# Top 10 Photography Angel Investors in Israel in June 2026

## Yariv Gilat
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Photography, Apps

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## Shaula Alexander Yemini
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: iOS, Apps, EdTech

Dr. Shaula Alexander Yemini is a startup mentor, board member and advisor to several technology companies. She is also an angel investor. Until 2007, Shaula was a Vice President at EMC. She joined EMC in 2005 with the acquisition of SMARTS (System Management Arts), a developer of network and system management software that she founded and led asCEO from inception. SMARTS counted among its customers the leading global telecoms, global banks, and multi-national enterprises, as well as thousands of others. Shaula was named as 1 of 10 “Leaders Among Leaders” in Information Technology by Information Week Magazine, and selected as an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Her company SMARTS was an INC 500 company, a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 company, and won other prestigious awards.

## Philippe Guez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Photography, Digital Media

Philippe Guez

## Eddy Shalev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology

Eddy Shalev is an angel investor. Eddy is one of the best-known figures in the Israeli business community. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, ParadigmGeophysical and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect and Sensible Medical.Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992, when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firm’s corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ.

## Tobey Maguire
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: SMS, Video, Mobile

Tobey Maguire is an American actor and film producer who began his career in the late 1980s. He is known for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007), as well as for his roles in Pleasantville (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), Wonder Boys (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), Brothers (2009), andThe Great Gatsby (2013). He has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor.

## Leon Recanati
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, AgTech

Leon Y. Recanati is currently the Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel Ltd., a private investment company whose main field of activity is venture capital investments in startup companies engaged in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, and in advanced technologies. Until May 2003, and prior to founding GlenRock, he served as Chairman& CEO of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Chairman of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., and Chairman of Azorim Investment Development and Construction Ltd., in addition to several other positions in a variety of operating companies in Israel. Mr. Recanati initiated in 1998 Clal Biotechnologies Ltd. (CBL). Clal Industries invested $100 million in CBL. Clal Biotechnologies is considered the largest biotechnology investment company operating in Israel.

## Leonardo DiCaprio
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing

Leonardo DiCaprio is based out of Los Angeles and is the Founder of Appian Way Productions.

## Eric Elalouf
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Security, Software

Eric Elalouf

## Zohar Gilon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care

Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994.

## Moshe Lichtman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Moshe Lichtman is an angel investor. Moshe Lichtman has spent 29 years creating software products for global markets. He's freshly retired from Microsoft where he was Corporate VP responsible for several of its consumer businesses including its MSN business in the late 90s, its TV business in the mid-2000s and most recently its IsraelR&D center, which he built into one of the 3 largest centers outside the U.S. Mr. Lichtman was also one of the leaders of the Windows 95 team and president of Softimage, a leader in media creation software. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Lichtman held software development and management positions in several high-tech startups. He is the co-author of the best-selling book "The complete guide to the C language" and holds a BSc Cum Laude in Computer Engineering from the Technion and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School. Mr. Lichtman is currently an active angel investor in Israeli startups. and is in the process of forming a private equity fund focused on growth and public tech companies in Israel

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