# Top 10 Film Angel Investors in Europe in June 2026

## Chris Mairs
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Chris Mairs - Venture Partner @ Entrepreneurs First

## Lorenz Bogaert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Lorenz is co-founder and CEO Ghent-based start-up studio StarApps. He also co-founded early stage investment fund Pitchdrive. He previously created Netlog, Twoo (exit to Tinder), Realo (exit to Axel Springer), Delta (exit to eToro) and Rydoo (exit to Sodexo).

## Lars Dittrich
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Apps

Lars Dittrich is responsible for the "Investments & Investments Management" unit and head of the Berlin office.He has extensive business experience as a founder and investor of successful start-up businesses.In 1997 Lars Dittrich founded dug telecom AG (today part of freenet AG) and served as its Chairman & CEO. In 2007the company was sold to Permira, which merged it with debitel AG. Lars Dittrich was chairman of the Sales division of debitel AG until 2010.In 2008 Lars Dittrich became Chairman and Business Angel of tape.tv, besides pursuing other investments in various industries.

## Pere Mayol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Film

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

## Ian Noel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Pet, Education, Film

Ian Noel - Angel & Growth Investor @ Lingokids

## Tao Tao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Hospitality, Information Technology, Apps

Tao Tao is Co-Founder & COO at GetYourGuide.

## Rouven Dresselhaus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Rouven Dresselhaus is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. His most notable investments at Cavalry include McMakler, Forto and Planetly (acq. by OneTrust). He also serves on numerous boards, e.g. at BRYTER and Sofía.Rouven started his career at Morten Sondergaard and then moved to Capnamic Ventures. In parallel, as a member of theadvisory board, he spearheaded the digitization initiative of his family business Joseph Dresselhaus GmbH & Co. KG (acq. by Nimbus) comprising core processes such as finance, HR, logistics and procurement.Rouven has invested in more than five dozen startups and participated in over two hundred funding rounds. He is a member of YPO, a global community of chief executives, and has been mentoring young entrepreneurs in formats such as Techstars, Techstars SAP.io, next logistics accelerator and the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator. In addition, Rouven is a supporter of the entrepreneurial charity Founders Pledge.

## Andrew Weisz
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, Apps

Andrew Weisz - Partner @ Weisz Investments

## Jonathan Beddoes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Photography, Film, Video

Jonathan began his entrepreneurial career at school aged 17 when he founded a web-hosting company which sold within its first year of trading. After developing an early taste of business success, whilst at university Jonathan co-developed a popular music software application that was downloaded by over 30,000,000 people. For his post-graduatestudies, Jonathan was the youngest person ever to complete a Masterclass in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. Following academia, Jonathan joined Zugo in 2008 (a leading search solutions platform and aggregator) that became a cornerstone of distribution for major search engines (most notably Microsoft Bing). In late 2012, Jonathan exited from Zugo and subsequently co-founded Techtopia, a technology incubator located in the heart of 'silicon village' in North West London. Today, Jonathan remains a director of Techtopia, a product visionary, angel investor and an ambassador for the Internet industry.

## Pavel Cherkashin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, iOS

Pavel Cherkashin is the Managing Partner at Mindrock Capital.