Top 30 Franchise Angel Investors (August 2026)
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Dirk Schneider
Angel
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3 | Germany | Venture - Series Unknown | Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage | $2.4M–$3.3M |
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Cecily Drucker
Angel
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2 | Finland | Seed | B2B, SaaS, Content | $1.2M–$1.8M |
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Andreas Mihalovits
Angel
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2 | Spain, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, SaaS, Internet | $274k–$7M |
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Hans Limmer
Angel
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2 | Germany | Venture - Series Unknown | Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage | $2.4M–$3.3M |
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Pekka Koskinen
Angel
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2 | Finland | Angel, Pre-Seed | B2B, SaaS, Content | $106k–$424k |
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Sean Fannan
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Finance, Internet | |
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Alexandre Yazdi
Angel
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1 | France, Portugal, Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$31M |
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Jerome Tafani
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | Software, Franchise, Hospitality | |
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Daren Cotter
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $1M–$19M |
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Daniel Rutberg
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Finance, Franchise | |
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Matthias Willenbacher
Angel
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1 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Energy Management, SaaS, Energy | $10M–$10M |
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Joey Katzen
Angel
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1 | United States, Puerto Rico | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series C | SaaS, Software, EdTech | |
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Aviram Jenik
Angel
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1 | South Korea, United States, Israel | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence | $74k–$18M |
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Murat Abdrakhmanov
Angel
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1 | United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps | $270k–$2M |
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Sebastien Breteau
Angel
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1 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Angel | FinTech, Software, Apps | $500k–$150M |
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Mei Z.
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $1M–$156M |
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Kyle Kuzma
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Internet, Web3, Retail | $2.4M–$10M |
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Torben Frigaard Rasmussen
Angel
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1 | Denmark | Angel, Seed, Series A | Robotics, Consulting, Navigation | |
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Horacio Broggi
Angel
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1 | Spain | Pre-Seed | Franchise, E-Commerce, Restaurants | |
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Eric Eubank
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Franchise, Marketplace, Business Development | |
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Sampo Parkkinen
Angel
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1 | Finland | Pre-Seed | B2B, SaaS, Content | |
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Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.8M–$125M |
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Nick Bilogorskiy
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Security | $550k–$3M |
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Paul Melin
Angel
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1 | Estonia, Finland | Seed | B2B, SaaS, Content | $1.4M–$1.8M |
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Alex Jankelevich
Angel
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1 | Spain | Pre-Seed | Franchise, E-Commerce, Restaurants | |
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Marton Szoke
Angel
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1 | Hungary, Switzerland, Czech Republic | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, EdTech | $1.7M–$3M |
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Brian Payne
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Fashion, FinTech | $2.5M–$4.1M |
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Kræn Nielsen
Angel
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1 | Denmark | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | AgTech, Robotics, Software | $1.2M–$2.2M |
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Nishiyama Tomoyoshi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Beauty, Franchise | $420k–$1.2M |
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Bob Stein
Angel
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1 | Seed | |||
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Dirk Schneider is Co-Founder at BackWerk.
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- Industry: Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $2.4M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
Ms. Drucker, one of Peter and Doris Drucker’s four children, is the founder and CEO of Start-Up Strategies, a San Francisco consultancy. Ms. Drucker is also an attorney who has focused her practice in the areas of real-estate tax planning and financing, as well as other business and commercial transactions. She has specialized, in particular, onstructuring and implementing complex 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. She is the co-author of Real Property Exchanges, published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Content
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PromoRepublic — Unify social, listings, reviews, and analytics in one agentic platform built for multi-location and franchise brands. Improve visibility, protect your brand, and lift same-store sales.
Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $439k–$2M; Angel $274k–$1M; Series A $1.5M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UMNAI — UMNAI helps organisations build, deploy and govern explainable AI decision systems for high-impact environments.
- Skarbe — Skarbe has officially wound down operations as of April 2026. Thank you for being part of our story.
- STAMP — STAMP redefines Tax-Free in Europe. Instant VAT exemption for travelers. More sales, transparency, and control for merchants.
Hans Limmer
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- Industry: Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $2.4M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
Founder at Leadfeeder
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Content
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $106k–$424k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PromoRepublic — Unify social, listings, reviews, and analytics in one agentic platform built for multi-location and franchise brands. Improve visibility, protect your brand, and lift same-store sales.
