# Top 30 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Africa in June 2026 ## Phillip Sebole Masango - Type: Angel - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Phillip Sebole Masango, is a South African C-Siute Executive and Venture Capitalist, a visionary who seamlessly navigates the intersections of Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Development, Business Intelligence (BI), Design, Web, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, IoT, Digital Strategy, Creativity, and Innovation. With aproven track record of assuming CEO, CTO, and other top executive roles, he brings a rare fusion of technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic foresight to every venture he leads. Phillip doesn’t just build companies—he drives innovation, scales businesses, and redefines industries.A Mission Rooted in Empowerment and Progress: With extensive experience in the Startup Ecosystem, Technology Industry, Creative Industry, Digital Innovation, Management Consulting, and Venture Capital, Phillip thrives in environments where innovation flourishes. His mission is to empower individuals, startups, businesses, and organizations by delivering cutting-edge technology and digital solutions that drive exponential growth. However, his work extends beyond personal ambition—it is a devotion to serving humanity. Phillip is committed to creating a world where technology democratizes and decentralizes industries, enabling individuals and businesses to innovate, lead, and thrive. He envisions a future where technology not only liberates but also elevates and inspires—enabling companies to reach new heights and igniting a wave of global prosperity.A Legacy of Meaningful Success: For Phillip, success is not defined by accolades or financial gain—it is measured by the profound impact he creates. He refuses to chase success in pursuits that lack meaning, believing that true success comes from doing what one loves—better than anyone else—driven by passion, joy, and self-mastery. His approach to business and innovation is holistic, tackling challenges from multiple angles to fuel transformative change. He thrives in collaborative environments where boundaries are pushed, industries are reshaped, and new possibilities emerge.Yet beyond business, Phillip understands that life is a journey of emotions and meaning. He embraces every experience—both triumphs and challenges—as stepping stones toward a greater purpose. With unwavering dedication and a heart set on impact, he continues to push forward, leaving a legacy that will resonate for generations to come. ## Jai Mahtani - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Venture - Series Unknown, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Jai is an entrepreneur and investor based in the UAE. He has a track record of building and scaling sports and digital businesses, including Sporty Group and PalmPay.At 885 Capital, he backs ambitious founders and ideas at the intersection of sports and technology - diversifying into other high-impact fields, with a specific interest in realestate.Jai holds a BSc in Management Studies from Nottingham University. ## Sudeep Ramnani - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder & Managing Partner of 885 Capital. He previously worked at PalmPay as Co-Founder, Board Member, and Investor. Sudeep attended the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied economics. ## Christian Faes - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Christian Faes was previously co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, which is a technology driven mortgage lender and a leading Fintech company. The company has over £3.5 billion of Funds Under Management, and is one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. Now building Faes & Co. ## Christian Angermayer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain Christian Angermayer is based out of London, England and is the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Enhanced Games. Christian Angermayer attended the University of Bayreuth. ## Richard Aseme - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Credit, InsurTech Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000. ## Charles Delingpole - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove. ## Michael Chow - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Michael Chow is the Founder and CEO of Dart Technologies. ## Kahlil Lalji - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Kahlil Lalji is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the CEO and Co-founder of Natural. Kahlil previously worked at Ivella as a CEO and Co-founder. ## Joe Caruso - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet For the last 20 years Joe has served as mentor, coach, and personal advisor to CEO’s and entrepreneurs. In recent years, he has served as investor, advisor and active director with dozens of companies, public and private.Joe is currently a member of Launchpad Venture Group and was previously a member of Walnut Ventures, Common Angels, eCoastAngels and a principal of Brookwood Partners, all investment groups for early stage companies. He also maintains an active consulting practice dealing with structuring and negotiation of acquisitions, strategic partnerships and financings, and issues related to dispute resolution.He has served on dozens of boards over the years and is recipient of the Leadership in Private Corporate Governance award from the National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter. He is a graduate of Northeastern University (BSEE with honors) and the Harvard Business School (MBA) He has served as advisor to Northeastern’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship, and serves as a mentor for Boston University's entrepreneurship program, the Boston TechStars program, and Mass Challenge.Previously, Joe served as interim CEO for companies in need of strategic change - running businesses ranging from 5 to 1,000 employees. Early in his career, he worked at Teradyne and Autex, Inc., and was CEO at Cyborg Corporation, a venture-funded company that was a pioneer in the use of PC’s in laboratory and factory automation. He also has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.Former board memberships include: ACT Medical, Acumenta, Adhesive Technologies, American Fantasy Sports, Audiofile, Boston Restaurant Associates, Boston University's Photonics Center (advisory director), Coffee Connection, Colonial Mills, Common Angels, Corion, Cyborg Corporation, General Analysis, Haymarket Bank, Iconics, i2Chem, Laser Science, Metrisa, MicroE, Nimbit, Qiave Technologies, QD Vision, Quant Funds (trustee); Tytronics, Wwwhoosh, Zentox, the Turnaround Management Association (founding director, New England Chapter), the National Association of Corporate Directors (New England Chapter), the Association for Corporate Growth (New England Chapter) and WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology). Joe has also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. ## Tayo Oviosu - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. ## Hirokazu Mashita - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, EdTech, Consumer Hirokazu Mashita ## Leonard Stiegeler - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively. ## Bernard Arnault - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: SaaS, Events, Banking Bernard Arnault is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group. Born to an industrial family in Roubaix, France on March 5, 1949, Bernard attended the Roubaix lycée and the Faidherbe lycée in Lille. Bernard then went on to study at the EcolePolytechnique, graduating in 1971. Bernard began his professional career that year as an Engineer with the Ferret-Savinel construction company and successively was promoted to various executive management positions before becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1978. Bernard remained there until 