# Top 50 Angel Investors in Kenya in June 2026 ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. ## Cem Garih - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Investor ## Ken Njoroge - Type: Angel - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Billing, Web Development Ken is a co-founder and the group CEO of Cellulant. A mobile commerce evangelist and career entrepreneur, Ken previously served as co-founder and Solution Design Director of 3Mice Interactive Media. The company grew from a two-man team to a leading web development firm in East Africa. 3Mice was later acquired by Africa Online- the largestPan-African Internet Service Provider.Ken is unwavering in his pursuit of seeing Cellulant achieve its mission of building a world class, values-driven $1B business for Africa, by Africans, in Africa. Ken has led the company from an idea sketched on a serviette in 2003 with his co-founder Bolaji Akinboro, to a reputable payments company in Africa. Cellulant currently has more than 300 employees across 11 markets; servicing 34 countries in Africa. Over the past couple of years, Ken has invested time in training and advising the next generation of entrepreneurs, and contributing to the growth of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Africa. In recognition of this, in 2017, Ken was selected as the first Sub-Saharan and Kenyan Global Endeavor Entrepreneur for his commitment to advancing an ecosystem of entrepreneurship in Africa. ## Peter Sandberg - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market - Focus: Internet, SaaS, FinTech Peter Sandberg is a Co-Founder of Nordic Secondary Fund, and a venture partner at Startup Wise Guys. He has extensive experience as a Business Angel, Asset Management and Wealth Management ## Kevin Ambrosini - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion Kevin Ambrosini is Chief Strategy Officer at Payoneer, a publicly-traded fintech with $80bn volume (+21% year-over-year), $1bn revenue and 28% adj EBITDA margins [2024]. Previously, Kevin was the Head of Global Strategy & GM, North America at Alibaba.com, where he helped take the business from revenue of $800m and 4% annual growth to $3bn and30% annual growth over 4 years. Kevin join Alibaba through its acquisition of OpenSky, where he was Co-founder and CFO. Kevin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. ## Anthony Rock - Type: Angel - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital Anthony Rock is the Founder and President of Enlightenment Wines. He previously worked at Investors'​ Circle-Social Venture Network as a Member. Anthony Rock attended Columbia Business School. ## Olugbenga Agboola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Patricia Ithau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Beauty, Retail, Fashion Patricia Ithau ## Federico Pirzio-Biroli - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital Fede started out as an angel investor in 2010. His portfolio quickly grew, so he built a team around him and thus Playfair Capital was born. We have since gone on to become one of Europe’s most active and well-known early-stage VC funds. Before becoming a technology investor Fede worked for several NGOs in Africa, with a particular focus on aidtransparency. He recently renewed his focus on Africa by relocating to Kenya and becoming an angel investor in East Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. He maintains an active role at Playfair and continues to lead our investment team. ## Rus Newton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: IaaS, SaaS, Mining Co-Founder of Global Advisors & CoinShares. Previously JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers & Shell International ## Darshan Chandaria - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, SMS Darshan Chandaria is the Group CEO and Director of Chandaria Industries. He previously worked at Pentland Brands Plc as a Graduate Trainee. Darshan Chandaria attended Harvard Business School. ## Manuela Raith - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact Manuela Raith ## Ian McCaig - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital Ian McCaig is the CEO of lastminute.com. ## Aaron Fu - Type: Angel - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Apps Aaron has 10+ years of global experience building, scaling and investing in technology products in corporate and startup environments. He has co-founded both B2B & B2C businesses, in Africa - he has led seed stage equity investments in 20+ startups (totaling $2m+), driven the exit of 3 startups in Africa, he also sits on the board of ofstartups ranging from AgriTech to Transport and has worked with 100s through partners like Visa, MTN, Airbus, Société Générale and the World Bank.Prior to the Catalyst Fund, he was the Managing Director of MEST, Africa’s Largest Pre-Seed Incubator, and Managing Partner for Africa at Nest.vc, a Hong Kong based fund, which he joined after a career in financial services. ## Selma Ribica - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Payments, Apps, Retail Selma Ribica is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of First Circle Capital. She previously worked at Abler Nordic as a Board Member. Selma Ribica attended the University of New York in Prague. ## Steven Tamm - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Information Technology CTO, salesforce.com, directing technical product strategy across all clouds and divisions. Previously CTO for CRM Appilcations and Technical Architect for Force.com Checkout at salesforce. Prior to salesforce, he worked at Open Text, SAP Markets, and Calico Commerce. ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School. ## Takuma Terakubo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Big Data, Software, Mobile Apps Takuma Terakubo is the CEO & General Partner at UNCOVERED FUND INC. ## Patrick Pichette - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning Patrick Pichette is based out of London, England, and is the Partner of Inovia Capital and also Board Member of Cohere. Patrick Pichette previously worked at Twitter as a Board of Directors. Patrick Pichette attended the University of Oxford. ## Richard Owen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Cloud Computing Richard Owen is the Founder at OCX Cognition. He Previously worked at Satmetrix as CEO. He Attended MIT Sloan School of Management in 1990. ## Yuri Milner - Type: Angel - Location: Los Altos Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Yuri Milner started investing in Internet in 1999 and in 2009 founded DST Global, one of the leading Internet investment firms globally with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, and London. Yuri has a degree in theoretical physics and attended the Wharton MBA program. Foundations that he established are celebrating outstanding achievements inscience and supporting fundamental research in physics, mathematics and life sciences. ## Miki Kuusi - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy Miki Kuusi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Wolt. He previously worked as the Founder, Creative Director and Board Member of the Helsinki-based tech conference, Slush. In 2011-2014, he led the event’s growth as its CEO from a local, 150-person event to become one of the leading startup events in the world, reaching 14,000 attendees from 80 countries in2014. Kuusi has been a driving force in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Prior to Slush, he served as the Founder & CEO of Startup Sauna, which was awarded as the leading young accelerator program in the world by UBI Index in spring 2013. Aside from Slush, Kuusi currently focuses on his new company Wolt, which raised half a million in seed funding in fall 2014. ## Jackson Kibigo - Type: Angel - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Billing, Software, Business Development Jackson Kibigo is the COO and CFO at WorkPay. Jackson attended Y Combinator. ## Luciano Freitas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce Head Trainer, entrepreneur and consumer-reaction driven professional with 10+ years of experience creating business opportunities all around the world. Strong teamwork background and #madly in love with people and technology. ## Vaibhav Kapoor - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Vaibhav Kapoor ## Vidit Aatrey - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Education, E-Commerce Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Melvyn Lubega - Type: Angel - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Learning, Information Technology Melvyn Lubega is the head of strategic partnership at Go1. ## Abdo Achkar - Type: Angel - Location: Stanford, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software Abdo Achkar is the Founder & CEO at Sowlutions. ## Rajesh Sawhney - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University. He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences. ## Hiroaki Ohta - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Information Technology, Quantum Computing, Big Data Hiroaki Ohta is the Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder and Board Member of Blue Laser Fusion. He previously worked at ACSL Ltd. as a Representative Director, President, CEO, Chiarman, Board Member. Hiroaki Ohta attended Kyoto University. ## Peter Bruce-Clark - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Financial Services Peter is Founder, Managing Partner, and General Partner of Kalytix Ventures, as global, impact-focused venture capital firm focused on adaptation, resiliency, and survival.Prior to Kalytx, was Partner at Social Impact Capital, a global impact-focused VC firm based in New York City. A top-decile fund producing competitive venture returns, SICinvests in the “Best Ideas in Impact” by deploying an “Impact Arbitrage” strategy across geographies, sectors, and challenge domains. SIC is backed by legacy VCs including Marc Andreessen & Chris Dixon, Peter Thiel, Phil Black, David Sacks, Rob Hayes, Matt Ocko & Zachary Bogue, along with family offices, RIAs, and fund-of-funds.Prior to joining the firm Peter was Head of Business Development at Real Capital Innovation (acquired by Addepar), an investment technology platform backed by 8VC and Soros Fund Management. Peter started his career in Silicon Valley by creating an early-stage venture capital firm focused on high-impact areas of AI application, and institutional investor strategy consultancy, Kalytix Partners (acquired).In his spare time Peter is an advisor to global funds focused on the environment, health, and sustainability, such as Extantia in Berlin, Andon Okapi in Africa, and Brace VC in Greece. Peter is also an active angel investor in +30 global impact startups. A leading theorist on private market impact investments, Peter has led research over the last decade on impact finance, collaborating with Oxford University, Stanford