- Cuutio — What if you knew your exact positions and their development on Google? And search engine market shares between you and your competitors? Find out!
Sean Fannan is the Founder of The Marcella Foundation. He attended UC Santa Barbara.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.
- Classify — Classify is a digital advertising company that offers smart contextual advertising.
- Rent Small Small — New Zealand's Biggest most reliable Online Store for all your Phone Parts needs! Fast shipping, NZ owned and Operated and here to help. Shop Now!
Alexandre Yazdi is the CEO at Voodoo.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Portugal, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$3.5M; Series A $2.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
- Alpa — Alpa connects to your till and bank to give restaurants a live P&L, cash flow, delivery commissions, supplier spend and a plain-English Monday briefing.
- Revox — Use Voice AI to automate your outbound calls
Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Franchise, Hospitality
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alpa — Alpa connects to your till and bank to give restaurants a live P&L, cash flow, delivery commissions, supplier spend and a plain-English Monday briefing.
Daren was the Founder and CEO of InboxDollars, an online marketing company that connects consumers and advertisers in a way that benefits both. He founded the company as a Freshman in college in 2000 and bootstrapped the company to more than $25 million in annual revenues. InboxDollars was acquired by Prodege in 2019. Daren is active in the MNstart-up community as an investor, advisor and mentor.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.3M; Series A $3.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Onsetto — Onsetto helps banks capture primary operating accounts by seamlessly switching payroll, AR/AP, and cash flows during customer onboarding.
- Bonsai — Bonsai is the first-party marketing intelligence platform that automates profitable growth. Trust your marketing data, make confident decisions, drive revenue.
- Evecxia Therapeutics — Evecxia Therapeutics is dedicated to realizing the therapeutic potential of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) for the treatment of mental illness.
Daniel Rutberg is a CoFounder & COO at MuteSix.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Franchise
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skio — We help Shopify merchants sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out.
- FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.
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- Industry: Energy Management, SaaS, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $10M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- E-mobilio — e-mobilio offers their website users a very simple way to access their personal e-mobility solution. so that buying an e-car is a pleasure instead of a headache. It is a manufacturer-neutral advisory and brokerage platform. An online inquiry form is available on their websites.
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
- VoltStorage — VoltStorage develops and produces solar energy storage systems based on the eco-friendly Redox Flow technology to store surplus solar energy by day and use it during periods of low sunshine. With its sustainable energy storage solutions, VoltStorage follows the vision of making 100 percent renewable energy available around the clock – and thusmaking the world cleaner and fairer for future generations.
Joey Katzen is an entrepreneur and attorney whose expertise has been instrumental in the founding, growth, and exit of multiple Inc-500 companies.He is a volunteer Lead Mentor at Hawaii-based Blue Startups and a Selection Committee member of Honolulu-based Hawaii Angels.A storyteller by trade, he now spends much of his time helpingentrepreneurs distill new or difficult concepts into readily accessible verbal and visual stories that others can’t say no to.Whether for a fundraising deck, a sales pitch, or product and onboarding conceptualization, Joey's process is aided by his varied background in angel investing, law, marketing, product development, engineering, and visual design.While earning his law degree at the University of Virginia, Joey was a member of the founding team of Atlanta-based Vendormate, a healthcare compliance platform later acquired by Cleveland-based Primus Capital and then Louisville-based GHX, Inc. He went on to serve as interim CEO of DC-based Roomtag, a commercial leasing and space-optimization tech suite later acquired by Austin-based Asure Software. Later, he cofounded Atlanta-based KidsLink, a child-management app for parents.His first claims to fame came while attending Georgia Tech in the 2000s when he founded--and promoted with early gonzo marketing--the university-oriented web portal Walksideways.com, visited weekly by a third of the Georgia Tech student body, and developed the Retail Alphabet Game, an early Internet branding puzzle which appeared in the New York Times, National Post, Detroit Free Press, and Christian Science Monitor.Let's build some FOMO.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, EdTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series C
- Geography: United States, Puerto Rico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quibble — Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships.
- ClassCalc — Students can use their smartphones instead of using or buying a TI calculator, and teachers can ensure they only use the ClassCalc calculator app in class. We believe students and teachers should have a choice other than the same expensive, difficult to learn and use dedicated-purpose TI calculator they have been forced to use for decades.ClassCalc provides a multi-subject math calculator with scientific, graphing, and matrix functionality in an easy-to-use smartphone app. Teachers are able to lock down the student’s phone to only the ClassCalc app for class time, quizzes, tests… no cheating or outside distractions (social media, texting etc).
