# Top 40 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in June 2026 ## 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. ## 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. ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## 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. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Scott Ross - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Developer Platform, Media and Entertainment Scott Ross is the Managing Partner of Hill Path Capital, which he founded in 2015. Mr. Ross has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SeaWorld Entertainment since 2019. Before founding Hill Path Capital, Mr. Ross was a Partner at Apollo Management, where he was responsible for leading private equity and debt investments in thelodging, leisure, entertainment, consumer and business services sectors. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Ross was employed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was a member of the Merchant Banking Division and a Member of the Principal Finance Group in the Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities Division. Mr. Ross has previously served on the board of directors of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc. and CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese’s and Peter Piper Pizza). ## NFTboi ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment NFTboi is the founder of BoiLabs. ## 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. ## Deniz Devrim Cengiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Apps Deniz Devrim Cengiz ## Stefan Tieleman - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Media and Entertainment Stefan Tieleman ## Josh Ong - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Josh Ong - Communications Co-Pilot @ Savvy Millennial ## Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, Blockchain, Marketplace Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi, family of Sharjah ## wale. moca - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 wale.moca is Doing research at Azuki. ## VonDoom ☕️ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment VonDoom ia CoFounder at cmnd_line,loveless_city. ## Rafael Ilishayev - Type: Angel - Location: Holmdel, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: Marketplace, Real Estate, Developer Platform Rafael Ilishayev is a first-generation American who grew up with an entrepreneurial family in the New York metro area. Rafael met Yakir Gola in their first Business 101 class at Drexel University and the two went on to start Gopuff the following year. Together, they’ve grown Gopuff into the instant needs category creator and one of the fastestgrowing tech companies with 7,000 employees across the country. Today, Gopuff has operations in more than 650 U.S. cities, leveraging its network of over 250 micro-fulfillment centers and recently acquired BevMo! stores to fulfill orders of thousands of everyday essentials to customers in 30 minutes. Under Rafael’s leadership, every Gopuff initiative - big or small - is developed with a customer-first mentality. Rafael, along with Yakir, was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the Retail & Ecommerce category in 2017, in 2019 received the Drexel University Founders Award and in 2020, Gopuff was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50. Rafael is closely involved with his alma mater, Drexel University, through the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship and Chabad Serving Drexel University. ## Raza Beig - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, Blockchain, Marketplace Raza Beig is the CEO of Splash and Iconic and Director at Landmark Group. ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology 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. ## Abdulaziz Al Loughani - Type: Angel - Location: Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Music Abdulaziz is co-founder & CEO of Floward, a full-fledged flowers & gifts ecommerce solution servicing the largest customer base in the MENA region. Abdulaziz is also co-founder & Managing Partner at Faith Capital, a venture capital practice that is focused on the MENA region. Previously, Abdulaziz was the founding Executive ViceChairman of the Kuwait National Fund for SMEs Development, a USD7bn independent public institution responsible for developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kuwait (2013-2017). Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Talabat.com until 2010, and has since then been investing in technology startups and involved in a number of local and regional entrepreneurial initiatives. Abdulaziz has also previously served as Director at Global Capital Management, the alternative investments arm of Global Investment House “Global” where he has played a major role in managing key investments within the Private Equity Group of Global by handling various assignments on corporate restructuring, business planning, deal structuring, due diligence and managing portfolio companies' to exit. Abdulaziz has served as an executive and member of board on a number of companies within the MENA region in the technology, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer finance, food & beverage and real estate sectors.Abdulaziz holds a Bachelor's degree - double major in Information Systems and E-Commerce from University of Toledo, and an MBA degree from London 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, E-Commerce Hesham Zreik is the Founder and CEO of FasterCapital, an online accelerator and incubator. He has co-founded over 100 startups as a technical co-founder and invested in them as an angel investor. Under his leadership, FasterCapital has expanded its network to include over 1,000 regional partners, 1,000 mentors, and 200 partnerships with incubators,accelerators, and venture funds. The organization has helped over 300 startups raise more than $1 billion.Zreik began programming in 1989 with Basic, transitioning to QBasic in 1992. He ranked 7th in the Baccalaureate exams and earned an engineering degree at HIAST, followed by a DBA at Edinburgh Business School and a Master’s in Computer Information Science from AABFS.In 2018, Forbes ranked him #39 among the top 50 investors based on his investment activity and successful exits. He has invested in over 100 startups, co-founded more than 40, and has served as a mentor and board member for various companies. Zreik's investment interests include AI, fintech, blockchain, e-commerce, IoT, HR, and B2B startups.His portfolio includes companies such as Twitter, Zomato, and SpaceX. In 2002, he founded ZGroup Mobile, growing it to a valuation of $2.5–$3.25 million by 2005. The company was a candidate for acquisition by Incagold plc. ## Yakir Gola - Type: Angel - Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: Marketplace, Real Estate, Developer Platform As a freshman at Drexel University, Yakir Gola met co-founder Rafael Ilishayev on the first day of their Business 101 class, and the two went on to start Gopuff a year later. A