Top 5 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Venezuela in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Venezuela. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Venezuela. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Venezuela in January 2026

Investor	Food and Beverage Venezuela investments
Justin Mateen	1
Claire Diaz-Ortiz	1
Blaine Vess	1
Ross Lipson	1
Nate Matherson	1

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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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
Urbanic — Urbanic is a fashion brand that sells products online.
Hidden Studios — Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly. The company collaborated with prominent brands and creators, including Skydance, Snoop Dogg, and CaseOh, to deliver engaging gaming experiences. Hidden Studios maintains an active presence on YouTube, sharing content related to their Fortnite Creativeendeavors.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Vaas — Software
Portão 3 — Porta 3 is a travel management platform for businesses that provides reservations for flights, hotels, cars, and insurance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Uberlândia, MG.
Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.

Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. He previously worked at Solve as a Co-Founder and CEO. Blaine Vess attended San Jose State University.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Albedo — Aerial quality imagery - from space.
SoloSuit — SoloSuit is a B2B SaaS FinTech and LegalTech provides you with all of the best resources for fighting your debt collection lawsuit and winning.
Yummy — Superapp of Venezuela & Quick Commerce for LATAM

Ross Lipson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dutchie, a leading cannabis technology platform that powers dispensary operations, provides consumers with safe and easy access to products, and supports the societal change that cannabis is bringing to the world. Founded in 2017, Dutchie works with over 5000 dispensaries across North America, facilitatingover $14b in annual sales. Prior to founding Dutchie, Ross was the Co-Founder and CEO of GrubCanada, Canada’s first online food ordering service. GrubCanada was acquired by Just Eat in 2012.

Investment focus

Logistics, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico, India

Portfolio highlights

Kyte — Kyte delivers rental cars straight to your door. We deliver and pick up the vehicle. No lines, no paperwork, freedom to explore. Fully flexible. Book today!
Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
Filo — Filo, Edtech, transactional learning model by online tutors available for students in less than 60 seconds. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.filo.student&hl=en&gl=US

Nate Matherson is the Co-founder/CEO of Positional. Positional is a toolset for content teams to scale their content channels faster and drive more traffic from organic search.