- Turno, formerly TurnoverBnB — Find now a local Airbnb cleaning service; automatically schedule your existing cleaners. Integrated with all reservations platforms and channel managers.
Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur. Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies
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- Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $491k–$18M; Angel $250k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $74k–$275k
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SplxAI — SplxAI provides the most comprehensive platform for AI Security Testing and Red Teaming, ensuring your AI Assistants and Agents are secure and reliable from build to runtime.
- StealthMole — Uncover hidden threats in the dark web and enhance your cybersecurity with StealthMole's advanced dark web threat intelligence platform. Learn more.
- Tribe Money Pools — An early stage Seattle-based fintech startup building a digital platform to streamline how groups share and manage their finances.
Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2M; Pre-Seed $270k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoDays — AI-driven Continuous passive and active analytical tool, preventing burnout of employees. Continuous well-being based on passive collaboration data, sentiment analytics.
- PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
- Prosper Pay — Prosper Pay is a financial platform that allows employees to view up-to-date earnings and transfer funds.
Sebastien Breteau is an entrepreneur, investor, avocado farmer & philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of QIMA, a global quality and compliance solutions provider for the consumer goods, food, and life sciences industries. Founded in 2005, QIMA partners with 30,000 brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers globally, helping themmake products consumers can trust with inspections, ESG audits, testing, and certification services. The company has become a leading player, employing over 5,000 people worldwide and operating in over 100 countries (www.qima.com). In 2013, Sebastien founded the Breteau Foundation, a NPO which aims at giving underprivileged children access to digital education. 180,000 children are now enrolled in its program (www.breteaufoundation.org). In 2019, Sebastien founded RayoVerde, and has built one of the biggest avocado farms in Europe (Andalucia, Spain), using the latest organic farming techniques and water needs optimization. Sebastien Breteau is also an active private investor in Europe, China & the US and has invested directly in over 70 start-ups globally.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $6.5M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ziwig — Ziwig helps to improve women's health through a holistic approach and the development of products, services, and a support ecosystem, guided by science and unique biology. of each person. Their approach, constantly supported by excellent research, is based on the close collaboration of medical experts and engineers specializing in cutting-edgetechnologies, such as artificial intelligence and high-throughput sequencing of human RNAs. Their ecosystem functioning, driven by meaning and centered on the person, using disruptive technologies contributes to the emergence of precision medicine, individualized, predictive and participatory, at the service of well-being and quality of life.
- REWORTH — En Reworth conectamos a instituciones financieras y comercios para ofrecer a los consumidores el programa de cashback personalizado mas efectivo.
- Sundayapp — Our solution is the world's fastest and easiest way to pay at restaurants. Your customers scan a QR code and pay in 10 seconds
Mei is an early stage investor focused on AI. Mei studied at MIT and the MIT Media Lab
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $4M–$101M; Pre-Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $17M–$156M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FlyMy.AI — Real-time AI cloud
- Medra AI — Building robotics to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. At Medra, our mission is to automate repetitive wetlab tasks so scientists can more easily collect data and run the experiments needed to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
- Periodic Labs — From bits to atoms.
Kyle Alexander Kuzma is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
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- Industry: Internet, Web3, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bezel — Shop for thousands of the most collectible watches online. Find Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Panerai, IWC, and more. All of our watches are authenticated in-house by our team of specialists and watchmakers with decades of experience in luxury watches.
- Kind Designs — Kind Designs is a trusted 3D Printed seawall contractor in Miami offering custom seawall construction, shoreline protection, erosion control solutions.
- Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.
Torben Frigaard Rasmussen - Chairman of the Board @ QuadSAT
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- Industry: Robotics, Consulting, Navigation
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kontolink — Kontolink is a creator of a cloud-based platform made to reduce the amount of time and money spent on bookkeeping. Clients may reduce errors in their financial accounting procedures thanks to the company's platform, which automates document processing and accounts utilizing data from banks as the starting point rather than receipts andinvoices.
- Noahs — Noahs is a food company that offers gourmet fast-food franchises, multi-regional restaurant operations, and smart kitchen services.
- Customers 1st — Customers 1st is an all-in-one POS system that help retailers around the world enable customer experiences beyond imagination.