1984, when he undertook the reorganization of the Financière Agache holding company. Bernard returned the group to profitability as he embarked upon a strategy of developing the world’s leading luxury products company. In the process, Bernard reinvigorated Christian Dior as the cornerstone of the new organization. In 1989, Bernard became the majority shareholder of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, creating the world’s leading luxury products group. Bernard has been Chairman of the BOard of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the company since that date. Bernard is also President of the Board of Directors of Groupe Arnault S.A. (his family holding company). Bernard is married and has five children. Bernard has been awarded the honory titles of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. ## Klemens Hallmann - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech Klemens Hallmann is an Austrian entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and sole owner of Hallmann Corporate Group, one of the larger Austrian groups of companies, specializing in sales, renovation, and development of real estate projects, in addition to a wide-ranging portfolio of investments including finance and film production ## Karim Beguir - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Co-Founder & CEO of InstaDeep and Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning, Karim helps companies get a grip on the latest AI advances and deploy them in practice. A graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique and former Program Fellow at NYU’s Courant Institute, Karim has a passion for teaching and using applied mathematics. This encouragedhim to launch InstaDeep, nominated at MWC17 in the top 20 global startup list by PCMAG. He is on a mission to democratize AI and make it accessible to a wider audience. ## Biola Alabi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, AgTech, FinTech Biola Alabi is the Managing Partner of Biola Alabi Media, the media icon heads a dynamic consultancy and production company with expertise in strategic consulting for pay entertainment, digital television, interactive television and emerging entertainment distribution platforms; they service governments, content creators, telecommunicationindustry, and investors in the converging media technology space. Biola Alabi Media productions has recently produced Nigeria’s first food travel documentary-series "Bukas and Joints" currently airing across Africa and in the USA.She is also the founder of "Grooming for Greatness" a leadership development and mentorship program for a new generation of African leaders. Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa by Forbes Magazine (2012), a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012) and CNBC Africa’s AABLA West African Business Woman of the Year (2013), for over five highly successful years, Biola Alabi held the high-profile position of Managing Director for M-Net Africa, part of the globally renowned Naspers Group. Prior to this, she was based in the United States where she was part of the executive team at the influential children’s television brand Sesame Street and a member of the marketing team that launched the well-respected Korean motor vehicle corporation Daewoo in the USA. ## Michael Seibel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University. ## Moses Koledoye - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Credit, FinTech, Lending Moses Koledoye - Software Engineer, SRE @ Google ## Meyer Malka - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnershipfocused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website.Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets.In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years.In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million.In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany.In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses. ## Jackson Moses - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, National Security, Military Jackson Moses is the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures. He previously worked at ThinkOrbital as an Advisor. Jackson attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he took a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a focus on Monetary Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on Game Theory. ## Jeff Dean - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. He joined Google in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technical foundations. He currently focuses on advancing AI and deep learning research across Google’s research teams.He co-founded and led the Google Brain team, helping drive innovations indeep learning for speech recognition, computer vision, natural language understanding, and a wide range of predictive applications. Over the years, he has co-designed and implemented several generations of Google's core systems, including its web search infrastructure, crawling and indexing pipelines, and advertising technologies such as AdSense for Content.He is also a key contributor to Google's distributed computing infrastructure, having co-designed and implemented systems like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, Protocol Buffers, LevelDB, and TensorFlow—one of the most widely used open-source machine learning platforms.Jeff Dean earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1996. He is a Fellow of the ACM, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences and the Mark Weiser Award. ## Amandine Lobelle - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech Amandine Lobelle is the Head of Business at Paystack. She attended Harvard Kennedy School. ## Andrew Bredenkamp - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Speech Recognition, Translation Service Andrew Bredenkamp is founder and CEO of Acrolinx. Andrew has been solving content problems for the world’s biggest brands for over 25 years. Before starting Acrolinx, Andrew was Head of the Technology Transfer Centre at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Language Technology Lab. Andrew holds degrees in languages,linguistics and a PhD in Computational Linguistics. He is on the advisory board of a number of organizations, including Translators without Borders. ## Yuzuru Honda - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, SNS, Internet Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut. ## Eric Nadalin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Eric Nadalin has entrepreneurship experiences in both the payments and telecoms spaces for over 20+ years. He cofounded Nexmo and worked as a CTO managing product and engineering teams. The company was acquired by Vonage in May 2016. During the dotcom era, he was based in San Francisco and cofounded iPIN, which was later on acquired by Valista andwas integrated with major mobile operators around the globe. Eric holds several patents in telecommunication, a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Computer Science from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. ## Bill Spruill - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Facial Recognition, Identity Management, Information Technology Bill Spruill ## Jonathan Doerr - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing - Focus: Credit, Retail, FinTech Jonathan Doerr is the CEO of Daraz. Prior to this, Jonathan served as the managing director of Jumia Nigeria. ## Leo Stigler - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech Leo Stigler is an investor. ## Manuel Coser - Type: Angel - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech Manuel Coser has an extensive practice in the journalistic, TV, and film industry fields both as director, author, and camera operator; his work is specifically focused on citizens activism, political participation, human rights, and environmental issues. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co