# Top 20 Recruiting Angel Investors in Middle East in October 2023 ## Tomer Pomerantz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources Tomer Pomerantz ## Yossi Vardi - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Search Engine, Internet, Enterprise Software One of Israel’s early entrepreneurs, Yossi Vardi co-founded, led, funded and helped build more than 80 high-tech, energy, natural resources, and clean-tech companies. Many of them went public, including Tekem, Alon Energy, Granite Hacarmel, answers.com, scopus, International Lasers Technologies, epals, tocows, brightcove, other were acquired :Gteko (by Microsoft), Tivella (by cisco,) Airlink (by sierra wireless), Foxytunes (by yahoo),starnet (by IAC),Gift project (by ebay).As the founding investor ofMirabilis Ltd, -the creator of iCQ - Vardi co-pioneered instant messaging. ICQ was one of the internet’s earliest successes, later sold to AOL.Vardi was chairman of the board of trustees of Jerusalem Foundation, serves on the board of trustees of the technion and served on those of Weitzman Institute. Hebrew university, open university .he was advisor to the World Bank, United Nations Development Program , CEO’s of Amazon, AOL, Siemens Albis, and Allied–signal. member of the World Economic Forum, and Co-chairman of the EU-Israel business dialogue.Vardi had an extensive government and public career, hewas the director general of Ministry of Development and Ministry of Energy. was chairman of Israel National Oil Company, and Israel Chemicals. participated in the peace talks with Egypt, Palestinians, Jordan and Syria. He received Honorary Doctorates from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and the Ben Gurion university , the Prime Minister Hi-Tech Award for life achievements (twice); Best Internet Personality by TechCrunch Europe; Entrepreneur of the Year by Tel Aviv University , Europe’s 25 top techs by Wall Street Journal; and one of the 200 Greatest Israelis of all times by Ynet. was elected by Israel 21c to the top 10 icons of Israeli high tech - the pioneers, by The Algemeiner for the "jewish 100 - the top 100 people positively influenced jewish life " and by wired magazine (uk) as number 9 of the wired 2014 top 100 influential people in EuropeYossi Vardi sits on the advisory boards of 3i and Amdocs and has served on boards of numerous state and private corporations including Bezeq, Israel Electric, and the Bank of Israel. Yossi has also been an Advisor to the CEOs of AOL, Amazon, and Allied Signal. Yossi Vardi has received many awards, including the Prime Minister of Israel Hi-Tech Award for life achievements on two occasions, the Industry Prize, the Ramniceanu Prize and CEOs Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame. ## Al Serkal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Serkal ## Zahi Khouri - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Recruiting, Human Resources Zahi Khouri ## Al Ghussain - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Ghussain ## Al Shafar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Al Shafar ## Oren Rosenbach - Type: Angel - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Robotics, Recruiting Oren Rosenbach - Partner @ Swarth Group ## Kalish brothers - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources Kalish brothers ## Jeff Swartz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Recruiting, Social Impact Jeff Swartz ## Leon Recanati - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Software, Recruiting Leon Y. Recanati is currently the Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel Ltd., a private investment company whose main field of activity is venture capital investments in startup companies engaged in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, and in advanced technologies. Until May 2003, and prior to founding GlenRock, he served as Chairman& CEO of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Chairman of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., and Chairman of Azorim Investment Development and Construction Ltd., in addition to several other positions in a variety of operating companies in Israel. Mr. Recanati initiated in 1998 Clal Biotechnologies Ltd. (CBL). Clal Industries invested $100 million in CBL. Clal Biotechnologies is considered the largest biotechnology investment company operating in Israel. ## Young Sohn - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Automation Young Sohn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose passion is building businesses and fostering emerging technologies that have the potential to transform the world for the better. Currently, Sohn serves as Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics and Chairman of the Board of HARMAN. He leads Samsung’s strategy forglobal innovation, investment, and new business creation, and led the company’s $8 billion acquisition of HARMAN. Prior to joining Samsung Electronics, Sohn served as CEO of two successful, public Silicon Valley companies and on the boards of Arm, Cadence, Cymer (ASML), and others. Under his leadership as CEO and board member, he took PLX Technologies, Synnex Technologies, and Inphi public. He was also a seed investor in some of the industry’s most innovative companies, including Bitfury, Fungible, Graphcore, and Zoom.Sohn is a leader of the global Tech for Good movement. He helped launch the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges. He also serves as a North America board member at MIT Sloan, a senior advisor to the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, a board member at Cadence, and an advisor for the University of California Innovation Council. Sohn holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management. An avid outdoorsman, Sohn spends his personal time kite surfing, cycling, running, hiking, and competing in triathlons. ## Michael Eisenberg - Type: Angel - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Enterprise Software Michael is a General Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with $850M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies (not all announced) including Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), Frank (acquired JPM), Melio, Healthy.io, JoyTunes, Fabric, Honeybook and Bringg. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, which he joined in July 2005, and where he continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on internet and software-enabled service investments since 1995. He has invested in and served on the boards of some of Israel’s leading companies and startups, such as Conduit, Gigya (Acquired SAP), Picturevison (acquired: EK), SeekingAlpha, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired: EBAY), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Wix (Nasdaq: WIX), and Wework (NYSE: WE). Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job,” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism and macroeconomics. He was a contributor to TheMarker, a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper, and is the author of the “Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published numerous books, including The Vanishing Jew, Ben Barukh, and The Tree of Life and Prosperity. He has published two additional books in Hebrew which are due out in English in the coming years: Everyone Can Be Moses and Roaring Tribe. Michael also lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel and entrepreneurship. He is the Chairman of HaShomer Hachadash and sits on the board of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Michael founded the Nevo network, a professional network organization that integrates immigrants to Israel into the high tech ecosystem and serves as the organization's active Chairman. Michael lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children. ## Arya Bolurfrushan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Gigi Levy Weiss - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Gigi Levy Weiss is the General Partner at NFX. He attended Tel Aviv University and the Finance Department - Kellogg School of Management. ## Chemi Peres - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Series A, Series B - Focus: Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Software Chemi Peres is the Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Pitango. He previously worked at Taboola as a Board Member. Chemi Peres attended Tel Aviv University. ## Nir Adler - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Security Nir Adler - General Partner @ State of Mind Ventures ## Nir Zohar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Publishing, Social Media Nir has been with Wix since 2007 and he’s been the driving force behind the successful scaling of the company's operations from a small start-up into an international company serving tens of millions of users. Nir spearheads all efforts to develop and implement Wix' strategic plans geared towards accommodating the company's growthobjectives and business goals.Prior to joining Wix, Nir was the Budget and Production Manager for two years at M.B. Contact Ltd., a private Israeli event production company. Before that, Nir worked for The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Scouts. Nir’s experience stems from his position as Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer in the Israeli Navy.On his day off you catch him reading or avidly following the NBA scores. ## Uri Levy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources Uri Levy ## Fahir Han - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Internet, Consulting, Recruiting Fahir Han ## Sulaiman Al- Rubaie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Career Planning Sulaiman Al- Rubaie # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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