Top 5 Manufacturing Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Manufacturing startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Manufacturing Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2026

Investor	Manufacturing United Arab Emirates investments
Peter Thiel	2
Paul Graham	2
Matt Mickiewicz	1
Paul Buchheit	1
Justin Mateen	1

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Peter Thiel Is the Managing Partner of The Founders Fund. He previously worked at Stanford Law School as a Visitor. Peter Thiel attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

STARK — STARK is a technology-driven defence company with the mission to deliver the systems that Europe and NATO need now.
Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.
Kriya Therapeutics — Kriya is a biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapy to address common diseases that impact millions of people worldwide. Learn more.

Paul Graham is the Founder of Y Combinator.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Egypt, India

Portfolio highlights

Kernel — Kernel is a developer platform that provides Crazy Fast Browser Infrastructure for AI agents to use the internet.
QFX — Quantum Fabrix designs modular atomic sources for ion trap loading, enabling scalable quantum computing platforms. Based in Oxford, UK.
Maritime Fusion — Maritime Fusion specializes in the development and construction of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) fusion reactors.

Matt Mickiewicz is an internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of SitePoint. Mickiewicz also co-founded the web companies Flippa, 99designs, and Hired.Born in Kraków, Poland, living in Hameln -Germany, and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada, Mickiewicz created his first website at the age of 14 called Webmaster-Resources.com, whichlater became SitePoint. At 16, Mickiewicz traveled to Melbourne with his mother and met his soon-to-be business partner and co-founder, Mark Harbottle. At 16, Mickiewicz found himself closing $10,000 advertising deals between classes at high school. Mickiewicz barely finished high school and did not attend college.In 2008, Mickiewicz spun off 99designs from SitePoint, which went on to raise $35 million in capital from Accel Ventures, Michael Dearing / Harrison Metal, Dave Goldberg (SurveyMonkey), Anthony Casalena, and Stewart Butterfield (Flickr). In June 2009 Mickiewicz and Harbottle launched Flippa.com, the largest marketplace for buying and selling websites in the world. In the fall of 2012, Mickiewicz co-founded DeveloperAuction.com which raised $2.7 million was later renamed Hired. The company later raised a $15 million Series-A round in March 2014. By December 2014, Hired was reportedly valued at $200m and had raised an additional $15m in the capital in its Series B round.Mickiewicz was named a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur by Forbes and INC in 2011, a Smart Company 30 under 30 in 2012, and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars worldwide.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Wyvern — Wyvern was created to unlock the secrets of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum by providing groundbreak-ing access to high-resolution and quality imagery.This will enable a sustainable future for humanity.
Starpath Robotics — Making fully reusable missions to the Moon and Mars possible.
Continuum Technology — Connecting world-class executive talent to the best venture-backed companies for consulting, advising and full-time roles.

Paul Buchheit co-founded social network aggregator FriendFeed, along with three other former Google employees. He is also an investor in FriendFeed and participated in a $5 million Series A round in February 2008.He was the 23rd employee at Google, where he created Gmail and implemented many of its innovative features. He developed the originalprototype of Google AdSense, and was responsible for Google's famous "Don't be evil" motto in a meeting.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

SiPhox Health — SiPhox Health brings comprehensive, at-home blood testing to your door! Take control of your disease risk and increase your healthspan today with affordable, convenient at-home blood testing. No lab visits, no appointments, no waiting in line.
Character.ai — Chat with millions of AI Characters on the #1 AI chat app. Where will your next adventure take you?
Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.

Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.