Top 10 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Food and beverage startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in February 2025

Investor	Food and Beverage United Arab Emirates investments
Samih Toukan	1
Musa Bin Adi	1
Youcef Oudjidane	1
Marc Lore	1
Faisal Alabdelsalam	1
Omar Benmoussa	1
Thibaud Elziere	1
Eduardo Ronzano	1
Yan Hascoët	1
Othmane Bouhlal	1

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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.

Investment focus

Social Media, Mobile, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Arab Emirates, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
Kitchenful — Kitchenful is an app for personalized recommendations of recipes, which gets users the ingredients delivered from their local supermarket. Kitchenful's algorithm always suggests the most popular recipes that are 40% cheaper than meal kits.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.

Musa is an entrepreneur, author , and a senior business leader who worked in various managerial positions with many years of experience specializing in management and compliance, marketing, business risk management, project management, operational risk, and enterprise infrastructure and operations for clients in the oil & gas, manufacturing,engineering, and food industries. Musa holds a master's degree in International Management from the University of Liverpool, a certificate in cybersecurity management from the University of Toronto, a diploma in Project Management, and a BSc degree in electrical power engineering technology.

Investment focus

SaaS, Restaurants, Food Delivery
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Whatfoodsmenu — Whatfoodsmenu is a marketplace and online ordering platform for restaurants, cafes, cloud kitchens, and food outlets. Moreover, Whatfoodsmenu is a cloud smart management software as a service (SaaS). Whatfoodsnenu also is working to develop advanced solutions to automate kitchen management and point of sale to improve and increase the efficiency ofits client’s operations. Furthermore, whatfoodsmenu aims to provide all- in- solutions on one platform. Whatfoodsmenu main services include a marketplace on web and on mobile, QR digital menu, E-store – online ordering, online payment, point of sales, QR code table management, floor planning, Expenses and Profit, WhatsApp ordering messages, Dine-in + Takeaway and Delivery Orders. Whatfoodsmen aims to disrupt the market with its competitive and comprehensive advantage offering.Whatfoodsmenu is a simple and easy way to order food online. Customers enjoy a variety of options and cuisines that can be delivered to their homes or offices. The digital menu is based on a smart interface that any standard user can use without difficulty. Whatfoodsmenu creates a digital menu for restaurants, cafes, cloud kitchens, and food outlets in either one or multiple languages and assigns QR codes to the digital menu with the ability to receive payments via more than 20 payment methods or simply accept cash. Also available within the platform is the ordering and payment system across tables and QR codes, where customers can easily order and pay without talking to employees, which contributes to a better user experience and reduces the need for employee intervention.How does it work?When the customer browses the digital menu of the restaurant or cafe, he or she chooses what he or she wants and completes the order upon checkout with a simple registration process. After user verification, the user can continue the checkout process and sends the purchase order via both the system and WhatsApp message to the restaurant directly.The Restaurants that receive orders via the system and or by WhatsApp message can confirm if they are accepting or rejecting the order. if orders are accepted will be added to the point-of-sale system that is also available within the whatfoodsmenu platform. Both Restaurants and whatfoodsmenu may set a delivery cost for each specific area, accept/reject the order, deliver, track and assign drivers, categories, items, etc. A staff management feature is also available to make things easier and faster

Youcef Oudjidane is the Co-Founder of Elevate. He previously worked at Class 5 Global as a Managing Partner. Youcef Oudjidane attended the University of Nottingham.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
Theneo — Generate Stripe-like API docs in just a few clicks. We support OpenAPI, Postman, GraphQL and much more
FloatPays — Floatpays help your employees achieve financial wellbeing by giving them early access to earned wages.

Marc Lore is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Wonder Group. He previously worked at Walmart as a President and CEO. Marc Lore attended Bucknell University.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.
Cure Hydration — Cure is a premium, hydrating electrolyte drink mix made with organic coconut water, pink Himalayan salt and no added sugar. Based on the WHO's ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution.)

Faisal Alabdelsalam is the Founder and CEO of Zetta Technologies. He previously worked at STC as a Database Manager. Faisal Alabdelsalam attended King Saud University.

Investment focus

Consulting, Information Technology
Seed
Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Fine Diner — Fine Diner delivers mouth-watering meals straight to your door. From sizzling steaks to crispy fish and chips, our menu offers a variety of delicious options for every craving. Order now and experience the taste of quality food delivered with convenience
ARKTECH — Ark is a real estate platform that creates a variety of investment channels and streamlines real estate operations while achieving sustainability. Ark Structured investment contracts in prestigious real estate that have fixed returns and produce income on a regular basis for a chosen time frame.
Regards — Regards is a company specializing in premier experience gifting within local and international brands, and provide experiences and services as gift with smart system and instantly.

Omar Benmoussa is the Founder at of Kapten.

Investment focus

Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments
Angel
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Spades — Guests Scan a QR code to view the menu and Pay, they can also Split the amount and Tip the staff. Now faster than ever.

Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

baCta — We produce high-quality, carbon negative natural rubber from engineered microorganisms and renewable feedstocks.
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Phacet — Achieve rapid ROI with tailored AI Applications connected to your systems powered by Phacet.

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.