# Top 50 Art Angel Investors in Europe in June 2026 ## Erdem Yurdanur - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Mobile, iOS, Advertising Erdem Yurdanur - Founder & Director @ Admost ## Oliver Slipper - Type: Angel - Location: Cobham, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, B2B, B2C Building Sports & Tech Companies ## Jorg Mohaupt - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Art Jörg was appointed to the Board when Access Industries acquired the Company in 2007. Jörg is responsible for the media/online and telecom businesses at Access Industries, which he joined in May 2007. He was previously a Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners. Jörg has been active in the media and communications space since 1992. Hehas, as an investor, been involved with several businesses dealing with sports rights (RGE Group, Digiturk), internet services (Bibit NV, Adyen, Speedera Networks) and content delivery (Casema NV, Comhem AB). Jörg’s current board positions include Tory Burch LLC, Rebate Networks GmbH, AINMT Holdings AB, RGE Group Limited, Icon UK Distribution Holdings Limited and Mendeley Research Networks. Prior board positions include Digiturk, Casema NV, Comhem AB, Bibit BV, VersaTel Telecom NV and Speedera Networks Inc. ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster. ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## Nicolas Julia - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Nicolas Julia is a Blockchain entrepreneur. He is the CEO at Sorare, the leading platform to collect and play with officially licensed football Crypto-goodsNicolas dedicated his career to Blockchain in 2015, and was previously running operations at Stratumn, a $8M VC-backed blockchain company.Nicolas hosts the meetup Crypto-goods Club, theplace of expression for all Crypto-goods enthusiasts.He believes Crypto-goods will pave the way for a new era of digital ownership and change the internet. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Henrik Lindemann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, iOS, Android Henrik Lindemann ## Rosario Bifulco - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Medical, Blockchain Rosario Bifulco, president of the auction house Finarte S.p.A. ## Frédéric Jousset - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, FinTech, Finance Olivier Duha at Bain & Company, Frédéric co-founded Webhelp, which originally provided online support services for businesses and the general public, in June 2000. Rapid growth and innovation over the following years has resulted in the BPO provider and customer experience engineer that is Webhelp today.Frédéric graduated from HEC in 1992 andbegan his career in 1994 at L’Oréal. He handled marketing and familiarised himself with new product development, consumer brand management and advertising strategies. Paying close attention to new technologies, he decided to buy DIALOG, a software vendor, in 1998 and soon merged it with its competitor, IKOSOFT. He then joined Bain & Company in 1999 as part of the private equity practice, where he participated in several consulting assignments guiding the engagement strategy of major funding institutions.Frederic is a Knight of the Order of Merit and the Arts & Humanities, and Commander of Wissam Al-Aouite of the Kingdom of Morocco. Since October 2011, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. ## Jaroslav Beck - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Art Jaroslav Beck is based out of Czech Republic, Europe and is the Co-Founder and CEO of BottleCap AI. Jaroslav previously worked at Beat Games as a Co-Founder and Music Director. Jaroslav Beck attended the University of West Bohemia. ## Thomas France - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology Entrepreneur, Investor ## Heiko Rauch - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Co-Founder of UFOstart ## Bart Swanson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive. Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California. ## Peter Steinberger - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Art Founder of PSPDFKit ## Josep Sanfeliu - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A - Focus: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care Josep Ll. Sanfeliu is based out of Barcelona, Catalonia and is the Board of Directors of SafeHeal. Josep previously worked at Anaconda BioMed as a Board Director as an Asabys Partners investment. Josep Ll. Sanfeliu attended the University of Michigan Law School. ## Tim Jackson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Tim Jackson is the Founder, CEO, General Partner & Partner of Walking Ventures & he attended University of Oxford in in 1983. ## Con Gornell - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, News, Travel Con is an investor, advisor and consultant for a broad portfolio of entertainment, tech and cultural organisations. He was Executive Vice President, Marketing (EMEA) at Warner Bros. Pictures until 2018 and has previously worked for BBH, Grey and Mediacom. ## Nicolas Ott - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Fashion, Lifestyle Nicolas Ott ## Tommy Jacobson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Art, Apps, Soccer Chairman of Zenith. Entrepreneur. Founder of Varenne, Quesada, and Trevise. Tommy has vast experience as an investor in growth companies, including successful start-up investments in Unibet and Zound. ## Jonathan Betz - Type: Angel - Location: Summit, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Jonathan Betz is a Principal at Hudson River Angels. Jonathan holds a BA in Computer Science with a double major in Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon University ## Florian Ristl - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality Florian Ristl ## Jonas Engwall - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Art, Auctions, Search Engine Jonas Engwall is the founder of Knoxville. He is also the chairman and founder of DBT Capital. ## Alpay Berk Caglayan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Pre-Seed - Focus: Digital Marketing, Advertising, Art Alpay Berk Caglayan is the founder of Inviox Studios, an advisor at Joseph Shining, and a Stakeholder & Executive Partner at Zwiket. He previously worked at Zwiket as an Advisor. Alpay currently manages $8.2 million in assets. Alpay Berk Caglayan attended Yale University. ## Eric Archambeau - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps Eric Archambeau is a Senior Advisor at technology companies. Eric joined Wellington as a General Partner in early 2005 focusing on Digital Media, Software, Cleantech