# Top 50 Enterprise Angel Investors in United Arab Emirates in October 2023 ## Musaab Hakami - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software GP. Ex-Entrepreneur. Ex-Computer Engineer. Angel Investor. BoD. Ex-CCO & CFO @trySaryApp ## Chantalle Dumonceaux - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Chantalle Dumonceaux ## Arya Bolurfrushan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Education Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010. ## Hosam Arab - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: B2B, Retail, Banking Hosam Arab ## Walid Hanna - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Search Engine, Billing, Internet Walid Hanna is Founder and CEO at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) ## Magnus Olsson - Type: Angel - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media Magnus Olsson is the Founder and Managing Director at Careem. ## Jonathan Doerr - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing - Focus: Credit, Retail, FinTech Jonathan Doerr is the CEO of Daraz. Prior to this, Jonathan served as the managing director of Jumia Nigeria. ## Shravan Shroff - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Travel Accommodations, Travel, Local Shravan at various times has spoken at A league universities and campuses of the Symbiosis, IITs and IIMs. He has been sharing his thoughts and expertise on not just robust business models but also the unique worth of humane and ethical business practices in the process of value creation for the benefit of the coming management generation.Shravan’s efforts have not gone unnoticed as he is often acknowledged through numerous awards and recognitions including Society magazines Top 100 achievers(2005), India Today Young Guns Top 50(2005), STAR screen distribution and exhibition award and many more.Shravan’s name also figures in t Apart from this, Shravan is invited to address institutions like Chicago Business School, INSEAD, Symbiosis, IIT’s and IIM campuses from time to time and to speak at prestigious media events such as the IIFA Awards, FICCI and India Retail Summit.He is an active member of the Mumbai chapter of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) a US based non-profit organization, as well as Mumbai Angels, which is a unique platform to start up and very early stage companies by bringing them face to face with successful entrepreneurs, professionals and executives who are interested in and have the funds available to invest in start up companies.Shravan has also been chosen by the UB Group in its McDowell’s Signature Campaign as an ‘Icon of Success’. In 2005, Shravan was invited by the I& B Ministry to join the Censor Board of India as a member. Shravan was also the Co-Chairman of the Entertainment Sub-Committee of CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Mumbai for the year 2004-2005.Shravan’s entrepreneurship has been recognised all over India.He lives in Mumbai with his wife Shunali and daughters Zara and Rania ## Al Shafar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Shafar ## omar bajarash - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: SaaS, Payments, Logistics omar bajarash ## Christian Kunz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Internet Christian Kunz, Head of Group Strategy and Innovation at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) - Shaping the Future of Finance in the region. ## n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance n0b0dy.eth Nobody Vault ## Al Serkal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Serkal ## Hamdan Mohamed Saleh Aljneibi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Delivery Service Entrepreneur ## Tushar Ahluwalia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, InsurTech Tushar Ahluwalia is the Co-Founder and CEO at Razor Group. ## Amal Dokhan - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology Amal Dokhan serves as a Partner at 500 Startups. She was the CEO of Global Entrepreneurship Network Saudi before that. She attended King Abdul Aziz University and the University of Wollongong. ## Dany Farha - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Information Services Dany is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor, with many exits from ventures in a variety of industries. Dany co-founded and exited Bayt.com, the Middle East’s largest job site; Butlers, the UAE’s largest commercial laundry company and Intercat, one of the largest catering companies in the UAE. Dany was a seed investor in Gonabit, a MiddleEast focused daily deal website that was acquired by Living Social in 2011. He currently sits on the boards of 3 portfolio companies.Dany is the first to acknowledge that he wouldn’t have accomplished all these things without the support of the investors and mentors that gave him his start. It is this belief that serves as the impetus behind BECO. Like those that boosted him when he needed it, Dany aspires to serve the next wave of entrepreneurs, so that they too can fulfil their potential and pass along the same spirit of generosity to those that follow in their footsteps. ## 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 ## Omar Benmoussa - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments Omar Benmoussa is the Founder at of Kapten. ## David Pirrie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Internet David Pirrie - Director @ Financial Software ## Muhammad Ismail - Type: Angel - Location: Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: CRM, Hardware, Software Muhammad Ismail is the Managing Director at Amtec Links International. Muhammad Ismail attended University of Derby. ## Trond Riiber Knudsen - Type: Angel - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Construction, SaaS Trond Riiber Knudsen is a Founder of TRK GROUP. ## Othmane Bouhlal - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Payments, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments Othmane Bouhlal is the Founder of Kapten. ## Turki AlJeaid - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Wellness Turki AlJeaid ## Khalid AlTawil - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, eSports, Rental Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company. ## Faiz Mayalakkara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Faiz Mayalakkara Director Investments, Emirates Investment Authority. ## Harveen Narulla - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Harveen is an entrepreneur. After an early career as a lawyer with top-tier firms in Singapore, he spent a decade in various lead roles in technology ventures. This included co-founding and heading Hatcher, a leading technology venture builder in Singapore, whose portfolio includes