Top 10 Transportation Angel Investors in Egypt

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Transportation startups based in Egypt. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Transportation companies from Egypt. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Transportation Angel Investors in Egypt

Investor	Transportation Egypt investments
Omar Darwazah	2
Magnus Olsson	1
Paul Graham	1
Jambu Palaniappan	1
Faisal Al-Abdulsalam	1
Emad Sharaki	1
Hatem Dowidar	1
Paul Buchheit	1
Gustavo Fuchs	1
Abdulrahman Mutrib	1

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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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Dr. Treat — Experience pet care at its best with exceptional personalized veterinary care at unsurpassed levels. After all, our companions are entitled to happier, healthier, and longer lives.
Fuze — Embedded digital asset capabilities for financial institutions. Digital asset infrastructure - purpose-built for the Middle East.
Exponential DeFi — Exponential is an investment platform for crypto holders to earn yield on their crypto through decentralized finance (DeFi) safely and easily.

Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
Getbee — Use live video calls to create in-person interactions with your clients from product recommendations to completing a purchase.
Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.

Paul Graham

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Novig — Novig is a peer-to-peer sports betting exchange and the first platform to offer commission-free bets.
Roforco — Roforco runs a Roblox game accelerator that makes games successful by providing funding, resources and hands-on support. It's YCombinator for Roblox games, built by two YCombinator Alumni. Co-founders Artem and Brain have been building games together since they were 14 were developers on 12 top grossing titles, accounting for over 2.74billion plays/downloads.Prior to building the accelerator, Roforco was a game studio with a portfolio of games that reached benchmarks including 10 million monthly active users and 16,000 concurrent users. Roforco also worked with notable brands such as Unilever, for whom they made an branded game with over 50 million plays.In 2022, Roforco joined YCombinator's coveted startup accelerator and went on to secure a $1.5 million seed funding round from investors including Paul Graham, Dentsu Group, the prev. COO of Activision and the CEOs of Guilded and Jellysmack. Learn more about us at https://roforco.com/For press: tom@roforco.com Based and founded in San Francisco, CA
ParadeDB — ParadeDB is a modern Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres.

Jambu Palaniappan is Managing Partner of OMERS Ventures in Europe. He previously had several executive roles at Uber, where he was among the first 100 employees of the company globally. From 2012 to 2014, he led Uber’s international expansion in EMEA and India. From 2014 to 2016, he served as Regional General Manager for Uber in Eastern Europe,Russia, the Middle East and Africa leading a team of 300 as Uber built and scaled its business in that region. From 2016 to 2018, he was Head of Uber Eats in EMEA. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director of JustEat PLC.Jambu studied Public Policy and Economics at Vanderbilt University.

Investment focus

SaaS, Customer Service, FinTech
Series A, Series B, Seed
Egypt, France, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Trella — Trella Making Trucking Efficient, Reliable & Convenient
Kard — Kard believes young people deserve a banking experience that is adapted to their needs and gives them control. It offers an intuitive mobile app adapted to the codes of teenagers and a Mastercard card allowing them to pay online or in-store, everywhere around the world. With Kard, teenagers can safely manage their money and progressively preparefor financial autonomy. Kard also offers an app for parents that makes it easier for them to manage children's pocket money and help them better manage their finances.
Fonoa — Manage your sales tax, VAT, and GST obligations seamlessly through our API, globally. For internet businesses around the world, we make taxes simple, automated, borderless, and accessible via our API.

Faisal Al-Abdulsalam is the founder of Purity, and an active investor in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Payments, Shipping
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VOO — VOO helps SMEs to increase their delivery success rate by providing one platform to manage deliveries , one API integration which connect businesses to a large network of national and international shipping providers , we are "Your E-Commerce Growth Partner"
SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
ShipHaly — mobile app connect shoppers who want to buy from abroad with travelers who can buy and deliver these items in 100% safe and secure way

Emad helps businesses and companies with SEO improve ranking in search engine results — Planning and executing SEO strategies for various big-brand companies. He is a highly motivated individual who is prepared to use the knowledge collected from his practices and experience as he started his career as a web hosting technical support in 2003. hehas created many WordPress sites from 2008 till now. He learned about digital marketing in 2010 and started his new career in digital marketing in 2011 as a content writer, managing social media accounts, creating ads, and finally moved to SEO in 2013.

Investment focus

Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Egypt

Portfolio highlights

egmenu — egmenu is a new social network platform focused on food and beverage. Discover your favorite restaurants and order what you want. Further, follow your favorite food bloggers, participate in a community of food enthusiasts, share your delicious meal, and get the best price for your order.

Hatem Dowidar

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, Real Estate
Seed, Post-IPO Equity
Egypt, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
Buseet — TRANSPORTATION FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES BUSEET is a Modern Bus Network, established in late 2016, offering everyday commuters convenient rides by modern shuttles operated under a state-of-art technology. We provide sustainable solutions from startups to corporates, guaranteeing a private-car-like experience with affordable
Vodafone — Vodafone is a leading technology communications company in Europe and Africa, keeping society connected and building a digital future. Find out more!

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.