Top 50 Travel Angel Investors in Middle East (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Elad Kushnir
Angel
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4 | Israel, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Gaming, Software, Travel | $1M–$35M |
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Orkun Samioglu
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Travel, Tourism | |
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Uri Levine
Angel
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3 | Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$12M |
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Genco Alp
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Gaming, Travel, Tourism | $250k–$400k |
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Burak Gözalan
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Travel, Tourism, Computer Vision | |
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Hande Enes
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $29k–$4.1M |
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Dan Adika
Angel
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2 | Israel, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Software, B2B | $1M–$7M |
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Lior Shiff
Angel
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2 | Israel, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Travel, Audio, Gaming | $1M–$9M |
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Nihan Colak Erol
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Travel, FinTech | |
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Orkun Tekin
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel, Series A | Travel, Tourism | |
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Musa Kasirga
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel | Rental, Travel, Boating | $113k–$146k |
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Amit Gilon
Angel
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2 | Israel, Spain, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $1.2M–$13M |
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Sinan Düztaş
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed | SaaS, Mobile, Travel | |
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Emre Eroğlu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel | Rental, Travel, Boating | $113k–$146k |
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Caglar Erol
Angel
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2 | Jordan, Turkey | Seed, Angel | Retail, Travel, Fashion | |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Travel, Leisure, Internet | $18k–$1.3M |
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Tal Shoham
Angel
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2 | Israel, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Mobile Apps, Gaming, Travel | |
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Sharjeel Sohail
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Travel, Software, Travel Agency | |
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Erhan Şatana
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Rental, Travel, Boating | |
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Roger Flynn
Angel
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1 | Israel | Travel, Leisure, Tourism | ||
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Demirhan Sener
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Customer Service, Artificial Intelligence | $113k–$1M |
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Mehmet Celikol
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Rental, Travel | $100k–$420k |
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Aviram Jenik
Angel
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1 | United States, South Korea, Israel | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Cyber Security, Machine Learning | $30k–$7M |
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Alvaro Garcia de Oteyza
Angel
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1 | Spain, United Arab Emirates | Seed | Apps, Mobile Apps, B2C | $347k–$1M |
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Scott Mackin
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Sweden, United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity | Software, Travel, Internet | $111k–$532k |
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Ayal Itzkovitz
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Quantum Computing, SaaS | $3M–$38M |
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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Germany, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Social Media, Apps, Mobile | |
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Sherif Hamed
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed | Solar, Energy, Events | |
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Ahmet Akyol
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Travel, E-Commerce, Travel Agency | ||
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Murat Tora
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Rental, Travel, Boating | $176k–$500k |
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Javad Javad
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Hotel, Travel, Travel Accommodations | |
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Mike Nelson
Angel
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Jamal El Dabal
Angel
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1 | Egypt | Seed | Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Talmon Marco
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Travel | $10M–$12M |
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Félix Charif Schaal
Angel
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Health Care, Fitness, Travel | $274k–$2.9M |
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Mohamed Aboshanab
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Pre-Seed | Legal Tech, Legal, Travel | $10k–$100k |
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Avi Meir
Angel
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1 | Spain, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Software, Gaming | $6M–$9M |
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Rafat Ali
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed | Travel, Tourism, Hospitality | |
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Murat Bekiroğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Rental, Travel, Boating | |
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Khalid AlTawil
Angel
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1 | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Gaming, eSports | $165k–$1.2M |
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Software, Social Media | $11k–$1.9M |
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Stephen Ross
Angel
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed | Food and Beverage, SaaS, Hotel | $7M–$25M |
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Soha Nashaat
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | Hotel, Travel, E-Commerce | |
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Mohammed Shafik
Angel
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1 | Egypt, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Angel | Local, Travel, Leisure | |
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Moshe Rafiah
Angel
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1 | Israel | Travel, Leisure, Tourism | ||
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Eilon Reshef
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed, Series B | B2B, SaaS, Software | |
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Hayk Tovmasyan
Angel
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1 | Cyprus | Seed, Corporate Round | Travel | |
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Mustafa Mert Işık
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Travel, Tourism | |
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Burak Şen
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel, Series A | SaaS, Beauty, Mobile | |
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Elad Kushnir
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- Industry: Gaming, Software, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.4M; Series B $35M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Localbird — Explore unique experiences, on-demand services, rentals, you name it.
