Top 5 Angel Investors in Kazakhstan (May 2026)

Talgat Ismail

Investment focus

Industry: E-Learning, Apps, Biometrics
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Geography: Kazakhstan, Germany, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Pre-Seed $77k–$100k
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

Steppix — Access well structured online dance lessons that pull you in. Discover Steppix: professional dance floors and streaming dance classes to you live and on-demand.
Clockster — We help small and medium businesses cut HR overhead by automating payroll, attendance and more at no cost
Kid Security — Kid Security is a mobile application for child safety.

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General Partner & Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+ companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Personal angel investmentportfolio, overall company value nearing $3BN, follow-ons raised (>$150 MN) from Accel, Iconiq, Insight Ventures, EBRD, Techstars, Acrobator Ventures. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe."Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Moscow School of Management MBA (3 years).Portfolio: miro.com; harver.com; travelata.ru (co-founder); Chocofamily Holding: chocotravel.kz, chocolife.me, aviata.kz, chocomart.kz (exit), lensmark.kz, rahmet.kz, chocofood.kz, iDoctor.kz, HRbot; Newzmate.com (partial exit to Piano.io); storyterrace.com, getobjectiv.com; Crossss (sold to Leadhit); clockster.com; linkpizza.com; zakaz.ua; urbandine.nl; 6nomads.com, instreamatic.ai., omdena.com, aura-aware.com, awesomic.com, memoryOS.com, VC investments: leapfunder.com; respeecher.com; letsenhance.io; studyfree.org.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Geography: United States, The Netherlands, Kazakhstan

Investor stats

Total investments: 40
Round size: Seed $200k–$2M
Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
SuperWorld — The Virtual World mapped on top of the real world to create, discover and monetize content.
knopka — knopka - is an advanced automated nurse calling system that ensures help is provided on time. One-hour installation. Completely wireless. Compatible with cardiac monitors, fitness trackers, and smartwatches.

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Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Information Technology, Advertising
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Kazakhstan, Finland

Investor stats

Total investments: 13
Round size: Seed $500k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $235k–$700k
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zeely — Zeely is a website development platform designed to assist businesses in marketing their web pages. The company's platform allows businesses to create and promote websites without using codes or UI/UX designs, and these codes can be linked with Google Ads or other social media platforms to increase reach, allowing businesses to create awebpage based on AI and expand their audience network.
Kwaaka — Kwaaka is a subscription-based service that integrates Food Delivery services like Glovo, Wolt, Bolt Food, Deliveroo direct into restaurants’ point-of-sale systems, streamlining order taking processes and menu management through a single interface and eliminating the requirement for restaurant staff to monitor multiple devices and manually repunchorders into their existing system.
Yope — Salo is a discussion platform that erases the borders for people with diverse opinions to let anyone speak up and be heard.

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Adil joined I2BF in 2012 as an Investment Director and the Head of the Kazakh office for the Russia-Kazakhstan Nanotechnology Fund. His previous experience is diverse across fields such as law, business development and financial investments. He is a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor with a deep knowledge of the Central Asian market. Priorto joining I2BF, he spent 5 years in various executive positions executing investments for the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna and the Regional Financial Center of Almaty. Adil holds a degree in International Law, he has an MBA and MPA.

Investment focus

Industry: EdTech, FinTech, Lending
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Singapore, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Seed $700k–$700k; Pre-Seed $331k–$347k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

UvU Shuttle — UvU is a ride-sharing platform which connects parents with licensed vetted care-drivers on 4-seaters providing first-class transportation service for their kids to travel to school or extraclasses.
CTOgram — CTOgram is a Kazakhstan-Based Automotive Start-up.
Kilde — Hands-off regular income with up to 11.5% returns per year. Invest in consumer and SME loans with the leading lending firms.

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