Dropsuite (ASX:DSE), Telr (Middle East’s fastest growingonline payment processor), SocialCops (India’s leading comprehensive big data play) and Hatcher+ (big data transforming venture capital investing). Harveen also co-founded Pan African Logistics (PAL), which has grown into a leading third-party logistics player in East Africa. Harveen’s key competences include assembling and aligning strong teams, marshaling resources to start and grow businesses, deal negotiation and acquisitions, spotting arbitrage opportunities, and interventionist and supporting board roles. ## Eduardo Ronzano - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Eduardo Ronzano is the Founder of KelDoc. ## Youcef Oudjidane - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food Youcef Oudjidane is the founder of Byld Ventures and co-founder of Bloom (YC W22) ## Gowri Narayanan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C, Series D - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Gowri Narayanan - Partner, FinTech @ SoftBank Vision Fund ## Andy Preikschat - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Information Technology, E-Commerce Andy Preikschat is CEO of Don's RV, a top-20 RV dealer in California. He is CIO of Edgebrook Partners, which has 9 B2B software investments, and is an Angel Investor. He has degrees from Stanford University and Claremont McKenna College. ## Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD FRCPC - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech Fady Hannah-Shmouni, MD ABIM FRCPC is an Iraqi-Canadian physician-entrepreneur who specializes in endocrinology, hypertension and genetics. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an early-stage investor and advisor with over 10 years of clinical and business experience. He has conducted extensive researchin the field of hormones and genetics at America’s research hospital, the National Institutes of Health, and co-founded and financed several startup companies in the fintech, blockchain and healthcare sectors. Business:Fady is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of FHS Capital (fhscapital.io), a privately held early-stage investment fund focusing on real estate, express car wash services, wellness and digital assets. He serves as a strategic advisor and consultant on several healthTech and blockchain companies, focusing on strategic planning, operational skills, business support, and financing. He led several seed financing rounds, including; Ovenue Inc. (ovenue.com), a no-code AI and blockchain Platform-as-a-Service for real-world asset valuation and tokenization; Flyby (flyby.global), a technology platform connecting last mile delivery with digital out of home advertising; and Fluus (fluus.com), a web3 ramping solution. Medicine:Fady completed clinical training in internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine; adult endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the National Institutes of Health; and clinical biochemical genetics at the University of Toronto. He is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada; and in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. He is an active staff physician and adjunct professor at Vancouver General Hospital (UBC), and Trillium Health Partners (UofT), and a fellow with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Research: Fady served the NIH (2015-2021) as a physician-scientist in endocrinology/genetics, Head of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Program Director of endocrinology fellowship program. His research interests remain on adrenal disorders including primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension that is potentially reversible with early detection and treatment. He has authored over 100 original articles, book chapters and reviews on endocrine-genetic conditions (h-index 20, i10-index 42), and was the founding member and first Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Endocrine and Metabolic Science (Elsevier). ## William Zeqiri - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wine And Spirits William Zeqiri Passionate technology entrepreneur, product creator and angel investor. ## Tim Draper - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Mobile Tim Draper is the Founder of Draper Associates. He was a Member of the Advisory Board at Mode Media. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Fahad Sami Al-Hukair - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software Fahad Sami Al-Hukair ## Zeid Husban - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics Zeid obtained his Bachelor`s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the UK in 2008. He then moved back to Jordan and co-founded ifood.jo, an online food ordering platform. ifood.jo attracted the eyes of investors from abroad and in 2013, the company sold a majority stake to the Turkish food ordering company Yemeksipeti. Zeid soldthe rest of his shares in ifood.jo in 2016 after a successful acquisition by the global giants "Delivery Hero". Now hoping to revolutionize the point-of-sale industry in the region. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders. ## Tore Hofstad - Type: Angel - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Digital Marketing, Travel Accommodations Tore Hofstad ## Mazin Alzaidi - Type: Angel - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Internet Mazin Alzaidi, General Partner at STV. ## Wiktor Namysl - Type: Angel - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Brand Marketing Wiktor Namysl is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. ## Yahya Bajarash - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: SaaS, Payments, Logistics Yahya Bajarash ## Omar Bajarash - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: SaaS, Payments, Logistics Omar Bajarash ## Yan Hascoët - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Banking, Finance, Cannabis Yan Hascoët ## AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software AbdulMuhisn Al-Sulaiman ## Khalid Al Taweel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Delivery Khalid Al Taweel of RAI group. ## Charles Azrak - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Logistics, Transportation Charles Azrak ## Al Ghussain - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Ghussain ## Omar Aljeraisi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Internet Omar Aljeraisi ## Zaim Azrak - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Logistics, Transportation Zaim Azrak ## Abdullah Aljaberi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Delivery Service Abdullah Aljaberi # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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