Top 10 Financial Services Angel Investors in Cyprus in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Financial services startups based in Cyprus. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from Cyprus. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Financial Services Angel Investors in Cyprus in November 2024

Investor	Financial Services Cyprus investments
Emilios Markou	3
Mark Carnegie	2
Jon Moulton	2
Nati Harpaz	2
Kenges Rakishev	1
Oskar Hartmann	1
Gigi Levy Weiss	1
Private Private	1
Mark Sebba	1
Andrey Belozerov	1

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Emilios Markou isCo-Founder and Executive Directorat Hellas Direct.

Investment focus

Insurance, iOS, Mobile
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Cyprus, Greece, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Baobab — Protect your business against cyber attacks
ParkAround — ParkAround in an online marketplace that enables drivers to find, book & pay parking spaces online in places like airports, ports & the city center.It's available in Greece (Athens & 4 more cities) and Spain (Barcelona & Malaga).Furthermore, ParkAround recently launched the 1st purely online, SaaS software for car parksnamed ParkAround CRM.
Hellas Direct — Hellas Direct is a digital-first, full-stack insurance company, empowered by cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence. The Cyprus-based company is backed by a roster of leading investors, including Portag3, IFC (a member of the World Bank), Endeavor Catalyst, former Goldman Sachs economist Lord O’Neill and private equity veteran JonMoulton. Modelling itself on Amazon, Hellas Direct aims to disrupt the insurance value chain by adopting an extreme focus on operational excellence.

Mark has more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor and corporate advisor in New York, London and Sydney. From 1990 to 2000 Mark was the Australian and Asian representative of Hellman & Friedman following his training on Wall Street with James D. Wolfensohn and in London at Hudson Conway with Lloyd Williams.In 2000 Mark co-founded leading Australian boutique corporate advisory and private equity firm Carnegie, Wylie & Co Pty Limited with John Wylie. Carnegie Wylie was acquired by leading Wall Street bank, Lazard Inc in 2007, and following the sale, Mark was appointed the CEO of Lazard Australia Private Equity. Throughout his career, Mark has been involved in a range of diverse Australian and Asian investments and has participated in groups that have acquired major stakes in the Courage Pub Estate, John Fairfax Holdings, Hoyts Cinemas, Formula One Holdings, SCTV, Macquarie Radio Network, Lonely Planet Publications and London Sumatra Plantations. As a corporate advisor, Mark has advised Qantas and Coles Myer on general strategic matters, Westfield on its $22 billion merger and Qantas on its JetStarAsia start-up in Singapore. Mark holds a BA from Oxford University and a BSc (Hons) from Melbourne University. He is a former Treasurer of the Oxford Union.

Investment focus

Bitcoin, FinTech, Ethereum
Series A, Funding Round
Australia

Portfolio highlights

Keabank — Keabank is a bank for the future.
ChronoBank — Chrono.tech is the fastest-growing Australian blockchain company. We believe that blockchain technology is the key to revolutionising global recruitment and payment processes.
Chrono.tech — Chrono.tech is the fastest-growing Australian blockchain company. We believe that blockchain technology is the key to revolutionising global recruitment and payment processes.

Jon Moulton is a British venture capitalist. He is the founder and managing partner of the private equity firm Better Capital, and is the former managing partner of the private equity firm Alchemy Partners.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Cyprus, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

Pockit — Open a prepaid account in 3 minutes online or in-app, get your contactless prepaid card in 2 working days with no credit check.
Hometree — Keep yourself warm with Hometree, and try our no price hike promise. Compare our different boiler & home cover plans to see how you can save.
Hellas Direct — Hellas Direct is a digital-first, full-stack insurance company, empowered by cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence. The Cyprus-based company is backed by a roster of leading investors, including Portag3, IFC (a member of the World Bank), Endeavor Catalyst, former Goldman Sachs economist Lord O’Neill and private equity veteran JonMoulton. Modelling itself on Amazon, Hellas Direct aims to disrupt the insurance value chain by adopting an extreme focus on operational excellence.

