# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in May 2026 ## Musaab Hakami - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founder, Ex-GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Chantalle Dumonceaux - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Chantalle Dumonceaux is the Venture Partner of Accelerator Ventures. She previously worked at Shoppies as a Co-Founder. Chantalle Dumonceaux attended Columbia University. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## Arya Bolurfrushan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010. ## Yusuf Al Hasan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Database, Software Yusuf Al Hasan ## Walid Hanna - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Search Engine, Billing, Internet Walid Hanna is Founder and CEO at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) ## Srinivas Rao M - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Srinivas Rao M is a CEO at T-Hub. ## Bhavik Bajaj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech Bhavik Bajaj ## Zeneca .. - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3 Zeneca is a founder of @ZenAcademy and @The333Club. ## Anton Bukov - Type: Angel - Location: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Internet I am a philosopher, concept generator, and innovator with a deep fascination for technology, simplicity, and innovation, stemming from my software engineering journey that began in 2002. I have a profound curiosity in diverse domains such as algorithms, space exploration, blockchain technology, virtual and augmented reality, artificialintelligence, emerging energy sources, and new material sciences. My holistic and interdisciplinary approach propels me towards harnessing technology and innovation to conceive and create a future that surpasses the conventional boundaries of imagination ## Brian D. Evans - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Brian D. Evans is the Founding Partner at ReBlock Ventures. Brian D. Evans attended Swiss School of Business and Management. ## Prajit Nanu - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Prajit serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. Based in Mumbai, Prajit is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of our organization. He is also in charge of driving innovation across processes and create value add for customers. Prior to co-foundingInstarem Prajit, held several leadership positions in global companies, including Global Sales Director, TMF Group and Vice President, Sales and Account Management at WNS (NYSE:WNS). He is a graduate from Mumbai University. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Ivan on Tech - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Gaming, Web Apps Ivan on Tech CEO @moralisweb3 @moralismoney. ## Kareem Anabtawi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Sports, Software, Information Technology Kareem Anabtawi ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Amjad Masad - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Amjad Masad is the Founder at Repl.it. ## Asif Keshodia - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps Asif Keshodia is an Angel Investor based in Dubai, UAE and the co-founder of Storfox.com. He is most notable for his work as the Group CFO of Souq.com, which was acquired by Amazon in a milestone deal for the Middle East tech sector. He joined Souq in 2011 as an early stage investor and raised over $400m to help it become the leading onlineretailer in the region. After its acquisition by Amazon in 2017, he took the role of MENA Regional Finance Director at Amazon. Asif has over 20 years of experience with some of the world’s biggest names, such as PwC, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Amazon, in countries around the world, including the UK, South Africa, Russia, and Pakistan. He is now using his decades of multinational corporate experience to help usher small startups to big success. He is dedicated to aiding young entrepreneurs launch their projects, with sights currently set on bolstering the e-commerce ecosystem in the MENA region and South Asia’s burgeoning market.In the recent past Asif has served on the Boards of Souq, Payfort.com, and Instashop.com, recently acquired by the Delivery Hero. He has also invested in a number of fledgling startups including Shipox, Clicky.pk, EzHire and Cartlow.comAsif is a graduate of the University of Karachi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Economics and a Chartered Accountant (FCA). In 2016, he was named Best Retail CFO of the MENA Region by renowned Middle Eastern publication, The CFO. ## Mark Ransford - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Angel Investor ## Paul Taylor - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Paul Taylor is an angel investor and advisor to 100+ companies in the web3 industry. He was the most active angel investor based in the US for crypto in 2024 (Crunchbase). He previously worked at Fancy Studios as a Core Contributor. Prior to that, he worked at BlackRock on the Private Equity Partners team. Paul attended Emory University where hereceived his BBA degree. He is also a 4-time national chess champion, international best-selling author, and mined Bitcoin back in 2011. ## Sid Dhamija - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Database, Software Sid Dhamija ## Magnus Olsson - Type: Angel - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Apps Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem. ## Samih Toukan - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region. ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## Marc Lore - Type: Angel - Location: New York, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Financial Services Marc Lore is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Wonder Group. He previously worked at Walmart as a President and CEO. Marc Lore attended Bucknell University. ## Al Ghussain - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Ghussain ## Harveen Narulla - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Harveen is an entrepreneur. After an early career as a lawyer with top-tier firms in Singapore, he spent a decade in various lead roles in technology ventures. This included co-founding and heading Hatcher, a leading technology venture builder in Singapore, whose portfolio includes Dropsuite (ASX:DSE), Telr (Middle East’s fastest growingonline payment processor), SocialCops (India’s leading comprehensive big data play) and Hatcher+ (big data transforming venture capital investing). Harveen also co-founded Pan African Logistics (PAL), which has grown into a leading third-party logistics player in East Africa. Harveen’s key competences include assembling and aligning strong teams, marshaling resources to start and grow businesses, deal negotiation and acquisitions, spotting arbitrage opportunities, and interventionist and supporting board roles. ## Alex Svanevik - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Internet Alex Svanevik is a Co-Founder & CEO of Nansen. ## Alexander Abramyan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, eSports, Mobile Apps Alexander Abramyan ## Ben Narasin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Software, Financial Services Ben Narasin is the Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital. He attended International Christian University, Babson College, and Harvard University. ## Martin Köppelmann - Type: Angel - Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Database Martin Köppelmann - Co-Founder & CEO @ Gnosis ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## Klaus Hommels - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, News Klaus Hommels is the Chairman of Lakestar.  Klaus previously worked at NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) as a Chairman. Klaus Hommels attended the University of Fribourg. ## Faiz Mayalakkara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Faiz Mayalakkara Director Investments, Emirates Investment Authority. ## Khalid AlHadlaq - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Video Khalid is an active angel investor in early-stage technology companies with 17 years of experience and a General Management education from Harvard Business School. After an exciting career at Microsoft and Logica, Khalid co-founded and managed Xceed Ventures, a social media intelligence company that got acquired. He currently serves as the CreativeSolutions Director at the Central Payment System of Saudi Arabia to support the development of FinTechs in Saudi and bring disruptive innovation. ## Rafael Ilishayev - Type: Angel - Location: Holmdel, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: Marketplace, Real Estate, Developer Platform Rafael Ilishayev is a first-generation American who grew up with an entrepreneurial family in the New York metro area. Rafael met Yakir Gola in their first Business 101 class at Drexel University and the two went on to start Gopuff the following year. Together, they’ve grown Gopuff into the instant needs category creator and one of the fastestgrowing tech companies with 7,000 employees across the country. Today, Gopuff has operations in more than 650 U.S. cities, leveraging its network of over 250 micro-fulfillment centers and recently acquired BevMo! stores to fulfill orders of thousands of everyday essentials to customers in 30 minutes. Under Rafael’s leadership, every Gopuff initiative - big or small - is developed with a customer-first mentality. Rafael, along with Yakir, was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the Retail & Ecommerce category in 2017, in 2019 received the Drexel University Founders Award and in 2020, Gopuff was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50. Rafael is closely involved with his alma mater, Drexel University, through the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship and Chabad Serving Drexel University. ## Mohammed Shafik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Local, Travel, Leisure Co-founder & CFO of Go.dayuse. ## Suniel Shetty - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Wellness, Health Care, Fitness Sunil Veerappa Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Bollywood films. ## Henry Helgeson - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments Henry Helgeson is the current CEO of BlueSnap. He previously worked at Cayan LLC as a CEO and Founder. Henry Helgeson attended Marist College. ## Timur Kudratov - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Broadcasting, Property Development Timur Kudratov ## Robert Kay - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Software Robert Kay ## Nour Al Hassan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Freelance Nour Al Hassan, is a female founder and CEO of two companies that specialize in linguistic services and translation -- Tarjama and UREED. Building on the success of Tarjama, which she founded in 2008, she realized there was demand to leverage the power of the internet to connect businesses and freelancers across the region through a digitalmarketplace called