# Top 50 Beauty Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Ben Zises - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Software Ben Zises is an Angel Investor at SuperAngel.Fund. He attended Boston University. ## Arihant Patni - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Arihant is the Managing Director of Patni Financial Advisors, a wealth management company that advises high net worth families on a wide range of investment options. He is also Co-founder and Director at Nirvana venture Advisors. Arihant began his career at his family business, Patni Computer Systems, one of the leading Indian IT businesses of thetime, where he held positions in the computer software and human resources departments, as well as being a business development and marketing executive. Subsequently, Arihant worked as a Business Strategy Consultant for Fidelity Investments in Boston. ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing Aman Gupta is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder and Director of boAt. Aman previously worked at HARMAN International as a Director of Sales. Aman Gupta attended the Indian School of Business. Aman Gupta has received the National Creator Award 2024. ## Toni Ko - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics Toni Ko is the Founder and CEO of Bespoke Beauty Brands. She previously worked at NYX Los Angeles as a Founder and Chief Creative Officer. ## Sam Zises - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Big Data, Internet, B2B Sam Zises is the Founder and CEO of [L]earned Media, a content marketing and design agency schooling brands since 2012. ## Arjun Purkayastha - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail Arjun Purkayastha is a purpose driven leader with extensive global experience managing diverse businesses and multi-cultural teams at FTSE Top 10 and Fortune 100 companies - Reckitt and P&G. He has a strong track record of building outperforming teams, iconic brands & innovative business models across 60+ countries having lived & workedin the UK, Singapore, South Korea. ## Omer Hayrı Erkmen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara. ## Steve Chen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. ## Christophe Maire - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Mark Cuban - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington. ## Suhasini Sampath - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Cosmetics, Cooking Suhasini Sampath is an entrepreneur and investor specializing in the food industry. Suhasini co-founded Yogabars, India's all-natural health food company. ## Brian Levy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Beauty, Retail Brian Levy, OD, MSc has served as our Chief Medical Officer since January 2012. From 1994 to 2008, Dr. Levy was at Bausch + Lomb, Inc. where he served in various roles including Vice President of Research & Development, Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer. Prior to joining Bausch + Lomb, Inc., Dr.Levy was in private clinical practice in Toronto, Ontario from 1980 to 1989, and from 1989 to 1994 he served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer at Danube Pharmaceuticals from 2008 to 2010 and Chief Scientific Officer at Nexis Vision from 2010 to 2011, both small venture-backed companies developing products in Ophthalmology. Dr. Levy currently holds an appointment as Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester's School of Medicine. Dr. Levy received his Doctor of Optometry degree from the University of California at Berkeley and did his post-graduate work in comparative anatomy and physiology of the eye at the University of Waterloo in Canada, where he received a MS degree. ## John Paul DeJoria - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, CRM, ISP John Paul DeJoria is the CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems. He attended John Marshall High School. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Kunal Bahl - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania. ## Shane Neman - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence Founder of EZ Texting and JoonBug. Serial entrepreneur and investor in Tech, Real Estate & Hospitality.cA forward-thinking problem solver, consummate optimist and serial entrepreneur, Shane Neman is the prototypical businessman of our modern era. His experience and expertise in business span numerous industries, from technology andtelecommunications to real estate and hospitality. After leaving NYU Medical School early, he started three industry-shifting tech startups (two of them – EZ Texting and JoonBug – acquired) with hundreds of employees and tens of thousands of customers. As an insightful startup backer, Shane’s portfolio includes companies such as Convoy, Prose, Impossible Foods, Universal Standard, Apostrophe, MeetMindful, MapAnything, VinePair and Smylen. Shane is also a prolific real estate developer and investor. From commercial shopping and industrial centers to residential buildings, he owns more than two dozen large-scale properties across the U.S. He holds a degree in Computer Science from New York University, where he received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater scholarship and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. ## Hannah Bronfman - Type: Angel - Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Beauty, Wellness Hannah Bronfman is the Co-President and Endeavor Mentors Board of Endeavor. ## Coco Meers - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Beauty, Medical, Recruiting Coco Meers is CEO & Co-Founder at Equilibria. ## Joachim Behrendt - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Social Media Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin. ## Adam Schwab - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series C - Focus: Software, Wellness, Art Adam Schwab, 36, studied Law/Commerce at Monash University before becoming a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers & acquisitions at Freehills (now HerbertSmithFreehills). At 25, Adam co-founded corporate accommodation and services group, Living Corporate Apartments. In 2010, Adam co-founded what would soon become the Lux Group. In2011, Adam co-founded of MyTable, which eventually formed part of Menulog (which was sold to JustEat in 2015). Adam is currently an investor and non-executive director of online art marketplace, BlueThumb.com.au.In 2015, Adam was named the Australian Young Executive of the Year by CEO Magazine, and Adam has been