# Top 45 Biotech Angel Investors in Middle East in October 2023 ## Yossi Ackerman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Organic, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage Joseph Ackerman, also known as Yossi, served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Security Systems Ltd. and Harpia Sistemas S.A. from 1996 to March 31, 2013. From 1994 to 1996, Joseph Ackerman served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Elbit Ltd.'s Defense Systems Division(EDS.). He joined Elbit Ltd. in 1982 and held various management positions, including General Manager of EFW, Senior Vice President of Operations Group, Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Advanced Battlefield Systems. He serves as the Chairman of MediGuide Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. and Elbit Systems Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Tadiran Communications Ltd. since August 2005. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. He served as the Vice Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from April 1, 2013 to November 19, 2013. He serves as a Director of Imagesat International N.v. He served as a Director of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. Joseph Ackerman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (the Technion). ## M. Cengiz Aydın - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology M. Cengiz Aydın ## Howard Morgan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Howard Morgan is currently the Chairman of B Capital. He co-founded First Round Capital with Josh Kopelman as the first professional Seed Stage Fund, where he remains Senior Advisor. Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Prior tohis move into the business of technology, Howard served as a professor at the Wharton School and the Moore School, both at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at Cornell University. He is also an Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley. Howard’s research on user interface technology and the optimization of computer networks was critical to bringing the ARPAnet to Philadelphia in the 1970s. Through this early internet participation, he helped corporate and government agencies use technology to improve the efficiency of both large and small organizations. He also has deep experience with very large databases, and served as the first Editor of the ACM Transactions on Database Systems Journal. Throughout his career, Howard has sought out great people and nurtured them so that they could realize their dreams. His mentees have included both PhD students researching a key topic, and early stage entrepreneurs building companies and taking them from seed stage through initial public offerings. He currently serves as a Director of Idealab, and he is on the board of several non-profits including Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and Math For America. He has also served on a number of public company Boards, including Franklin Electronic Publishers and Internet Brands, Inc. He was CEO of Kentek and Franklin during various turnover or transitional periods and in 1997 he was named Delaware Valley Entrepreneur of the Year. Howard is a respected author and a frequent speaker at major industry conferences. Howard received a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1968, and a BS in Physics from City College of the City University of New York in 1965. ## Candan Karabagli - Type: Angel - Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology Candan Karabagli - Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı, CHAIRMAN @ GS Yuasa ## Okan Erol - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, AgTech, Ad Exchange Okan co-founded Wordego and as CEO leads the company’s strategic, executive and managerial efforts. His executive management experience includes working as a Business Development Manager for French Chamber of Commerce, CEO for Imerys Minerals, CEO for Esen Minerals, and CEO for Steno Energy. Okan holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering fromGalatasaray University, an MBA from Sorbonne University and a PhD degree in Finance & Banking from Kadir Has University. ## Shimon Eckhouse - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Fitness Shimon Eckhouse ## Ahmed Abdelhamid - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Aerospace, Biopharma, Life Science Ahmed Abdelhamid is Partner at Endure Capital. He attended Vlerick Business School. ## Eyal Ravid - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sales, Marketing, Neuroscience Eyal Ravid ## Sake Bosch - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering. ## Eddy Shalev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software Eddy Shalev is an angel investor. Eddy is one of the best-known figures in the Israeli business community. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, ParadigmGeophysical and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect and Sensible Medical.Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992, when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firm’s corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ. ## Ariel Yaar - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, CRM Ariel Yaar - VP Research and Development @ Readz ## Berkay Mollamustafaoglu - Type: Angel - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Baby Berkay Mollamustafaoglu is the Co-Founder & CEO at OpsGenie. Prior to OpsGenie, Berkay was the CEO of iFountain, and held roles at several technology and consulting companies including Netuitive, Smarts, Ernst & Young, and Predictive Systems. Berkay holds a degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from METU. ## Zohar Zisapel - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Information Technology, Security Zohar Zisapel ## Danny Hadar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning For the last 10 years, I have been active within the Israeli and US startup ecosystems where I completed 20+ seed investments in companies such as Geoforce (acquired by LLR), Bonobo (acquired by Salesforce), Optitex (acquired by