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Top 25 Real Estate Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 25 angel investors that invest in Real estate startups based in United arab emirates. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Real estate companies from United arab emirates. We update this investor list every month.

Top 25 Real Estate Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in January 2026

Investor	Real Estate United Arab Emirates investments
Paul Graham	2
Peter Thiel	2
Mishaal Alireza	1
Mudassir Sheikha	1
Nilesh Ved	1
Onur Erbay	1
Brian Ma	1
Timur Kudratov	1
Hesham Zreik	1
Tarush Awasthi	1
Nico Barawid	1
Sudeep Tandon	1
Oliver Samwer	1
Paul Buchheit	1
Vasil Metodiev	1
Matt Mickiewicz	1
Justin Mateen	1
Kirill Veselov	1
Viswanathan Shankar	1
Rory Mounsey-Heysham	1
Bashar Hamood	1
Sandeep Tandon	1
Christian Mischler	1
Tarun Khanna	1
Prashant Malik	1

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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.

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.

Mishaal Alireza - Board Member @ DokkanAfkar

Investment focus

iOS, Apps, Video
Series A, Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hang w/ — We leverage our 13 years of experience and innovative design practices to help our top-tier clients achieve success.
Clip the Deal — Save money on grocery brands in UAE with Clip the Deal. Find discount deals, reviews of grocery items of top brands. Download the free app and start saving.
Stake — Thousands investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just USD 136

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.

Investment focus

EdTech, Restaurants, Management Consulting
Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
United Kingdom, Egypt, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Taleemabad — Taleemabad - A home of adaptive learning for teachers, students, parents and school owners. Creative teaching methods with innovative technology.
Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
Altruistiq — Altruistiq is a decision-making environment for business sustainability teams.

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.

Investment focus

Apps, Fuel, Delivery
Seed, Funding Round
India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
FuelBuddy — FuelBuddy -Doorstep Fuel Delivery, On-demand fuel delivery Services.

Onur Erbay is the Partner at Global Founders Capital (Investing in Turkey, MENA and CEE.

Investment focus

Digital Marketing, Property Management
Seed, Series A
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
Usersdot — Usersdot uses data science and AI solutions to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and maximize sales performance

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.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Property Management, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Castia — acasa is a Latam based Proptech. acasa enables homeowners in Latam to move to a new home in a fast and simple manner, leveraging their current home equity. Then we sell the old home or else we buy it after 6 months.
Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
PropertyScout — PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews.

Timur Kudratov

Investment focus

Real Estate, Broadcasting, Property Development
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Theeye — With our services you're able to view real estate from all over the globe in 30 seconds. Just choose a city, pick two or three search terms, click 'Watch Now' and the broadcast begins.It's really fast isn't it?We are accelerating the global real estate market ten times over, making the search for properties simple,pleasant and comfortable. Eliminating the need to waste hours, days or even weeks on traveling from one point to another, allowing you and your family to watch properties from any point in the world, or maybe choose an office with your collegues anywhere in the world, whilst watching from different countries.We love our planet and want to leave it in a better state for future generations. People waste billions of hours each day driving cars in search of real estate properties. Watch live from anywhere in the world with Theeye and cut down on CO2 emissions into our atmosphere.

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

ToyFlix — Toyflix is a pioneering subscription-based toy rental platform transforming India’s US$2 billion toy industry by making premium.
LocationBit — it is a community-driven global location encyclopedia designed to tackle the fragmented and inaccessible nature of local knowledge in 2025.
Kyamaganda Community Development Organisation — it is a community-based nonprofit organization founded to restore hope and dignity among vulnerable children, youth, and families in Uganda.

Tarush Awasthi is an Associate at The Xander Group.

Investment focus

Property Management
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Chile, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zelt — Manage everything from HRIS, payroll, pension, devices, apps and more seamlessly in one central hub, for all processes and applications, third-party included. Improve productivity through enhanced employee experience.
Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
Vest — Vest is an app-based brokerage that wants to provide Latin American savers with access to American assets that are differentiated by product, pricing, and content. Latin Americans are known for saving, but many prefer to do so in cash or in zero-interest savings accounts.