- Celery — Celery is an internal auditing and control platform, designed to automate critical and time-consuming processes and prevent costly mistakes.
- Mad Brain Games — Challenge your brain with this fun, free word scapes game!Solve puzzles to save the farm! Word Farm Adventure Game Save...
Orkun Samioglu - Managing Partner @ Ipera Group
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- otelz.com — Established in 2013 in Istanbul, Otelz has emerged as a prominent player in the digital travel industry. As part of our mission to simplify global exploration, we are utilizing cutting-edge technology to seamlessly connect millions of travelers with unforgettable experiences, and a wide spectrum of accommodations, ranging from cozy homes toluxurious hotels, and beyond.Our platform empowers properties worldwide to expand their reach and thrive in the global market. With our presence in 17 languages and a vast portfolio exceeding 800K+ reported accommodation listings, , we ensure that your customer's desires are effortlessly fulfilled. Whether embarking on a grand adventure or planning a quiet getaway, Otelz is the trusted companion, offering hassle-free booking backed by round-the-clock customer support.
Uri Levine is the Founder, Chairman and Board member of Waze. He previously worked at HERE Technologies as a Board Member. Uri Levine attended Tel Aviv University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $3.2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Engie — Connecting Cars with service providers- Engie's technology provides remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance information in a simple way, to make car repairs easy and efficient
- SeeTree — SeeTree is an "Intelligence Platform for Trees" providing per-tree intelligence to growers to track their trees’ health and productivity. Using rich sources of information such as drones, satellites, IoT sensors, weather information and more, we can scan and analyze hundreds of millions of trees!
- WeSki — WeSki allows you to compare endless ski holiday combinations, find the best deals and build your perfect ski holiday package, in just few clicks.
Genco Alp is the Founder and CEO at Lokum Games.
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- Industry: Gaming, Travel, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $250k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- otelz.com — Established in 2013 in Istanbul, Otelz has emerged as a prominent player in the digital travel industry. As part of our mission to simplify global exploration, we are utilizing cutting-edge technology to seamlessly connect millions of travelers with unforgettable experiences, and a wide spectrum of accommodations, ranging from cozy homes toluxurious hotels, and beyond.Our platform empowers properties worldwide to expand their reach and thrive in the global market. With our presence in 17 languages and a vast portfolio exceeding 800K+ reported accommodation listings, , we ensure that your customer's desires are effortlessly fulfilled. Whether embarking on a grand adventure or planning a quiet getaway, Otelz is the trusted companion, offering hassle-free booking backed by round-the-clock customer support.
- SuperGears Games — SuperGears Games offers mobile game studio with a specialization in racing games. Mobile racing game platform that redefines the mobile gaming experience
- Chooch — Chooch is a hospital inventory management system that uses Vision AI to keep supply rooms accurate in real time. No scanning, no counting, replenishment on autopilot.
Burak Gözalan - Owner @ Pure New Media
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Computer Vision
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- otelz.com — Established in 2013 in Istanbul, Otelz has emerged as a prominent player in the digital travel industry. As part of our mission to simplify global exploration, we are utilizing cutting-edge technology to seamlessly connect millions of travelers with unforgettable experiences, and a wide spectrum of accommodations, ranging from cozy homes toluxurious hotels, and beyond.Our platform empowers properties worldwide to expand their reach and thrive in the global market. With our presence in 17 languages and a vast portfolio exceeding 800K+ reported accommodation listings, , we ensure that your customer's desires are effortlessly fulfilled. Whether embarking on a grand adventure or planning a quiet getaway, Otelz is the trusted companion, offering hassle-free booking backed by round-the-clock customer support.
- Chooch — Chooch is a hospital inventory management system that uses Vision AI to keep supply rooms accurate in real time. No scanning, no counting, replenishment on autopilot.
Hande Enes
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4.1M; Angel $50k–$280k; Pre-Seed $29k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.
Dan Adika Before co-founding WalkMe, Dan was a software engineer at HP. Prior to that, Dan completed with honors a 6 year tenure in the Army’s elite computing unit.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $4M–$7M; Pre-Seed $1M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enso — Go-to-market with enso in places only agents can find demand. We deploy AI agents across the channels your buyers use to growth hack your way to customers.
- CareBestie —
- Quack — Get your team the power to resolve user issues right away.
Lior Shiff is based out of London, England, and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tripledot Studios and also the Board of Director of ZOE. Lior Shiff previously worked at Luna Labs as a Co-Founder and Director. Lior Shiff attended Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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- Industry: Travel, Audio, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Born — SLAY is a social gaming company.
