# Top 50 Finance Angel Investors in Middle East in June 2026 ## Samih Toukan - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region. ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Omar is a Managing Director, General Partner, and CFO at AAF Management Ltd. (AAF), an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016. Over the past 5 years, Omar has invested in over 120 venture-backed startups in the US, Europe, and MENA region across a multitude of different sectors alongside over 800 blue-chip venture capital firms,corporate venture arms as well as notable incubators and accelerators. Omar has also deployed capital to 18 emerging managers globally. His fund performance is consistently ranked in the top decile in terms of DPI and TVPI respectively benchmarked on Cambridge Associates’ data on over 1500 US VC Funds. Previously, Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy, and corporate finance where he worked on over $35 billion worth of corporate transactions. Prior to that, Omar was with Deloitte Tax LLP in Chicago and Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team in London.Omar also founded and successfully exited his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which managed two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments Omar is also an angel investor in over 20 tech companies including Andela, Blockstack, BitOasis, Dayra, Freterium, Halan, FiscalNote, Thndr, and Ziina. Omar sits on the Board of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA). He is also a mentor to the NYU Steinhardt EdTech Accelerator, an advisor to Yale University’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation, and a judge at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab. In aggregate, Omar has over 16 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations, and venture capital.Omar is an avid traveler and has visited 87 countries around the world. He also has an interest in film production and has been an Executive Producer on several short feature films including Baby Mine (2017) and Lab Rat (2018).Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as one of Wharton’s 40 under 40 in 2017 and one of the Top 100 the University of Chicago Alumni in Tech in 2021. ## Nevzat Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## Firat Isbecer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. ## Metin Tarakçı - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Metin Tarakçı ## Orhan Ayanlar - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, EdTech, Gaming Orhan is a Partner of Mediterra and serves on the investment committee. Prior to joining the team in 2011, Orhan was with Bedminster Capital Management, a US$320 million private equity fund focusing on Southeast Europe and Turkey. Prior to joining Bedminster, Orhan worked at private equity and investment banking houses including Is Private Equity,the corporate finance division of Unlu&Co and the debt capital markets division of Bear Stearns, NY.Orhan has completed the Chartered Financial Analyst® Program, has BA in Economics and BSc in Finance from Boston University and is a Robert College graduate.Orhan serves on the Board of Directors of Logo Yazilim, Soke Un, Mobiliz and Glasshouse. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Mikro Odeme. ## Yaron Lemelbaum - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Internet Mr. Lemelbaum is an experienced Film Producer. Since 2007 Mr Lemelbaum is also involved in Investment Research and Managment, and serves on the Board of Directors of Israeli listed public companies AMS Electronics and BSR Europe. Mr. Lemelbaum holds a BA in Computer Science from IDC, and MBA from Columbia University ## Eyal Ofer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Eyal Ofer (born 1950) is Chairman of Ofer Global, leading the group’s private portfolio of international businesses in shipping, real estate, energy, technology, banking and investments. In 2017, Eyal launched O.G. Venture Partners, a single LP Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early-growth-stage technology start-ups, demonstrating hislong-standing support for tech entrepreneurs.In 2022, O.G. Venture Partners announced Fund II of $400M following the successful $100m Fund I, later expanded to $150m. Fund I has invested in 21 companies since its 2017 launch, with 5 exits already. The Fund I portfolio includes: LendBuzz, WSC Sports, BlueVine, Bringg, Paxos, Connecteam, Elementor, Coralogix, Candivore and SuperPlay. Eyal Ofer (born 1950) is Chairman of Ofer Global, leading the group’s private portfolio of international businesses in shipping, real estate, energy, technology, banking and investments. In 2017, Eyal launched O.G. Venture Partners, a single LP Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early-growth-stage technology start-ups, demonstrating his long-standing support for tech entrepreneurs. In 2022, O.G. Venture Partners announced Fund II of $400M following the successful $100m Fund I, later expanded to $150m. Fund I has invested in 21 companies since its 2017 launch, with 5 exits already. The Fund I portfolio includes: LendBuzz, WSC Sports, BlueVine, Bringg, Paxos, Connecteam, Elementor, Coralogix, Candivore and SuperPlay. ## Jake Seid - Type: Angel - Location: Orange, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Information Technology Jake Seid is based out of San Mateo, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Ballistic Ventures. Jake previously worked at Ten-X as an Advisory Board Member. Jake Seid attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has a unique combination of operating and investing experience, which supports founders as they grow theirbusinesses. Previously, as sole founder of Stone Bridge Ventures, 12 of his early-stage investments grew to become unicorn companies. Prior to that, he was president of TenX/Auction. With 800 people in his reporting org, he grew the real