# Top 50 Web3 Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in June 2026 ## 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. ## 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 ## 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. ## Dingaling ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Location: Delaware City, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Dingaling is an individual investor and crypto twitter celebrity. ## 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 ## 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. ## Chris 🐉 MON - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Chris 🐉 MON is Cofounder at Pixelmon and Monprotocol. ## 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. ## Scott Moore - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet Scott Moore is the Founder of Public Works. He previously worked at Ethereum as an Ecosystem Grants. Scott Moore attended the University of Toronto. ## Raza Beig - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, Apps, Blockchain Raza Beig is the CEO of Splash and Iconic and Director at Landmark Group. ## wale. moca - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 wale.moca is Doing research at Azuki. ## Giulio X. - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Internet Radio Giulio X is a co founder at LiquidX. ## NFTboi ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment NFTboi is the founder of BoiLabs. ## Miten Sampat - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Health Care, SaaS, Internet Miten Sampat - Building CRED @ CRED ## DCF GOD - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) DCF GOD ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## Prajit Nanu - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Martin Köppelmann - Type: Angel - Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Database Martin Köppelmann - Co-Founder & CEO @ Gnosis ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Srinivas Rao M - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Advice, Payments, Financial Services Srinivas Rao M is a CEO at T-Hub. ## Samih Toukan - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Jaynti Kanani - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon ## Prashant Malik - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Apps, Mobile Prashant Malik is a Co-Founder and Co-Creator of Apache Cassandra and an Investor at Shadowfax, UrbanClap, Innov8 Coworking, and OfBusiness. He is a dynamic technologist, who focuses on building, leading and incubating teams. Prashant attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Anurag Arjun - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Software Anurag Arjun is the Founder of Avail. Anurag Arjun attended Nirma Institute Of Technology. He previously worked at Polygon Technology as a Co-Founder. Anurag Arjun attended Nirma Institute Of Technology. ## Kartik Talwar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Kartik Talwar is the General Partner at A.Capital Ventures and Co-Founder at ETHGlobal. ## Elena 🌸 - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment Elena is researching and investing NFTs/ DeFi News. ## Amir Sarhangi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services Amir Sarhangi is the Founder and CEO of Skyfire Systems. He previously worked at Ripple as a VP of Product and Services. Amir Sarhangi attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times. ## Salman Butt - Type: Angel - Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Brand Marketing Salman Butt - Co-Founder & Chief Expansion Officer @ Salla ## Murali Kulala - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Murali Kulala is the CEO at Smart IT Frame. ## Vivek Seth - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Financial Exchanges Vivek Seth is a senior vice president @ ADNOC Logistics & Services. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Mike Dudas - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Mike Dudas is the founder and former CEO of The Block: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-block-crypto. Previously, he was the CRO and co-founder of from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. Mike Dudas was born on June 1, 1979. ## Hande Enes - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Social Media Hande Enes ## Gaurav Mehta - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Financial Exchanges Gaurav Mehta is a chairman of Best Oasis Limited and SPM Shipping DMCC. ## Christophe Lassuyt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, B2B Christophe Lassuyt co-founded Request Finance, the ultimate enterprise finance platform for crypto and fiat. The product helps Startups and Enterprises manage everything crypto and fiat: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounting, Payroll, Employee Expenses, Crypto Payments, and Fiat Payments to 170+ countries. ## Evan Van Ness - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Open Source Evan Van Ness ## Evan Luthra - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Blockchain EvanLuthra is an angel investor. ## Philipp Zentner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Founder & CEO of LI.FI ## Frederic Lardieg - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, SaaS Frederic is a partner at Mubadala Ventures Europe, based in London. ## Afzal Shaikh - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency CEO of HFM Global • Entrepreneur with 3 decades of experience across India, Middle-East and South East Asia • Have been in Gold trading business for more than a decade. ## VonDoom ☕️ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Gaming, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment VonDoom ia CoFounder at cmnd_line,loveless_city. ## Ivan Herasymenko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Ivan Herasymenko ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## Snowy August - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software Snowy August ## Deniz Devrim Cengiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Apps Deniz Devrim Cengiz ## Chinni Yasovardhan - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Financial Exchanges Chinni Yasovardhan is the Founder and Managing Director of Nan Lian Ship Management. He previously worked at Ship Management & Operations as a Technical Superintendent. Chinni Yasovardhan attended Narottam Morarjee Institute. ## Sergej Kunz - Type: Angel - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Cryptocurrency Co-Founder of 1inch Network, Software Engineer and Security Expert. ## Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, Blockchain, Marketplace Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi, family of Sharjah ## christopher ‏‏‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence ‏‏‎ ‏‏christopher is an angel investor.