Efi), Keeprz (acquired by Como), Drippler (acquired by Soluto), Snyk (Unicorn) and few others. I am passionate for seedinvestments, creative ideas, risk taking and supporting entrepreneurs.Prior to that, I founded 2 companies, Blue Sky (Energy) and Sinusafe (Medical) after working as a software engineer for 7 years.I grew up in Israel, and lived in the US for 5 years while completing my MBA from Duke. I love all kinds of extreme sports, and particularly kite surfing and snowboarding. ## Marius Nacht - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Health Care Marius Nacht, one of Check Point’s founders, has served as Chairman of our board of directors since 2015. Nacht has also served as one of our directors since we were incorporated in 1993. From 1999 through 2005, Nacht held Senior Vice President roles at Check Point. Nacht earned a B.S. (cum laude) in Physics and Mathematics from the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem in 1983, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University in 1987. ## Bradley M. Bloom - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, Sports, Fitness Bradley M. Bloom is the Managing Director at Berkshire Partners. ## Temel Güzeloğlu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology Temel Güzeloğlu ## Sait Atınç - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device Sait Atinç graduated from METU Industrial Engineering Department in 1976. Between 1977-1979 at Türkiye İş Bankası; He worked in the field of education at SEGEM Industrial Training and Development Center between 1980-1982. He moved to the production sector in 1982 and served in different management positions in companies operating in the automotiveand defense industries. He worked as a manager in Production Planning, Project Management, Human Resources and Quality Systems at Türk Traktör, Hema Dişli and Roketsan for 25 years. During this period, he managed various projects in the fields of management information systems and human resources management. Between 1982-1994, he took part in various commissions of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and was a member of the editorial board of periodicals. Between 2000-2012, he gave trainings in the seminars of Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, Metal Employers' Union and similar professional organizations. Since 2008, he has been serving as a management consultant to institutions in the fields of "Materials Management", "Management Information Systems", "Human Resources Management" and "Quality Systems Management". ## Ali Rıza Babaoğlan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: TV, CRM, Apps I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com Web: https://alibabaoglan.com Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos ## Amnon Shashua - Type: Angel - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Natural Language Processing Professor Shashua is the President & CEO of Mobileye and a Senior Vice President at Intel Corporation. He also holds the Sachs Chair in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Widely regarded as a global expert in computer vision and machine learning, Shashua has published over 120 papers in the field of machine learning andcomputational vision, holds more than 90 patents, and has founded three startups in the fields of computer vision and machine learning.In 1999, he founded Mobileye, which is a widely recognized leader in automated driving and advanced driving assistance systems. Intel acquired Mobileye in 2017 for $15.3B. Today, more than 80 million cars rely on Mobileye technology to make their vehicles safer. Mobileye has revealed a production ready robotaxi, and offers a variety of autonomous mobility solutions.In 2019, Shashua was recognized as the Electronic Imaging (EI) Scientist of the Year by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) for his pivotal contributions to computer vision and machine learning, and for advancing autonomous driving and wearable assistive devices for the blind and visually impaired. Shashua and his team were also finalists in the European Inventor Awards of 2019, awarded by the European Patent Office, for their advanced driver assistance technology which is making roads safer worldwide. In 2020, Shashua was awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize (Future Category) for his ground-breaking work in artificial intelligence. ## Moshe Yanai - Type: Angel - Location: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series D - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Data Storage, Medical Moshe Yanai has been instrumental in the development of some of the most advanced and successful storage technologies in the history of the industry. Mr. Yanai began his career in the 1970s, building IBM-compatible mainframe storage based on minicomputer disks. He went on to develop high-end storage systems for Nixdorf, and in the late 1980s,joined EMC, leading the team that developed Symmetrix (today’s “DMX series”). As Vice President of EMC’s Symmetrix group, Mr. Yanai was responsible for design and development of all hardware and software products for EMC’s industry-leading enterprise storage systems. Based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, EMC’s Symmetrix group grew from only one employee in 1987 to more than 3500 under his leadership. Mr. Yanai graduated in 1975 from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology with a Bsc in Electrical Engineering. He holds over 40 patents for various innovative storage hardware and software-related technologies. ## Yehuda Zisapel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care Mr. Yehuda Zisapel (EE,MSc, MBA, DHC) is the founder and president of the RAD-Bynet Group, a leading pioneering association of Israeli companies active in the development, production and marketing of innovative solutions for the data communications industry, and Chairman of RAD. The RAD-Bynet Group grew out of Bynet Data Communications, whichMr. Zisapel founded in 1975 as a small private company that marketed data communications products. Bynet represented major international vendors and was the