Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Middle East (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $35k–$5M |
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Bashar Hamood
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $5k–$5M |
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Zohar Gilon
Angel
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2 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, Health Care | $1.5M–$15M |
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Shaula Alexander Yemini
Angel
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2 | United States, Israel | Seed, Angel | iOS, Apps, EdTech | |
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Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | iOS, Software, macOS | |
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Rami Lipman
Angel
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2 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Social, Software | $750k–$8M |
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Guy Gamzu
Angel
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2 | United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Advertising | $270k–$30M |
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Eilon Tirosh
Angel
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2 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | Apps, FinTech, Payments | $750k–$4M |
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Abdullah Alzabin
Angel
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1 | Kuwait | Seed | Education | |
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Dalia Al Sulaiman
Angel
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1 | Lebanon | Seed | Education, Mobile Apps, Peer to Peer | |
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Abdulrahman ALJadhee
Angel
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1 | Saudi Arabia | Series A, Series B | EdTech, Internet, Tutoring | |
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Udi Netzer
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed | EdTech, Software, Education | |
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Boris Wertz
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Mobile, Internet | $200k–$20M |
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David Milch
Angel
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1 | Israel | Pre-Seed | PaaS, EdTech, Software | |
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Hadi Partovi
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $175k–$13M |
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Mazen Al Jubeir
Angel
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | Apps, EdTech, Software | $1.7M–$4M |
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Faissal Abdallah
Angel
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1 | Lebanon | Pre-Seed | EdTech | |
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden | Seed, Angel | Travel, Property Management, Leisure | |
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Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Training, Service Industry | |
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Jeff Swartz
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed | Software, Recruiting, Social Impact | |
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Josh Sutton
Angel
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1 | Israel | Pre-Seed | SaaS, Sports, E-Learning | |
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Abdulla Elyas
Angel
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1 | Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Debt Financing | SaaS, Credit, EdTech | |
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Gal Gadot
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, EdTech, FinTech | |
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Amit Gilon
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Developer Platform | |
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Lamiaa Abdelmonem
Angel
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1 | Egypt | Series A | Education, Health Care, Real Estate | |
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Dana Messina
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed | Music, EdTech, Software | |
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Ben Weiss
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Analytics | |
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Ayberk Kuday
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | FinTech, Finance, Education | |
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Ivanka Trump
Angel
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, Farming, CleanTech | |
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Nir Zohar
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, Publishing, Social Media | |
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Barak Rabinowitz
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Mobile, Big Data | |
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Melih Odemis
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | |
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Lamya Mahmood
Angel
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1 | Oman, United Arab Emirates | Seed | Tutoring, Education | |
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Erdal Asim Durukan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | EdTech, Education, E-Learning | |
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Kelly Smith
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel | Series A, Angel | Software, Advertising, SEO | $1M–$2M |
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Arya Bolurfrushan
Angel
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Education | |
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Kaustubh Wagle
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Convertible Note | EdTech | |
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Michael Eisenberg
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel, Australia | Seed, Series C, Series A | Software, Financial Services, B2B | |
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ONUR BAYINDIR
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Germany | Seed, Angel | Software, Marketing, Consulting | |
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Paul Volosov
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed | EdTech, Children, Education | |
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Rıza Kaya
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | E-Learning | |
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Civan Sözkesen
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed | EdTech, Psychology | |
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Eran Shir
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed | Music, EdTech, Software | |
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Abdulaziz Al Loughani
Angel
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Apps, Music | $300k–$3M |
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Ahmet Bilgen
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education | |
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Noam Hachmon
Angel
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1 | Israel | Pre-Seed | SaaS, Sports, E-Learning | |
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Musaab Hakami
Angel
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1 | United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | |
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Nezih Sipahioğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Marketing, E-Learning, Crowdfunding | |
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Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan
Angel
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1 | Egypt | Pre-Seed | EdTech, Primary Education | |
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Mustafa Sandal
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | FinTech, Finance, Education | |
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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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 580
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2M; Pre-Seed $35k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Junotrax — Junotrax is a company dedicated to addressing the critical supply gaps in Southern Africa’s construction, mining, and agricultural sectors.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
- Manufacturing Electronics Cards — it is a startup built on the idea of putting advanced electronics engineering expertise at the service of local and regional businesses.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 326
- Round size: Seed $10k–$780k; Pre-Seed $5k–$500k; Series A $15k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.
- G Super Races — G Super Races aims to revolutionize the global horse racing scene with its premier league.
- ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- 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.
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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- 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 an emotion and behavior insights platform that understands how consumers feel, why they feel that way, and the business impact those feelings and behaviors create for brands. Through identifying a massive number of expressions and analyzing more than 10 billion conversations, Canvs’ patented AI and machine learning platform and APIsquickly turn open-ended text from unstructured data, social media comments, marketing campaigns and customer surveys into powerful insights that can improve product and brand experiences. Brands like Disney and AMC, and research companies like Triangulum Insights and Luma Research use Canvs to create research efficiencies, unlock marketing opportunities and increase revenue with the power of emotion and behavior insights. Canvs was recently named to the Inc 5000 list for a second year straight. Canvs' TV solution is powered by Talkwalker’s Social Content Ratings Twitter data. The company is also an official Facebook Media Solutions partner. Start understanding your customers better at canvs.ai.
