# Top 50 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in LATAM in June 2026 ## Bhavik Bajaj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech Bhavik Bajaj ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## Carlos Rodriguez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence Carlos Rodriguez ## Travis Foxhall - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Caio Maia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Government Caio Maia ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, 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. ## Hugo Barra - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Hugo Barra is the Co-Founder of /dev/agents. He previously worked at Detect as a CEO. Hugo Barra attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Carlos Carrillo Alvarez - Type: Angel - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Sensor, Software, Analytics Carlos Carrillo Alvarez - CIO & Founder @ SmartMining ## Alessio Alionco - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Sales Alessio Silva Alionco is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder & CEO of Pipefy. Alessio previously worked at Acessozero as a Founder, CEO. Alessio Silva Alionco attended the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. ## Pedro Mariani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Government Pedro Mariani ## Patrick Sigrist - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - 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… ## Carlos Pacheco - Type: Angel - Location: Curityba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Energy, Blockchain, Renewable Energy Angel Investor IBGC - Certified Board Member ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Mario Augusto Sá - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence 26 years old entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO of CASH. We are building a future where every Gen Z has control over their financial life at NG.CASH. | Forbes Under 30Previously:- Co-Founded Trampolin, a Banking-as-a-Service startup. Exit to a NASDAQ-listed firm;- Co-Founded Neagle, one of Brazil’s Top 100 YouTube Channels (+8MM subscribers);- Co-Founded FanStar, a Talent Agency company focused on Gen Z digital influencers.I’m also an early Crypto-adopter and active Angel Investor.Made in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Leo Milian - Type: Angel - Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, Guatemala - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Software, Personalization Leo Milian ## Fersen Lambranho - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, Video Chairman of GP Investments ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Wensceslao Casares - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce 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. ## Milton Seligman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: SaaS, Grocery, Big Data Milton Seligman ## Juliano Dutra - Type: Angel - Location: Campinas, Goias, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Human Resources Juliano Dutra is the Partner & Head of Technology at bake startup studio and Co-Founder & Board Member at Gringo. ## Geoffrey KALISH - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: AgTech, Seafood, Biotechnology Mr. Kalish is a Partner at Aquiline Capital Partners. Previously, Mr. Kalish was also the Founder and Managing Director at Venturion Capital. He has served on the boards of numerous financial services companies in Europe and the US. He holds a history degree from Columbia and a masters degree in public policy from Harvard. ## Jeff Horing - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at Insight Venture Partners since 1995. Under his leadership Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and internet businesses, currently investing from a $2.56 billion fund. Jeff's areas of focus include mobile,online gaming, data, infrastructure and internet software. Jeff is a former member of the board of directors of Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird Co.), CTSpace (acquired by Sword Group), Beechwood Data Systems (acquired by Cap Gemini), Greenfield Online (IPO, later acquired by Microsoft), Hitwise (acquired by Experian Group Ltd), IAG Research (acquired by The Nielsen Company), ProMira Software (acquired by Manugistics), Shutterstock (IPO), SLP Infoware (acquired by Gemplus), Solarwinds Inc. (IPO NYSE: SWI), and Xchange (IPO acquired by Amdocs).Jeff is an investor or currently serves on the board of directors of AirWatch (mobile device management), Anaqua (IP asset management), GFI Software (cloud-based services), Jagex Ltd (online gaming), Nexon (online gaming), Datacore Software (storage virtualization), New Relic (application performance management), Teamviewer (remote desktop collaboration), WIX (free DIY flash-based websites), Whitney University System (distance learning technology), and Zumba (global fitness and lifestyle brand).Prior to founding Insight, Jeff was a key member of the technology investing team at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Capital Markets group.Jeff holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa. Jeff is a regular speaker at Wharton as part of the Distinguished Guest speaker series. ## Mateus Paiva Lambranho - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Mateus Paiva Lambranho is the Partner and CFO/COO of HYPR. ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Alan Rutledge ## Arash Ferdowsi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services 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. ## Martin Escobari - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Identity Management, Financial Services Martín Escobari is Head of Global Growth Equity, Co-President, and Managing Director. Martín is Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee and also serves on the Portfolio and Executive Committees. Before joining General Atlantic in 2012, Martín was a Managing Director at Advent International where he focused on the financial services sector.Prior to that, he was Co-Founder and CFO of Submarino.com, a leading Brazilian online retailer that went public on the Bovespa and was sold to Lojas Americanas in 2006. Martin started his career as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.Martín serves on the board of directors of several GA portfolio companies including Arco, dLocal, Grupo Axo, and XP Investimentos. He also served on the boards of prior GA investments including Pague Menos, Smiles, Sura Asset Management, and Sanfer.Martín graduated with high honors with a B.S. in Economics from Harvard College and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, graduating as a Baker Scholar. He serves on the board of Primeira Chance, a scholarship program for gifted children in Brazil, and is active with Endeavor Brazil, where he mentors young entrepreneurs. Martín is also a member of the Advisory Group for the Brazil office of Harvard´s Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and a board member of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. ## Christer Andersson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet Christer K. Andersson is an investor in early stage angel and venture rounds. Christer's main focus is in software tech start-ups that have a certain level of disruption in their idea. The current portfolio includes start-ups based in USA, Sweden, India , Israel, and Germany and cover technologies in Crypto / BlockChain, ArtificialIntelligence, BioTech, Enterprise SaaS, MusicTech, Mobility, and Futureofwork. ## Pedro Arnt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Pedro Arnt is the current Co-Chief Executive Officer of dLocal. He previously worked at MercadoLibre as a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Pedro Arnt attended the University of Oxford. ## João Del Valle - Type: Angel - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sales, Security, Software Joao Del Valle is the Founder and CEO of EBANX. He previously worked at Grupo Polvo as CTO. Joao Del Valle attended INSEAD. ## Sean Behr - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Retail, Logistics Sean Behr is CEO of Fountain - the leader in high-volume hourly hiring. Previously, Sean was Co-Founder and CEO of STRATIM and Zirx (acquired by KAR Global), the intelligent logistics platform for mobility companies. Sean also served in leadership roles at Adap.tv (acquired by AOL) and Shopping.com (acquired by Ebay).Sean holds a B.A. in historyand political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ## Fabian Carrillo - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, Retail Technology, Small and Medium Businesses Fabian Carrillo is the Interim Chief Executive Officer at Cluvi. ## Eduardo Baer - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Telecommunications, Artificial Intelligence Eduardo Baer is the Chief Operating Officer of Nomad. ## Markos Achar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Big Data Markos Achar ## Manuel Vila - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: EdTech, Education, Artificial Intelligence Manuel Vila is an individual investor. ## Nayarah Ribeiro - Type: Angel - Location: Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: CRM, Software, Machine Learning Advogada e Angel em empresas de Early Stage. ## Juanjo Mostazo - Type: Angel - Location: Málaga, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, B2B Juanjo Mostazo ## Sam K. - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning Sam K. ## José Cristián Cortés - Type: Angel - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Logistics, Food Delivery Results driven leader with several years of experience helping companies to their greater potential, within crisis and turbulence, engaging stake holders, team members and customers developing collaboration, critical thinking, and determination. ## Bob Goodman - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Robert Goodman is a general partner at Goodman served as a director at he joined Bessemer Venture Partners. He has also worked at Goodman holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from ## Guillermo Peigneux - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: EdTech, Education, Artificial