# Top 50 Angel Investors in LATAM in June 2026 ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 30 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 24 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nu Colombia. He previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Partner. David Vélez attended Stanford University. ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 24 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, FinTech Guilherme is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor that deeply believes entrepreneurship is fundamental to make the world in a better place to live in. Co-founded iFood, one of the first Latin American unicorns, and now is developing Mercê do Bairro with the big dream to transform traditional groceries retailers in a strong virtual retail chain. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 24 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 21 - 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. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Internet Sebastian Mejia is the Co-Founder and President of Rappi. He previously worked as a Managing Director Business Development at Simpleshow. He attended Stanford University. ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, SaaS Sergio Furio is based out of São Paulo, São Paulo, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Sergio previously worked at Juntos Somos Mais as a Board Member. Sergio Furio attended the Esade. Sergio Furio has received the Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program certificate. ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School. ## Simon Borrero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Manolo Atala - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Manolo has built several high-impact companies in the eCommerce ecosystem, as well as SaaS. Prior to FairPlay, Manolo was Partner & COO for Mountain Nazca, a Venture Capital Firm based in Mexico with focus on high-impact investments through Latin America & abroad. He was Co-founder of Pulpomatic, the first Fleet Management Technologycompany in Latin America and Europe. He served as Managing Director in Groupon México, which later took the operation of its subsidiary in Puerto Rico, remaining as Regional SVP – North Latam. He is an active angel investor in companies like Cornershop, Liftit, Justo, Kavak, Instafit, among others. ## Leonardo Teixeira - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor. ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid. ## Patrick Sigrist - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Born with an entrepreneurial spirit, devoted the past 15 years to Food Delivery services and O2O logistics. Founder of iFood and CEO of DiskCook for over a decade, was also a partner founder at a couple of other successful startups. Actively involved in his businesses, has a very successful founder, CEO, advisor, angel investor and M&A trackrecord during the last 2 decades. After making a great exit from iFood and many other companies, is currently in a sabbatical year living in Palo Alto, USA, seeking refreshment at the best startup atmosphere place on earth… ## Arash Ferdowsi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a TechCrunch50 finalist in 2008. ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America. ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country. ## JP Duque - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Big Data Latam-focused Angel Investor (pre-seed to series A). Experience in VC, investment banking (M&A), private equity, angel and impact investing ## Matias Woloski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires. ## Travis Foxhall - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, FinTech, Payments Travis Foxhall is based out of New York, New York, and is the Chief Financial Officer of Clara. Travis previously worked at Point72 Ventures as an Investment Vice President. Travis Foxhall attended Yale University. ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - 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. ## Hans Tung - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Hans Tung is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital and also Board Member of Wispr Flow. Hans previously worked at Poshmark as a Board Member. Hans Tung attended the Stanford University. ## Paulo Silveira - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology CEO and founder at Caelum Alura ## Mauricio Feldman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Sports, Software Co-founder & CEO at Volanty ## Felipe Villamarin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Human Resources Felipe Villamarin is a Co-Founder at Rappi. ## Marcelo Sampaio - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Apps, Software There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world. ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com. ## Brad Flora - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Brad Flora is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Perfect Audience. Mr. Flora received a BA from Princeton University in English and an MS in Journalism from Northwestern. ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Alan Rutledge ## Güimar Vaca Sittic - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs. ## Pierpaolo Barbieri - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Pierpaolo is founder and CEO at Ualá and Executive Director at Greenmantle, a macroeconomic and geopolitical consulting firm and senior associate at the Applied History Center of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was also Chief Strategist of the Brevan Howard Argentina Fund. