# Top 50 EdTech Angel Investors in LATAM in June 2026 ## Leonardo Teixeira - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor. ## Mario Letelier - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest. ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nu Colombia. He previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Partner. David Vélez attended Stanford University. ## Guilherme Stocco Filho - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, Web Design, Web Development Guga Stocco has more than 20 years of experience in building up digital business and leading corporate transformation.He is responsible for carrying out successful projects concerning digital banking (Banco Original); startup investments (Domo Invest); mobile and e-commerce (Buscapé); internet platforms (Microsoft); and advertising (TeRespondo).Nowadays, he is a member of the Management Board at Falconi Holdings, Totvs, Vinci Partners and Banco Original. He is also the co-founder of Futurum.Capital and founder of FPass. As a speaker, he delivers talks about Tendencies and Innovation, and spoke in more than 120 events in Brazil, LATAM, Canada, the United States, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. His education background includes a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado – FAAP (1997); an MBA in Management from Insper (2010); a post-graduation degree in Marketing Management from FAAP (2007); and a Marketing Certificate from Berkeley, University of California (1996).Main contributions: Managing digital businesses; innovative viewpoint towards technology; entrepreneurship-driven attitude. ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid. ## Austen Allred - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Austen Allred co-founded Lambda School and serves as its CEO. ## Dan Rosensweig - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, Internet, Software Dan Rosensweig is the Executive Chairman of Chegg. He previously worked at Yahoo! as a Chief Operating Officer. Dan Rosensweig attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges. ## Nicolas Gautier - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: MOOC, EdTech, Mobile Nic is the founder of EDUKO and ran the group as CEO from 2015 until late 2018 before becoming group chairman. Nic is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has built and invested in numerous businesses across many sectors and continents. Nic is the father of two young boys. ## Paulo Silveira - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology CEO and founder at Caelum Alura ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University. ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country. ## Pablo Garfinkel - Type: Angel - Location: Concepcion Del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, B2B Pablo is a serial entrepreneur and an active entrepreneurial investor who has been involved in VC since 1994 as a GP. Based in Uruguay, he invests mainly throughout Latam. He has been an active participant in Aconcagua Ventures since 2007, Tokai Ventures since 2009, NXTPLabs since 2012, Harvard Angels Alumni of Brazil since 2014, Alianza delPacífico since 2015 and other local AI Clubs. He has ample experience working in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, among other markets, where he also has investments in the Entertainment Industry. Pablo used to work in Import-Export trading with Far and Near East. He has been a judge at Harvard B School and Google Cloud Challenge Competitions as well as a speaker at various events such as ACA Summit in DC, BS at Technion, Israel; Harvard Business School Alumni, Pablo is also a Board Member at Endeavor, the Amcham, and Founder of Fundación Dar a Luz. ## 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. ## Eduardo Mufarej - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: EdTech, Biotechnology, Fuel Eduardo Mufarej built his career in private equity and education as an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Tarpon Investimentos, one of Brazil’s largest independent investment managers. He served on several boards and was Chairman of Somos Educação and Omega Energia Renovável. From 2014 until 2018 Eduardo led the largest k-12company in Latin America, Abril Educação, which he managed until the sale of the company to Kroton Educacional in October 2018. After the sale, Eduardo created Renova, a project focused on selecting and training a new generation of leaders in Brazilian politics. Since its creation, the program has supported and trained over 2000 individuals in Brazil, helping to elect 176 of its students. This effort awarded Eduardo the prize Brazilian Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018. In early 2020, Eduardo co-founded Galena, a company that supports and trains individuals for their first jobs. Eduardo is a member of the advisory board of the Wilson Institute, in Washington, DC, of the Yale University SOM Council of Global Advisors and a fellow at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.  He is the author of the book Jornada Improvável (Unlikely Journey, 2021). ## Patricio Jutard - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Retail Technology 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. ## KepalaBergetar TV - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Malay website serving the people of Malaysia and all other nations with a need for live filem and Malay dramas that people love and react to with emotion, ready to push all boundaries. ## 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. ## Miguel-Burguer Calderon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Continuing Education Miguel-Burguer Calderon ## Jonathan Martins - Type: Angel - Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Online Portals Jonathan Martins - Full Stack Web Developer @ Getmo Brazil ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech 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. ## Heliomar Quaresma - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Online Portals Heliomar Quaresma ## Diego