Simon Tobelem
Chairman, REALIS Finance | Founding Partner, ABRA Ventures | Featured in The Financial Times and Forbes
London, England
Invests in
Skills
Education
Baccalaureat
Lycée Auguste Renoir(1985 - 1987)
- Collège des Bréguières
(1980 - 1984)
Lists including Simon
Work Experience
2023
General Partner & Managing Partner
2023
ABRA Ventures is the first MENA focused late early stage Deeptech Fund. ABRA invest in startups that are addressing the core concerns of the MENA region (Sustainability, Carbone cycle, Healthcare, AgriTech and Gen AI) and look at creating synergies and progress regional cooperation by attracting talents, entrepreneurs and co-investors within the nascent deeptech ecosystem in GCC and North-Africa.
2010
Chairman
2010
Please visit our new website: https://realis.finance REALIS Investment House based in London, is specialized in Cross-Border Corporate Finance & M&A for small to mid-cap deals and companies (up to 100 M£). Spectrum of services including also: Post-Merger Integration, Fund Raising, International Business Development, Strategic advisory and Non-Exec positions . 150 transactions completed in the last 30 years as investor, investment banker and advisor. Global Entrepreneur, Visionary and Strategic Partner. REALIS Finance is the last born of REALIS Group of Companies. www.realis.finance Watch this space . More about it very soon! (09/2024)
Non Executive Board Member
2017
Representing ARIE Capital as Director in Peratech, a highly innovative start-up developing andcommercialising next generation 3D force sensing and 4D haptics solutions for the gaming, automotiveand industrial applications. Peratech solutions are now installed in the newest LENOVO Legioncomputers for gamers.
2018
Non Executive Board Member
2018
CementDAO has developed a unique decentralised platform that curates and unifies the best stablecoins to provide risk protection to stable coin holders.
2015 - 2024
Founding Partner
2015 - 2024
I am the co-founder of ARIE Capital Group, which comprises two business units. ARIE Ventures is a London-based venture capital fund that focuses on Israeli and UK B2B deep tech startups, emphasizing strategic partnerships with Asian investors and businesses. With offices in Nanjing, London, and Tel Aviv, ARIE Ventures follows a hands-on investment strategy and is one of the few private fund managers licensed in China. ARIE Finance, the group's second unit, is the world’s first digital bank catering to mid-market corporates with complex international structures, offering a proprietary banking solution, including automated eKYC. Operating from Mauritius, with licenses in the UK and Europe, ARIE Finance has grown rapidly, serving hundreds of corporate clients worldwide. As a founding partner, I led the group's vision and strategy, building a global team across the UK, China, Israel, and France.
2017 - 2020
Non Executive Board Member
2017 - 2020
floLive is the leading provider of mid-market IoT connectivity Management solutions for a large rangesof industries globally. Still an investor and stepped down as NED following a successful $21.5M roundled by 83North, Dell Technologies, Qualcomm and Saban Ventures.
2017 - 2019
Managing Partner
2017 - 2019
MindCET and Arie Capital have joined together to launch a new investment fund for early-stage EdTech startups from the UK and Israel. Our mission is to support the best startups through capital combined with the added value of business development, vast experience in the EdTech field and mentorship. We provide the groundwork to attract investors, as well as a massive network of stakeholders to help EdTech startups penetrate the market.
2016 - 2017
Member / Chair of the Finance Committee
2016 - 2017
A new UK Israel EdTech Task Force was launched, bringing together knowledge and expertise from both countries to come up with recommendations on digital transformation of education systems. The Task Force was launched in London, at a senior-level roundtable session held alongside the UK’s biggest education technologies conference, the BETT Show. The task force initiative is a collaboration between: EdTech UK Israel’s MindCET education innovation centre UK Israel Tech Hub – a government venture based at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv which promotes tech collaborations between the UK and Israel The goal of the task force is to create a joint bi-lateral ecosystem, meant to voice the industry’s key issues. It will also aim to recommend policy makers in both countries on how to encourage innovation and investment, and will share best practices in this crucial field.
2013 - 2017
Non-Executive Director
2013 - 2017
Non-Exec Director in a Joint-Venture involved in Nuclear New Built Project in the UK
2007 - 2011
Partner / Managing Partner
2007 - 2011
Conseil & Stratégie,is a boutique Investment Bank in Paris, established in 2003 and specializing in tailor made services to entrepreneurs and companies in engineered financial operations (LMBI, OBO's). The Company positions itsel as a real "financial coach" supporting and / or leading in all phases of the process. Neither a "go between" or "fund raiser", Conseil & Strategie ambition's is to revive the old "Investment Bank" spirit of the 19th century, away from the turnmoil that has seized the finance industry worldwide.