Intelligence Guillermo Peigneux is an individual investor. ## Gabriel Benarros - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Database, Software, Advertising Gabriel Benarros is a Brazilian entrepreneur. He attended Stanford University, where he studied Economics and Psychology. Gabriel started a Masters in Management Science & Engineering, but took a leave of absence after receiving the initial investment for Ingresse. Ingresse is Brazil's first social ticketing company. ## Mauro Levi D'Ancona - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Mauro Levi D'Ancona - CEO @ 180° Insurance ## Konrad Dantas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Music, Analytics Konrad Dantas, 36, is the founder of KONDZILLA, a production company and music label. Nominated for the International EMMY and twice for the Latin GRAMMY. Creator of the largest YOUTUBE channel in Latin America, with 67 million subscribers and over 38 billion views. He studied at HARVARD Business School - Business of Entertainment, Media, andSports.He is the creator, producer, and director of the hit SINTONIA, the most-watched non-English series in the world on NETFLIX, with 5 seasons and winner of the Grande Prêmio de Cinema Brasileiro.He has been awarded 3 times at the CANNES LIONS Festival, 5 times at the CLIO Awards, and also won the CABORÉ Award for Best Advertising Production Company. Recognized as Under 30 by FORBES, International Power Player by BILLBOARD, Man of the Year by GQ magazine, and one of the 100 most influential Afro-descendants in the world by MIPAD at the UN. ## Claudio Barahona - Type: Angel - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, EdTech Claudio Barahona is a Venture Capital and Innovation leader with over a decade of experience investing in and supporting high-growth startups across Latin America. He founded his first startup at the age of 18, which he successfully exited six years later. A Civil Industrial Engineer from Universidad de Chile, he has devoted much of his career topromoting innovation and entrepreneurship in Chile and the broader LATAM region.As Managing Partner at Alaya Capital, he led the fundraising and deployment of a $30M early-stage fund, building a portfolio of 20+ tech-driven companies and managing a team of nine professionals.Previously, Claudio spearheaded Telefónica’s Corporate Venture Capital strategy in Chile, investing in 45 startups and generating strategic and financial returns for the corporation—including $4M in new revenue through startup-corporate integrations in a single year.He is also the founder of ComoLevantarCapital.com, a fundraising platform that has empowered over 1,000 entrepreneurs across Latin America, and is an active angel investor and startup mentor.Deeply committed to ecosystem development, Claudio served on the board of the Chilean Venture Capital Association (ACVC) and founded the Corporate Venturing Latam Report to map and analyze CVC trends throughout the region. ## Mark Gormley - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity, Secondary Market - Focus: Service Industry, Insurance, AgTech Mark K. Gormley is a Partner at Lee Equity Partners. Prior to joining Lee Equity in 2006, Mr. Gormley was a Partner at Capital Z Financial Services Partners (“CZFS”), a leading financial services private equity firm, where he played a leading role in the operations and investment activities of the $1.85 billion fund. Mr. Gormley co-founded CZFS in1998 and shared responsibility for the oversight of all of the firm's investment and monitoring activities. Prior to founding CZFS, Mr. Gormley served as a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), specializing in the insurance and asset management industries. While at DLJ, Mr. Gormley worked on corporate finance and merger and acquisition assignments, as well as on principal related activities on behalf of DLJ Merchant Banking. Prior to joining DLJ in 1989, he was a founding member of the Insurance Group at Merrill Lynch in 1985. Mr. Gormley serves or has served as a director of numerous public and private companies, including The Edelman Financial Group, Skopos Financial Group, Captive Resources, Carlile Bancshares, PDR Network, MidCap Financial, Universal American, Permanent General, NewStar Financial, British Marine Holdings, Catlin Group, Bank Handlowy, Ceska Sporitelna, NACOLAH among others. Mr. Gormley received a B.S.B.A. cum laude in Finance and Economics from the University of Denver and an M.B.A. from New York University. ## Francisco Coronel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Call Center, Virtual Assistant Francisco Coronel ## Santiago Gomez Gonzalez - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Machine Learning, Retail Technology, Small and Medium Businesses Santiago Gomez Gonzalez is a Co-Founder and COO/CPO at Simetrik. ## Joe Morrissey - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software Joe Morrissey is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Additionally, Joe Morrissey has had 6 past jobs including CRO at Segment. ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - 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.