first to introduce cutting-edge technologies into the Israeli market. Today, the Bynet Group is comprised of eight companies active in both the Israeli and Eastern European markets in such fields as systems integration, cabling, testing, outsourcing, and software development. Following the arrival of Mr. Zisapel’s brother, Zohar, who joined him in 1981, a wide range of industrial activity was spawned from within the newly established RAD, the first of the RAD Group companies. In the years following its successful launch, twenty-four additional independent hi-tech companies were opened to develop, produce and market a wide variety of advanced data communications products. ## Jeffrey Berman - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Financial Services, FinTech Jeffrey Berman - General Partner @ Camber Creek ## Shai Rephaeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, EdTech, Medical Shai Rephaeli - Co-Founder and CEO @ Tutoria Digital ## Erdem Gülen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Local, Mobile, Medical I am who I am. ## Essam Abdelhadi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biopharma, Life Science, Biotechnology Essam Abdelhadi ## Dov Moran - Type: Angel - Location: Kfar Saba, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Semiconductor, Hardware, Health Care Dov Moran is the Managing Partner of Grove Ventures. He previously worked at modu as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO. Dov Moran attended Technion. ## Kobi Richter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Energy, Power Grid, Health Care Kobi Richter ## Judith Richter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Virtual Reality Judith Richter ## Arie Abecassis - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Neuroscience Arie Abecassis is the Co-Founder at ICONYC labs. ## Ebru Dorman - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Health Care, Apps, Fitness Ebru Dorman ## Henry Soesanto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food Henry Soesanto serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Monde Nissin Corporation. ## Erman Turan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: CRM, Apps, Mobile Erman Turan is an investor at Ekmob. ## Ömer Aras - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing Ömer Aras ## Emine Erdem - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology Emine Erdem ## Aytul Ercil - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A Aytul Ercil - Partner & CEO @ Vispera ## Ozlem Petek Hun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device Ozlem Petek Hun ## Ali Emre - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device Ali Emre, Arthur Andersen Turkey and NCR PDR Group founded in 1989, after working in Turkey. Initially tmı of Turkey's leading training and consulting firm founded by then Ali Emre group as its licensors, and is positioned as a first in its field.PDR Group, as organic and strategic partnerships, Turkey buying in and out and / orinorganic mergers road widened, and after some changes and additions, each continues to operate as a synergistic companies that carry out training and consultancy activities in their area.Ali Emre; He works on the advisory boards of different companies, and in his studies with stakeholders who aim to grow their business and take them to the next level, focusing on growth, increasing efficiency and competitive advantage, advises institutions on achieving results. ## Ron Sabar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care, Bioinformatics, Personal Health Dr. Ron Sabar, founder and CMO of Sabar Health. ## Nalan Uysal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Software, Biotechnology Nalan Uysal ## Sedat Eryilmaz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Sedat Eryilmaz is an angel investor based in Turkey. ## Shmuel Cabilly - Type: Angel - Location: Rehovot, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Artificial Intelligence Dr. Cabilly is a highly regarded scientist, an investor and an experienced Board Member of several companies. He is currently a Board Member of Medasense Biometrics Ltd. He previously worked for several companies including as the Co-Founder and a Chief Scientist of Ethrog Biotechnology which was sold to Invitrogen. Dr. Cabilly graduated fromthe Hebrew University (Ph.D., Immunology), and was a Post-Doctoral fellow at the City of Hope Research Institute heading a joint City of Hope/Genentech project where he developed a new technology for recombinant antibody production. This invention was patented in world patents “The old Cabilly” and “The New Cabilly patent”. Today there are already 20 drugs in the market based on this technology among which are Herceptin, Rituxan, Traceba, Raptiva, Xolair and more. ## Eytan Stibbe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Software Eytan M. Stibbe, the Founding Director of Vital Capital Fund, has been involved in investment in Africa for the past 26 years.
 Mr. Stibbe studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Bar Ilan University and completed his Masters in Business Administration at the European University in Belgium.Among his many professional accomplishments, Mr.Stibbe has worked extensively in initiating business and financing ventures worldwide, primarily in developing countries, including many countries in Africa. His vision and leadership have led to the initiation, implementation and successful completion of high-profile projects throughout this region, with a consistent focus on aligning humanitarian objectives with financial and business interests.Mr. Stibbe’s successes in this regard have become a hallmark of his involvement in any project or investment and have resulted in tangible improvements in the quality of life for tens of thousands of people.Mr. Stibbe is a founder and board member of the Centre for African Studies at Ben-Gurion University. ## Kerim Kotan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Medical Device Kerim Kotan ## Ole T. Jensen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device Ole T. Jensen # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co