k
Bashar Hamood
Angel
3 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $7k–$5M
Koray Gultekin Bahar
Angel
2 Turkey, Estonia, United States Seed, Angel, Convertible Note Software, FinTech, Education $140k–$1M
Nevzat Aydın
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, France Seed, Angel Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$3M
Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
2 Turkey, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Travel, Leisure, Internet $18k–$1.3M
Shaula Alexander Yemini
Angel
2 United States, Israel Seed, Angel iOS, Apps, EdTech
Satish Gopinathan
Angel
2 United Arab Emirates Pre-Seed Education, Guides, Finance $500k–$500k
Zohar Gilon
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, Health Care $1.5M–$15M
Guy Gamzu
Angel
2 United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Advertising $300k–$30M
Rami Lipman
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Series A SaaS, Social, Software $750k–$8M
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
Eilon Tirosh
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Series A, Series C Apps, FinTech, Payments $750k–$4M
Mehmet Murat İsen
Angel
2 Turkey Angel Training, Service Industry
Nrupaditya Singhdeo
Angel
2 United Arab Emirates Pre-Seed Education, Guides, Finance $500k–$500k
Gal Gadot
Angel
1 Israel, United States Seed, Series A Financial Services, EdTech, FinTech
Amit Gilon
Angel
1 Israel, United States Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Developer Platform
Lamiaa Abdelmonem
Angel
1 Egypt Series A Education, Health Care, Real Estate
Dana Messina
Angel
1 Israel Seed Music, EdTech, Software
Ben Weiss
Angel
1 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Analytics
Ivanka Trump
Angel
1 United States, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Education, Farming, CleanTech
Barak Rabinowitz
Angel
1 Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Mobile, Big Data
Melih Odemis
Angel
1 Turkey, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
Lamya Mahmood
Angel
1 Oman, United Arab Emirates Seed Tutoring, Education
Erdal Asim Durukan
Angel
1 Turkey Seed EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Kelly Smith
Angel
1 United States, Israel Series A, Angel Software, Advertising, SEO $1M–$2M
Arya Bolurfrushan
Angel
1 United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Angel Software, E-Commerce, Education
Kaustubh Wagle
Angel
1 United Arab Emirates Convertible Note EdTech
Michael Eisenberg
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Australia Seed, Series C, Series A Software, Financial Services, B2B
ONUR BAYINDIR
Angel
1 Turkey, Germany Seed, Angel Software, Marketing, Consulting
Paul Volosov
Angel
1 Israel Seed EdTech, Children, Education
Rıza Kaya
Angel
1 Turkey Angel E-Learning
Civan Sözkesen
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed EdTech, Psychology
Eran Shir
Angel
1 Israel Seed Music, EdTech, Software
Ahmet Bilgen
Angel
1 Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education
Noam Hachmon
Angel
1 Israel Pre-Seed SaaS, Sports, E-Learning
Musaab Hakami
Angel
1 United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Nezih Sipahioğlu
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel Marketing, E-Learning, Crowdfunding
Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan
Angel
1 Egypt Pre-Seed EdTech, Primary Education
Mustafa Sandal
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Ayberk Kuday
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Eli Manning
Angel
1 United States, Israel Series B, Seed, Series E Wellness, Sports, Personal Health $4M–$50M
Barış Conger
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Yossi Matias
Angel
1 United States, Israel Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Generative AI, Music $750k–$8M
Andrey Belozerov
Angel
1 Russian Federation Seed Apps, EdTech, FinTech
Mr. Tarek Jallad
Angel
1 Lebanon Series A Internet, Education
Burak Günsev
Angel
1 Turkey Angel FinTech, Finance, Education
Mekan Yusupov
Angel
1 Turkey Seed Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
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Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel · 5 investments in Middle East Education 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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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 4 investments in Middle East Education 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, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 887
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
  • UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Murat Tayhan
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Middle East Education 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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Bashar Hamood
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Education 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, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 476
  • Round size: Seed $15k–$2M; Pre-Seed $7k–$500k; Series A $33k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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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Koray Gultekin Bahar
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Nevzat Aydın
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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: 57
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% 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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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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: 12
  • Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CEOtudent — Founded in May 2015, CEOtudent.com is a content-based website that focuses on providing a rich vision and lifestyle to university and young professionals with content focused on success.On our internet site, we offer numerous contents from personal development to marketing, from career to events, from entrepreneurship to current news.AtCEOtudent.com, we share every piece of information we think that we can provide benefits and inspiration, and we are constantly trying to learn something new.
  • 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.
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Shaula Alexander Yemini
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Satish Gopinathan
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Zohar Gilon
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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