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pierpaolo studied atHarvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude and his senior honors thesis was awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes ’19 prize. He was elected Lt. Charles Henry Fiske III Harvard-Cambridge scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MPhil in Economic and Social History and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. His first book, Hitler’s Shadow Empire: The Nazis and the Spanish Civil War, was published by Harvard University Press in the USA and UK, Penguin Random House in Spain and Latin America, Mondadori in Italy, and Citic in China. Pierpaolo’s journalism has been featured in The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, and the New Republic. He used to write regularly for El País. Before Greenmantle, Pierpaolo worked for Goldman Sachs, Soros Fund Management, and Bridgewater Associates. ## Sebastian Ruales - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce Sebastian is Co-Founder and CEO of Bia.Energy, company aiming to empower LatAm with cheap, sustainable and smart energy, through a consumer centric technology platform.He is founding team member of LatAm´s SuperApp Rappi -YC 16’, Sequoia, SoftBank, DST, T.RowePrice - Where he built from scratch and developed the Monetization model of the company,Business Development and New Businesses. He additionally served as an independent consultant to several StartUps in the region, advising on product and commercial strategy. He is advisor to 8VC, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Opera Ventures, and VP of MatterScale Ventures. He is also Speaker -Including TEDTalks. Prior to tech and VC, he had marketing and commercial strategy roles in the CPG industry, where he worked for L´Oreal, Quala and Johnson & Johnson.Sebastian has an MBA from Tulane University and an EP from Singularity University. ## Florian Hagenbuch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Mobile Apps Florian Hagenbuch is the Founder and President of Loft. He previously worked at Silver Lake Partners as an Analyst. Florian Hagenbuch attended The Wharton School. ## Rafael Duton - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile. Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Leonardo Borrero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Food Delivery Leonardo Borrero ## Martin Schrimpff - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS Martin currently works as the co-founder and CEO of Kocomo. He used to worked for PayU as founder and head of global sales. ## Daniel Undurraga - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Mr. Daniel Undurraga is Founder & CTO at Cornershop. ## Mario Letelier - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Software Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest. ## Eduardo Kupper - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology 17+ years of experience in several industries and sectors, including entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Management consulting, and Investment Banking. Founder @ Airborne Ventures, an early-stage VC fund. Former Head of VC at Bradesco Venture Capital arm, responsible for 2 funds totaling R$ 800mm of invested capital and R$ 1,7billion AUM.Experienced VC investor with 50+ deals across several stages and industries over the last 6 years. Founded and co-founded several companies including Helpling, Remessa Online, Finpass, and MAR Ventures. Several successful exits including +1bi BRL sale and 1 Nasdaq IPO. Board member at several companies in different sectors and stages.Professional with an extensive network, close relationships, and co-investments with several VC funds and entrepreneurs. Wharton MBA | The Lauder Institute MA | UPenn Grad Electrical engineer B.eng. | Unicamp - BrazilSpecialties: Finance, General Management, Strategy, capital structuring, Angel Investing, M&A, Fundraising, Business Development, Tech start-ups (Healthtech, Marketplaces, Fintech, Edtech, Mobility) Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, FMCG, project management, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Career advisory. ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, CRM Experienced Latin American internet entrepreneur. Co-founder and CEO, Astropay LLP. Organizer, Punta Tech Meetup. Sergio Fogel is one of the most recognized internet entrepreneurs in Uruguay and in Latin America in general. He founded several companies, among them Astropay (the leading alternative payments processor in Latam), Uniotel (LongDistance Carrier in Uruguay) and JetNumbers.com. Sergio is also the original founder and organizer of Punta Tech Meetup, a gathering of tech entrepreneurs held every January in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Sergio holds an MBA from INSEAD and a master's degree in computer science from the Technion. He previously worked as reseracher in IBM's Haifa Research Labs, as well as in sales for Oracle Corp. ## Joao Kepler Braga - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Joao Kepler Braga is a partner at Bossa Nova Investimentos. ## Wensceslao Casares - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Mobile Wences Casares is a technology entrepreneur with global business experience specializing in technology and financial ventures. He is an advocate of the Bitcoin revolution and he has said he believes that Bitcoin will be bigger than the internet.He is the founder and CEO of Xapo, a Bitcoin wallet startup based in Palo Alto, California. Xapo issaid to be the largest custodian of bitcoin in the world. Xapo has raised $40 million from leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. ## Gerry Giacoman Colyer - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Business strategist and product guy oriented towards growth and finance. At my core, I'm a liberal arts grad who thought about going into public service, but then fell in love with the potential for technology-driven companies to make our lives better. ## Carlos Julio Garcia - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Real Estate, Financial Services, FinTech Carlos Julio Garcia - Founder & CEO @ Kavak ## Diego Gomes - Type: Angel - Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Entrepreneur, angel investor and SaaS expert. ## Florian Otto - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care Florian is Co-founder and CEO of Cedar, the leading patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and independent medical groups. Prior to founding Cedar, Florian was an executive at Zocdoc where he drove the commercial adoption of the platform by health systems. Previously, Florian founded a daily deal company in Brazil(ClubeUrbano) that was sold to Groupon. After the acquisition, he became CEO of Groupon Brazil. He has also worked at McKinsey & Company within their healthcare practice. Florian holds an M.D., D.D.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany. ## Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia. ## Parker Treacy - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Founder at Cobli.