a director of the Myeloma Foundation of Australia since 2010. ## Gwyneth Paltrow - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Fashion Gwyneth Paltrow is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Goop. Gwyneth Paltrow has received Screen Actors Guild Awards. ## Jared Smith - Type: Angel - Location: Provo, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series C, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Beauty, Software Jared Smith is a Co-Founder at Qualtrics. ## Oscar Salazar - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Oscar Salazar is one of the most influential figures in the modern tech industry. Salazar is the Founding-CTO and Architect of Uber. He was responsible for the creation of the initial prototypes for Uber’s customer app, driver app and dispatch engine.Salazar is also the founder of Citivox, Pager and RIDE. Citivox is an international companydesigned to enable NGOs and individuals to report and monitor electoral fraud, crime and infrastructure problems. Pager is an Uber like concept designed to connect patients with high quality health care providers. RIDE is an application that enables co-workers to carpool to work.Salazar graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Universidad de Colima in Mexico. He later earned a M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Calgary in Canada and a Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications. ## Charles Huang - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Wellness, Gaming, Mobile Charles is the Co-Founder of Blue Goji Corp and CEO & Co-Founder of Indigo 7 and also the Advisor of Berkeley SkyDeck. He is a former co-founder of RedOctane and the co-creator of the Guitar Hero video game franchise. Guitar Hero launched in 2005 and went on to become the fastest video game to reach $1B in sales. Charles left Guitar Hero in2010 and is currently the co-founder of Indigo 7, a startup focused on brands in fashion apparel and entertainment. He is an active, serial angel investor. Charles immigrated to California as a young child and currently resides in Silicon Valley with his wife and two daughters. He holds a BA in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. ## Suhail Sameer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Fashion Suhail Sameer is based out of Delhi, India and is the Founder and Managing Partner of OTP Ventures. Suhail previously worked at BharatPe as a Chief Executive Officer. Suhail Sameer attended Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. ## 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. ## Tristan Walker - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Beauty, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Tristan Walker is the Founder and CEO Walker and Company Brands. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stony Brook University. ## Tara Bosch - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Mobile, Fashion Tara Bosch is a Founder of SmartSweets. She attended The University of British Columbia. ## Dave Morin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel. ## Rajeev Chitrabhanu (MAGNETIC) - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Fashion Rajeev Chitrabhanu (MAGNETIC) ## Fredrik Mansson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital ## Jeff Rusinow - Type: Angel - Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software Jeff Rusinow is the founder in 2000 of Milwaukee's first angel network, Silicon Pastures. He has invested in about 55 pre-revenue startups, 8 of which have had exits, two of which have been acquired by Fortune 500 companies. See jeffrusinow.com. He is Chairman and Lead Investor at MediCardia Health, Inc.Jeff is also an avid birder. Hehas identified over 821 species of birds in the ABA Area (U.S. & Canada). He is also the sole owner of ETR Group, LLC, which once owned Christmas.com.Jeff Rusinow has both a B.A. and M.A. from the ## Hidetoshi Takano - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups. ## 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 ## Jay Brown - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Beauty, Retail, Fashion Jay Brown has served as a member of our Board since January 2014. Jay Brown, a 20-year music industry executive veteran, fostered the careers and discovered countless superstars including Rihanna and Ne-Yo and worked with artists such as NAS. Jay Brown is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Roc Nation, a full-service entertainment companystarted in 2008. Mr. Brown currently overseas the careers of a diverse Roc Nation roster comprised of Grammy award winning and critically acclaimed recording artists, writers and producers including Rihanna, Shakira, Timbaland, Kylie Minogue and Santigold. Prior to Roc Nation, Mr. Brown served as Executive Vice President for Def Jam Recordings from 2005 to 2008 and as Senior Vice President of Elektra Records from 1999 to 2004. Our Board has concluded that Mr. Brown should serve on the Board based upon his experience as an entrepreneur and senior executive and his broad knowledge of the music and entertainment industries. ## Sam Lessin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Apps SAM LESSIN - Co-Founder @ Fin.com ## Pierre Lortie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Cosmetics, Manufacturing Pierre Lortie ## Jaclyn Johnson - Type: Angel - Location: West Hollywood, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Consumer Goods, Beauty, Retail Jaclyn Johnson created her career. A powerhouse entrepreneur, by the time she was 28, Johnson had sold her first business, (No Subject)and launched her second multimillion dollar company, Create and Cultivate. Johnson recognized a gap in conversations, resources, events and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and responded with asolution, Create and Cultivate, the wildly popular media platform and nationwide conference. In the process, Jaclyn’s own work-life philosophy, built on the cornerstones of female empowerment, hustling-hard and innovation have propelled her voice to the forefront of the discussion on workplace equality, a new thought-leader for millennial women and Gen-Z-ers on the career come up. A graduate of NYU, Johnson’s trajectory has been skyrocketing since she founded (No Subject) in 2010. With the launch of Create and Cultivate in 2012, she gained global visibility. Six years later, Create and Cultivate is bigger than ever, with hundreds of thousands of followers and attendees, and over 75 events to date. The