Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in Middle East (June 2026)

Yair Gamliel

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Retail Technology
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Round size: Pre-Seed $100k–$500k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

TNG Shopper — TNG Shopper. Accelerating the Next Generation of Retail. A hybrid retail web platform where physical and digital retail merge. Hybrid Commerce - Hybrid Retail

Show all investments...

Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, SaaS, Software
Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 26
Round size: Seed $727k–$9M; Angel $20k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$380k
Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.

Show all investments...

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: Turkey, United States, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 48
Round size: Seed $233k–$3.7M; Angel $84k–$3M
Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Shark Guitar — Premium electric guitars manufactured with robotic precision. Shark Guitars mean freedom of versatility, customization and portability.
Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.

Show all investments...

Ali Demir Akel

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Analytics, 3D Printing
Stage:Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zaxe — Discover the Unique FDM 3D Printing Experience. Zaxe 3D Printers Provides Easy to Use with xDestop Slicer Software. Get Advantage in Additive Manufacturing with Zaxe Filaments
Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.

Show all investments...

Ömer Aras

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Round size: Seed $400k–$4M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting edge Livestream Advertising products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to serve smart, elegant, and non-intrusive ads while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.

Show all investments...

Ronan Bardet is the founder and CEO of EGI GROUP.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Classifieds
Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
Geography: Spain, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Angel $72k–$176k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Heygo — Explore places to visit within the UK and around the world on Rest Less. Get inspired and plan trips to holiday destinations with us.
Tu&Co — Tu&Co is an Ecommerce for the purchase of household products and guides for its assembly.
TNG Shopper — TNG Shopper. Accelerating the Next Generation of Retail. A hybrid retail web platform where physical and digital retail merge. Hybrid Commerce - Hybrid Retail

Show all investments...

Onur Gargılı

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.

Show all investments...

Barbaros Serdar Özbugutu worked for FIRSTDATA, and later moved to KLARNA. In 2013, he officially launched Iyzico with his Co-Founder Tahsin Isin. Iyzico is transforming the payment processing experience for businesses through its bank-integrated, fraud-protected payment platform tailored to the nuances of the Turkish market.(https://www.iyzico.com/en)

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Soccer, Sports
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Seed $250k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $80k–$380k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Fuudy — Fuudy is a new Food ordering app
Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
Swipeline Media — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)

Show all investments...

Alpay Berk Caglayan is the founder of Inviox Studios, an advisor at Joseph Shining, and a Stakeholder & Executive Partner at Zwiket. He previously worked at Zwiket as an Advisor. Alpay currently manages $8.2 million in assets. Alpay Berk Caglayan attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Industry: Advertising, Digital Marketing, Art
Stage:Private Equity, Pre-Seed
Geography: Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Private Equity $250k–$2.2M
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zwiket — Zwiket is a multi-faceted brand start-up, blending marketing, design, and technology. Partnering with over 20 innovative brands globally, with bases in Växjö, Köln, Istanbul, and London.
Wepress Media — Wepress is a full-service millennial-run marketing agency - offering inventive, results-driven solutions that harness the highest immediate return in digital + social media. With core services anchored around Social Media Management, Web Design & Development, Ad Management, Branding & Design and Email Marketing, we cut the fluff and bringprojects from plan to production with hands-off execution + results you can see. Specialties include creative production, go-to-market strategy and user acquisition.
Joseph Shining — Joseph Shining is a Turkish-American multinational retailer of personal care and beauty products with nearly 10 brands, along with its own private label, Joseph's Collection, and includes beauty products such as cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, nail color, beauty tools, body lotions, and haircare.

Show all investments...