Barreto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Online Portals CFO & VP of Strategy at iFood and Mentor at Endeavor & 500 Startups ## Guido Grinbaum - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, Internet, Blockchain Guido Grinbaum is a Co-Founder and Chairman at POK Proof of knowledge. He previously worked at Wabi Project as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. Guido Grinbaum attended the Stanford University. ## Ben Hamner - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Ben Hamner was the Co-founder and CTO of Kaggle. He attended Duke University. ## Mike Mahlkow - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Continuing Education Mike Mahlkow ## Eduardo della Maggiora - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Denver Area, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Software Eduardo della Maggiora is the Founder & CEO of Betterfly. ## Bernardo de Barros Franco - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: CRM, SMS, SaaS Bernardo de Barros Franco is a Serial entrepreneur and angel investor on the IT sector. Bernardo previously worked at u.sit as a Co-founder and CEO. He attended Harvard Business School. Ibmec, and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. ## Matheus Detzel Bernert - Type: Angel - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Training, Education, Customer Service Matheus Detzel Bernert ## 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. ## Rafael Saccol Bagolin - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Online Portals Lawyer by training. An entrepreneur by vocation. Passionate about the business world and used my technical knowledge and professional experience to found Jusfy. ## Igor Mascarenhas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, InsurTech, E-Learning Igor Mascarenhas ## Joaquim Palhares - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Training, Education Joaquim Palhares is the Founder at Stealth Startup. Joaquim is an entrepreneur and investor. He is also a Limited Partner at EquityRio, a venture capital seed fund based in Rio de Janeiro and backed by some of the best investors in Brazil. He is serial founder, active angel investor and advisor to startups. Joaquim graduated from the ESPM with abachelor's degree in Management and Marketing. ## Vinicius Dornela - Type: Angel - Location: São José Dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Education, Information Technology Entrepreneur and Tech addicted. Co-founder and COO at ApontaOfertas, Regrupe and Cuponomia. ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Marc Sacal - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Mobile Payments Marc Sacal is the COO at Arcus. Marc Sacal is CEO at Astropay. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the IBD and attended Tufts University. ## Mariana Foresti - Type: Angel - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS Mariana Foresti is a partner at Honey Island Capital. ## Armínio Fraga - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Recruiting, SaaS, EdTech Armínio Fraga ## Carol Paiffer - Type: Angel - Location: Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Training, Education, E-Commerce Carol Paiffer ## Rafael Duton - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile. Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## 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. ## Helisson Lemos - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Wealth Management Brazilian business developer professional with strong track record of managing e-commerce projects, leading teams, and developing long-term relationships in different countries. Solid experience in e-commerce market. Deep knowledge of organizational and human behavior complementing a technical background in Marketing and Sales.As a CountryManager, is responsible for MercadoLivre.com, the brazilian operation of MercadoLibre Inc (Nasdaq: MeLi). ## Alejandro Zárate - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Software, Social Network Alejandro Zárate is the Founder & CEO at BiiU Inc ## Santiago Schettini - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Mobile Santiago Schettini - Co-Founder @ Future Leaders World ## Pierpaolo Barbieri - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Pierpaolo is founder and CEO at Ualá and Executive Director at Greenmantle, a macroeconomic and geopolitical consulting firm and senior associate at the Applied History Center of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was also Chief Strategist of the Brevan Howard Argentina Fund. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pierpaolo studied atHarvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude and his senior honors thesis was awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes ’19 prize. He was elected Lt. Charles Henry Fiske III Harvard-Cambridge scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MPhil in Economic and Social History and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. His first book, Hitler’s Shadow Empire: The Nazis and the Spanish Civil War, was published by Harvard University Press in the USA and UK, Penguin Random House in Spain and Latin America, Mondadori in Italy, and Citic in China. Pierpaolo’s journalism has been featured in The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, and the New Republic. He used to write regularly for El País. Before Greenmantle, Pierpaolo worked for Goldman Sachs, Soros Fund Management, and Bridgewater Associates. ## André Boaventura - Type: Angel - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Training, Education, Customer Service André Boaventura ## Jose Calderon - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Learning Jose Calderon ## Guilherme Kudiess - Type: Angel - Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, CleanTech Guilherme Kudiess - COO @ VENTIUR ## Diego Stevens - Type: Angel - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, B2C Diego Stevens ## Shane Neman - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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.