- Semperis — Semperis is the industry's most comprehensive Active Directory security and recovery platform, protecting hybrid AD environments from identity-based attacks.
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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- Industry: iOS, Software, macOS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% 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.
Rami Lipman is an angel investor.
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- 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...
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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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $270k–$2.1M; Series A $1.4M–$5M; Series B $6.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zoog — Be part of their story
- Motion AI — Visually build, train, & deploy chatbots to do just about anything. We have joined the HubSpot family!
- Generaytor — Generators Solar Power and Alternative Energy Solutions
Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University.
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- 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 — Premium domains add authority to your site. Transparent pricing. 1 year WHOIS privacy included. 30-day money back guarantee.
Abdullah Alzabin
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- Industry: 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.
Dalia Al Sulaiman
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- 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 a mobile and peer-to-peer educational platform connecting students seeking help in a specific course to qualified private tutors.
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- Industry: EdTech, Internet, Tutoring
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Syarah — Syarah is an online cars marketplaces.
- Noon Academy — Why Study Alone Again? Start study groups with your friends and access the best teachers on demand!
Udi Netzer is the Private Investor at Joonko.
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- 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
Boris Wertz is the Founder & General Partner of Version One Ventures. He previously worked at Ether Capital as a Lead Independent director. Boris Wertz attended the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $200k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $717k–$2.5M; Series A $3.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kobalt — Kobalt.io supports resources constrained companies, offering gap assessments, penetration testing, compliance support, training, monitoring and more
- Twenty20 — T wenty20 has closed its doors and is no longer accessible. Continue your creative journey with curated photos from Envato Elements.
- Syndicate — Syndicate enables developers to create scalable, atomically composable appchains with complete control over the network, sequencer, and economy.
David Milch
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- Industry: PaaS, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quonder — Introducing the interactive teaching assistant that will help you save time and focus on what's important!
Hadi Partovi is an entrepreneur and investor, and CEO of the education non-profit Code.org. In 2013 Hadi and his twin brother Ali launched the education nonprofit Code.org which Hadi continues to lead full-time as CEO. Code.org has established computer science classes in 15% of US classrooms, created the most popular curriculum platform for K-12computer science, and launched the global Hour of Code movement that has reached over 100 million students.A computer science graduate of Harvard University, Hadi began his career during the browser wars in the 1990s, when he was Microsoft’s Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer. In a second stint at Microsoft, he was General Manager of the MSN portal, delivering its first year of profit. As an entrepreneur, Hadi was on the founding teams of Tellme Networks and iLike, which were acquired by Microsoft and MySpace, respectively. Hadi has served as an early advisor to numerous startups including Facebook and Dropbox, and as a tech investor his portfolio also includes airbnb, Uber, Zappos, IndieGogo, Change.org, and others. Aside from his investments, Hadi also serves as a Director on the boards of TASER International and Convoy.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Israel, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $800k–$3.5M; Angel $175k–$1.2M; Series A $800k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Statsig — Statsig is your modern product development platform, with an integrated toolkit for experimentation, feature management, product analytics, session replays, and much more. Trusted by thousands of companies, from OpenAI to series A startups.
- Clearbrief — Do Justice to the Facts. Select any sentence in your Word doc, and our AI instantly finds the best evidence you have to support your argument. 1-Click TOA.
- Saturn Technologies — The best way to share time with friends
Mazen Al Jubeir - Board Member @ Careem
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- Industry: Apps, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ocurate — Predicting customer LTV at the individual level at 90%+ accuracy informs marketing investments, forecasting, and general business health.
- Soum — Soum is reimagining recommence in the MENA region and beyond by building the most convenient, trustworthy, and transparent recommence marketplace, starting with consumer electronics in Saudi Arabia.
- Noon Academy — Why Study Alone Again? Start study groups with your friends and access the best teachers on demand!
Faissal Abdallah
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- Industry: EdTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Lebanon
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Cayli began his career in 2000 and held various positions for Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and Turev. Founded and led two healthcare companies (Idea and Invivo) and two consultancy companies (Kanvas and Biovenka).He holds a BSc and an MBA, both from Middle East Technical University (aka ODTU).As a seasoned investor, he has 8personal investments including British, Irish, American, Swedish, and Turkish companies, and serves on the Board of some. He also consults startups on behalf of TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council). He is a member of BIC Angels and GAIN Global.
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- Industry: Travel, Property Management, Leisure
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Yourkeys — 'Yourkeys is a real-time transactional and data platform for house builders and estate agents selling properties. The platform significantly accelerates the property sales process whilst giving all stakeholders visibility of the transaction in real-time.'
