# Top 15 Hospitality Angel Investors in Middle East in June 2026

## Sercan Alici
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Pet, Hospitality, Photography

Sercan Alici

## Alper Şener
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Hospitality, Mobile Apps

Alper Şener

## Mehmet Celikol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Rental, Travel, Boating

Mehmet Celikol

## Emre Tok
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Payments, Shopping

Emre, the former VP of Growth and Digital Marketing at Careem, Emre has 21 years of experience in Product Marketing, Development & Management, Digital, Customer Analytics, Growth and Internet Business Development. He has embarked on many successful projects in multinational companies in UAE, the UK and Turkey. Growth & Product MarketingConsultant. He is the CEO in One Tech Capital LLC, a start-up studio owning www.cofeapp.com the first coffee marketplace in GCC Region.- Industrial Engineer with an MBA
- Former VP of Growth – Free-Now
- Former VP of Growth & Digital – Careem (Acquired by Uber for 3.2B $)
- Former Microsoft Senior Product Marketing Manager – UK
- Former Microsoft Online & Compete Lead – Turkey
- Former Turkcell, Leading TELCO In Turkey, Head of Value Added Internet Services

## Mehmet Onarcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Media

Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.

## Bhavik Bajaj
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech

Bhavik Bajaj

## Sekan Bagce
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Vacation Rental, Property Management

Sekan Bagce

## Eynat Guez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Payments

Eynat Guez is a Co-founder and CEO at Papaya Global.

## Fahad Sami Al-Hukair
- Type: Angel
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software

Fahad Sami Al-Hukair

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Matt Higgins
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Apps

Matt Higgins is based out of New York and is the Co-Founder of Lockchain.ai .  Matt  previously worked at SkOUT Secure Intelligence as a Co-Owner. Matt Higgins attended Fordham University School of Law.

## AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software

AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman

## Soha Nashaat
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hotel, Travel, E-Commerce

Soha Nashaat served as Strategic Advisor To The Executive Chairman of SHUAA Capital psc since January 20, 2014. Nashaat served as a Senior Advisor of Barclays Bank (Suisse). She is a high-calibre leader with global, multi touch experience and expertise in building client-centric financial organizations. She has private and institutional clients.Nashaat served as Chief Executive Officer of Wealth Middle East & North Africa at Barclays PLC. Nashaat served as Head of Middle East of Barclays Private Bank Limited. Nashaat joined Barclays Bank in June 2006. Nashaat served as Managing Director and Head of Middle East Team of Barclays Bank plc, United Arab Emirates. Nashaat served as the Chief Executive Officer of Middle East and North Africa of Barclays Wealth Management. She established the footprint and operations for the wealth management business. Prior to Barclays, Nashaat had a distinguished career at Merrill Lynch, where she served leadership positions in New York, Buenos Aires and London, including responsibility for the offshore Middle East business for London, Geneva and Monaco as well as creating the Institutional Client Group serving small and mid-size institutions across Europe and the Middle East. She serves as a Member of the Board of Barclays Bank (Suisse). She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment and on the International Committee for Barnard College, Columbia University. Nashaat is widely recognized as a Leader in financial services and a leading Business Woman, including "Woman Banker of the year 2007" by Businesswomen and Leaders Achievements Awards, "Leading Business Women in the Arab World" by the Financial Times in 2007 and 2008, "Top 100 women in Finance" by Financial News (Dow Jones) and was ranked 23rd among the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" in 2011 by Arabian Business.

## Bahar Gücüyener Pardoroke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Vacation Rental, Property Management

Bahar Gücüyener Pardoroke

## Vasil Metodiev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hotel, Hospitality, Rental Property

Vasil Metodiev

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