- Froot Pops — Froot Pops brings a household obsession to the freezer aisle with its signature chocolate-dipped fruit. Originally perfected at home to satisfy a best friend's snack cravings.
- Odeeo — People play casual games to relax and have fun. So it’s no wonder the world’s 2.7bn free2play mobile gamers find aggressive full-screen ads annoying. Odeeo’s audio ad platform gets gamers. It’s built to amplify the in-game experience by overlaying contextual audio ads that players actually want to hear. For game developers, that meansmonetizing untapped in-game real estate and boosting incremental ad revenue—without hurting retention.For leading brands, it means cutting through the noise to target an attentive audience at ultra scale in an immersive brand-safe environment. And gamers? They can just play on!
Nihan Colak Erol - Founder & COO @ Wingie Enuygun Group
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- Industry: Travel, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Orkun Tekin is the Co-Founder and CRO at Otelz.com.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- otelz.com — Established in 2013 in Istanbul, Otelz has emerged as a prominent player in the digital travel industry. As part of our mission to simplify global exploration, we are utilizing cutting-edge technology to seamlessly connect millions of travelers with unforgettable experiences, and a wide spectrum of accommodations, ranging from cozy homes toluxurious hotels, and beyond.Our platform empowers properties worldwide to expand their reach and thrive in the global market. With our presence in 17 languages and a vast portfolio exceeding 800K+ reported accommodation listings, , we ensure that your customer's desires are effortlessly fulfilled. Whether embarking on a grand adventure or planning a quiet getaway, Otelz is the trusted companion, offering hassle-free booking backed by round-the-clock customer support.
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Angel $113k–$146k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
Amit Gilon is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Israel, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ealyx — Ealyx is a B2B SaaS for e-commerce that enables customers to pay for new purchases with old items.Its objective is to make a significant global contribution to the necessary reforms in the existing take-make-waste consumption model.
- Loora — Unlock your full potential with Loora, your very own AI English tutor. Engage in real conversations with Loora anytime, anywhere, and on any topic!
- Localbird — Explore unique experiences, on-demand services, rentals, you name it.
Sinan Düztaş
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.
Emre Eroğlu
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Angel $113k–$146k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
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.
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- Industry: Retail, Travel, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Jordan, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
- ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
Kıvılcım Çaylı is the author of "Startup Investor's Handbook", a technology company investor with 18 investments in 5 countries, management consultant, and private equity professional.He holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration), CPEP™ (Chartered Private Equity Professional), and FMVA® (Financial Modeling & ValuationAnalyst) degrees and a Capital Markets Activities License Level 3. After many years of corporate business experience in global companies and entrepreneurial experience in the companies he founded, he has contributed to the growth journey of nearly a hundred companies in his management consultancy career.He is the CEO of Kanvas Management Consultancy Company and Kılıç Çaylı & Partners Law Office and Private Equity & Venture Capital (PE & VC) Director & Partner at Financial Axis A.Ş. | GGI. He makes his personal investments under the Pareto Ventures brand.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fonbulucu — fonbulucu is a crowding funding platform that provide innovative financing and investment system benefit to entrepreneurs and investors.
- 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.
- UnderTheDoormat — UnderTheDoormat Group is a prop-tech company that empowers property owners, portfolio owners and property companies to generate higher income through the short-term rental industry. Our mission is to help every property fulfil its potential every day, by to connecting them with quality guests through our 3 products.Firstly, we operate short termrentals for those who don’t have the capabilities - UnderTheDoormat London has 300 units across the city, including the flagship aparthotel 3 Sloane Gardens operated on behalf of Cadogan Estate. Secondly, we distribute for providers who can provide quality hospitality, but not distribution. The tech landscape in short term rentals is hugely fragmented, and our B2B SaaS platform Hospiria integrates the stack so property companies and managers have a ready-made platform so they can focus on what they’re good at - hosting guests. And finally, our TrustedStays platform is the world’s first platform which connects professional home rentals with Government and Corporate procurement. Until now, short-term rentals haven’t been able to enter this world, and we’re connecting it.All three arms enable owners to earn higher return from short term accommodation.
Angel investor | Games Industry and Ad-tech Executive | Board Member | Tedooo Co-Founder I PeerPlay Co-Founder
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Gaming, Travel
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PeerPlay — PeerPlay is a casual mobile games powerhouse
- Localbird — Explore unique experiences, on-demand services, rentals, you name it.
