# Top 50 Cannabis Angel Investors in June 2026

## Ralph Gygax
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bachenbülach, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics

Ralph Gygax is a Chief Administrative Officer at SWISS Gate AG. He attended KV, SVIT from 1999 to 2007.

## Louis Beryl
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

3X Founder of Earnest, SolidEnergy, and now working on the next one. Formerly a16z and YC. Active angel investor and board member.

## Robert Stavis
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Robert Michael Stavis is based out of Larchmont, New York and is the Partner of Bessemer Venture Partners.  Robert previously worked at NewSchools Venture Fund as a Director. Robert Stavis attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Werner Hoffmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bachenbülach, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics

Professional experience:
Expert for Risk Management and Public Relations
Strategic & operational responsibility Compliance & Safety Management
Decades of leadership experience as colonel & professional military pilot in the Swiss Air Force

## Michael Lazerow
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Advertising

Michael Lazerow is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures.

## Maria Frances
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Fashion, Marketplace, B2B

Maria Raga Frances is based out of London, England, and is the venture partner of Creandum. Maria previously worked at ITV as a digital advisory council member. Maria Raga Frances attended INSEAD. Maria Raga Frances has been nominated as a finalist for the Bold Woman Award.

## Christian Angermayer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain

Christian Angermayer - Founder & CEO @ Apeiron Investment Group

## Bruce Macfarlane
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Insurance

Bruce Macfarlane is a angel investor.

## 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.

## Gregg Smith
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage, SaaS

Gregg Smith - Founder @ Evolution VC Partners

## Andrew Stokes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis

Andrew Stokes is an American software engineer, most notable for his research in anomalous network detection, particularly in the machine learning and artificial intelligence field. Andrew graduated from Western Governors University with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science. In May 2021, Andrew founded Omega AI, Inc. as a counteroffensive cybersecurityAI. Andrew continues to act as the Executive Director and Chief Software Architect at Omega AI, Inc.

## Paul Buchheit
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University.

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Clark Valberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Clark Valberg Clark Valberg is the Managing Partner at Tiferes Ventures. He previously worked as the CEO and Co-Founder of InVision, the digital product design platform used to make the world’s best customer experiences. InVision is the cornerstone of the product design process for more than 3 million people at tens of thousands of companies,including eighty percent of the Fortune 100 and brands like Airbnb, Amazon, HBO, Netflix, Slack, Starbucks and Uber. He is a former Co-Founder of Epicenter Consulting.

## Roger McNamee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Convertible Note, Seed
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Video

Roger McNamee is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners. Prior to Elevation, Roger was a co-founder of Prior to SilverLake, Roger was a co-founder of [ntegral Capital Partners. Integral is a leading technology investor in late-stage venture and public company investments. Founded in 1991 by Roger, John A. Powell, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Integral pioneered the crossover investment strategy, which seeks maximum capital appreciation by making investments in expansion-stage private companies and growth-stage public companies in the technology and life science industries.Prior to founding Integral, Roger managed the T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund and co-managed the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, which was at that time the largest emerging growth fund in the U.S. Roger serves as a trustee of Bryn Mawr College, an overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, a director of the Rex Foundation, Move, Forbes Media LLC and Palm. Roger holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

## Adam Zeplain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, B2B, Retail

Adam Zeplain is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mark Ventures. He focused on investing early-stage in areas such as Consumer Internet/Media, Consumer Packaged Goods, Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, and E-commerce. Adam serves on the Board of Advisors of Soma Capital (Ranadive's seed-stage YC focused fund), data. world, Umbel.Adam also serves on the Advisory Council of Andela.

## Jack McCue
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Women's, Cannabis, Wellness

Jack McCue is the Co-Founder of Fabletics.

## Kingsley Advani
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Biotechnology, Financial Services

Kingsley Advani (born October 24, 1993, in London, United Kingdom) is a British tech entrepreneur, investor, and author based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the Founder and CEO of Allo, an exchange for tokenized stocks managing over $2 billion in tokenized real-world assets, and the founder of Allocations, a fintech platform that has grownto administer more than $2 billion in assets across 30,000+ high-net-worth clients.Advani began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 13, launching a digital commerce business on eBay, before discovering Bitcoin in 2011 while studying finance and economics. In 2013, he allocated his IBM internship savings into Bitcoin and other emerging cryptocurrencies, becoming an early investor in what later became a multi-billion-dollar asset class. By his mid-twenties, he had invested in more than 200 companies, including unicorns such as SpaceX, Solana, Coinbase, Robinhood, and eToro.In 2017, he co-founded a global investor syndicate that collectively managed more than $4 billion in assets. Two years later, he launched Allocations, a platform providing infrastructure for fund administration, SPVs, and private market investments. CNBC recognized him as the “Blockchain Oracle” for his early insights into cryptocurrency adoption and market trends.Through his ventures, Advani has become a leading voice in fintech, blockchain, tokenization, private markets, and Web3, with frequent speaking engagements at global conferences including the SF Blockchain Summit, Beyond Blocks, Coinfest Asia, and the Ritossa Summit in Dubai. His commentary emphasizes how blockchain and emerging technologies can democratize access to alternative assets and reduce the barriers to launching micro-funds.Advani is also the author of The Blockchain Oracle: How Technology, Finance, and Vision Shape the Future of Global Investing (2025), a book that explores the intersection of blockchain, fintech, and global finance.

