# Top 40 Medical Angel Investors in Middle East in October 2023

## Fatima Al-Kuwari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Medical, Health Care

Fatima Al-Kuwari

## Firat Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

## Hala Fadel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Social Media

Hala is a partner at leap ventures, a late-stage venture capital firm based in Beirut and Dubai, and the founder and chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the pan-Arab region, an organization that promotes entrepreneurship and organizes among other things the MIT Arab startup competition. She is also an Angel investor in start-up companies inthe Middle East and Europe, and has launched a co-working space in Beirut called Coworking+961. She recently founded MIT Technology review Arabic, the Arabic edition of the MIT Technology review Magazine, that covers science and innovation in the Arab region.Hala was previously for 12 years a portfolio manager for European Equities at Comgest, a euro Equity 20bn fund. She graduated from HEC in France in 1997 with a Masters in Financial Economics and attended the Berkeley Haas School of Business, she holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. While at MIT she participated and won part of the MIT 50K business plan competition with Booleo, a telecom software business, later acquired as an internal solution by a client.

## Shimon Eckhouse
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Fitness

Shimon Eckhouse

## Shmuel Cabilly
- Type: Angel
- Location: Rehovot, HaMerkaz, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Fatih Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Internet, Software, Medical

Fatih Isbecer - Founder & CEO @ Dataroid

## Dov Moran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kfar Saba, HaMerkaz, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Marius Nacht
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Prof. Rafael Beyar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Medical Device, Machine Learning

Prof. Rafael Beyar

## Hadeer Shalaby
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Convertible Note
- Focus: Medical, Psychology, Health Care

Hadeer is currently the General Manager of Careem in Cairo and was the founder of Taxi El Sa7el. She worked in Lebanon & The Netherlands in 2011-2013 in AIESEC and graduated from AUC from Business Marketing in 2011.

## Ufuk Coşkun
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Ufuk Coşkun

## Serhat Özer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Serhat Özer

## Shiva Datawani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Convertible Note
- Focus: Medical, Psychology, Health Care

Shiva Datawani

## Savaş Yılmazer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Savaş Yılmazer

## Kurthan Atmaca
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Kurthan Atmaca

## Umur Çulha
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Umur Çulha

## Mori Arkin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Men's, Medical, Health Care

Mori Arkin is one of Israel's most successful Life Science entrepreneurs. He is the Chairman and founder of Accelmed, a leading medical device investment firm. Mr. Arkin was the principal shareholder and Chairman of Agis Industries (1983) Ltd from its establishment until its merger with Perrigo in 2005. Agis, one of the leading genericpharmaceutical companies in Israel, merged with the US- based Perrigo in March 2005 in a $850 million transaction. Mr. Arkin has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from Tel Aviv University (Israel).

## Amir Gross
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device

Amir Gross is the CEO of Cardiovalve.

## Mine Dedekoca
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Mine Dedekoca

## Al Raya Kuwaiti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Medical, Software, Internet of Things

Al Raya Kuwaiti

## Erdem Gülen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Local, Mobile, Medical

I am who I am.

## Zohar Gilon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Medical Device

Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994.

## 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.

## Khaled Ismail.
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Gaming

Khaled Ismail is the founder and Chairman of Kiangel, an angel investment fund investing in early-stage startups in Egypt (2011).

## Itsik Danziger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care

Itsik Danziger - Chairman of the Board @ The Center for Educational Technology (CET)

## Burak Şen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Beauty, Mobile

Burak Şen

## 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.

## Karim Hussein
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Blockchain, Health Care, Medical

Karim is a technology veteran with deep experience in product and innovation management and rapid business growth and scaling – particularly in the healthcare and financial services markets. Karim has been an active investor and mentor to a number of technology businesses in Egypt and the US. He is founder and Chairman of D-Kimia DiagnosticSolutions developing fast, affordable, and accurate medical diagnostics using nano-technology and focused on controlling the Hepatitis C epidemic in Egypt and globally. Karim has served on the board of D-Kimia, Integreight, Shezlong.com, Prognos.ai, and Simplex Arabia CNC Solutions. He is also Chairman of the entrepreneurship committee of the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council, a mentor to high impact entrepreneurs through the Endeavor network, and a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Previously, Karim was SVP, Products and Engineering at WebMD, Inc., directing product management, technology strategy and engineering. Prior to WebMD, Karim was co-founder and CTO of Riskclick, Inc., a software firm specializing in commercial insurance applications. He also was a senior associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton where he was a member of the Global e-Commerce team.Karim received his PhD in Information Systems from MIT and a dual BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has over 40 publications and a patent for his work on distributed computing.

## Brock Weatherup
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Medical, mHealth

Brock Weatherup is the CEO/Founder of Metamorphosis Partners driving enterprise value through innovation in the $80B pet industry focused on the consumer. Brock was most recently the EVP of Strategic Innovation & Digital Experience at Petco. Previously he was CEO & CoFounder of PetCoach (acquired by Petco) - revolutionizing the PetHealth Care experience. Brock is a CEO, entrepreneur, angel investor, builder of enterprise value and passionate advocate about the consumer and their interactions with digital media & Ecommerce. Brock is also managing partner of Atai Ventures angel investments, co-founder of ICONYC (www.iconyclabs.com) an early stage NYC based Israeli accelerator, investor/advisor/board member for 7+ startups - VeryApt, SideCar, Social Ladder, Ethology and an industry advisor for VC firms EQT Partners, MissionOG & SafeGuard. Previously Brock was SVP/Chief Digital Officer of Petsmart after selling Pet360 where he was CEO the prior 5 years. Brock was also CEO of Fathead and held several leadership positions with InterActiveCorp (Ticketmaster, Match.com, CitySearch, ReserveAmerica). A graduate of University of Colorado Boulder, sits as a board member of the Nature Conservancy – Adirondacks, father of two amazing girls and pet owner to my 4yr old retriever named...Boulder.

## Ebru Dorman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Fitness

Ebru Dorman

## Levent Hatay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Levent Hatay is a shareholder Şeffaf Aparey.

## Shai Rephaeli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, EdTech, Medical

Shai Rephaeli - Co-Founder and CEO @ Tutoria Digital

## Rafi Gidron
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Analytics

Rafi Gidron is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Xperiti. He attended Columbia University.

## 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.

## Moshe Shoham
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Moshe Shoham

## Kübel Özkut
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Kübel Özkut

## Yavuz Irtem
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care

Yavuz Irtem

## Benny Levin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care

Benny Levin is a founder and former CEO of NICE.

## Ayberk Kalkavan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Medical, Wellness, Psychology

Ayberk Kalkavan

## Koray Bahar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, CRM, Apps

Koray Bahar is an investor at Ekmob.

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