# Top 50 Construction Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Roman Smolevskiy - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Software, Artificial Intelligence Roman Smolevskiy is currently the co-founder at BuildTech VC. He was also the founder of Akvapoint. He attended the University of California. ## Leigh Jasper - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction Leigh Jasper is the CEO of Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Together with company co-founder Rob Phillpot, he raised A$86 million in private equity investment before listing Aconex on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2014. Prior toAconex, Leigh was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for clients in the financial services, media and information technology sectors. He is a director of the Burnet Institute, a not-for-profit organization which aims to improve health in poor and vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally through research, education and public health. Leigh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne. ## Robert Phillpot - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Construction Co-founder Rob Phillpot is senior vice president of product and engineering, responsible for product vision, strategy and management. He has been instrumental in developing the company’s business on a global scale and ensuring that Aconex solutions deliver a superior customer experience to buyers and users. Before founding Aconex in 2000 with CEOand director Leigh Jasper, he managed document control, quality and trades on a site team at Brookfield Multiplex. Prior to Brookfield Multiplex, Mr. Phillpot was an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Australia. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Planning and Design degrees with Honors and a Master of Building degree from the University of Melbourne. ## Kevin Hartz - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Kevin Hartz is a Co-Founder and Chairman of Sauron. He is also a Co-Founder and General Partner at A*. He previously worked at Eventbrite as Co-Founder and Chairman. Kevin attended Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts & Science in History and Applied Earth Science, and the University of Oxford, where he completed an MSt inHistory. ## Chase Gilbert - Type: Angel - Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Construction, Software, Architecture Chase Gilbert is the CEO at Built Technologies, Inc. ## Andrew Larsen - Type: Angel - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Fitness I'm passionate about technology entrepreneurship and value creation.My primary role is the Investment Director at Larsen Ventures; an active investor in early-stage technology companies.I'm also a Partner & IC member @ Folklore Ventures, Board member at a number of growth stage startups, and feel incredibly privileged to bebacking some incredibly smart and driven Founders.I love supporting the local innovation ecosystem, and showcasing Australian technology on the world stage. I'm sometime lucky enough to be a judge, mentor, and adviser within the Australian ecosystem. ## Varun Alagh - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur. ## Sam Altman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University. ## Jackson Moses - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Ray Levitt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, Islas Baleares, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Construction, iOS, SaaS Ray Levitt - Founder and Chairman @ Vité Corporation ## 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. ## Meirav Oren - Type: Angel - Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, SaaS Meirav Oren is the CEO and Co-Founder at VERSATILE. ## Lee Linden - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Logistics Lee is a Managing Partner at Quiet Capital. He is an entrepreneur and early-stage investor.Previously, he lead Facebook's emerging initiatives in commerce, including Gifts and the Facebook Card.Lee founded Karma, a breakthrough mobile commerce platform that allowed smartphone users to instantly send real gifts to others without the burdenof physical mailing addresses. Karma was acquired by Facebook in early 2012. Prior to Karma, Lee founded Tapjoy and piloted the company to its position as a leading mobile advertising platform which today touches more than 1 billion devices. He began Tapjoy by co-creating multiple top mobile games for iOS/Android and subsequently unraveling the potential of mobile advertising and app distribution at scale.Earlier, Lee worked for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and helped launch the iFund, a $100M investment vehicle focused on smartphone application platforms. Lee originally began his career working in product development at Microsoft, where he co-created the Windows Home Server division and shipped the first version of that product to market.Lee holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a BA in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and today lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.Lee has been a featured speaker at universities, conferences, and panels worldwide and has received numerous awards for his work including 30 under 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Businessweek 2012, 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2012, and