Ureed. Ureed, which means I want, is an on-demand tool that creates jobs for the freelance workforce while at the same time gives businesses of any size access to a pool of talent who can translate quality content, in more than 30 languages, including Arabic, English and French instantly. Nour is focused on driving Ureed to become the region’s official editorial marketplace for linguistic and editorial services offering editorials services, such as blogging, copywriting, legal documentation, editing and proofreading.Nour has spent her career creating and building a vast network of translators, editors, and linguists from the Middle East and around the world through Tarjama, a renowned translation company, which has translated more than 200 million words in 30 languages for companies and organizations across the world. For nearly a decade, Nour has pledged her time and expertise to empower females across the region, and she is continuing to this day to break barriers and drive the female workforce across the GCC and beyond.Nour is a lifelong advocate of women’s empowerment a mission that is reflected in Tarjama’s socially responsible business model, which trains and employs the largest network of Arabic speaking female translators in the world. Nour’s drive to enable women will continue through her latest launched venture Ureed.com, a platform that will enhance women’s global economic contribution to the workforce by offering a virtual editorial marketplace that matches Arab freelance translators, editors, content writers and interpreters in the region to employers worldwide.With more than 15 years of experience, Nour is an Aspen Fellow, a certified life coach, and a member of both the advisory board at Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. She is a mentor to start-ups, spends time speaking to entrepreneurs and empowering the ecosystem in MENA to promote the value creation potential of the region. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Al-Ahlia University in Jordan. ## Hala Fadel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Sales, Software Hala Fadel ## Omar Darwazah - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Omar is a Managing Director, General Partner, and CFO at AAF Management Ltd. (AAF), an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016. Over the past 5 years, Omar has invested in over 120 venture-backed startups in the US, Europe, and MENA region across a multitude of different sectors alongside over 800 blue-chip venture capital firms,corporate venture arms as well as notable incubators and accelerators. Omar has also deployed capital to 18 emerging managers globally. His fund performance is consistently ranked in the top decile in terms of DPI and TVPI respectively benchmarked on Cambridge Associates’ data on over 1500 US VC Funds. Previously, Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy, and corporate finance where he worked on over $35 billion worth of corporate transactions. Prior to that, Omar was with Deloitte Tax LLP in Chicago and Deutsche Bank’s Leveraged Finance team in London.Omar also founded and successfully exited his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which managed two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments Omar is also an angel investor in over 20 tech companies including Andela, Blockstack, BitOasis, Dayra, Freterium, Halan, FiscalNote, Thndr, and Ziina. Omar sits on the Board of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA). He is also a mentor to the NYU Steinhardt EdTech Accelerator, an advisor to Yale University’s Center for Digital Health and Innovation, and a judge at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab. In aggregate, Omar has over 16 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations, and venture capital.Omar is an avid traveler and has visited 87 countries around the world. He also has an interest in film production and has been an Executive Producer on several short feature films including Baby Mine (2017) and Lab Rat (2018).Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as one of Wharton’s 40 under 40 in 2017 and one of the Top 100 the University of Chicago Alumni in Tech in 2021. ## Dany Farha - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Dany is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor, with many exits from ventures in a variety of industries. Dany co-founded and exited Bayt.com, the Middle East’s largest job site; Butlers, the UAE’s largest commercial laundry company and Intercat, one of the largest catering companies in the UAE. Dany was a seed investor in Gonabit, a MiddleEast focused daily deal website that was acquired by Living Social in 2011. He currently sits on the boards of 3 portfolio companies.Dany is the first to acknowledge that he wouldn’t have accomplished all these things without the support of the investors and mentors that gave him his start. It is this belief that serves as the impetus behind BECO. Like those that boosted him when he needed it, Dany aspires to serve the next wave of entrepreneurs, so that they too can fulfil their potential and pass along the same spirit of generosity to those that follow in their footsteps. ## Turki AlJeaid - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Wellness Turki AlJeaid ## AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman ## Manu Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Manu is the founder of Blue Lion Global VC, and was previously a founding member and Partner of Lakestar VC (>$1.4bn). He splits time between San Francisco and London.