  • Hoopo — Hoopo assists companies to boost their logistics operations with cost and power-efficient, LPWA tracking solutions
  • 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.
  • Body Vision Medical — Bronchoscopy, reimagined. Using Artificial Intelligence, the Body Vision Platform delivers real-time imaging without the use of electromagnetic sensors.
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Guy Gamzu
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Rami Lipman
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education startups

Rami Lipman is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • 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.
  • 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...
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Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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 Education 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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Eilon Tirosh
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Mehmet Murat İsen
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Nrupaditya Singhdeo
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Middle East Education 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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Gal Gadot
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Gal Gadot-Varsano is an Israeli actress and model. She is famous for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, starting with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and then the solo film Wonder Woman and the ensemble Justice League.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, EdTech, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AdaSwap — The next-gen DEX based on Cardano! Swap, bridge & trade between Cardano-based tokens, NFTs and stablecoins within seconds.
  • MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
  • 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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Amit Gilon
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Amit Gilon is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Developer Platform
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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!
  • daily.dev — daily.dev is the fastest growing online community for developers to stay updated on the best developer news. Together we supercharge developers' knowledge and empower better software.
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Lamiaa Abdelmonem
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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 Education 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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Ben Weiss
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Has 20 years experience working globally in investment banking, asset management, private equity and corporate law. Through a diverse range of roles in Asia, including with Salomon Smith Barney, Macquarie Bank, Shinsei Bank, AXA, CLSA and Baker and McKenzie, Ben brings to both funds a broad set of analytical skills with a focus on investment duediligence and strategic business development. Ben has a BCom and LL.B from the University of NSW, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and graduate of Sydney College of Law. Ben is a Member of the CFA Institute, and the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and is an Associate Member of the Law Society of NSW.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Analytics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zoog — Be part of their story
  • DiA Imaging Analysis — DiA is the leading provider of FDA cleared and CE marked ultrasound AI solutions that make the use and analysis of ultrasound images smarter, faster and accessible to all. Our solutions address the main challenges ultrasound users face - manually capturing and visually analyzing ultrasound images.
  • Panoply — Easily sync, store, and access all your business data with a cloud data platform designed for analysts.
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Ivanka Trump
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Ivanka Trump

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Farming, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Twigtale — Twigtale is the first company to provide parents with personalized, high-quality, accessible expert advice for every major transition a child undergoes, such as welcoming a new baby, moving, even experiencing death or cancer. The personalized stories are scripted by child development experts, then personalized by parents. The books are engaging forkids and a powerful playbooks for parents. Customers are parents, groups, partners & sponsors.
  • HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
  • University of The Community/ Indigenous Cultural Arts Museum — UNIVERSITY FOR SELF LEARNING
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Barak Rabinowitz
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Barak Rabinowitz is Managing Partner of F2 Capital, a seed-stage, Israeli venture capital fund backing exceptional founders at the junction of big data, AI and connectivity. Until 2016, Barak was General Partner at Genesis Partners where he focused on early stage investment opportunities and The Junction seed investment program. Previously, Barakled three startup companies from inception to exit as co-founder and CEO, and backed multiple companies as a strategic angel investor. Barak started his career in the Technology M&A Group at Morgan Stanley and served in an infantry paratroop brigade of the IDF. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS BA from Georgetown University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zoog — Be part of their story
  • Zaraz — Cloudflare Zaraz is a third-party tool manager that loads tools in the cloud - away from browsers. Learn more about benefits and use cases of Zaraz.
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Melih Odemis
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Deplike — Everyone can make music!
  • UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
  • HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
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Lamya Mahmood
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Lamya Mahmood