The Silicon Valley 100 by Business Insider 2013. ## Kevin Moore - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates. ## Rohit Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Rohit Bansal is based out of Gurgaon and is the Co-founder of AceVector. Rohit previously worked at FICCI as a Chair. Rohit Bansal attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Mark Cuban - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Ylli Merkohasani - Type: Angel - Location: Tiranë, Tirane, Albania - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Construction, Manufacturing, CMS Ylli Merkohasani is founder, Managing Director and board member of SHPIGEL shpk, the facade company, services and solutions that give building another face He served as Vice President of the board until 1995. ## Ryan Sutton-Gee - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Construction, Architecture, Civil Engineering Ryan is the business leader of PlanGrid and is passionate about bringing good software to the construction industry. Ryan came up with the idea for PlanGrid after wrestling with the nightmare of document control and now spends most of his time guiding the overall vision of the company.Prior to founding PlanGrid, Ryan worked as an estimator andas a project controls analyst at ITSI-Gilbane and graduated from Stanford University with a masters in civil engineering. Outside of work, Ryan loves to ski, hike, and drink strong coffee. ## Fumiaki Koizumi - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari ## Christian Hülsewig - Type: Angel - Location: Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Construction, EdTech, Robotics Christian Hülsewig is a Founder and CEO at Schüttflix. He attended Bentley University 2004 - 2008. ## Darren Bechtel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Construction, Software, InsurTech Darren Bechtel is the Founder and Managing Director of Brick & Mortar Ventures. ## Ronald Richardson - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Delivery, Software Ronald Richardson is the Vice President of Product Management and Co-Founder of Benbria. Ronald has contributed to all aspects of the business through Benbria’s growth, from software implementation to corporate financing rounds. With a rich career history covering finance, platform technology, and software start-ups, Ronald has held positionsat Barclays Capital in Strategic Modelling and Rates Trading, Intel in Design Engineering, and SlipStream Data (acquired by RIM) in Software Architecture. Ronald holds a B.S.E. (Bachelors of Software Engineering, with Distinction) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ## Leslie Buckley - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, Internet Leslie Buckley ## Riggs Kubiak - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Apps Riggs Kubiak - Entrepreneur In Residence @ Procore ## Abhishek Goyal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Fashion Abhishek Goyal is a Co-Founder at Tracxn. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. ## Edmond Nonie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: SaaS, Software, Construction Edmond Nonie ## 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. ## Ralph Gootee - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Architecture, Construction Ralph Gootee is the co-founder and CTO of TigerEye. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu. ## Raymond Levitt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Construction, Software, SaaS Dr. Ray Levitt joined Blackhorn Ventures in 2017 as an operating partner, where he primarily focuses on bringing new investment opportunities to the team from his extensive network focused around the Built Environment. ## Felix Jahn - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Felix is an active entrepreneur and business angel. A WHU graduate, Felix was one of the first MDs of Rocket Internet, responsible for many of the initial companies incubated in 2007-2009. He went on to start Home24 in 2009 and run it as Co-CEO until 2014. In 2015 he started german hybrid real estate agent McMakler as founding investor and has beenrunning the company as executive Chairman and CEO since then. His current and past private business angel investments include Zalando, Auto1 Group, HomeToGo, among others. ## Jevon MacDonald - Type: Angel - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Predictive Analytics, Enterprise Software Jevon MacDonald is the Co-Founder at StartupNorth. ## Shane Neman - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Wellness 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. ## Jim Spatz - Type: Angel - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, Big Data, Software Jim Spatz is the Chairman and CEO of Southwest Properties Limited, one of Atlantic Canada’s leading real estate developers. Southwest owns, operates and develops residential and commercial real estate in Atlantic Canada, extended stay accommodations across Canada, as well as a multi-unit residential portfolios in four Florida cities. ## Rahul Garg - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Apps, Compliance Rahul brings in 10+ years of experience in technology industry in Product Management, Strategy and Sales Operations. He is currently working as Head of Search Solutions, APAC at Google where he has been responsible for bringing the latest search advertising solutions