and Electronics.From 2000 to 2002, he was at Benchmark Capital where he lead and co-lead a number of deals including Betfair, Orchestria, Xignal and Activiti (now Alfresco), as well as pioneering an active Entrepreneur in Residence programme in London. Eric joined Benchmark from Atlas Venture where, in Silicon Valley, he worked with companies including Tsqware (acquired by Globespan) and Obongo (acquired by AOL).Before 1999, Eric was a serial entrepreneur. First in 1993, as co-founder and CEO of RightPoint, a provider of marketing automation enterprise software (acquired by e.piphany), then, in 1998, as founding CEO of Trading Dynamics (acquired by Ariba). Eric was also a founding board member of eGroups, acquired by Yahoo! in 2000. In the 1980s he worked in the semiconductor and EDA industry in Silicon Valley, most notably with VLSI Technology Inc.Eric is one of the founders of Social-Impact, a professional development programme helping social entrepreneurs worldwide to increase their social impact and reach their full potential. He also lectured at INSEAD where he founded the Social Entrepreneurship department. ## William Tunstall-Pedoe - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng is a British entrepreneur focused on world-changing products powered with Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge and London UK. He founded the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge), the AI platform acquired by Amazon and where William, the team and the technology developed byEvi was used to create Alexa. He left in 2016. William is an active angel investor with investments in more than 100 startups. He is a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab and a full member of Cambridge Angels. ## Graham Stirling - Type: Angel - Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, RFID, Mobile Graham Stirling is the Manager - Investments at Veddis. ## Jens von Bahr - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Art, Auctions, Genetics Jens von Bahr ## Jakob Kattner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality Jakob Kattner ## Cozomo De’Medici - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Art, Apps Cozomo De’Medici ## Paul Field - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Art, Women's, Internet CEO EMEA, TouchCast. Partner, bMuse. Director, Higgaboom. Advisor, Dugout. Advisor to Amaliah and Lead Investor. Board Member and Investor, Inn Style Ltd. Investor, The Memo. Ignite Accelerator Investor and Mentor. Free Word Board Member. Consultant. Ex Daily Mail executive ## Denis Fayolle - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds. ## Robert Kyncl - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, FinTech, Payments Robert Kyncl is the current Chief Business Officer of YouTube. He previously worked at Netflix as a Vice President, Content. Robert Kyncl attended Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. ## Sherry Coutu - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Sherry Coutu currently works as an Independent Non Executive Director for Pearson. She previously worked at superpower as a Director. Sherry Coutu attended Harvard Business School. ## Ben Lin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, SaaS, E-Commerce Ben Lin is the Co-Founder of Coral. ## Sam Enrico Williams - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr. Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels. ## Violette Taquet - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Internet, Software Violette Taquet ## Chantal Baudron - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Chantal Baudron is the CEO of Chantal Baudron SAS. ## Guillaume Houzé - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Art, Web Apps, Communities Guillaume Houzé Directeur de l’Image et de la Communication, Membre du Directoire chez Groupe Galeries Lafayette ## Ciro Immobile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Fashion, Internet Ciro Immobile ## Luc Doublet - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Internet, Software Luc Doublet ## Rafi Gidron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Software Rafi Gidron is the Founder and Chairman of Israel Brain Technologies. He previously worked at Lucent as a VP of Optical networks. Rafi Gidron attended Columbia University. ## Gabriel Jarrosson - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Gabriel Jarrosson created his first website at 13, then sold his first startup at 25. Serial entrepreneur and investor in more than 100 startups with 15 exits, he has since founded Leonis Investissement, a private club that offers its members the opportunity to invest in fast-growing startups in Silicon Valley that they would not have access toalone. He has invested more than $30M through this club. He is the creator of the YouTube channel "Leonis Investissement", the most followed in France on this theme. Since 2023, he has also manages Lobster Capital, a $10M investment fund that invests in Silicon Valley startups. ## Jeremy Yap - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe. ## Nikhil Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Harrow, Harrow, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Music, Coworking I am a creative, tech and social impact entrepreneur.I am Cofounder of Mixcloud -- the global community for audio culture -- where I worked with an amazing team of people to grow the company from a couple of guys in a warehouse in NW London to the world's biggest community of DJs and music curators, reaching 20 million people a month.It's been an exciting ride and I've learned a lot about building teams, products, communities/users, partnerships and business models. We continue to remain focused on building the world's leading sustainable and fair ecosystem for audio creators.I am now a board advisor to Mixcloud and an angel investor/advisor in a number of tech and consumer businesses. I am also advising and supporting charities and social impact projects, including being a trustee for the brilliant dance charity East London Dance, and an advisor to the great empowerment and anti racism organisation You Make It. I also enjoy DJing and I run an electronic music record label/clubnight MakeMusic. ## Theo Osborne - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital. ## Christophe Maire - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem. ## Stephanie Allen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Art, iOS Stephanie Allen - Member of the Board of Advisors @ CityFalcon ## Güimar Vaca Sittic - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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.