Yuval Tal has made quite a difference in the world of business online thanks to the creation of various e-commerce companies, many of which have successfully developed through his co-creation or his additional expertise. He has over 20 years of experience in technological startups, prepaid card applications, and security technology. CurrentWork Experience: Yuval Tal is the president of the NYC-based Payoneer, the private company he founded in 2005 an served as CEO during 2005-2010. Payoneer establishes viable solutions for payments in prepaid MasterCard® credit cards through the Internet via their prepaid Payoneer credit card. Instead of using typical banking services, Payoneer allows its members (including many online businesses) to sell products, but pay for their own supplies through an online service. Their technology system is secure, but assures privacy for its customers. The company is composed of over100 technology and finance expert employees. While based in NY, it also has research and development locations in Israel.Tal also provides consultation to Payments-r-us, a company started by four e-commerce experts who provide payment processing, merchandising and assorted payment solutions to their customers. The company helps their members find appropriate and free payments solutions.Past Work Experience: Before the creation of Payoneer, Tal was a co-founder for E4X Inc., technology and e-commerce payments provider worldwide. The company was established in 1999 but later changed its name to FiftyOne as it became a global market and e-commerce leader. The company allows its businesses to develop their online sales, marketing, delivery, stock, and transaction capabilities. Its current value is upwards of $500 million. Tal was the acting vice president as part of the business and development sector. FiftyOne is an innovative e-commerce solution because it's one of the pioneers of the e-commerce movement, allowing online retailers from the US to promote, market, and sell their merchandise using the monetary means of their native country. This is still significant today in terms of global money orders, payment processes and the international flow of goods from one point to the other. It's no wonder that market retailers like the Anthropologie clothing store, luxury and electronic gift store Brookstone, and Overstock.com have worked with the company. The company is based in New York, with its research and development operations unit in Israel.Tal also shined in leadership positions for companies such as R-U-Sure, where he was the chief executive officer, and vice president of business development at Radware, a publically traded company on NASDAQ.Summits and Conferences:Yuval Tal has participated in a plethora of affiliate, marketing, and digital-related conferences connected to his kind of work. At many of the conferences, he was featured as a speaker. The most recent conference was the impressive "Apps World," which was held in London in October 2012. The conference is noted to be the leading venue for those involved in the apps industry where they network and collaborate on international projects. He was a guest speaker at the conference and he explained the concept of Payoneer to the participants detailing how it fits into the newest e-wallet technologies. Through Payoneer, companies distribute branded cards that enable them to send direct payments into the recipient's account. He also shared his thoughts on the shape of the future mobile industry and responded to a series of general questions regarding the e-commerce industry.When he was invited to participate in a panel discussion at Israel's Afeka College, he had the opportunity to address many issues that were unclear to the attendees. Among others, the subjects ranged from discussions on the topic of Israel as a “hotbed” in the area of financial innovation, how web based financial start-ups differs from the more traditional start-ups on the web, as in social and media networks, and how the mobile will shape the future. He also dealt head-on with such questions as to the leaders in fintech space, the coming big trends that will take place in the financial tech space, how government and foreign regulations affect business and how to manage the pace of change without being snowed under. Since Tal works with clients at online affiliate networks as part of Payoneer, it's no surprise that the hi-tech head shared his knowledge and experience at both the 2009 and 2012 Affiliate Summit conferences. The Affiliate Summit established by Affiliate marketing experts is recognized as the most important event in affiliate marketing. The 2012 Affiliate Summit West Conference event was held last January in Las Vegas. The 2009 Affiliate Summit East Conference was held in New York. At that conference Tal spoke about his affiliate experience working with affiliate agents, heightening Payoneer's prowess in e-commerce, and establishing various payment methods through the company. Tal was a keynote speaker at two important e-commerce conferences in Israel. First, he spoke at the one-day Take Charge 2011 Digital Commerce Summit in September 2011, which offers innovative ecommerce concepts for digital companies, vendors and affiliates. He also spoke at the Track N' Pay Summit in Tel Aviv, which was hosted by Payoneer. This one-day conference is based on concepts in Internet and mobile affiliate tracking and payment services. For both conferences, Tal spoke on behalf of his veteran online, selling, affiliate marketing, and e-commerce work at Payoneer as related to the concepts of each conference. Personal Experience: Yuval Tal was born in August 1965 in Israel and still resides there in his home country in a suburb called Ramat HaSharon, located about 20 minutes from the country's central city Tel Aviv. It was in Tel Aviv where he received university education after serving in an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Forces. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Tel Aviv University in 1992. He went on to earn his Masters at Tel Aviv University where he studied biomedical engineering, minor in business administration.Tal has many hobbies outside the business and e-commerce realm. He likes photography and took five courses in it at the New School for General Studies and the Parsons School of Design, both in New York City. He has also been active in the Tel Aviv Nike Run, a 10 kilometer marathon throughout the city and has participated in a triathlon, which included running, biking, and swimming.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 13
Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9M; Series A $4.5M–$26M
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