## Kat Cole
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion

Kat Cole is Group President at FOCUS Brands and responsible for building FOCUS Brands revenues and profits through global licensing, manufacturing, and ecommerce. Previously, she was President of Cinnabon, Inc. accountable for leading and growing the multi-channel brand team that drove record comp sales growth, brand expansion and franchiseevolution during her tenure. Prior to her role with FOCUS Brands at Cinnabon, Inc., Ms. Cole was a Vice President at Hooters of America, Inc., a multi-channel brand which operates company and franchise restaurants. She received her MBA from Georgia State University, and sits on the advisory boards of Project Pie, a QSR Pizza Chain and Orpheus Brewing, an Atlanta-based Craft Brewery. Kat is presently the incoming Board Chair of the Women’s Foodservice Forum.Her story is often shared for inspiration as she moved up from working as a hostess at 17 years old to traveling globally to open new franchises. At 19, Kat dropped out of college, advanced to various management and leadership positions, and at the age of 26, became a Vice President at Hooters. She later completed her MBA at Georgia State University.She is widely known for legacy business model innovation, building brands, humanitarian work in the US and Eastern Africa and mentorship and development of emerging leaders.

## Rick Thompson
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Software

Rick Thompson is the Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director of Signia Venture Partners. He previously worked at Idle Games as a Chairman and Co-Founder. Rick Thompson attended the Wharton School.

## Stanley Tang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Finance, E-Learning

Stanley Tang is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at DoorDash. He attended Stanford University.

## Karan Wadhera
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, Software, SaaS

Karan Wadhera is a Managing Partner at Casa Verde Capital. He is an experienced finance professional and investor, as well as an advisor for several young companies. Spending over a decade in Asia as a senior executive with Goldman Sachs and Nomura, he has had significant international experience. Karan holds a BA in Finance from Babson College.

## Justin Kan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.

## Samara Hernandez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, CRM, Cannabis

Samara Hernandez

## Justin Wong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Manufacturing, Food Processing

Justin Wong

## David Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care

David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google,David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).BloombergBusinessweek
“Google’s Real Power”
flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter:
https://bit.ly/2UEQAujDecoding Silicon Valley:
goo.gl/ZFAefzTechcrunch:
goo.gl/9q9chzTop Angel Investors:
goo.gl/4eqfbm“New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent”
goo.gl/ZwFCu6"[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치"
goo.gl/WBQOf0“스타트업 눈앞 이익만..."
goo.gl/KB78mCSina News:
bit.ly/2QaCqAc

## Monroe Asami
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Monroe Asami

## Greg Wirsen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Cannabis

Greg Wirsen

## Jim Koch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Food and Beverage

Jim Koch

## Michael Straumietis
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Software, Sales Automation

Michael Straumietis

## Prateek Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Cannabis, Analytics

Director of Developer Content @Pusher, ex-Director @Pluralsight, Class 1 @mit Bootcamp, ex-COO @airpair, Board Member @TheStartupBus, @DEMO Alumni & family guy.

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nadav Ben-Chanoch

## Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: B2C, Medical, Cannabis

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf is a TV moderator.

## Mitchell Harounian.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Cannabis, Software

Mitchell Harounian.

## John Nemanic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

John Nemanic

## Kathia Cambron
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Kathia Cambron

## Lorenzo Lamadrid
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Food and Beverage

Lorenzo Lamadrid

## Augustin Paluel-Marmont
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Cannabis

Augustin Paluel-Marmont is the founder of Michel et Augustin.

## Aman Chatha
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Aman Chatha

## Kevin Liles
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Music, Retail, Fashion

Kevin Liles, CEO, and Co-Founder at 300 Entertainment. He attended Morgan State University.

## Colin Harris
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Industrial Automation, AgTech

Colin is Chief Operating Officer of PMC-Sierra Inc. Colin is a founder of PMC-Sierra, has served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer since February 2007. Prior to this appointment, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Operations at PMC-Sierra from July 2004 and Vice President of IC Technology from May1997 to July 2004. Colin is anelected member of the Global Semiconductor Association Board of Directors and serves on the advisory board of the Design for E-Beam (DFEB) initiative. Colin currently also serves on the board of directors for Yaletown portfolio company Redlen Technologies

## Dennis Aogo
- Type: Angel
- Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Medical, Cannabis, Software

Dennis Aogo is a German former professional footballer.

## Andreas Penna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami Beach, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Machine Learning

Andreas Penna - Co-Founder & General Partner @ West Quad Ventures

## Ross Mason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Ross Mason is based out of Geneva, Geneve and is the Founding Partner of DIG Ventures . Ross previously worked at MuleSoft as a Founder. Ross Mason attended the University of the West of England. Ross Mason has been awarded as a Top 25 CTO.

## Baron Davis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps

Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.

## Harley Finkelstein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Apps

Harley Finkelstein is the Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea and the President of Shopify. He previously worked at C100 as a Board Member. Harley Finkelstein attended the University of Ottawa and Concordia University.

## Namek Zu'bi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Software

Namek is a Founder and a Managing Partner of Silicon Badia. A seasoned technology investor, Namek has personally led investments in over 60+ technology companies globally across 15+ different industries. De facto the group’s Chief Investment Officer, he is involved in the entire investment life cycle from sourcing and analyzing pipelineopportunities to structuring and closing investments and taking board positions.Namek started his career building technology on Wall Street and then went on to become the founding investment principal of an early stage venture capital fund based in NYC. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with honors and distinction from Carnegie Mellon University.

## Patrick Finnegan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Founding and Managing Partner at TGZ Capital. Advisor to Rocean, Talent House, DirtyLemon and many more companies.

## Jim Patterson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Jim Patterson

## Yan Hascoët
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Banking, Finance, Cannabis

Yan Hascoët