Nati Harpaz is the CEO of Catch Group, Australia’s largest pure eCommerce organisation with a retail product business as well as a daily deals business. Nati’s focus is on building cultures in organisations to enable rapid growth which stems from the understanding that management cannot compromise on the quality of its human resource as well as therequirement of a very clear and concise business strategy to allow the entire organisation to focus on achieving it.On top of his position as CEO of Catch Group he is also the chairman of APAC’s largest retail media organisation – Inside Retail as well as an advisory board member of several publicly listed companies.

Investment focus

PaaS, FinTech, Internet
Seed
Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

BridgerPay — We’re solving the toughest payment challenges to deliver growth-ready payment infrastructure.

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.

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, Video
Series B, Funding Round, Seed
Cyprus, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

mobli — Mobli is going to be a new social media application coming fall 2024 - tips from fans
TriPlay — TriPlay is the next generation personal cloud company, enabling users worldwide to easily access, manage, share and enjoy their music, photos and videos across any computer, mobile phone, tablet or web-enabled television. TriPlay is a privately held company with offices in New York and Israel.
Fastlane Ventures — Fastlane Ventures is a Russian company focused on the development, launch and promotion of innovative internet businesses.Founded in 2010 by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with a track record of successful investments, the company has launched 20 internet start-ups to capitalize on the increasing demand for online services and growingappetite for investment in the Russian internet market by Western and Russian investors.The company has attracted more than $85 million from international investment funds. Key strategic investment partners of Fastlane Ventures are Direct Group, e.ventures and VTB Capital. Among the investors of the company also Intel Capital, Kinnevik, Mangrove Capital, ru-Net, UMJ Russia, and some others to launch companies across the online retail, travel, relationship, health and recruitment areas. The strategic focus of Fastlane Ventures is to target business-to-consumer niche markets with low levels of competition. The Company's aim is to anticipate the not yet satisfied needs of Russian customers.Fastlane Ventures acts as both an operational and investment partner at the same time. It is the sole Russian company that provides an initial seed investment in addition to having a hands-on operational role with its businesses through its team of high calibre professionals. To launch its business quickly and effectively, Fastlane Ventures has adopted proprietary solution called Fast 50, which enables a new venture to launch in just 50 days and ensures an efficient path between launch and exit. Fastlane Ventures has established a team of highly regarded professionals, who possess unique knowledge and expertise in management, entrepreneurship, e-commerce, business development, marketing and PR, investment generation, HR management, web design and much more. Once the new business venture is operating effectively, Fastlane Ventures helps its investment partners realize their investment return through the sale of the business to other strategic investors. This usually takes place approximately 2-3 years after the initial business launch. For more information about Fastlane Ventures and its portfolio companies, please visit http://fastlaneventures.ru/en/

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Private Private

Investment focus

Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed
Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

FCUK Ecosystem — A startup aimed at building an ecosystem based on Bitcoin and the Ordinals protocol and creating infrastructure for BRC20 / BRC21 / DRC20 / LTC20 tokens.

Mark Sebba - Chairman @ Flowerbx

Investment focus

Apps, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Series A
Cyprus, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hellas Direct — Hellas Direct is a digital-first, full-stack insurance company, empowered by cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence. The Cyprus-based company is backed by a roster of leading investors, including Portag3, IFC (a member of the World Bank), Endeavor Catalyst, former Goldman Sachs economist Lord O’Neill and private equity veteran JonMoulton. Modelling itself on Amazon, Hellas Direct aims to disrupt the insurance value chain by adopting an extreme focus on operational excellence.
The Stack World — The Stack World is a news, events and connections company.

Andrey Belozerov (born 17 November 1980) is a Russian manager, entrepreneur and investor with a portfolio including SpaceX, Momentus, Pitchme and others. Expert in the field of digital technologies and digital transformation, co-founder Digital Disrupt investment club, United Nations Development Program expert.

Investment focus