Humanz — We help brands & creators build long-lasting, rewarding relationships backed by cutting-edge technology & expertise. Sign up with Humanz
Ledge — Automate your finance operations with Ledge and gain full payments visibility, automated reconciliation, and a single source of payments truth. Say goodbye to manual work and financial data chaos. Get started in minutes, integrate with your existing payments stack, and focus on strategic tasks with confidence.
ReturnGO — Easy-to-use self-service return management portal that allows customers to return and exchange products increases revenue and customer retention.

Show all investments...

Access 48,091 investors

822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.

Browse database — It's Free!

Yaser Alghamdi

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Retail
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Pre-Seed $215k–$1.6M
Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

EdfaPay — Build the future of payments with EdfaPay's comprehensive payment infrastructure solutions. We empower businesses of all sizes to create, deploy, and scale
KalPay — KalPay is the largest Shariah Compliant Buy Now Pay Later in Pakistan, giving our customers easy access to credit and allowing them to purchase products in 3 monthly installments. We have a portfolio of hundreds of brands spread across multiple segments!
ON Market — E-grocery marketplace allows customers to order from their favorite retailers while empowering retailers to build & sustain online commerce

Show all investments...

Ariel has been leading technology innovation and entrepreneurship for over 30 years, leading teams, founding companies and mentoring entrepreneurs. He is an active angel investor in startups, and supports technology education as a philanthropist. Ariel is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program, and holds a BSc from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (Cum Laude) and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Israel, United States, Uruguay

Investor stats

Total investments: 52
Round size: Seed $1.9M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$3M; Series A $5M–$19M
Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

GeoX — GeoX is an Aerial Imagery AI analytics company. We produce geospatial Property Data which is used for Underwriting & Claims in the US and European insurance industries. GeoX unique proposition is in 3-dimensional extraction technology which provides rich information about every property. GeoX also produces 3D building datasets from aerialimagery for complete geographies using automated processes. 3D building models are digital representations of the properties, and in conjunction with aerial imagery allows every staff member in any insurance discipline to see the property visualization, and get a good understanding of the structure, its dimensions and characteristics without visiting in the site. GeoX uses propriatetary and Patented technology for the 3D extraction.domains: Insurtech, Smart cities
Parter — Parter operates as an AI-native platform built for the real-world needs of electronics producers across across R&D, engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing.
BeWith.io (Superc AI) — Connect residents and foster engagement with a centralized community calendar that brings all city events into one easy-to-access platform

Show all investments...

Emre Kenci

Investment focus

Industry: Art, Retail, Internet
Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

fucimo — Fucimo is a technology-driven two-way marketplace in media & advertising that aims to democratize the industry and make it accessible to all. Our journey is fueled by our commitment to provide innovative solutions that leverage technology to make marketers and media owners more accessible and empower them to partner more effectively. We areworking towards creating a world where the media advertising industry is truly inclusive and accessible to all, and where marketers and publishers have the necessary tools and support they need to succeed in an efficient and effective manner.At fucimo, we believe that technology can help build meaningful relationships and nurture a supportive community through trust, kindness, and care. We take ownership of our work, holding ourselves accountable for the success of fucimo and our users, and we strive to make a positive impact on the industry as a whole.Join us in our mission to shape the future of media advertising, using the power of technology to build a better, more inclusive industry for everyone.
Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.

Show all investments...

Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, Video, Apps
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: Israel, United States, China

Investor stats

Total investments: 17
Round size: Seed $500k–$8M; Series A $3M–$8M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

Cymbio — Connect to hundreds of digital sales channels via Cymbio's automated multi channel e-commerce platform to increase sales & elevate revenue.
Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
Safeguard Applied Innovation — Safeguard Applied Innovation provides a mobile performance management platform for construction enterprises. It designs its solution to enable decision-making for successful project planning and execution, delivering effective control regardless of project complexity or national regulations.

