# Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in June 2026 ## Musaab Hakami - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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 ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia. ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## Fahad Hafiz - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - 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 ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## Paul Taylor - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Paul Taylor is an angel investor and advisor to 100+ companies in the web3 industry. He was the most active angel investor based in the US for crypto in 2024 (Crunchbase). He previously worked at Fancy Studios as a Core Contributor. Prior to that, he worked at BlackRock on the Private Equity Partners team. Paul attended Emory University where hereceived his BBA degree. He is also a 4-time national chess champion, international best-selling author, and mined Bitcoin back in 2011. ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Anton Bukov - Type: Angel - Location: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Internet I am a philosopher, concept generator, and innovator with a deep fascination for technology, simplicity, and innovation, stemming from my software engineering journey that began in 2002. I have a profound curiosity in diverse domains such as algorithms, space exploration, blockchain technology, virtual and augmented reality, artificialintelligence, emerging energy sources, and new material sciences. My holistic and interdisciplinary approach propels me towards harnessing technology and innovation to conceive and create a future that surpasses the conventional boundaries of imagination ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Prajit Nanu - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Prajit serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. Based in Mumbai, Prajit is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of our organization. He is also in charge of driving innovation across processes and create value add for customers. Prior to co-foundingInstarem Prajit, held several leadership positions in global companies, including Global Sales Director, TMF Group and Vice President, Sales and Account Management at WNS (NYSE:WNS). He is a graduate from Mumbai University. ## Mark Ransford - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Angel Investor ## Sid Dhamija - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Database, Software Sid Dhamija ## Yusuf Al Hasan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Database, Software Yusuf Al Hasan ## Arya Bolurfrushan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010. ## Dingaling ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Location: Delaware City, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Dingaling is an individual investor and crypto twitter celebrity. ## Srinivas Rao M - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Srinivas Rao M is a CEO at T-Hub. ## Amir Sarhangi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services Amir Sarhangi is the Founder and CEO of Supermojo. He previously worked at Ripple as a VP of Product and Services. Amir Sarhangi attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. ## Christophe Lassuyt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 Christophe Lassuyt is the Co-Founder at Request. ## Ivan Herasymenko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Ivan Herasymenko ## Krishnan Menon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Education Krishnan Menon is founder & CEO at BukuKas. ## Mishaal Alireza - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: iOS, Apps, Video Mishaal Alireza - Board Member @ DokkanAfkar ## Timur Kudratov - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Broadcasting, Property Development Timur Kudratov ## Mazin Alzaidi - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Internet, Nutrition Mazin Alzaidi, General Partner at STV. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin. ## wale. moca - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 wale.moca is Doing research at Azuki. ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## Philipp Zentner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Founder & CEO of LI.FI ## Anurag Arjun - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Network Security Anurag Arjun is the Founder of Avail. Anurag Arjun attended Nirma Institute Of Technology. He previously worked at Polygon Technology as a Co-Founder. Anurag Arjun attended Nirma Institute Of Technology. ## Cristina Cordova - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Cristina Cordova is a Partner at First Round Capital. Cristina previously served as the Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion. Before Notion, Cristina spent more than seven years at Stripe as it scaled from 28 to nearly 3000 people, leading the Partnerships function and the business units for Stripe’s Corporate Card & Treasury products.Cristina was also previously an active angel investor, focusing on founders building fintech, SaaS and developer products as she advised and invested in more than 50 startups. ## Justin Kan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University. ## Mike Dudas - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Mike Dudas is the founder and former CEO of The Block: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-block-crypto. Previously, he was the CRO and co-founder of from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. Mike Dudas was born on June 1, 1979. ## Anu Hariharan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Series B, Series D - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Anu Hariharan is the Founder of avra. She previously worked at Snapdocs as a Member, Board of Directors. Anu Hariharan attended Virginia Tech. ## Sergej Kunz - Type: Angel - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Cryptocurrency Co-Founder of 1inch Network, Software Engineer and Security Expert. ## Ashneer seth 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. ## Olugbenga Agboola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Martin Köppelmann - Type: Angel - Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Database Martin Köppelmann - Co-Founder & CEO @ Gnosis ## Giulio X. - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Internet Radio Giulio X is a co founder at LiquidX. ## Dan Westgarth - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Shopping Dan Westgarth ## Frederic Lardieg - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, SaaS Frederic is a partner at Mubadala Ventures Europe, based in London. ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## DCF GOD - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) DCF GOD ## Deniz Devrim Cengiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Apps Deniz Devrim Cengiz ## 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. ## Othmane Bouhlal - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments Othmane Bouhlal is the Founder of Kapten. ## Huey Lin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Huey Lin is a Venture Partner with GGV Capital where she supports and advises the fund's portfolio companies. She also leads special projects at Terraformation whose mission is to catalyze global forest restoration to solve climate change. Prior to this, she was the President of Asia at Flexport, a modern freight forwarder and one of thefastest-growing companies in global trade. She led all activities for Flexport across Asia, the company’s most strategic market. She was responsible for the region’s overall strategy and P&L.Before her time at Flexport, Huey was the founding Chief Operating Officer at Affirm (NYSE: AFRM). Huey began her career at PayPal, where she spent 12 years in a variety of key leadership roles with increasing responsibilities in multiple geographies. ## Kareem Anabtawi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Sports, Software, Information Technology Kareem Anabtawi ## Sergei Kovalev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Internet, Asset Management, Supply Chain Management entrepreneur, innovator, fundraiser, is an investor in blockchain​, fintech, "Web3", biotechnology and artificial intelligence, raising capital, selling companies and "M&A transactions".​Consulting professional with over 15 years of experience in the financial, marketing and IT industries, he has competencies inblockchain, DeFi, BioTech and AI investments and innovation.Advised and tested 139 niches and over 200 products. Helped launch dozens of successful startups - from cryptography to cloning. ## Eduardo Ronzano - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Eduardo Ronzano is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kolet. He previously worked at The Bradery as a Pre-Seed Investor. Eduardo Ronzano attended ESCP Business School. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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