estate-focused transactional online marketplace to be the industry’s leading platform. The company was acquired for $1.6B. Jake started his tenure in venture capital as a member of the team that launched Lightspeed Venture Partners and became a key Managing Director helping drive the firm’s early growth. Early on, he was a Cisco product lead for the team that commercialized broadband technology, helping the group grow from startup to a $1B revenue run rate in 2 years and drove many important cybersecurity-focused innovations into his products. He holds an BS in Electrical Engineering and an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. At MIT, he was awarded the Karly Taylor Compton Prize, the highest honor given to a student. He is a long-serving board member of the MIT Club of Northern California. In 2009, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. ## Himanshu Periwal - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2B Himanshu is the Co-Founder at unlu / unluclass, an online learning & collaboration platform for creators. He has worked with Amazon, Bain & Company, ixigo over the last 10 years. He was the VP Growth at ixigo, helping it grow transactions by 23x over 3 years. At Amazon, he was part of the team that launched it in India and wasits' first Product Marketing Manager. Prior to that, he worked with Bain & Company on various Private Equity, Fin-tech, Retail sector mandates.A graduate of IIM Calcutta, he is also a Product Management Faculty at upGrad, a Start-up Advisor at NASSCOM, GSV Labs, TechStars and has been associated with over 20 start-ups as a Mentor/Investor/Consultant. Himanshu has also been on the stage for various events at IAMAI, Google, Facebook, Branch.io, Netcore, SATTE, HiFi, Clevertap, IIM Calcutta, MDI Gurgaon, Delhi University, Nirma University, BITS Pilani, Growth Folks, Headstart, etc. ## Elad Kushnir - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Software, Mobile Apps Elad Kushnir ## Ayla Cönger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Ayla Cönger ## Ayberk Kuday - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux ## Sevda Taner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Analytics, Cryptocurrency Sevda Taner ## Musaab Hakami - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp ## Michael Ovitz - Type: Angel - Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Michael Ovitz co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1974 and served as its Chairman until 1995. Over that 20-year period, he grew the agency from a start-up organization to the world’s leading talent agency, representing more than 1,000 of the most notable actors, directors, musicians, screenwriters and other personalities in theentertainment industry including Martin Scorsese, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, David Letterman, Meryl Streep, Barbara Streisand, Michael Crichton and Michael Jackson. In his journey from the mailroom to media mogul, Mr. Ovitz launched the most powerful agency in the world (to date), sold three major Hollywood studios, executed all marketing and advertising for The Coca-Cola Company (including creating the Polar Bear Campaign) and was at the forefront of the digital revolution, making alliances with Intel Corporation and other early Silicon Valley companies. Mr. Ovitz also served as President of the Walt Disney Company, from October 1995 to January 1997. In 2010, Mr. Ovitz founded the venture capital fund Broad Beach Ventures LLC, a portfolio of over thirty companies. He has been a senior advisor to Palantir Technologies for over 10 years and has invested in and advised companies from startups to black swans. He was instrumental in the creation of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and frequently consults for Founders Fund, 8VC and many other firms. In 2018, Mr. Ovitz wrote and published his memoir Who Is Michael Ovitz?, which was on the long list for The Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Mr. Ovitz is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles and helped rebuild the UCLA Medical Center in 1997 while serving as its Chairman for over a decade. Mr. Ovitz is also a notable art collector and serves on The Board of Trustees at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. ## Henry Helgeson - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments Henry Helgeson is the current CEO of BlueSnap. He previously worked at Cayan LLC as a CEO and Founder. Henry Helgeson attended Marist College. ## Ashneer Grover - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Ashneer Grover is the CEO and Co-Founder of BharatPe. He previously worked at PC Jeweller Ltd as a Head Of New Business. Ashneer Grover attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Koray Gultekin Bahar - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University. ## Rashid Alshamsi - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Rashid Alshamsi ## Nilüfer Günhan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Finance Nilüfer Günhan ## Alexander Schneider - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Energy, Finance, Robotics Alex Schneider’s career has been dedicated to corporate finance and principal investing in businesses with under $50 million of revenue. Prior to Clover Capital Partners, Alex was with Keystone Capital, Inc. where he was the longest tenured professional outside of its founders. At Keystone, he helped create a unique and highly successful model toinvesting in the lower middle market. Compared to traditional private equity firms, Keystone is engaged in fewer transactions and allocates more financial and strategic resources to those businesses over longer hold periods. Alex’s direct investment experience spans a wide range of industries, including food manufacturing and packaging, metal fabrication, optical sensors, medical disposables, and professional services. Prior to Keystone, Alex was an investment