Show all investments...

Karim Kawar is the president of Kawar Group, and the former ambassador to the United States and Mexico from Jordan. He is also chairman of Kawar Energy and of IrisGuard. As ambassador to the United States, Kawar led the EDAMA Initiative, Jordan's blueprint for a green economy and was appointed by Royal Decree to the Board of Trustees of theKing Abdullah II Fund for Development. Previously, Kawar was appointed to the Economic Consultative Council by His Majesty King Abdullah II. He is the architect of the REACH Initiative, Jordan's blueprint for a knowledge economy, founder and chairman of the Information Technology Association of Jordan, former president of the Jordan Computer Society, and a founding member of several business associations and NGOs, including AmCham and the Jordan Intellectual Property Association.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Fashion, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.

Show all investments...

Omar Al-Handal is the Managing director of Al Handal International Group.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Show all investments...

Usama Fayyad is the Chairman and Founder of Open Insights and a Co-founder and Chairman at IADSS. He was a Co-founder and CEO at DMX. Usama attended the University of Michigan and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Investment focus

Industry: Local, Retail, Fashion
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: India, Jordan, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Series A $4M–$7.9M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MiNeeds — MiNeeds is an online marketplace for local services.We are reinventing the way consumers connect with local professionals (accountants, photographers, cleaners,...).Post your need, relax, and we'll get you up to 4 competitive quotes from the right local service providers. We save you time and effort and we help small businesses growtheir income. Seems like a win-win!
MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.
Snapmint — Snapmint facilitates simplified, fairly-priced and hassle-free EMI options without a Credit Card.

Show all investments...

Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Art, Retail
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Turkey, Estonia

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Round size: Seed $461k–$4M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.

Show all investments...

David Alliance, Lord of Manchester, is an angel investor. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Brown Group for over forty years.Lord. David Alliance, CBE (Lord Alliance of Manchester) served as the Non-Executive Chairman of N Brown Group plc from 1968 to September 1, 2012. Lord Alliance served as the Chairman of Coats Viyella Plc. Lord.Alliance has been a Non Executive Director of N Brown Group plc since 1968. He is a Director of a number of private companies and was appointed a life peer in 2004.Lord Alliance serves on a number of committees including the Prince’s Youth Business Trust, Council for Industry and Higher Education, and the University of Manchester Foundation, and the Wiseman Institute. He is senior trustee of the Next Century Foundation. He has a number of fellowships including Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce; Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute; and Hon. Fellow of the Shenkar College of Textile Technology and Fashion. Lord Alliance holds a Doctorate of Science at Heriot-Watt University and Legum Doctor (Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa) from the University of Manchester. He is an Honorary Fellow of UMIST.

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, SaaS, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 10
Round size: Seed $2.4M–$16M; Series A $5M–$7M
Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

Hexa — Elevate your eCommerce experience with a 3D tech-stack that lets you create, manage, analyze, and distribute your 3D commerce assets.
OneDome — Find, buy or sell property in one place with OneDome. Property search, mortgages, conveyancing and estate agents, we cover every step of the property journey.
Uptime — Discover thousands of the world's top books, courses, documentaries, and podcasts distilled into bite-sized 5-minute summaries, so that you can learn, grow, and get smarter, faster.

Show all investments...

Bassam Falah is a Founder and Managing Partner of Innovest Middle East VC.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.
Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.

Show all investments...

Access 48,091 investors

822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.

Browse database — It's Free!

Yılmaz Yıldız

Investment focus

Industry: Procurement, Waste Management, Retail
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Seed $64k–$992k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
YapıRadar.com — YapıRadar.com is an online market place created for the exchange of goods and services between suppliers and contractors. It includes information on Project Authority, Stage Information of Construction, Project and Current Site Images, Location, Construction Area. YapıRadar.com was founded in 2018 and is based in Istanbul.

Show all investments...

Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 42
Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

Vagon — Vagon is your personal high-performance computer on the cloud. Start Vagon instantly and run all challenging software from any device, anywhere.
MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Firefly — Firefly is the next-gen car advertising solution, featuring taxi and rideshare top advertising, in-car advertising, holograms, car wraps and more.