- Supersonic Studios — SuperSonic designs a mobile advertising technology platform that grows business by building a platform powered by advanced technology. Its mobile advertising technology platform optimizes user acquisition strategy by combining data from other tracking platforms, enabling developers to increase their revenue and find the users for theirapplications.
Technology and people leader
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- Industry: Travel, Software, Travel Agency
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tripotap — Tripotap is a revolutionary travel-tech platform dedicated to providing personalized and sustainable travel experiences. Leveraging advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Tripotap transforms the way travelers discover, plan, and book their journeys.Our platform curates tailoredtravel itineraries based on user preferences and behaviors, offering a seamless experience from exploration to booking. Key features include immersive AR/VR previews, allowing users to virtually explore destinations before committing, and AI-driven recommendations for eco-conscious excursions and cultural events.Tripotap is committed to sustainability, promoting environmentally responsible tourism options and supporting local businesses. By prioritizing eco-friendly tours and authentic cultural experiences, we aim to enrich travelers’ journeys while fostering a positive impact on communities and the environment.Based in Dubai, Tripotap is positioned at the intersection of innovation and tourism, targeting tech-savvy millennials, Gen Z travelers, and environmentally conscious adventurers. With a mission to make travel seamless, memorable, and responsible, Tripotap aspires to become a global leader in the sustainable travel industry.Whether you're planning a weekend getaway or a cross-continental adventure, Tripotap simplifies the process and ensures every journey is unique and meaningful.
Erhan Şatana is the former CEO of Garanti BBVA Mortgage.
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
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Browse database — It's Free!Roger is a Chairman and investor in travel, media and technology businesses that have the potential to disrupt their markets. He is also a recognised public speaker on transformational change, disruption, leadership, culture and innovation. Roger is Chairman at Luxtripper, D R Communications, Clearvac Group, Decisive Media and NED at CookeOptics. Roger was Chairman of Loveholidays from 2011 to 2018, during which the business grew from launch to £500m in revenues and was sold to private equity investor Livingbridge for £180m. Roger was Chairman of Olive Communications which was sold in February 2021 to OneCom backed by LDC and Masstech Innovations Inc., which was sold in March 2021 to Telestream.Previous roles have included Chief Executive at BBC Ventures Group, Commercial Director at Virgin Communications, Head of World Sales and Distribution at British Airways, Managing Director of Prudential Retail and President International at SDI Media Group, a Warburg Pincus backed management buyout.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Tourism
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeSki — WeSki allows you to compare endless ski holiday combinations, find the best deals and build your perfect ski holiday package, in just few clicks.
Demirhan Sener is the Limited Partner at StartupFon. Additionally, Demirhan Sener has had 1 past job as the CEO at Multinet UP.
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- Industry: Software, Customer Service, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Angel $113k–$1M; Pre-Seed $200k–$530k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Capoom — SaaS website template for an AI code assistant that helps you write code faster with less work. It caters to the business of the AI code industry for programmers and developers. Showcase AI coding capabilities with a Webflow template designed for artificial intelligence code.
- Mobiloto — Mobiloto is a fintech-powered mobility platform that enables individual users to manage and pay for everyday vehicle expenses—such as fuel, maintenance, service, and tires—through a single app. By aggregating individual users into a digital fleet, Mobiloto provides access to fleet-level pricing and smarter purchasing advantages that are typicallyavailable only to large companies. The platform simplifies vehicle spending, increases transparency, and helps users save time and money by centralizing payments, service bookings, and expense management in one seamless experience.
- Kazayaptim — Kazayaptim is an in-vehicle integrated security solution that, with its continuously developed technological infrastructure, can intervene within seconds not only in the event of an accident, but also in all vehicle-related emergency situations, to provide fast, reliable, and closest support point services to people who have had an accident withtheir vehicle. offers.
Mehmet Celikol
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- Industry: EdTech, Rental, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $100k–$420k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
- 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.
- Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.
Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur. Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies
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- Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Machine Learning
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $30k–$7M; Angel $135k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$275k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SplxAI — SplxAI provides the most comprehensive platform for AI Security Testing and Red Teaming, ensuring your AI Assistants and Agents are secure and reliable from build to runtime.
- StealthMole — Uncover hidden threats in the dark web and enhance your cybersecurity with StealthMole's advanced dark web threat intelligence platform. Learn more.
