Top 50 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in LATAM in January 2026

Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires.

Loren Roosendaal is the Founder and Chairman of Knowingo.

Sebastian Serrano is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ripio. Starting as a skillful developer at a very early age and then leading a succesful web and mobile development startup, Sebastian played major roles in several fintech startups such as PayMentez, MetaTiendas and Moni.Serrano and his team founded BitPagos in 2013. A year later, they launchedRipio, one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets in Argentina. People use Ripio to buy, save and sell bitcoins and now they can also apply for Ripio Credit: a blockchain-based feature that allows users to pay in installments in local currency. Ripio is the first Bitcoin wallet in the World to offer this kind of service.

Ariel Arrieta is a Venture Capital investor and serial entrepreneur, as he likes to present himself. He founded and founded several companies. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of NXTP Labs, one of the most active funds in the region and has invested in more than 200 technology companies throughout Latin America. He has worked in Internetcompanies since 1994 and several of the companies he founded were sold to Fox International Channels (News Corporation). He is a Kauffman Fellow (class 18) and Harvard Business School OPM (class 41). He collaborates with the NGOs Ecosistema Emprendedor, Junior Achievement, Endeavor and Ruta 40. He is also the author of the books "Aprender a Emprender" and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2013. and and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2018.

Asif Ramji, Paymetric’s President and Chief Executive Officer, is a seasoned payments executive, with over 15 years experience directing companies within the software and payment transaction processing industries.Most recently, Ramji served as Chief Revenue Officer for Paymetric and led ten consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue growth.Ramji joined Paymetric in 2009 and was responsible for sales, marketing, business development and product strategy.Prior to joining Paymetric, Ramji was Senior Vice President and GM for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s RBS WorldPay Card Services and ATM Divisions. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is one of the largest payment transaction processors in the world and manages the largest off-premise ATM transaction processing businesses in North America. Ramji was responsible for the strategic double-digit growth of the respective divisions.Mr. Ramji has also held other positions including, North American Vice President of Sales with Ernex, the prepaid and loyalty card division of Moneris Solutions Corporation, a Bank of Montreal-Royal Bank of Canada joint venture, and one of North America’s largest electronic transaction processors. Ramji was instrumental in leading the growth of Ernex which led to the acquisition by Moneris Solutions Corporation.Ramji also successfully led the unprecedented growth of GiftCertificates.ca, a premier consumer and employee incentive marketing business and was CEO and founder of eCardSolution Inc.Ramji commenced his formal business education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada and holds an MTIS certification from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Leading Teams for Innovation and Success. Ramji also attended Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts and holds an executive leadership certification on Strategic Negotiation.

Burak Buyukdemir is the founder at Etohum.

Partner at Hedosophia

Ph ABC

Vasiliy Shapovalov

Marc Bejarano

Peter Fittin

Santiago Ardisonne

Omer Shlomovits

Nicolás Mindlin

Ariel Sbdar

Bernardo Faria

Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.

Will Price is an individual investor.

Peter Stroeve is a Partner at Evolution Ventures.

Sam Nodeguardians

Weikeng Chen

Scott Wood is Founder & COO at Simpleview.

Bhavik Bajaj

Daniel Lubarov is the Co-Founder at Mir Protocol. Daniel Lubarov attended Harvey Mudd College.

Michael van Paesschen

Charles St.Louis - CEO @ DELV

Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight.

Sebastian Delgado Cofounder at Fei Protocol

Don Stockwell serves as Global Marketing Specialist at Costa Vida Presenta.