Show all investments...

Mishaal Alireza - Board Member @ DokkanAfkar

Investment focus

Industry: iOS, Apps, Video
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Series A $1M–$2M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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

Show all investments...

Aras Bulut İynemli is a Turkish actor.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Recycling, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Nivogo — Nivo ana sayfa

Show all investments...

Managerial experience with wealth of knowledge in technology. Brings a unique balance of education with two master’s degrees and 17 years experience.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Show all investments...

İzzet Zakuto

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Music, AgTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Seed $350k–$788k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

ULive — ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
WeFarm — WeFarm maintains vacant fields for you and converts them into productive farms.

Show all investments...

Robert Kay

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Retail, Software
Stage:Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

zip24 — Innovating Logistics for a Smarter, Faster, Global Tomorrow Partnering with you to revolutionize logistics through intelligent solutions, delivering

Show all investments...

Elad Kushnir

Investment focus

Industry: Gaming, Software, Mobile Apps
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Geography: Israel, United States, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Seed $1M–$1M; Series B $35M–$35M
Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

PeerPlay — PeerPlay is a casual mobile games powerhouse
Travelier — Digitalizing ground & sea transportation
Celery — Celery is an internal auditing and control platform, designed to automate critical and time-consuming processes and prevent costly mistakes.

Show all investments...

Wiktor Namysl is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Brand Marketing
Stage:Series A
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.

Show all investments...

Salman Butt - Co-Founder & Chief Expansion Officer @ Salla

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Brand Marketing
Stage:Series A
Geography: United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.
Byzanlink — Byzanlink: Access Institutional Grade Yield On-chain Bridging TradFi and DeFi with RWA Tokenization for stable, institutional-grade yields

Show all investments...

Access 48,091 investors

822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.

Browse database — It's Free!

Kerem Danish

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Show all investments...

Şafak Müderrisgil is the Co-founder and Chair of Executive Committee at Etkiyap (Impact Investing Turkey). She attended University of Oxford.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, FinTech, Leasing
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Fintegre — Affordibility Solutions Platform for Retailers. Fintegre operates in many verticals from Consumer financing solutions to Trade-in programs
Navlungo — e-commerce shipping platform
WorqCompany — WorqCompany provides services to businesses and entrepreneurs with technology and sharing economy support in these components. WorqCompany is positioned as a new generation.

Show all investments...

Ariel Umi

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Retail Technology
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Shopper — TNG Shopper. Accelerating the Next Generation of Retail. A hybrid retail web platform where physical and digital retail merge. Hybrid Commerce - Hybrid Retail

Show all investments...

Mohamad Ferej

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Show all investments...

Mohammed Shaikley - Managing Partner @ Private Equity

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Show all investments...

Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Turkey, Greece, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 34
Round size: Seed $110k–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.5M; Series A $3.3M–$4M
Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.
Tripy Mobility — Are you ready to pedal the city? Download the Tripy app to view available shared bikes for rent and start your journey now.

Show all investments...

Ebru Dorman

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Apps, Fitness
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Geography: Turkey, Germany, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 7
Round size: Seed $100k–$480k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Teleporter — California and Istanbul based VR gaming company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of VR medium and creating high-quality experiences that redefine social interaction and gaming.
Genz Biotech — Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministryof Health for 3 genetic tests.
Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.

Show all investments...

Bradley Lafond

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Retail Technology
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Shopper — TNG Shopper. Accelerating the Next Generation of Retail. A hybrid retail web platform where physical and digital retail merge. Hybrid Commerce - Hybrid Retail

Show all investments...

Rayya Al Zubaydi

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.

Show all investments...

Hosam Arab

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, Retail, Banking
Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
Geography: Canada, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Opontia — Opontia was founded by e-commerce experts, to provide a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies.
Pluto — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).

Show all investments...

Access 48,091 investors

822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.

Browse database — It's Free!