University, Planet Heritage, and White Sand Investor Group (Donnelley family). His publications include Impact investments: a call for (re)orientation (2021), widely endorsed by organizations such as the SEC and G7, and Sovereign Development Funds: The Governance and Management of Strategic Investment Institutions (2018), which was published in The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds.In addition to his work, Peter is a volunteering Ambassador to the Rockefeller family’s BankFWD initiative, which is focused on climate justice in global banking, and a Counsel Member of the Saïd family’s (Saïd Business School) Toucan Project, which cultivates future leaders from across the world. He is also a member of Rebalance VC, Impact Capital Managers, TTI and GBx. ## Biz Stone - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Biz Stone is the Co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries, Inc. He previously worked at The Obvious Corporation as a Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. Biz Stone attended Northeastern University. ## Jim Villanueva - Type: Angel - Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Agriculture, Energy, Travel Jim Villanueva - Investment Director, Managing Director, Global Partnerships Social Venture Fund @ Global Partnerships ## Guillaume Glaunès - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps Angel Investor ## Peter Kenevan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Automotive, Marketplace Peter Kenevan, VP, Head of Japan at PayPal. ## Kwehnui Tawah - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Retail, Consumer Kwehnui Tawah is the Head of Platform Services + Special Projects at Sokowatch. He attended the University of Chicago. ## Wes Schwalje - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt ## Tomasz Gasienica-Szostak - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, Last Mile Transportation Tomasz Gasienica-Szostak ## Yago Arbeloa - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Internet Yago Arbeloa - President @ MIOGROUP ## Cheryl Heller - Type: Angel - Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software Cheryl is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA and the founder of the design lab CommonWise. She is a business strategist and communication designer who has founded two companies and taughtcreativity to leaders and organizations around the world, helped grow businesses from small regionalenterprises to multi-billion global market leaders, launched category-redefining divisions and products, reinvigorated moribund cultures, and designed strategies for hundreds of successful entrepreneurs. Cheryl received the prestigious AIGA medal for her contribution to the field of design in 2014.She is a Matrix Award winner for excellence in communication and has been profiled through articles in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, BusinessWeek and many others. Her work in included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. ## Peter Njonjo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce Peter Njonjo is the current CEO and Co-founder of Twiga Foods. He previously worked at Coca-Cola West Africa as a President. Peter Njonjo attended Harvard Business School. ## Jeremy Cai - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Jeremy Cai is the Founder and CEO at Italic . Jeremy Cai attended Babson College. ## Dr Ritesh Malik - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist. ## Tom Blomfield - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech Tom Blomfield is based out of San Francisco, California and is currently works as a Group Partner for Y Combinator. Tom previously worked at Monzo Bank as a President. Tom Blomfield attended the University of Oxford. ## Caribou Honig - Type: Angel - Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech Caribou Honig enjoys pursuing harebrained ideas and supporting the creation of new businesses. He is Chairman and co-founder of the InsureTech Connect conference, the largest event of its type bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation executives. He is also co-founder of the HR Transform conference focused on the impact oftechnology on the workplace, and insurAPI.io, a catalog of insurance-related APIs. He previously cofounded QED Investors, a boutique venture capital firm focused on data-driven companies. Caribou and his wife live in Richmond, Virginia with their two children and two occasionally annoying dogs. ## Markus Ament - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide. He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate. Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain. ## Victor Asemota - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Credit, Banking, FinTech Victor Asemota ## Camilla Hagen Sørli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Retail, Consumer Camilla Hagen Sørli ## Paul Kimani - Type: Angel - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Billing, Software, Business Development Paul Kimani is the co-founder and CEO of Workpay. ## Benjamin Fernandes - Type: Angel - Location: Stanford, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Billing, Software, Business Development Benjamin Fernandes is the Founder & Chief Eating Officer of NALA. He previously worked at TING - Tanzania Integrated Network Group as a Technical and operations manager. Benjamin Fernandes attended Stanford Graduate School of Business.