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Tutoring, Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Oman, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Pottoin — NUnit is the most popular unit test framework for .NET.
  • Thiqa Tutoring — Thiqa Tutoring (TT) is Tutors Providers, by customers, for educational and teaching services. International educational and teaching methodologies and standards.
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Erdal Asim Durukan
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Erdal Asim Durukan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Octovan — Octovan is an online leading platform that combines reliable movers with users who need moving.
  • UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
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Kelly Smith
Angel · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Kelly is a "Designer Founder" of several start-ups and is the founder of Curious Office, a Seattle seed stage incubator and investment firm. As a designer and product development expert, Kelly takes an active interest optimizing around the development/design intersection. He is aTechStars mentor, a co-founder of a YCombinatorcompany and an occasional speaker on the subjects of design, start-ups and company building. He is most recently the founder of Zapd, which is venture backed by Madrona Venture Partners and Second Avenue Partners. Zapd was twice Apple's App of the Week, was an Editor Staff Pick and was a top 10 lifestyle app in several countries. He co-founded MadRaces which was sold to BetaWorks and also Scoutzie which was accepted as a 2012 YCombinator company. He was also the founder and designer of Inkd.com and Imagekind, which is the largest market for buying and selling art (acquired by CafePress in 2007). In 2000 he founded an online video company called RocketVox which was acquired by thePlatform (a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast). Previously, Kelly served as VP Product Marketing for Myrio (Siemens Nokia IPTV division) and worked at RealNetworks from 1994-1999 in various marketing and business development roles. Curious Office has invested in SEOmoz, Bonanza, Sparkbuy, Buuteeq, ooBible, Imagekind, Wishpot, CoolSpotters, Shelfari (acquired by Amazon) and FeedDigest. He is a board member or advisor for PressPlane, NetConcepts, SEOmoz and Rouxbe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Advertising, SEO
  • Stage:Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inkd.com — Inkd (formerly Pressplane) has two main products: Inkd, a true "buy & sell" community (rather like CafePress, Zazzle, Etsy and even stock image companies) wherein designers upload print creative and businesses can download and use the content as a cost effective alternative to hiring a designer, and Zapd, an app that allows users tocreate instant, themed websites straight from their iPhones.
  • 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.
  • Fanzter — Fanzter Inc. is an American software company that designs and develops consumer-focused mobile and web products. Fanzter's best-known products include Coolspotters.com and the popular iOS applications CoolPapers, Streaks, and Summizer. Fanzter's corporate headquarters are located in Unionville, Connecticut.
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Arya Bolurfrushan
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
  • The Applied AI Company (AAICO) — AAICO is a leading AI technology company with a team of renowned Silicon Valley-based engineers, applied AI experts, and seasoned entrepreneurs.
  • Jingle Pay — Join now and get your ZERO fees, forever FREE account.
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Kaustubh Wagle
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Kaustubh Wagle

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech
  • Stage:Convertible Note
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SecureMyScholarship — SecureMyScholarship is the world's number one Scholarship Finder Search Engine. With over 400 university partners and 40,000 course options, our Scholarship Portal assists with finding scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate international students. SecureMyScholarship is 100% free for students who receive opportunities to secure their guaranteed scholarship to study abroad. Save money on your higher education by filling in the required information and secure your guaranteed scholarship to study abroad, which is available for your secondary and higher educational students. SecureMyScholarship is sometimes also referred to as SMS or Secure My Scholarship.
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Michael Eisenberg
Angel · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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ONUR BAYINDIR
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

ONUR BAYINDIR

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Marketing, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Babiot — Babiot develops electronics online tools to access control and tracking systems. It offers indoor navigation, wireless technologies, and location-based services to safely track people. Babiot is based in Essen, Germany.
  • PlusDisc — PlusDisc provides tools for Candidate Assessment and Personality Tests.
  • Volans Video Agency — Volans Video Agency is full-service creative video agency for brands and agencies. Explainer Videos, 3D Videos, Promotion Videos, Testimonial Videos!
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Paul Volosov
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Paul Volosov

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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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Rıza Kaya
Angel · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Rıza Kaya

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Voltran — Voltran is a subscription-based digital platform for high school students.
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Civan Sözkesen
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Civan Sözkesen

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Psychology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • ParentWiser — Parent education app.
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Eran Shir
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Eran is the CEO and co-founder of Nexar. Prior to Nexar, he was an entrepreneur in residence at Tel Aviv venture fund, Aleph and ran the global Creative Innovation Center for Yahoo!. Eran received his bachelor’s and master’s in physics from Technion-Machon Technlogi Le’ Israel and his PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from TelAviv University.

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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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Ahmet Bilgen
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect. Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions. in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba. Foriba did: - Series A With Revo Capital - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst - Exit

