# Top 25 Proptech Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in June 2026 ## Peter Thiel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services 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. ## Paul Graham - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools Paul Graham is the Founder of Y Combinator. ## Tarush Awasthi - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Property Management Tarush Awasthi is an Associate at The Xander Group. ## Matt Mickiewicz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Human Resources, Internet, Software 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. ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care 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. ## Rory Mounsey-Heysham - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Property Management Rory Mounsey-Heysham is the Venture Capital at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ## Mudassir Sheikha - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: EdTech, Mobile, Software Mudassir Sheikha is the co-founder and CEO of Careem, MENA’s leading car booking service that is based out of Dubai and operates from Morocco to Pakistan.Prior to Careem, Mudassir was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he advised clients on strategy and business building. Before McKinsey, Mudassir spent a decade in the SiliconValley building technology startups, where he was most recently the co-founder of DeviceAnywhere, which was eventually acquired by Keynote Systems. He has an academic background in Computer Science and Economics from Stanford and USC. ## Vasil Metodiev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Hotel, Hospitality, Rental Property Vasil Metodiev ## Tarun Khanna - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Medical Tarun Khanna is the Director at Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. ## Mishaal Alireza - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: iOS, Apps, Video Mishaal Alireza - Board Member @ DokkanAfkar ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster. ## Sandeep Tandon - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet Sandeep Tandon Co-founded Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2010 and has been its Chief Business Officer since September 1, 2015. Sandeep Tandon serves as Managing Director at Tandon Technology Ventures (Tandon Group).He serves as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board at Infinx Services Private Limited. Sandeep Tandon serves as the Chairman andManaging Director at Infinx Healthcare. He oversees the strategy and operations of all group companies. He has been involved in the technology industry for over 20 years. During this time he has contributed significantly to the growth of Information Technology exports from India. He was co-founder and a former director of IQBackOffice - a leading Accounts Payable Processing company. He was also a co-founder and Director at Freecharge.com - among India’s fastest growing internet commerce ventures. He is active in the Angel Investor community and serves as a mentor to various technology start-ups. He served as Chairman of the Electronics Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) and is a member of Young President Organization (Mumbai Chapter). Sandeep Tandon completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. ## Viswanathan Shankar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Property Management Shankar is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Partners. Prior to Gateway, Shankar was CEO – Europe, Middle East, Africa and Americas and a member of the global board of Standard Chartered PLC. Previously he was CEO of BA Asia and Head of Investment Banking for Asia Pacific at Bank of America. Shankar is non-executive director ofDangote Cement PLC (Nigeria), Gateway Real Estate Africa (Mauritius), Vision Blue Resources (Guernsey), Fund for Export Development in Africa (Egypt), and Dangote Industries Limited (Nigeria). He holds a BSc in Physics from Loyola College in Chennai and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. ## Nico Barawid - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Nico Barawid is the Co-Founder of Tunic Pay. He previously worked at Casai as a Co-Founder and CEO. Nico Barawid attended the University of Oxford. ## Kirill Veselov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Recycling, Construction, Waste Management Kirill Veselov is an angel investor and former investment director of venture capital firm Mint Capital. ## Brian Ma - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Property Management, FinTech Brian Ma is the Founder and Managing Partner at Iterative Capital. Co-Founder at Decide.com, recently acquired by Ebay. He is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor at various startups. ## Oliver Samwer - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Oliver Samwer was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1972. Oliver holds M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Upon graduation, Oliver and his two brothers founded Alando.de in 1999. After the sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., he was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland andAustria. In 2000, Oliver and his two brothers founded Jamba! AG, which was acquired by Verisign Inc. in 2004. In 2007, Oliver founded Rocket Internet. Since 2014, Oliver has served as Rocket’s Chief Executive Officer. Oliver is responsible for strategy development and implementation, business development and investor relations. ## Prashant Malik - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Apps, Mobile Prashant Malik is a Co-Founder and Co-Creator of Apache Cassandra and an Investor at Shadowfax, UrbanClap, Innov8 Coworking, and OfBusiness. He is a dynamic technologist, who focuses on building, leading and incubating teams. Prashant attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Paul Buchheit - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University. ## Sudeep Tandon - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Property Management Sudeep Tandon ## Onur Erbay - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Digital Marketing, Property Management Onur Erbay is the Partner at Global Founders Capital (Investing in Turkey, MENA and CEE. ## Nilesh Ved - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Fuel, Delivery Nilesh Ved is the Co-founder and Chairman at Apparel Group. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in Science Business Administration. ## Christian Mischler - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, FinTech, Software Christian is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at GuestReady Group. Before founding GuestReady, he was a Co-Founder and Chairman at HotelQuickly, which was sold to Rising Sun Merchant Services in 2017. Before that, he was Global COO at Rocket Internet's Foodpanda, the world's largest online food delivery platform, which was sold toDelivery Hero Holding.Christian started a number of companies in Europe already before that, most notably mindprep Verlag AG, by now one of the largest publishing houses in the educational sector in Switzerland. After university, Christian was working as an In-house Consultant at Credit Suisse's Corporate Development department. He served as Captain in the Swiss Military Intelligence and holds a double master's degree in Banking & Finance and CEMS International Management from the University of St.Gallen (HSG) and University of Rotterdam (RSM). Christian was nominated "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the University of St.Gallen in 2013 and 2016, and awarded CEMS Alumnus of the Year in 2015. ## Timur Kudratov - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Broadcasting, Property Development Timur Kudratov ## 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.