first-generation American who grew up in an entrepreneurial family, Yakir - along with Rafael - have grown Gopuff into one of the fastest growing tech companies in the U.S.with operations in more than 650 cities, leveraging its network of over 250 micro-fulfillment centers and recently acquired BevMo! stores to fulfill orders of thousands of everyday essentials to customers in 30 minutes. Constantly analyzing the business and industry to identify potential for growth, Yakir’s data-driven approach to business and strategic insights motivate and drive the company forward. Yakir, along with Rafael, was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the Retail & Ecommerce category in 2017, in 2019 received the Drexel University Founders Award and in 2020, Gopuff was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50. Yakir is closely involved with Chabad serving Drexel University and spearheads many of Gopuff’s philanthropic efforts, including recent $1 million matching donation for the Boys & Girls Clubs COVID-19 Relief Funds. ## Dingaling ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Location: Delaware City, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Dingaling is an individual investor and crypto twitter celebrity. ## Magnus Olsson - Type: Angel - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem. ## Tohfeek Gafoor - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Media and Entertainment Tohfeek Gafoor ## Othman AlOthman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Content, Language Learning, Artificial Intelligence Othman AlOthman ## Said Al Sayyed - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: TV, Audio, Broadcasting ## Timur Kudratov - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Broadcasting, Property Development Timur Kudratov ## Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD ABIM FRCPC is an Iraqi-Canadian physician-entrepreneur who specializes in endocrinology, hypertension and genetics. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an early-stage investor and advisor with over 10 years of clinical and business experience. He has conducted extensive researchin the field of hormones and genetics at America’s research hospital, the National Institutes of Health, and co-founded and financed several startup companies in the fintech, blockchain and healthcare sectors. Business:Fady is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of FHS Capital (fhscapital.io), a privately held early-stage investment fund focusing on real estate, express car wash services, wellness and digital assets. He serves as a strategic advisor and consultant on several healthTech and blockchain companies, focusing on strategic planning, operational skills, business support, and financing. He led several seed financing rounds, including; Ovenue Inc. (ovenue.com), a no-code AI and blockchain Platform-as-a-Service for real-world asset valuation and tokenization; Flyby (flyby.global), a technology platform connecting last mile delivery with digital out of home advertising; and Fluus (fluus.com), a web3 ramping solution. Medicine:Fady completed clinical training in internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine; adult endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the National Institutes of Health; and clinical biochemical genetics at the University of Toronto. He is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada; and in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. He is an active staff physician and adjunct professor at Vancouver General Hospital (UBC), and Trillium Health Partners (UofT), and a fellow with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Research: Fady served the NIH (2015-2021) as a physician-scientist in endocrinology/genetics, Head of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Program Director of endocrinology fellowship program. His research interests remain on adrenal disorders including primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension that is potentially reversible with early detection and treatment. He has authored over 100 original articles, book chapters and reviews on endocrine-genetic conditions (h-index 20, i10-index 42), and was the founding member and first Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Endocrine and Metabolic Science (Elsevier). ## Sami ElShafai - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics Sami ElShafai ## Mathias Ackermand - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Audio, Music Mathias Ackermand is a Private Investor at Privat. Attended Kiel University. ## Sathish Subbiah - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Media and Entertainment Sathish Subbiah ## Chris 🐉 MON - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Chris 🐉 MON is Cofounder at Pixelmon and Monprotocol. ## Kamel Gazzaz - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Digital Media, NFC, Audiobooks Kamel Gazzaz - Angel Investor @ Mars Reel ## Alfred Ruth - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Machine Learning Private investor with background as co-founder/CTO of Videoplaza. Author of speculative fiction thriller trilogy Fermi's Filter. ## Kendrick Nguyen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Kendrick Nguyen is CEO of Republic, an investment platform connecting tech startups and blockchain projects with global investors.Prior to Republic, he served as general counsel of AngelList and Fellow of Stanford University’s Center for Corporate Governance. He is a founding adviser to NOW Ventures and CoinList, an ICO platform. An immigrant fromVietnam, Kendrick has a strong interest in improving access to capital for underserved entrepreneurs in the US and beyond. ## Lauren Selig - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Media and Entertainment Lauren Selig is the Founder of Shake and Bake Productions. She previously worked at Bold Capital as a Strategic Advisor. Lauren Selig attended Georgetown University. ## Elena 🌸 - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Elena is researching and investing NFTs/ DeFi News. ## Giulio X. - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Giulio X is a co founder at LiquidX. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder and COO of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as the Co-Founder and CEO. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai. ## Khalid AlHadlaq - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Social Network Khalid is an active angel investor in early-stage technology companies with 17 years of experience and a General Management education from Harvard Business School. After an exciting career at Microsoft and Logica, Khalid co-founded and managed Xceed Ventures, a social media intelligence company that got acquired. He currently serves as the CreativeSolutions Director at the Central Payment System of Saudi Arabia to support the development of FinTechs in Saudi and bring disruptive innovation. ## Mohammed Shafik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Local, Travel, Leisure Co-founder & CFO of Go.dayuse.