- Tribe Money Pools — An early stage Seattle-based fintech startup building a digital platform to streamline how groups share and manage their finances.
Alvaro Garcia de Oteyza
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, B2C
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Spain, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $347k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dribo — Dribo is the ONLY app that allows you to get your driving license with your mobile easily, comfortably and economically.
- Mr. Noow — HABANERO88 adalah situs website terbesar ke satu Asia slot gacor resmi dari Thailand dengan akreditas resmi dan terpercaya di indonesia No#1.
- HiGuests — Property Management Services. - Profile Management - Check in & Check out - Cleaning & Laundry - Guest Care - Real Estate Consulting
Scott George Mackin is based out of London and is the Partner of Denham Capital. Scott previously worked at Covanta Energy Corporation as a CEO. Scott George Mackin attended the University of Michigan Law School.
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- Industry: Software, Travel, Internet
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: United Kingdom, Sweden, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $111k–$532k
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OMA Mind — Connect with qualified mental health practitioners, ready and available round the clock.
- Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
- Views For Change — Social Impact SAAS platform transforming marketing performance by harnessing the power of charitable donations as consumer rewards.
Ayal Itzkovitz - Managing Partner @ Pitango VC
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- Industry: Software, Quantum Computing, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $4.5M–$15M; Series A $11M–$30M; Series B $3M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nexite — Nexite is an AI platform for physical retail that tracks real-time in-store behavior and tells you exactly what to do to improve conversion.
- Localbird — Explore unique experiences, on-demand services, rentals, you name it.
- Quantum Source — Quantum Source is on a clear path to the most powerful, cost-effective, practical photonic quantum computer. Learn more.
Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.
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- Industry: Social Media, Apps, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Letz — Letz is a mobile app that lets you find available people for all activities to hang out with.
- Missafir — Missafir creates value both for homeowners and short/mid term house rental guests. Missafir’s comprehensive services including profile management on more than 15 platforms, dynamic pricing and tech-enabled operational support services enable homeowners to rent their homes through a fast, reliable, high-profit and stress-free model. On theother side, 24/7 service support, concierge and cleaning services, provide 5-star hotel quality experience to the guests.
- Influanza — Influanza is an influencer marketing platform for startups. Influanza is a marketplace that connects video creators with marketers who want to sponsor their content.
Chairman & Founder @ TSH Group of Companies LTD
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Events
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TSH Group of Companies LTD — TSH Group of Companies is a trading and development company that offers commercial, hospitality, Events, FM, and freight services.
Ahmet Akyol is one of the founding partners of Speed Medya and Manivela Ventures.
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- Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, Travel Agency
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Turna — Compare all airlines and find the cheapest air ticket prices immediately.
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Browse database — It's Free!Managing Partner at Innovera AS & Co-Founder AtarLabs AS
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $176k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fizbot — Fizbot enables real estate consultants to easily keep up with the speed and needs of the service industry. It is a technology assistant designed for the real estate industry. For eneuiry email and telephone number is available on their website.
- heybooster — Heybooster is a provider of analytical tools to ecommerce companies to take better digital marketing decisions.
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
Javad Javad
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- Industry: Hotel, Travel, Travel Accommodations
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RODIN — Rodin is a travel startup company in hostel industry, managing B2C hostel chain and some accommodation businesses. Also, Rodin is releasing the travel apps for Istanbul called Rodin Istanbul, as well as other travel apps based on Rodin's operational locations. Furthermore, Rodin is planning to penetrate the B2B market by releasing the hostelplatform. Rodin is the company that solves problems of the travelers by providing budget-friendly short-term accommodations, including the travel information and related digital products and services.
Mike Nelson, former CEO of Global Travel Insurance at Allianz.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faye — Whole-trip travel insurance that goes the distance to cover you at every step of your journey with incredible coverage, 24/7 travel care, instant claims processing and more.
Jamal El Dabal
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tripdizer — Tripdizer is a travel tech startup based in Egypt. Tripdizer offers an end to end solution by offering personalized itineraries to travelers that resonate with their budget and interests, using a homegrown algorithm integrated with AI, to ensure an optimized travel experience based on the inputs of thousands of other travelers.