to the market. Before this, he led setting up the Sales Strategy and Operationsfor the $XBillion Display business at Google making it the fastest growing Display region in Google. Prior to Google he worked with Conexant, Motorola (Freescale) and Ittiam Systems - where he led the Product management and strategy for Wireless and Voice systems. He holds 16 US patents in the area of algorithm and systems design. Rahul completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and MBA from ISB - where he received the highest award of Scholar of Excellence for being the topper in the batch.Read more: http://www.crunchbase.com/person/rahul-garg-2#ixzz2RMHGEoszFollow us: @crunchbase on Twitter | crunchbase on Facebook ## Fred Ehrsam - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Fred Ehrsam is the Co-Founder of Paradigm. ## Matias Woloski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires. ## Marc Benioff - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Marc Benioff is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Salesforce. Marc previously worked at Oracle as a Vice President. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California. Marc Benioff has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. ## Jeremy Yap - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe. ## Kevin Mahaffey - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Kevin Patrick Mahaffey is the Founder of Lookout and SNR. He is also the Executive Chairman of Stork Club and an Investor. ## Nicolas Berggruen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Nicolas Berggruen is the Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute. He attended New York University. ## Ben Naftzger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SEM, SaaS, Software WAS: First Atlassian biz hire, scaling ops, sales & marketing from $1M > $1B NOW: Investor. Advisor. Marketer. Scaler. Mentor. Dad. Husband STILL: Student. Country-kid. Environmentalist. NerdI love investing in and advising high potential, high growth startups, helping with category design, product market fit, marketing, scaling, tractionand growth, sharing my lessons learned from 1.5 decades at Atlassian.Previously spent 15 years at Atlassian, coming in as first Atlassian business hire and one of two ‘lieutenants’ to founders where I was focused on all GTM (website, inside sales, product marketing, promotion, channel program) & scaling operations (customer support, ecommerce, process automation, knowledge base, scaling technical support, NYC office expansion, EULA & pricing) to $10m. Lead sales & marketing (commerce, sales operations, customer service, renewals/success, pre-sales, acquisition integration, SF office expansion, exec team member) to $50m in Sydney. Headed Demand Generation in San Francisco to $100m. Moved to Amsterdam to run EMEA Sales & Marketing through to $300m. Returned to San Francisco to run International Marketing through to $1b.Previous experience in Management Consulting (Cambridge Technology Partners & Novell), Investment Banking (Malaysian/Chinese Family Office), Digital Production & Management (ninemsn & Village Roadshow), Web Development & Entrepreneurship (multiple projects during DotCom). ## Lorenzo Franzi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, B2C Lorenzo is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ZipJet. ZipJet is an urban pick-up & delivery service for laundry & dry cleaning in London and Berlin. Previously, Lorenzo worked with McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Prior to McKinsey, he worked with Voice.ee a micro polling start up. Lorenzo started-off his professional career at JPMorgan in London. Lorenzo holds an MBA from INSEAD and Msc in Finance from the University of Maastricht. ## Alexander Ross - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Alexander Walter Hugh Ross is based out of New York, New York and is the General Partner | Head of NYC of Illuminate Financial. Alexander previously worked at CloudMargin as a Board Director. Alexander Walter Hugh Ross attended the University of Bristol. ## Matthias Hilpert - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital ## Paul Mangione - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Real Estate, Construction Paul Mangione is a managing director at 10X Capital. He is also the founder and principal at Fort Schuyler Advisors. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Jochen Engert - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Rental, Travel Jochen Engert - Founder & CEO @ FlixBus ## Kevin Weatherman - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Enterprise Software Kevin Weatherman - VP Partnerships & Cloud Enterprise BD @ Moloco ## Daniel Krauss - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Rental, Information Technology Daniel Krauss was born in 1983 in Neheim-Hüsten.He studied Economic Sciences at the FernUniversität Hagen. Daniel has generally worked in the IT area for Marquardt GmbH, IFS AB and Siemens AG. Before co-founding Flixbus in 2011, he was a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft for three years. Now Daniel is CIO of Flixbus, which was able toestablish Europe’s largest intercity bus network. ## Adam Nash - Type: Angel - Location: Los Altos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Adam Nash is the Co-Founder and CEO at Daffy. He attended Stanford University and Harvard Business School.