Top 20 Fashion Angel Investors in Spain in April 2025

Yago Arbeloa - President @ MIOGROUP

Francois Derbaix is the Co-founder and co-CEO of Indexa Capital. He previously worked at Toprural as a Founder and CEO. Francois Derbaix attended the Catholic University of Louvain.

Alejandro Betancourt Lopez currently serves as director, controlling party and the largest shareholder for the O’Hara Administration Co., S.A., an international investment group. In addition, he also serves as president of Hawkers, a Spanish sunglasses company, as well as the director of Pacific Exploration & Production Corp., a Canadianpublicly held energy explorer and producer.Betancourt earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration at Suffolk University. He began his career at Guruceaga Group, an international trade, finance, real estate and agriculture company. He has extensive experience in the energy sector, having worked as the Latin American commercial manager and trader for London-based ICC-OEOC, an oil exploration and drilling technology company, and as a director of BGB Energy, an affiliate of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.He founded O’Hara Administration, a leading asset management company that has investments in industry leaders across several sectors. At Pacific Exploration & Production (formerly Pacific Rubiales Energy), he has overseen the company’s expansion into Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. At Hawkers, one of the world’s largest sunglasses companies, he has focused on brand expansion, fund-raising and strategic relationships. Betancourt also serves as a major shareholder for Banque de Dakar in Senegal, working to expand banking services throughout Africa. Betancourt’s philanthropic endeavors center on community involvement, with a focus on education, including the Carmen Salles School at Ciudad Bolivar and Universidad Simón Bolívar.---Alejandro Betancourt López actualmente es director, parte controladora y accionista mayoritario de O’Hara Administration Co. S.A., un grupo de inversión internacional. Además, es el presidente de Hawkers, una empresa española de lentes de sol, así como el director de Pacific Exploration & Production Corp., un explorador y productor de energía canadiense que cotiza en la bolsa.Betancourt obtuvo su licenciatura en Economía y Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Suffolk. Inició su carrera en Guruceaga Group, una empresa de comercio, finanzas, bienes raíces y agricultura. Tiene amplia experiencia en el sector de energía, ya que trabajó como gerente comercial y operador de América Latina en una empresa ubicada en Londres llamada ICC-OEOC, una empresa tecnología de exploración y perforación de petróleo, y como el director de BGB Energy, un afiliado de Kawasaki Heavy Industries.Fundó O’Hara Administration, una compañía líder en gestión de activos que cuenta con inversiones en líderes de la industria en varios sectores. En Pacific Exploration & Production (anteriormente llamada Pacific Rubiales Energy), supervisó la expansión de la empresa hacia México, Perú y Venezuela. En Hawkers, una de las compañías de lentes de sol más grandes del mundo, se enfocó en la expansión de la marca, recaudación de fondos y relaciones estratégicas. Betancourt es también el mayor accionista de Banque de Dakar en Senegal, trabajando para expandir los servicios de la banca hacia África. Los esfuerzos filantrópicos de Betancourt se centran en el compromiso con la comunidad, con un enfoque en la educación, incluyendo la Escuela Carmen Salles en Ciudad Bolívar y la Universidad Simón Bolívar.

Roeland Boonstoppel - Owner @ Amber Venture Partners

Eneko Knorr is the Managing Partner at Woonkly Labs. He attended IE Business School from 2006 to 2006.

Hugo Arévalo is co-founder of Buytheface , Bright & Sharp , and Albau Ventures . In addition, he has invested in: Jobandtalent , Cabify , Ontruck and Deporvillage : and has led the 50M € round of Hawkers . One of its criteria is the qualification of management. Lately, it is focused on investing in marketplace, fintech and ecommerce, althoughit is open to any sector. Among his exits, Tuenti and Buytheface stand out .

Iñaki Arrola founded coches.com as entrepreneur in 2003. He invested as BA during some years and raised two funds. Vitamina K in 2011 and in 2016 K Fund.

Pilar Nestar Garcia is the CEO and founder of Invitadisima.

Miguel Ángel Tovar is an indiviual investor.

Pere Mayol - co-Founder - co-CEO & COO @ Avatar Cognition

Felix Ruiz

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

Enric Navarro is an individual investor.

Patrick Siegenthaler is an individual investor.

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

César Oteiza - COO @ idealista

Alexandra Maratchi is an individual investor.

John Borchers is General Partner of Crescendo Ventures. Borchers joined Crescendo Ventures in 1997 and has played a leading role in developing the firm’s international presence. After spending nearly three years working in Crescendo’s London office, in 2003 he relocated to Palo Alto, where he focuses on investment opportunities in the enterpriseinfrastructure market. Borchers currently serves on the Board of Directors of Credant Technologies, Dust Networks, SealedMedia, StoneFly Networks and Transitive Corporation.Prior to joining Crescendo Ventures, Borchers worked in the data warehousing and predictive analytics fields where he held various operational roles including a two-year posting to Sydney, Australia, where he opened the first Asia Pacific office for a U.S.-based data warehousing firm. Borchers holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from the University of Richmond.

Jeff has been an entrepreneur, executive, and venture capitalist for over 25 years. Jeff co-founded Rally Ventures in 2012 with Charles Beeler. He has founded or co-founded numerous companies and has had the good fortune to have been surrounded by brilliant co-founders and executives. Jeff had a successful run as a software CEO early in his careerand realized his competitive advantage was in a boardroom and as an investor rather than as an executive.Jeff serves on the boards of Crowdstreet, Foodsby, Gutcheck, JustiFi, Krista Software, Parallax, Total Expert, and Yardstik, and has twice served as President of the MVCA. Jeff received his JD from Harvard Law School and his BA from Northwestern University. He began his professional career at McKinsey & Company.

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.