Talmon Marco is currently the CEO and co-founder of Juno - a new approach to ride sharing. At Juno, drivers are truly partners by earning ownership in the company with every ride they take.Prior to Juno, Marco co-founded and sat as CEO of Viber which was sold in early 2014. Talmon has also co-founded and sat as CEO for both ExpandNetworks and later iMesh. Talmon, who was born in Israel, completed a degree in Computer Science and Management from Tel-Aviv University and later moved to the United States.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $10M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Firmbase — Firmbase is the modern financial planning and analysis platform for tech companies. Our founders have strong leadership, product and software development experience from Facebook, Stanford and Unit 8200. Our group of top-tier investors include unicorn startup founders and senior executives from Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
- Localbird — Explore unique experiences, on-demand services, rentals, you name it.
- Waltz — Waltz Makes Buying Property in the USA as a Foreigner Investing in US Real Estate Simple With Various Financing Options for Non-U.S Citizens. Call Us Today!
Felix Schaal is an engineer and angel investor based out of Europe.He co-founded the German direct marketing company Felix has been also the chairman of the advisory board ofPrior to starting his entrepreneurial career, Felix has worked at His investments include Berlin-based startups such as Felix is also an active supporter of non profit organizations, e.g.
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- Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $274k–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Feedr — Probieren Sie Deutschlands Top Catering Service | EatFirst
- HealthUnlocked — We are the world's largest online support network. Ask questions. Get answers. Talk to others who've been there before. #UnlockYourHealth
- Circle Medical — Circle Medical is an online medical clinic that provides a better primary care experience. Book a telehealth appointment with one of our doctors today!
Mohamed Aboshanab is a cross-border operator and builder who leads Global Expat and a family of ventures at the intersection of international tax, immigration, and company formation. He specializes in turning complex, multi-jurisdictional requirements into clear, productized services for remote entrepreneurs, creators, and globally distributedteams.His experience spans structuring businesses across key hubs, opening compliant banking and payments rails, securing tax residency and immigration pathways, and setting up governance and reporting that withstand regulatory scrutiny. Mohamed works hands-on with founders and investors to design operating models, negotiate with service providers and free-zone authorities, and align legal, tax, and financial workflows so teams can launch and scale across markets.As an operator-investor, he helps early teams validate offers, build distribution, and form durable partnerships. He is known for practical execution: drafting playbooks, assembling specialist counsel, coordinating filings, and moving clients from intent to live operations. Alongside venture building, he creates educational content and executive briefings that demystify cross-border strategy, giving leaders a straightforward path to compliance, resilience, and growth.
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- Industry: Legal Tech, Legal, Travel
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Pre-Seed $10k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IQAMA — IQAMA #IQAMA An Iqama is a residence permit that is issued to foreign nationals who have entered a country and is needed to establish legal residency status in a country It's also required if you want to gain further employment, access services, and travel inside and outside of the country Coming Soon #ComingSoon
- Global Expat — Global Expat offers services that assist individuals and businesses in managing international mobility, tax optimization, and residency planning. Their offerings include guidance on offshore business structuring, banking, and tax solutions tailored for emerging to mid-sized international and virtual companies. Additionally, they provide support forobtaining second citizenships and navigating global tax strategies. Through their platform, clients can access resources such as strategy consultations, community engagement, and educational content. The company positions itself as a resource for those seeking to optimize their global presence and financial strategies.
- Great London — Great London is an independent research institute that focuses on shaping evidence-based policies for the sustainable and competitive growth of London. The organization examines governance structures, economic systems, and urban innovation to recommend practical solutions for a more effective city framework. Its research covers areas such asenhanced devolution to give London governance powers comparable to other major global cities, economic growth that supports entrepreneurship while reducing regulatory burdens, and digital transformation for public services. It also studies affordable housing models inspired by global examples and promotes sustainable infrastructure aligned with net-zero and climate goals. Through data-driven research, the institute provides insights that help policymakers and stakeholders plan for London’s long-term development and global relevance.
Avi Meir is the Co-Founder & CEO of TravelPerk, a ground-breaking business travel platform offering companies of any size a one-stop-shop to book & manage all their travel in one place. TravelPerk is one and one of the fastest-growing tech startups in Europe and raised $14m from some of the world's leading investors including SparkCapital, famous for Twitter, Trello and Slack• Prior to founding TravelPerk, Avi was Co-Founder of Hotel Ninjas, which was acquired by Booking.com in 2014, and VP Product at Budgetplaces.com, which was acquired by Palamon in 2011• Avi is started writing code when he was 12 years old, holds an MBA from IESE, and is a frequent speaker about travel technology in industry events• He lived in three countries and speaks English, French, Spanish, Hebrew and Klingon
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Spain, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $6M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pensero AI — Pensero is the system of record for the agentic workforce, agent performance, cost per unit of work, and agentic transformation tracked live.