- Adalethanim — Adalethanim is a legal platform working with AI that analyzes, understands, interprets, and produces results to help with legal research, allowing the person working on the case to save time and access more information about a case. The company's vision is to make justice fast, cheap and accessible to everyone.Adalethanim was founded in 2018and is headquartered in Beşiktaş, İstanbul, Turkey.
- 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.
Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
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- Industry: Training, Service Industry
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Jeff Swartz
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- Industry: Software, Recruiting, Social Impact
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!Josh Sutton is the Founder and CEO of USIL Capital is a parent company to several startups and brands. Real Estate, healthcare, Tech and Fashion.
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- 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.
Abdulla Elyas is the Co-Founder of Careem. He previously worked at enwani (Acquired by Careem) as a Co-Founder. Abdulla Elyas attended RWTH Aachen University.
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- Industry: SaaS, Credit, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pemo — Pemo is an all-in-one spend management solution that empowers your business by packing every company invoice, expense, approval and spending decision into one powerful platform.Our offering includes smart corporate cards, invoice payment systems and expense tracking functions. These are supported by automated approval flows, direct accountingintegration and real-time reporting - features that allow business owners to save time, save money, automate admin and every expense so you can get on with what you do best - building great businesses.
- Buildnow — BuildNow is MENAP's first "Build Now Pay Later" solution. We fund the raw materials construction & manufacturing SMEs need, while providing credit terms tailored to optimize their cash flow and supercharge their growth.
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
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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- 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.
Amit Gilon is an angel investor.
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- 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.
Lamiaa Abdelmonem
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- 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.
Dana Messina
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Analytics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom
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- 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.
Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
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- 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.
Ivanka Trump
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- 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
Nir has been with Wix since 2007 and he’s been the driving force behind the successful scaling of the company's operations from a small start-up into an international company serving tens of millions of users. Nir spearheads all efforts to develop and implement Wix' strategic plans geared towards accommodating the company's growthobjectives and business goals.Prior to joining Wix, Nir was the Budget and Production Manager for two years at M.B. Contact Ltd., a private Israeli event production company. Before that, Nir worked for The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Scouts. Nir’s experience stems from his position as Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer in the Israeli Navy.On his day off you catch him reading or avidly following the NBA scores.
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- Industry: Software, Publishing, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- 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.
- Villiger — Villiger provides an app that unites parents and their support network within a private social network where they can share stories, recommendations, and resources, as well as book and pay for services.Users can download the app and upload friends to their Village via Facebook Connect or their address book.The platform allows parents to sharetheir support network within a “Trusted Village,” then receive recommendations, advice, requests and contacts within the Village. The platform provides direct booking and payment for a variety of support providers including sitters, tutors, music teachers, housekeepers, coaches, and more.
- Demostack — Deliver tailored demos that drive discovery, build connection, and win more business.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- 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.
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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- 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!
Lamya Mahmood
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- 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.
Erdal Asim Durukan
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- 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.
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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- 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.
Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010.
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- 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.
Kaustubh Wagle
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- 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.
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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- 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.
ONUR BAYINDIR
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- 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!
Paul Volosov
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- 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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- 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.
Civan Sözkesen
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- Industry: EdTech, Psychology
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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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- 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.
Abdulaziz is co-founder & CEO of Floward, a full-fledged flowers & gifts ecommerce solution servicing the largest customer base in the MENA region. Abdulaziz is also co-founder & Managing Partner at Faith Capital, a venture capital practice that is focused on the MENA region. Previously, Abdulaziz was the founding Executive ViceChairman of the Kuwait National Fund for SMEs Development, a USD7bn independent public institution responsible for developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kuwait (2013-2017). Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Talabat.com<http://Talabat.com> until 2010, and has since then been investing in technology startups and involved in a number of local and regional entrepreneurial initiatives. Abdulaziz has also previously served as Director at Global Capital Management, the alternative investments arm of Global Investment House “Global” where he has played a major role in managing key investments within the Private Equity Group of Global by handling various assignments on corporate restructuring, business planning, deal structuring, due diligence and managing portfolio companies' to exit. Abdulaziz has served as an executive and member of board on a number of companies within the MENA region in the technology, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer finance, food & beverage and real estate sectors.Abdulaziz holds a Bachelor's degree - double major in Information Systems and E-Commerce from University of Toledo, and an MBA degree from London Business School.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Music
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $300k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ghinwa — A mobile app for anonymous self-broadcasting and Karaoke.
- Fakespot — Fakespot spots, analyzes and identifies fake reviews and counterfeits - helping you out when buying stuff online.
- Yougotagift.com — Buy UAE's most popular gift cards and gift vouchers online! Personalize and digitally send them via email or SMS! Starting at 20 AED. Choose from 200+ Top Brands.
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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- 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.
Noam Hachmon
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- 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.
Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp
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- 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.
Nezih Sipahioğlu
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- 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.
Amal bint Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan is an angel investor.
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- 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.
Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux
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- 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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