Fadi Ghandour is based out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the Co-Founder of Wamda. Fadi previously worked at Aramex as a Co-Founder. Fadi Ghandour attended The Wharton School.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 33
Round size: Seed $250k–$9.5M; Series A $1.3M–$10M; Series B $2.5M–$18M
Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

Viki — Watch Asian TV shows and movies online for FREE! Korean dramas, Chinese dramas, Taiwanese dramas, Japanese dramas, Kpop & Kdrama news and events by Soompi, and original productions -- subtitled in English and other languages.
Shippify — Shippify is an innovative logistics service that connects businesses with a diverse network of drivers & 3PLs to provide same day delivery . Shippify is backed by strategic leading venture capital and angel investors. Currently available in Brasil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. The company was founded in 2014.
Matternet — Matternet is a technology platform for urban aerial delivery. In March 2017, Matternet became the first company in the world to be authorized for urban drone delivery operations in Switzerland. In May 2018, the company was selected to participate in the FAA's Drone Integration Pilot Program for operations in North Carolina and San Diego. InMarch 2019, Matternet and UPS announced a partnership to implement drone delivery services at US hospitals and launched the first ongoing revenue drone delivery operation in US history at Wakemed in North Carolina.Founded in 2011, Matternet is headquartered in Mountain View, California

Show all investments...

Ali Aziz is a Founder and CEO at XStak Inc. He attended Free University of Brussels.

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, EdTech, Retail
Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Nearpeer.org — Nearpeer is an online solution for entry test preparation in Pakistan. Now you can prepare for all medical entry tests online without spending a lot of money.
Retailo Technologies — Retailo is an online regional B2B marketplace platform that serves small and medium-sized retail businesses, including kiryana and baqala stores, in the MENAP region. We are using technology to digitize and streamline the retail sector to make it more efficient.
Grandeur — One platform to rule all of IoT. Grandeur is message broker, auth, storage and app builder in a single package.

Show all investments...

Umur Özal is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Industry: Baby, Rental, Retail
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 7
Round size: Seed $63k–$3.6M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Kiralarsın — Kiralarsın is a rental service to rent electronic devices.
Mutlubiev — A leading online cleaning services platform. It thrives on providing high-quality cleaning solutions and satisfying clients' personal needs.

Show all investments...

Cem Topcuoglu

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Procurement, Manufacturing
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.

Show all investments...

Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University.

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, FinTech, Payments
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 11
Round size: Seed $750k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$4M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

zooz — Manage and optimize multiple payment providers through a single platform.
Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
Thumzap — Premium domains add authority to your site. Transparent pricing. 1 year WHOIS privacy included. 30-day money back guarantee.

Show all investments...

Onder Oztarhan

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Recycling, Manufacturing
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kito — Kito provides natural, fresh and healthy food for dogs.
Nivogo — Nivo ana sayfa

Show all investments...

Caglar Erol is the co-founder of cember.net, a Turkish online business networking platform acquired by XING AG in January 2008.Erol is an angel investor and serial entrepreneur in Turkey. His first investment after cember.net was doktorsitesi.com, a health site in Turkey. He also invested in Tasit.com, Gelirortaklari affiliate network, andCivicSolar.Erol currently serves as the co-founder and CEO of Enuygun.com, a service comparison site on bank loans, insurance, flight tickets, ADSL, and mobile phone tariffs.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Travel, Fashion
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: Jordan, Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.
Wingie Enuygun Group — Wingie Enuygun Group is a technology company helping modern consumers save time and money, mostly in travel, but in insurance and financial products too. Located in Istanbul and Berlin, WEG currently serves customers in 6 languages, 10 countries.

Show all investments...

Sercan Isik - CEO & Co-Founder @ Scorp

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Procurement, Manufacturing
Stage:Seed
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.

Show all investments...

Uygar Mesudiyeli is the Founder and Managing Partner of PragmaTech. He previously worked at Beylerbeyi UK Ltd. as a Co-Founder. Uygar Mesudiyeli attended the University of London.

Investment focus

Industry: Wedding, Software, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
Weddingbouquet.com — DüğünBuketi is a web and special event organization portal that brings wedding firms together to get price quotes. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Izmir, Turkey.
KABİ Partners — KABİ Partners develops data-driven products for the solution of all needs before, during and after the wedding.

Show all investments...