- Freeverse.io — The home of Living Assets: NFT 2.0. Evolving - Scalable - Multicurrency - Sustainable - Certifiable.Freeverse’s mission is to bring true ownership of 'living' digital assets (such as NFTs) into the mainstream. Born from a simple idea of allowing gamers to trade their in-game assets among themselves, legally, for real money,Freeverse's ambition is to revolutionize the concept of 'digital ownership', where users truly own their digital assets, yet permitting companies and content creators the right to control how those assets are used within their applications.To accomplish our mission, we have created a platform that allows the creation of 'Living Assets' - NFTs that can be traded freely among users, but whose properties are regulated by their initial creators. We go beyond the concept of 'static'-NFTs (collectibles) and permit NFTs to evolve and change according to how they are actually used. We are funded by leading European tech VCs.
- WeSki — WeSki allows you to compare endless ski holiday combinations, find the best deals and build your perfect ski holiday package, in just few clicks.
Rafat Ali is the CEO and Founder of Skift. Rafat Ali attended Indiana University Bloomington and Aligarh Muslim University.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Hospitality
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DHARMA — Travel-brand-as-a-service
- El Camino Travel — El Camino curates group trips for solo travelers. We empower better travel experiences. Members save $250 on trips.
Murat Bekiroğlu
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
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Browse database — It's Free!Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Gaming, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $165k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
- GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
- Glamera — Glamera B2B2C: SaaS platform to power beauty salons, spa, Gym and barber shops, to optimize sales, booking, marketing, inventory and HR. Glamera White Label: Every service provider can create his own website, to help his customer in pre-booking his services. Glamera B2C: Mobile application for end user to book beauty and wellness appointment.
Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $11k–$1.9M; Angel $15k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Influanza — Influanza is an influencer marketing platform for startups. Influanza is a marketplace that connects video creators with marketers who want to sponsor their content.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
Stephen M. Ross is based out of Florida, New York and is the Co-Founder of Lit Thinking. Stephen attended the University of Michigan.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, SaaS, Hotel
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series B $7M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $20M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Homebound — Homebound is a modern homebuilding concept delivering a better, more personal way to build homes.
- DHARMA — Travel-brand-as-a-service
- Healthe — Healthe is a developer of circadian and biological lighting products intended to help regulate the body's circadian clock. For over 20 years its scientists have been adapting technology from NASA and the ISS to engineer products that use the natural power of the sun to sustain, protect and optimize indoor environments. The company wasfounded in 2018 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.
Soha Nashaat served as Strategic Advisor To The Executive Chairman of SHUAA Capital psc since January 20, 2014. Nashaat served as a Senior Advisor of Barclays Bank (Suisse). She is a high-calibre leader with global, multi touch experience and expertise in building client-centric financial organizations. She has private and institutional clients.Nashaat served as Chief Executive Officer of Wealth Middle East & North Africa at Barclays PLC. Nashaat served as Head of Middle East of Barclays Private Bank Limited. Nashaat joined Barclays Bank in June 2006. Nashaat served as Managing Director and Head of Middle East Team of Barclays Bank plc, United Arab Emirates. Nashaat served as the Chief Executive Officer of Middle East and North Africa of Barclays Wealth Management. She established the footprint and operations for the wealth management business. Prior to Barclays, Nashaat had a distinguished career at Merrill Lynch, where she served leadership positions in New York, Buenos Aires and London, including responsibility for the offshore Middle East business for London, Geneva and Monaco as well as creating the Institutional Client Group serving small and mid-size institutions across Europe and the Middle East. She serves as a Member of the Board of Barclays Bank (Suisse). She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment and on the International Committee for Barnard College, Columbia University. Nashaat is widely recognized as a Leader in financial services and a leading Business Woman, including "Woman Banker of the year 2007" by Businesswomen and Leaders Achievements Awards, "Leading Business Women in the Arab World" by the Financial Times in 2007 and 2008, "Top 100 women in Finance" by Financial News (Dow Jones) and was ranked 23rd among the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" in 2011 by Arabian Business.
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- Industry: Hotel, Travel, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TravelerVIP — The leading source brandable domain names. Competitive prices. Excellent service. Get your domain name today.
