# Top 50 Finance Angel Investors in Brazil in June 2026 ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance 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. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Matias Woloski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Internet Sebastian Mejia is the Co-Founder and President of Rappi. He previously worked as a Managing Director Business Development at Simpleshow. He attended Stanford University. ## Daniel Undurraga - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Mr. Daniel Undurraga is Founder & CTO at Cornershop. ## 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. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, SaaS Sergio Furio is based out of São Paulo, São Paulo, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Sergio previously worked at Juntos Somos Mais as a Board Member. Sergio Furio attended the Esade. Sergio Furio has received the Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program certificate. ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Sales Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery. ## Eduardo Kupper - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software 17+ years of experience in several industries and sectors, including entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Management consulting, and Investment Banking. Founder @ Airborne Ventures, an early-stage VC fund. Former Head of VC at Bradesco Venture Capital arm, responsible for 2 funds totaling R$ 800mm of invested capital and R$ 1,7billion AUM.Experienced VC investor with 50+ deals across several stages and industries over the last 6 years. Founded and co-founded several companies including Helpling, Remessa Online, Finpass, and MAR Ventures. Several successful exits including +1bi BRL sale and 1 Nasdaq IPO. Board member at several companies in different sectors and stages.Professional with an extensive network, close relationships, and co-investments with several VC funds and entrepreneurs. Wharton MBA | The Lauder Institute MA | UPenn Grad Electrical engineer B.eng. | Unicamp - BrazilSpecialties: Finance, General Management, Strategy, capital structuring, Angel Investing, M&A, Fundraising, Business Development, Tech start-ups (Healthtech, Marketplaces, Fintech, Edtech, Mobility) Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, FMCG, project management, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Career advisory. ## Gerry Giacoman Colyer - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Business strategist and product guy oriented towards growth and finance. At my core, I'm a liberal arts grad who thought about going into public service, but then fell in love with the potential for technology-driven companies to make our lives better. ## Alvaro Taiar - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Accounting, Financial Services Alvaro Taiar is an Angel Investor and Startup Mentor at GR8 Ventures. ## Patrick Sigrist - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Born with an entrepreneurial spirit, devoted the past 15 years to Food Delivery services and O2O logistics. Founder of iFood and CEO of DiskCook for over a decade, was also a partner founder at a couple of other successful startups. Actively involved in his businesses, has a very successful founder, CEO, advisor, angel investor and M&A trackrecord during the last 2 decades. After making a great exit from iFood and many other companies, is currently in a sabbatical year living in Palo Alto, USA, seeking refreshment at the best startup atmosphere place on earth… ## Loreanne Garcia - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Loreanne Garcia is a Co-Founder & Chief People Officer at Kavak. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Rodrigo Weigand - Type: Angel - Location: Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Software, Financial Services Rodrigo Weigand ## Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva - Type: Angel - Location: Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Software, Financial Services Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva ## Carlos Garcia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, E-Commerce, Marketplace Carlos Garcia is the Founder & CEO at PositivUS. He attended ESSCA Ecole de management during 2005. ## Paulo Veras - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, B2B, B2C Paulo Veras ## Federico Antoni - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Health Care Federico Antoni, Founding Partner of Hi Ventures, has served as Managing Partner since its inception in 2012. He is a member of the Board of Directors of various portfolio companies including Fintual, as well as RobinFood, Mendel, Clubbi, Dentalia, Apli, Prestadero, Cumplo, Wonder Brands and Super.In the foodtech space, Federico was a Boardmember of Cornershop since Hi Venture’s first investment in 2015 until Uber’s control acquisition. He helped the team to establish first partnerships with retailers in the region and accompanied them to raise all their institutional financing rounds. He also supported the team navigating the M&A processes with Walmart and Uber.Prior to that, Federico served as Head of Business Development and later as CEO of Edoardos, a then publicly-traded Mexican apparel company. From 2006 to 2012, he led the Company’s international expansion across Latin America, its launch of new brands, and its turnaround efforts during the economic crisis. Federico successfully developed and launched three new product lines in Europe while working at L’Oréal, a global leader in the cosmetics industry.He also served as CMO of Mexico for B2W (formerly Submarino), the dominant e-commerce platform in Brazil, doubling the country’s sales prior to the subsidiary’s acquisition by Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-speaking media company. At Televisa, he took on the role of VP of e-commerce and restructured the division to cut costs, grow sales, and launch new product offerings in Mexico.Federico, is a frequent Techcrunch contributor, is an Entrepreneurship and Management Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received his MBA. He also holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Applied Economics from Paris Dauphine, and has taught at ITAM, Mexico’s preeminent business and engineering institution, as well as CENTRO, a Mexican liberal arts and design school. ## Tom Blomfield - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech Tom Blomfield is based out of San Francisco, California and is currently works as a Group Partner for Y Combinator. Tom previously worked at Monzo Bank as a President. Tom Blomfield attended the University of Oxford. ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, FinTech Guilherme is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor that deeply believes entrepreneurship is fundamental to make the world in a better place to live in. Co-founded iFood, one of the first Latin American unicorns, and now is developing Mercê do Bairro with the big dream to transform traditional groceries retailers in a strong virtual retail chain. ## Stelleo Tolda - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Stelleo Tolda is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MercadoLibre, Inc. since April 1, 2009. In addition, he served as Country Manager in Brazil between 1999 and 2010.In the latter role MercadoLibre has led to his current leadership position in e-commerce in the country.Before joining MercadoLibre, Tolda worked in the financial market, withcompanies such as Lehman Brothers, Inc. in the U.S. and Banco Pactual and Banco Icatu, Brazil.With an MBA in school business administration from Stanford University, in the United States, the executive is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution.Born in Brazil, Tolda speaks fluent English, Spanish and French as well as Portuguese. ## André Mortari - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Consulting, Credit, Finance André Mortari is member of the Brazilian Board and responsible for all eBusinesses for MetLife’s Latin America operation with also an important role in Digital Transformation for the company in the region.With international and multicultural experience in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and other countries in LatAm and extensive experience inDigital and deep knowledge in Marketing, André was the Head of Marketing & Performance for Netshoes, a Brazilian fashion and sports e-retailer, former founder of Carrefour e-commerce and member of the company's strategic transformation committees. He also had worked at Walmart.com and for many advertising agencies with a relevant role.Besides his executive career, André also has an entrepreneur background as a co-founder of many companies and nowadays acting as an Angel Investor & Advisor for few startups in different industries.André is graduated in Social Communication from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) with a MBA in Business Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) both in São Paulo. In addition to his studies in Brazil, André completed an Executive Education in Disruptive Strategy at Harvard Business School.He is a great enthusiast about Digital Transformation, People & Culture, Innovation, Technology and Sharing Economy, having developed many relevant skills to act on these challenges. ## Kim Machlup - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Kim Machlup ## Jose Bonilla - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Jose Bonilla ## Dhaval Chadha - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social, Finance, Payments CEO at @Justos • Formerly CEO @Vivo (acquired) • Head of Latam @ClassPass • @Harvard University ## Mada Seghete - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Computer, Software Mada Seghete ## Ana Paula González - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Ana Paula González ## Daniel Vogel - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Daniel holds two degrees from Stanford (BA in Economics, BS in Computer Systems Engineering) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously he built Quantcast's Real Time Bidding system, which became the company's main revenue-generating product-line. ## Laura Fingal-Surma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Laura Fingal-Surma ## Erica Fridman Stul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Erica Fridman Stul ## Rudy Tarasantchi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Finance, Software, Accounting Rudy Tarasantchi ## Karen Kanaan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Finance, Software, Accounting Karen Kanaan ## Katie Shea - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Retail, Consumer Goods Katie Shea is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Divergent Capital and an Angel investor. Before that, she was the General Partner at K50 Ventures and Kairos. ## Simon Borrero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School. ## Isabel Penzini - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Isabel Penzini was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied Psychology and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and is certified in Portfolio Management from the Wharton School of Business. She worked in marketing and advertising technology at Visa for Latin America and most recently led the strategy for global dataproducts. She is the founder of OLA, whose mission is to enable Latin Americans to grow their wealth by investing, saving, and learning. In addition, she is a volunteer for INVEDIN Foundation, which provides children in Venezuela access to education. ## Francisco Santos - Type: Angel - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Banking, FinTech Francisco Santos is the Head of Brand Experience at Wallbox. He attended Y Combinator. ## Mike Krieger - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Mike Krieger is based out of San Francisco, California, and was the CPO of Anthropic. Mike previously worked at Artifact as a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer. Mike Krieger attended Stanford University. ## Lolita Taub - Type: Angel - Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: Beauty, FinTech, Finance Lolita Taub is a General Partner and Founder of Ganas Ventures, a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an Enterprise Fund Investment Partner at Portfolia.Lolita is also a Co-Founder of the Startup-Investor Matching Tool, a scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and an LP at Operators Collective. Forbes and Inc Magazine have featuredher as a woman promoting investment in underestimated founders.She has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the IE Business School. Most importantly, she is a dog mom to the cutest Dachshund mix, Choco. ## Paulo Silveira - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology CEO and founder at Caelum Alura ## David de Picciotto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance David de Picciotto - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pledge ## Donatas Dailide - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software Donatas Dailide - Chairman and CEO @ DOJUS group ## Kallie Parchman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Kallie Parchman ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. ## Oriana Fuentes - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Serial founder with Masters in Machine Learning. Former JPMorgan Investment Banker. ## Tania Zapata - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Tania I. Zapata is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Akily. He previously worked at Voice123 as a Board Member. He attended the City University of New York. ## Mauricio Feldman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Sports, Software Co-founder & CEO at Volanty ## Dileep Thazhmon - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, B2B, Finance Dileep Thazhmon is the Co-Founder and CEO at Jeeves. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster. ## Wei Zhou - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Wei Zhou is the current CEO of Coins.ph. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Binance.