Sudeep Tandon

Investment focus

Property Management
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

MFG.com — MFG brings buyers and suppliers together by connecting buyers custom part requests with the right manufacturer. Register now for free!
Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
Pivot — Pivot operates as a fintech company.

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.

Vasil Metodiev

Investment focus

Hotel, Hospitality, Rental Property
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

estaie — Choose estaie for your extended stay in UAE. Enjoy fully integrated living solutions with all-inclusive pricing. Book your stay now.

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.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
Urbanic — Urbanic is a fashion brand that sells products online.
Hidden Studios — Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly. The company collaborated with prominent brands and creators, including Skydance, Snoop Dogg, and CaseOh, to deliver engaging gaming experiences. Hidden Studios maintains an active presence on YouTube, sharing content related to their Fortnite Creativeendeavors.

Kirill Veselov is an angel investor and former investment director of venture capital firm Mint Capital.

Investment focus

Recycling, Construction, Waste Management
Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Midori Network — Midori Network is a distributed network of container-based mobile recycling modules that address the problem of plastic waste in rural areas.

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.

Investment focus

Property Management
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.

Rory Mounsey-Heysham is the Venture Capital at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Investment focus

Property Management
Seed
United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Dukaan® — Dukaan operates as a platform that enables small merchants to set up online stores in a process that it claims can be done within 30 seconds.
Progcap — Progcap is revolutionising the way financial access is delivered to underserved segments of the Indian retail economy, through specialized financing and technology products that empower small and medium businesses (SMBs) to progress without obstacles.
Genius Teacher — Genius Teacher is a full-stack ed-tech company which creates engaging educational content for K-10, delivers a fun learning experience to the students and provides real-time insights to the teachers. It has an ecosystem of educational and analytics apps that make learning more engaging and results in better learning outcomes.The products are usedby teachers to teach board curriculum with exemplary stories and fun facts from the world. Besides the class, students also use the product at home to revise and learn the topics in depth with practical applications. Students' interaction with content provides real-time analytics and insights to the teacher on what they can do to enhance learning.It currently works with schools and learners in APAC regions, soon launching in EMEA regions too.

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.

Investment focus

Mobile, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

ZenAdmin — Optimize your IT operations with ZenAdmin's comprehensive platform, offering device lifecycle management, SaaS oversight, and 24/7 IT support across 150+ countries.
Reno Home — Reno is your ultimate destination for all your home or office renovation needs. Whether you're revamping your living space, workspace, or any other area, we've got you covered. Our mission is to link you with top-notch interior designers perfectly tailored to your style preferences. Moreover, we facilitate connections with skilledrenovators who can execute your envisioned design flawlessly. Count on us to ensure punctuality and uphold superior quality throughout the renovation process. Additionally, we offer financing options with 12 months to pay later, making it even easier to transform your space according to your vision
Staking Rewards — Research Platform for Proof of Stake assets, Staking Providers, Trusted Blockchain Data, Intelligent Reward Calculator, Journals & Ecosystem Reports - Explore now!

Tarun Khanna is the Director at Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute.

Investment focus

AgTech, Farming, Medical
Seed
India, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Silkhaus — Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge.
CLIP — World's 1st Plug & Play e-bike tech.
Pepper Farms — Pepper Farms is an agritech startup that helps farmers in organizing the vegetable production lifecycle by building a network of farms with end-to-end virtual management, customized agronomy, and direct market linkages.

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.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Health Care, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Marrfa — Invest in premium off-plan properties in Dubai with guaranteed high yields. Access exclusive developments, secure financing, and expert investment guidance. Start your investment journey today.
FanTV AI — FanTV, the leading AI Agent platform for next-gen Content Creation and backed by Multicoin Capital, is where AI meets Crypto on Sui, leading with over 8 million On-chain Users (80k Creators) and 27 million transactions, processing more than 1.2 million hours of AI-powered content monthly. As the largest platform for content creation across allchains, FanTV contributes to more than 22% of active wallets on Sui.
FanTiger — OMI builds a holistic spiritual wellness platform that using the values of astrology, yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda. It is an astrology app that provides overall holistic wellness using age-old Indian traditions and modern-day scientific methods to solve various problems.

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