Rushi Manche is a young entrepreneur who co-founded a blockchain technology company built on the concept of modular blockchains. His vision was to develop a system providing high performance and ease of use while supporting seamless interaction between digital assets. In his early twenties, he boldly decided to leave Vanderbilt University and stepaway from an internship to pursue this venture. Along with his co-founder, he secured $3.4 million in pre-seed funding from more than 25 angel investors and gradually assembled a team of over 70 people to bring the project to life.By 2023, the company had completed a $38 million Series A funding round. This achievement was backed by several venture capital firms, including Hack VC, Paceholder, Archetype, Maven 11, Robot Ventures, Figment Capital, Nomad Capital, Bankless Ventures, OKX Ventures, dao5, and Aptos Labs. The investment strongly endorses Rushi’s direction and efforts in a fast-changing digital landscape.Rushi’s approach to blockchain focused on developing a secure, modular system that allows developers to build applications that can interact across different blockchain networks. The idea was to reduce the risk of security breaches and ensure that digital assets could be managed more easily. Modular blockchain systems separate complex tasks into distinct layers that handle specific functions. These systems are more adaptable, scalable, and better suited to meet the changing needs of users.Rushi recognized the potential in a programming language developed by Meta and saw it as a foundation to build more secure and efficient blockchain tools. While others overlooked this opportunity, he embraced it to create a more secure ecosystem. His company later launched an Ethereum layer-2 network built on this technology, aiming to improve speed and safety within blockchain infrastructure. Rather than accepting vulnerabilities as a given in the industry, his work aimed to set new standards in resilience.He also introduced a cryptocurrency token tied to the company, further expanding the company’s offerings and ecosystem.Before his blockchain company, Rushi’s career path included experiences that helped sharpen his technical and entrepreneurial skills. He worked as a software engineer at Aptos Project for three months, contributing to innovative contract development for the Aptos Decentralized Exchange and cross-chain index funds. He also founded Ensemble, an AI-powered test prep tutoring platform providing high school students free educational resources. This project was integrated into the curriculum of 53 schools across the country.Rushi also gained experience as a software engineer at UnitedHealth Group, where he worked for three months. While there, he successfully migrated seven APIs to AWS cloud computing, leading to an 84% cost reduction. He also modernized the tech stack for improved scalability and regional support.As a freelance full-stack developer, he worked with Stories In the Cloud, where he rebuilt user and admin portals and transitioned outdated backend systems to more modern frameworks. His work included integrating services with AWS and updating the backend to Node.js.Rushi holds a Seal of Biliteracy in French and has earned numerous certifications from online learning platforms such as Udemy. His course history includes subjects like machine learning, blockchain development, and Python programming, reflecting his commitment to continued education and growth in the field.His accomplishments have earned him several honors, including the Ingram Scholarship at Vanderbilt University for academic excellence and community involvement. He was also a Burger King McLamore Scholar, an Elks National Foundation Semifinalist, and a Coca-Cola Scholarship Semifinalist. Rushi received recognition as a National AP Scholar and earned awards from organizations like the Young Investors Society and Diamond Challenge for his efforts in business and finance.His dedication to public service was honored with the New Jersey State Governor's Jefferson Award, which is given to individuals who make significant contributions to their communities without expecting recognition. He also competed in the Seton Hall Pirates Pitch Business Plan event, where he pitched a project to address educational inequality and placed among the top four percent of global competitors.Giving back has always been a part of Rushi’s life. He and his family have supported medical initiatives in India for over a decade, contributing to children’s hospitals and heart research. While in high school, he also volunteered with organizations like UNICEF and the Samaritan Homeless Interim Program.Born in Springfield, Illinois, Rushi enjoys basketball, travel, and the outdoors. His interests, strong sense of purpose, and early start in software development have shaped his path as a thoughtful leader in blockchain innovation.

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.

Jez is a crypto investor.

Rushi Manche

Jeffrey Zirlin is the Co-Founder and Growth Lead at Sky Mavis.

David Marcus is the co-founder and CEO of Lightspark. Previously he was the Head of F2 (Facebook Financial) & Board Member of Diem Association.

Danish Chaudhry is a GP & Co-Founder at Paper Ventures.

Founder & CEO of LI.FI

Richard Ma is the Founder and CEO of Quantstamp.

David J. Namdar is the Co-Founder of NFT.com. Attended at University of Southern California.

There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world.

Passionate problem solver specializing in blockchain, cryptocurrency, health & wellness tech, biohacking.Product manager, marketer, & executive with a proven ability to recognize and capitalize on commercial opportunities. Conceived, launched and successfully exited three companies. 13+ years of experience in consumer product development& growth marketing.

Daniel Rumennik is Co-founder and General Partner at AirAngels. He Attended Harvard Business School.

Sep Kamvar is a consulting professor of Computational Mathematics at Stanford University. His research focuses on social computing and information management. From 2003 to 2007, Sep was the engineering lead of personalization at Google. Prior to Google, he was co-founder and CEO of Kaltix, a personalized search company that was acquired byGoogle in 2003. Sep is the author of two books and over 40 technical publications and patents in the fields of search and social computing. He is on the technical advisory boards of several companies, including Etsy, NextBio, and SimplyHired. His artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the National Museum of Contempary Art in Athens.

Alec Oxenford is a Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company. Alec previously worked at OLX & letgo as a Co-Founder. He is an experienced founder and CEO at various companies. He attended Harvard Business School. He took business administration at UC and mastered at Harvard Business School.

CEO and founder at Caelum Alura

Viktor Bunin is the Protocol Specialist of Coinbase. He previously worked at Bison Trails Co. as a Protocol Specialist. Viktor Bunin attended Baruch College.

Zaki Manian is the co-founder of Sommelier Protocol.

Patricio Jutard is a Co-founder of MURAL, based in Buenos Aires. He is an enthusiastic entrepreneur with deep experience in software design, architecture, and development as well as team leadership and project management. Previously, he co-founded the video game studio Three Melons with Mariano Suarez-Battan and served as its CTO before it wasacquired in 2010 by Playdom/Disney. Patricio also runs the angel fund Inspirit Angels, which has invested in over 20 startups based primarily in Latin America but targeting global markets. In 2015, he was honored with the Innovators under 35 Award by MIT Technology Review.

Aleksander Leonard Larsen is the Co-Founder and COO at Sky Mavis.

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America.