professional with Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, a middle market private equity fund. Previously, Alex was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan in New York City and Chicago where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and leveraged finance transactions. He earned his undergraduate degree and MBA from Northwestern University. ## Kenges Rakishev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed - Focus: Mobile, Internet, Video Kenes (Kenges) Rakishev - a prominent entrepreneur and investor, and one of the most influential businessmen in Kazakhstan, according to Forbes magazine, Kenes has served in several top positions in both the private and public sector throughout his career and worked as an advisor for the Kazakhstan Interior Ministry and Department of Education.Kenes is a co-founder of the global venture fund Singulariteam. It was his vision to make advancing mobile technology more widely available after he noted a very real desire for currently unobtainable functionality. ## Henrique Dubugras - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, SaaS Henrique Dubugras is the co-founder and Chairman of Brex. A Brazilian entrepreneur, Henrique built payments company Pagar.me — the Stripe of Brazil — when he was sixteen years old. In just three years, Pagar.me grew to $1.5 billion in the volume of transactions processed. In the fall of 2016, Henrique sold Pagar.me and enrolled at StanfordUniversity. After eight months, he left school and founded Brex, which raised $215M in funding across three rounds in its first 22 months and was the fastest U.S. business-to-business company to be valued at over $1bn. ## Fahad Hafiz - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Pharmaceutical, Food and Beverage, Water Fahad Hafiz is a prominent serial entrepreneur. Hafiz has a wealth of expertise in a wide range of industries, including finance, oil and gas, travel, automotive, cryptocurrencies, and fintech ## Arman Eker - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Robotics Arman Eker - CEO @ Trendbox ## Rafi Gidron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Software Rafi Gidron is the Founder and Chairman of Israel Brain Technologies. He previously worked at Lucent as a VP of Optical networks. Rafi Gidron attended Columbia University. ## Barış Conger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Barış Conger - Advisor @ manibux ## Jeff Immelt - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Hardware Immelt has held several global leadership positions since coming to GE in 1982, including roles in GE's Plastics, Appliances, and Healthcare businesses. In 1989 he became an officer of GE and joined the GE Capital Board in 1997.Immelt has been named one of the World's Best CEOs three times by Barron's, and since he began servingas chief executive officer, GE has been named America's Most Admired Company in a poll conducted by Fortunemagazine and one of The World's Most Respected Companies in polls by Barron's and the Financial Times.Immelt was the chair of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences.Immelt earned a B.A. degree in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1978 and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1982. He and his wife have one daughter. ## Abdullah Kurmstaji - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Abdullah Kurmstaji ## Jonathan Kolber - Type: Angel - Location: Kefar Shmaryahu, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Social Media, FinTech, Financial Services Jonathan is the Founder and CEO of Anfield Ltd. He previously worked at Viola Growth as a General Partner. Jonathan Kolber attended Harvard University. ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## Roni Michaely - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SEO, Mobile, FinTech Roni Michaely - Professor of Finance @ Cornell University ## Jason Gardner - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Jason Gardner is the Founder, Executive Chairman of Marqeta. He previously worked at MoneyGram International as a Vice President of PropertyBridge. Jason Gardner attended Arizona State University. ## Mustafa Sandal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux ## Boon Hwee Koh - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976. ## Yakup Doğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Yakup Doğan ## Ahmet Bilgen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy 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 ## Paul Vienneau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software Paul Vienneau ## Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia. ## Alper Çetinkaya - Type: Angel - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, Finance, Financial Services Alper Çetinkaya ## Yaron Adler - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Sensor, FinTech, Finance Yaron Adler - Founder @ We Group LTD ## Ali Altug KOCA - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Ali Altuğ Koca is the co-editor of Webrazzi, a tech blog featuring issues on internet and digital markets, startups, investments, technological developments, and events. Koca was previously a product manager at Crenvo and finished his higher education at Doğuş Üniversitesi. ## Akif Cahit Erdoğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Akif Cahit Erdoğan ## Ihsan Elgin - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University. ## Sema Sarsar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance Sema Sarsar ## Shunsuke Oyu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally. ## Oskar Hartmann - Type: Angel - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. ## John Nakamura - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SEO, FinTech, Finance Director at TipRanks. ## Burak Günsev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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