Mohammed Shafik is the Co-founder and CFO of Go.dayuse.
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- Industry: Local, Travel, Leisure
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Godayuse — Godayuse is world's first portal specializes only in featuring day activities to help people break their routine without having to travel
- HyperSpace — Hyperspace is a permanent ticketed experiential attraction developer that creates, builds, operates, and funds attractions. Founded in 2020 and is based inDubai, AE.
Moshe Rafiah is CEO & Founder at Travelfusion. He attended his education at Boston University.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Tourism
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeSki — WeSki allows you to compare endless ski holiday combinations, find the best deals and build your perfect ski holiday package, in just few clicks.
Eilon Reshef is an entrepreneur, an executive and (to a lesser degree) an investor in the internet and software spaces. Over the years, he has incepted, built and marketed software, carrying out diverse responsibilities (inception, technology, engineering, product management, marketing, and general management) in both hands-on and managementcapacities.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Demostack — Deliver tailored demos that drive discovery, build connection, and win more business.
- RoutePerfect — Routeperfect is a trip-planning tool that helps you create a perfect trip based on your budget & style.
Hayk Tovmasyan is a ceo of Imperia Holding Company Group.
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- Industry: Travel
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Cyprus
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- eTOLLs EU — The eTOLLs EU app is a convenient way to pay tolls and avoid cash lanes on toll roads. It also provides helpful alerts about toll prices and helps you plan your route by giving you cost estimates for your trip. This way, you can get to your destination smoothly and without any unexpected surprises.
Mustafa Mert Işık
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- otelz.com — Established in 2013 in Istanbul, Otelz has emerged as a prominent player in the digital travel industry. As part of our mission to simplify global exploration, we are utilizing cutting-edge technology to seamlessly connect millions of travelers with unforgettable experiences, and a wide spectrum of accommodations, ranging from cozy homes toluxurious hotels, and beyond.Our platform empowers properties worldwide to expand their reach and thrive in the global market. With our presence in 17 languages and a vast portfolio exceeding 800K+ reported accommodation listings, , we ensure that your customer's desires are effortlessly fulfilled. Whether embarking on a grand adventure or planning a quiet getaway, Otelz is the trusted companion, offering hassle-free booking backed by round-the-clock customer support.
Burak Şen
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- Industry: SaaS, Beauty, Mobile
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yeniben.com — Yeniben brings transparency to the elective medical & aesthetic treatment market which represents a wide range of services—from a simple skin treatment to cosmetic surgery. At the heart of Yeniben is a community of people sharing personal experiences, unbiased stories, and candid advice. Hundreds of medical experts also participate onYeniben. Doctors and clinicians have posted over one thousand answers to questions and routinely upload educational videos, special offers, and patient before & after photos. The company is an Istanbul based startup and has achieved profitability.
- Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.
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Shizune has monitored hundreds of funding sources since 2020.
Our investor database is updated every day, so investor data is always fresh.
All metrics are calculated from confirmed public rounds, so the data is accurate.
Can I download investor list?
To download the Travel Angel Investors in Middle East investor list, create a Shizune account. This investor list will be added to your saved investors and available for download in the export section.
You can also enrich the investor list with investor emails, phones, LinkedIns, and other contact data.
Can I access investor database?
To access all 48,091 angel investors investing in Middle East Travel startups and 48,091+ more investors, create a Shizune account.
Shizune has a database of 48,091 investors. Our investor database is fresh and updated daily.
The Shizune investor database has information on investor investment focus, investor contact data, and full investor portfolio since 2020.
You can enrich with email and download the data.
Does Shizune have investor emails and contacts?
Shizune enriches investors with contact data that includes: email, phones, LinkedIn, socials, website, and others.
To guarantee the highest discovery rate, we search across 20+ contact search tools.
To maximize delivery rate and reduce bounce rate, we validate emails.
You can enrich your investor list with Shizune. Download it too.
What is Shizune?
Shizune is a 48,091 investor database updated daily.
With Shizune you can:
- browse the database
- use smart matching
- enrich with emails
- download
All you need to find investors for your startup.
Who is Shizune for?
Shizune is built for startup founders by startup founders.
If you are looking for funding for your startup, try the Shizune database — we have investors for every stage, industry, and country.
Is Shizune free?
Shizune is free forever. You can search and browse investors for free.
Email search and export are paid features.
For full info, visit our pricing.
Who built Shizune?
Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.
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