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • FlexyWatt — FlexyWatt's smart energy management technology allows consumers to optimize energy use and cut electricity expenditures.
  • Topi — Topi is an B2B e-commerce platform for wholesale market.
  • admarket.co — Admarket is a trailblazing AdTech startup that's reshaping the advertising landscape. By offering a streamlined and secure platform for reserving, purchasing, and selling ad spaces, it connects advertisers and media owners like never before. With just one click, advertisers can book various types of ad spaces - including TV, radio, digitalscreen, outdoor, in-store, and in-flight - from anywhere in the world.Admarket simplifies the process of securing ad spaces from preferred media owners and agencies, while its payment service provider, Stripe, ensures top-notch security for customer credit card information. Media owners benefit by gaining access to a global customer base and boosting their revenue.Designed for ease of use, Admarket allows advertisers to view ad spaces on a map, similar to hotel booking sites. Its innovative AdsChange feature enables media owners to swap ad spaces with one another, like exchanging billboard space for radio ads. Plus, advertisers can swiftly broadcast urgent announcements via TV or radio.Looking ahead, Admarket aims to leverage AI technology for identifying sector-specific advertising needs, planning, and design. It will also incorporate automatic bid strategies for outdoor media, TV, and radio ad spaces. Advertisers will be able to view cost-effective advertising options on various timeframes through chart data, akin to flight ticket pricing. Moreover, the AdBroker feature will enable media owners to earn additional income through Admarket's profit-sharing program.In a nutshell, Admarket is a groundbreaking AdTech startup that's revolutionizing the advertising industry by streamlining ad space booking for advertisers and expanding the customer base for media owners. With plans to introduce even more cutting-edge features, Admarket will continue to drive innovation for both advertisers and media owners.
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Noam Hachmon
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Musaab Hakami
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lisan — Lisan is an AI writing platform offering state-of-the-art proofreading and grammar checking to help individuals who write in Arabic to maximize their productivity, create exceptional content using cutting-edge generative AI models, and automate tasks with AI accelerators.
  • Funding Souq — Funding Souq connects established SMEs with worldwide investors for sharia-compliant investments with 15% yearly income through small business debt crowdfunding.
  • Groundfloor — Groundfloor Club: A neighborhood workspace where productivity, connection & community come together.
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Nezih Sipahioğlu
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Nezih Sipahioğlu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, E-Learning, Crowdfunding
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Basefunder — Basefunder is a crowdfunding platform that provides funding, business planning, and investment solutions.
  • Edurey Eğitim, Danışmanlık, Bilişim ve Yazılım Hizmetleri A.Ş — A Learning Experience Platform where you can include users' experience and participation in processes while offering a social learning environment with different features. You can include the learner experience in all your training processes with EDUREY LXP. Or You can choose Edurey LMS which is The training management system, where you canmake your training management processes in the corporate or academic field, offers a unique experience to the users.
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Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Mustafa Sandal
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Ayberk Kuday
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Eli Manning
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Barış Conger
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Yossi Matias
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Yossi Matias is Vice President, Google, and the Head of Google Research. Under Yossi’s leadership, world-class global teams are leading breakthrough research on Foundational Machine Learning & Algorithms, Computing Systems & Quantum Computing, Science, AI for Societal Impact in Health, Climate, Education and Socio-technical research, andfoundational advancements in Generative AI - shaping the future of technology and driving and accelerating the magic cycle between research and real-world impact.Recent research breakthroughs include speculative decoding, generative UI, genAI factuality, AI Co-Scientist, Earth AI, Quantum Echo algorithm, DeepSomatic, MedGemma, Flood Forecasting, FireSat, LearnLM.Yossi was previously on Google Search leadership for over a decade, driving strategic features and technologies, and pioneered Conversational AI innovations to help transform the phone experience and help remove barriers of modality and languages. He was also the founding lead of Google center in Israel and supported other global sites. During his tenure at Google Yossi founded and spearheaded initiatives such as Google's AI for Social Good, Crisis Resilience, Google for Startups Accelerator, social and cultural initiatives seeding Google Arts & Culture, and programs fostering startups, sustainability, and AI literacy for youth.Prior to Google Yossi was on the Computer Science faculty at Tel Aviv University, a visiting professor at Stanford, and a Research Scientist at Bell Labs. He’s published over 200 papers and is the inventor of over 80 patents. He pioneered some of the early technologies for internet privacy, contextual search, and the effective analysis of Big Data. He is a recipient of the Gödel Prize, an ACM Fellow, and a recipient of the ACM Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for seminal work on streaming algorithms, data sketches, and large-scale data analyticsYossi has a track record of impact-driven breakthrough research and innovation, and extensive product leadership, transforming products and advancing AI to help address global challenges.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Generative AI, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enso — enso deploys AI agents where your customers spend time - finding cracks in platform castles and turning them into growth before competitors notice.
  • Leo AI — The Generative AI Engineering Design Platform
  • Terra Security — Don't lose sleep over pen testing; our expert testers will ensure your systems are secure during the test while focusing their time on the most important assets.
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Andrey Belozerov
Angel · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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Mr. Tarek Jallad
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Mr. Tarek Jallad

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Education
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Lebanon

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Kamkalima — Arabic e-Learning platform that provides high-tech & interactive educational content in line with the modern academic systems.
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Burak Günsev
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education startups

Burak Günsev - 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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Mekan Yusupov
Angel · 1 investments in Middle East Education 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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