conference has landed major cities around the country and boasts sponsors that include top Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, LinkedIn, QuickBooks and Microsoft to the buzziest brand names like Laura Mercier, LaCroix, Clinique, Chandon, Urban Outfitters and more. Past speakers and panelist include the biggest celebs and CEO’s like Kim Kardashian West, Chelsea Handler, Jessica Alba, Chrissy Teigen, Gloria Steinem, Issa Rae, Nicole Richie and more front-runners in fashion, technology, design and business. Named a Forbes 30 Under 30, an Adweek Disruptor and profiled in Fast Company, the LA Times, Entrepreneur and more, Johnson has earned her way to the frontlines of a workplace revolution at a time when change-agents and disruptors are flexing real influence. ## Katie Shea - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Consumer Goods, Retail Katie Shea is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Divergent Capital and an Angel investor. Before that, she was the General Partner at K50 Ventures and Kairos. ## Fabian Gomez Gutierrez - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, B2B, Beauty Founder & CEO of Frubana. Former Rappi Expansion Leader. Former McKinsey consultant. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## Irene Au - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Health Care, Productivity Tools Irene Au is the Design Partner of Khosla Ventures. She attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ## Aaron Zises - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Dental, E-Commerce Aaron Zises ## Jennifer Fleiss - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Consumer Jennifer Fleiss is the President and co-founder of Rent the Runway, the premier online destination for designer dress and accessory rentals. Jenny and her co-founder, Jennifer Hyman, have built the company to include a revolving roster of over 150 designer brands, 25,000 dresses, 120 employees, and over 2 million members. The company hasraised approximately $31 million in venture capital funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital, and Kleiner Perkins.In 2007, Jenny began at Harvard Business School where she met Jennifer Hyman. As sectionmates, the two women would meet frequently to discuss entrepreneurial ideas, one of which was Rent the Runway. Designed to solve the common “closet full of clothes but nothing to wear” problem, Jenn and Jenny launched Rent the Runway in November 2009. Prior to Harvard Business School, Jenny worked at Morgan Stanley in the Strategic Planning Group crafting long-term company strategy. She then moved on to Lehman Brothers’ Asset Management Group where she was responsible for analyzing business growth opportunities through acquisitions, international expansion, and new product strategies. Jenny received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 2005 graduating Cum Laude, and her Master’s of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 2009. ## Jeremy Same - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Art, Beauty, Internet Jeremy Same co-founded AussieCommerce in 2010. Jeremy Same began his career as a credit trader at ANZ Investment Bank in 2002, then departed in late 2003. He co-founded Living Corporate Apartments and serves as its Director. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of BigThanks.com.au and Sames.com.au. He was Founder and Managing Director ofMyTable, an online takeaway ordering platform, before exiting the business in 2012 in a sale to EatNow, to create Australia’s fastest growing food ordering website. He is also a dedicated amateur guitarist - much to the delight of his neighbours. He serves as Executive Director of AussieCommerce. ## Barney Harford - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Travel, Software, Artificial Intelligence Barney currently serves on the boards of directors of United Airlines and RealSelf. At United Airlines he serves on the Finance, Audit and Public Responsibility committees. Barney has an extensive track record operating and governing large and rapidly growing technology-enabled companies. He has particular experience in the fields of loyalty andsegmentation, experiment-driven optimization, lean process improvement, cybersecurity, and transportation safety.Barney served as Chief Operating Officer of Uber from January 2018 to July 2019. As COO he was responsible for the company’s global ridesharing business, leading operations, strategy, marketing, customer support, safety and insurance in over 60 countries, and for the company's food-delivery business Uber Eats. Barney launched consumer and driver loyalty programs, increased focus on high-value segments, extended the platform to embrace lower cost transport modes in emerging markets, and significantly reduced trip defect rates. He led a 15,000 person organization during a critical phase in the company’s history, and played a significant role in the company’s May 2019 IPO, which raised $8B.Prior to Uber, Barney served as CEO and a director of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) from January 2009 to November 2015, leading a turnaround that culminated in the company’s sale to Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) for $1.6B. While at Orbitz Worldwide he launched the groundbreaking Orbitz Rewards loyalty program and built the Orbitz Partner Network into a leading provider of private label travel solutions to airlines, hotels, travel agencies and banks.Prior to Orbitz Worldwide, Barney served in a variety of roles at Expedia from 1999 to 2006, including as President of Expedia Asia Pacific from 2004 to 2006, where he led Expedia’s market entry into China, Australia and Japan.Barney has previously served on the boards of directors of Crystal Orange Hotel Group (formerly Mandarin Hotel Holdings), eLong, GlobalEnglish, LiquidPlanner and Lola Travel.Barney is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Barney received an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (Clare College). ## Rajan Anandan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago. ## Ralf Dummel - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas. ## Yu Akasaka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Content, Internet During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO. ## Hezi Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Apps, Marketplace Serial entrepreneur and investor Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. 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