Top 15 Social Network Angel Investors in Middle East (October 2023)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Ireland, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Apps, Internet, Social Network | |
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, SaaS, Social Media | $13k–$1.9M |
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Daniel Eskapa
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software | |
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Emrullah Saku
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Social Network | |
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Engin Utkan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | AgTech, Farming, FinTech | $18k–$1.3M |
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Bill Tai
Angel
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1 | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $500k–$63M |
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Avishai Abrahami
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States, Italy | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, Social Media | $250k–$9.5M |
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Ibrahim Ulukaya
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | AgTech, Farming, Software | |
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Ozlem Petek Hun
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device | |
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David Pirrie
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | iOS, Mobile, Internet | |
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Benny Schnaider
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Cloud Security, Developer Tools | |
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Ayhan Ağırgöl
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Social Network | |
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Huseyin Karayagiz
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, AgTech, Farming | |
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Yaki Reisner
Angel
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1 | Israel | Seed | Real Estate, Social Network | |
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Chantalle Dumonceaux
Angel
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $800k–$1M |
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Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $13k–$1.9M; Angel $18k–$135k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scorp — "User generated viral video machine " is the definition for Scorp Ads. We convert the power of word of mouth into short selfie-videos. Scorp seeds the message and motivates users to join the conversation on brands' topic with positive association or hype about the brand.Viewers like to consume content that they are interestedin. In Scorp there are wide range of videos that is not just only about comedy or music but also about news, politics, sports, movies&TV shows, celebrities, books-art, food, fashion-beauty and relationships that are created as selfie 15 second videos. Scorp shows users 100s of videos, opinions or approaches on a single topic. The format enables users to discover different point of views.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
Daniel is not as well known in the Tech Investing world, but he’s quietly been investing in the tech space and been making some really incredibly smart investments. We were introduced through a mutual friend and before we knew it, we had spent hours upon hours together hanging out, talking about Tout, talking about life, spirituality, and doinggood in the world. I’m super excited to have Daniel on as an Investor and an Advisor, and most importantly a good friend.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Consumr — Consumr is an unbiased, democratic platform that allows its users to make informed decisions and express their opinions. The platform was created for ratings and reviews of consumer products. Its app lets users instantly see the opinions of people just like them by scanning a barcode.Consumr supports its users in taking decisions related toeverything from buying a stroller for the first time or purchasing a new camera to capture life’s special moments. Its community has shared over 1 million ratings to help its users.Consumr was featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, U.S.A. Today, InStyle, and more. Launched in 2011 by Ryan Charles, The platform is based in New York, N.Y.
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- Juno — Juno is a fresh approach to ride sharing. By leading with its values and putting drivers first, it will pave the way for better rider experiences. Launching in New York spring 2016
Emrullah Saku
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- Industry: Social Network
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect
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- Industry: AgTech, Farming, FinTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tarfin — Using its cloud-based platform and smart algorithms, Tarfin provides underbanked farmers with high-quality farm inputs and competitive point-of-sale financing. Tarfin is the winner of EFSE's 2016 Financial Inclusion Challenge.
- Bionluk — A community-driven platform where creative class meets like-minded people, and get hired.
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry.
Bill Tai is a Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder, and Founding Investor of Treasure Data and he was a Chairman of the Board and Co-founder of IP Infusion. He attended Harvard Business School, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Curtin University.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$63M; Series A $500k–$12M; Series B $11M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MicroTau — Solving human problems with nature’s surfaces.
- Fairmatic — Powered by data and AI, focused on rewarding fleet safety with savings. Finally, a smarter insurance option designed to put fleets in control.
- Fathom — Records, transcribes & highlights the top moments from your calls. Sends automatically generated call notes to your CRM.
Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Affogata — Affogata optimizes the digital customer journey by analyzing customer interactions and identifying customer needs in real-time.
- Connecteam — Communicate, operate and train your non-desk employees with Connecteam's all-in-one employee app. Easy to use, customizable and affordable like no other!
- The Gist — The Gist for Slack is our first app to manage your work information overload. Get the gist of it with our personalized AI enginge.
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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- Industry: AgTech, Farming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Ozlem Petek Hun
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adastec Corp. — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “Flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best automated bus configurations for the needsof the public transportation operators.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
- MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.
David Pirrie - Director @ Financial Software
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- Industry: iOS, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Melltoo — Best quality & prices for new and used mobiles, computers & laptops, electronics, furniture, clothing, toys, autos. FREE DELIVERY UAE. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
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Browse database — It's Free!Benny Schnaider joined salto as Co-Founder in 2018. Benny Schnaider is an angel investor. He is a high-tech serial entrepreneur. Benny was the CEO and co-founder of Qumranet (leading open source virtualization solution) acquired by Red Hat, the CEO and founder of PentaCom Ltd. (network product provider) acquired by Cisco, and the co-founder andboard member of P-Cube (developer of IP service control platforms) acquired by Cisco. Most recently he co-founded Ravello systems in 2011 and serves as its president and board chairman.Benny also invests and serves as a board member in several start-ups. Some examples are: Traffix Systems (acquired by F5 in 2012) and B-Hive (acquired by VMware in 2008), OptiCul Diagnostics and Colabo. Benny has held senior management, engineering and strategic roles at many Silicon-Valley based companies including Cisco Systems, Amdahl/Fujitsu, Hitachi, IDT, Sun Microsystems and 3Com. Benny holds a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology).
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- Industry: Software, Cloud Security, Developer Tools
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raftt — Raftt provides easy-to-use developer environments which run in the cloud, enabling advanced collaboration while using existing local IDEs and other tools and workflows. No more "it works on my machine"!!
- Wing Cloud — Wing Cloud tames cloud complexity through a unified programming and operational model that works across all providers and services.
- Helios — HELIOS is developing technologies to extract and utilize metals and oxygen from martian and lunar soil, providing fuel and construction materials for future space missions.
Ayhan Ağırgöl
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- Industry: Social Network
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Huseyin Karayagiz
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- Industry: Software, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adastec Corp. — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “Flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best automated bus configurations for the needsof the public transportation operators.
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Yaki Reisner
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- Industry: Real Estate, Social Network
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ChatList — ChatList is a social network for real estate transactions, young and innovative that allows the user to find the right apartment in the most convenient and efficient way.
Chantalle Dumonceaux
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $800k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Melltoo — Best quality & prices for new and used mobiles, computers & laptops, electronics, furniture, clothing, toys, autos. FREE DELIVERY UAE. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
- Souqalmal — Compare more quote features than ever from top UAE brands at souqalmal.com
- OfficeRock — Online e-commerce store specifically built to service small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The company aims to offer end to end business supply solutions from office supplies, paper, toners, technology, pantry, cleaning and uniforms.
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Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.
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Missafir
— Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
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Doktorderki
— Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
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Local Guddy, Inc.
— A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
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