Horacio Broggi
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- Industry: Franchise, E-Commerce, Restaurants
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hunger Brands — Curated premium domains for founders and startups. Find the perfect brand-ready name for your next venture.
Eric Eubank is a Managing Partner at Pamlico Capital.
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- Industry: Franchise, Marketplace, Business Development
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Franzy — Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Content
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PromoRepublic — Unify social, listings, reviews, and analytics in one agentic platform built for multi-location and franchise brands. Improve visibility, protect your brand, and lift same-store sales.
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$10M; Series A $6.4M–$48M; Series B $15M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blue — An Operating System for your Personal Health. Join the waitlist here.
- UrbanKisaan — UrbanKisaan builds vertical farms in India and sells the produce directly to consumers via subscription based app. The farms create a positive change at every step from seed to store ensuring quality and traceability. They grow fresh veggies locally produced which are grown without using soil using 95% less water. It aims to create a sustainablefuture for farming and feed the world in a way that is good for both people and the planet.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Colossal Biosciences — The science of genetics. The business of discovery.
Nick Bilogorskiy is based out of San Francisco Bay Area and is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Dnipro VC. Nick previously worked at Google as a Director of Security. Nick Bilogorskiy attended Simon Fraser University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Security
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Pre-Seed $550k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AiSDR — AiSDR finds in-market buyers using real-time signals, then reaches out with messages that sound like your best rep wrote them. 1-3 demos per 100 leads.
- 12New.AI — AI-Agents for Negotiations & Procurement
- Ability.ai — Automate your marketing, sales, and operations with Ability AI's intelligent agents and workflows. Save time, reduce costs, and scale your business.
Paul Melin is the Chairman Of The Board at Silcube Software.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Content
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Estonia, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Warren.io — Warren is a complete self-service cloud platform for regional infrastructure service providers. Functionally rich, technologically modern and architecturally reliable turnkey commercialisation solution packaged as a service and driven by your success to compete in the global landscape.
- PromoRepublic — Unify social, listings, reviews, and analytics in one agentic platform built for multi-location and franchise brands. Improve visibility, protect your brand, and lift same-store sales.
Alex Jankelevich is the Co-Founder & Ceo of Hunger Brands. He attended IESE Business School.
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- Industry: Franchise, E-Commerce, Restaurants
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hunger Brands — Curated premium domains for founders and startups. Find the perfect brand-ready name for your next venture.
An entrepreneur and investor with a business background and solid technical experience. Founded several startups, the latest being Indextools, a software company specializing in enterprise on-demand web analytics software. In April 2008 Indextools got acquired by Yahoo! Inc. At the time of the acquisition, Indextools was recognized as one of thetop five web analytics vendors world-wide by Forrester / Jupiter Research. Mr. Szőke served at Yahoo for three years to lead integration efforts and to realign Indextools’ business model.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, EdTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Hungary, Switzerland, Czech Republic
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ydistri — Digital tool for slow moving inventory problem
- Logiscool — International franchise network teaching kids programming
- Nesnězeno — Nesnezeno is a platform that helps restaurants, shops, and hotels eliminate the waste of quality food. Through their mobile platform, they sell day-of treats that are nearing their expiration date.
Brian Payne is the Co-Founder, Advisory Board Member, and Shareholder of Furnished Finder. He previously worked at KeyCheck as a Co-Founder. Brian Payne attended San Diego State University.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Fashion, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LOCKER — Discover, save, shop & share.
- FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.
- FutureMoney — Introducing FutureMoney: the only investing app designed for parents. FutureMoney helps you give your kids more by growing your money, effortlessly. Start investing in your kids today with unlimited accounts, contributions and deposits, tax optimization, and fully-managed custom portfolios.
Kraen Oestergaard Nielsen is based out of Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, and is the Executive Advisor of RELEX Solutions and also works as Chair of the Board of Freetrailer. Kraen previously worked at Coop Danmark A/S as a Group CEO. Kraen Oestergaard Nielsen attended Copenhagen Business School. Kraen Oestergaard Nielsen received an AdvancedCertificate in Corporate Governance.
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- Industry: AgTech, Robotics, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Complir — Complir's AI agents map product data, analyse compliance risks, generate documentation and track regulations across every market you sell in.
- PerPlant — PerPlant gives tractors the ability to see every plant. AI-powered cameras that cut input costs by 50% on average.
- LedgerBee — LedgerBee is an AI-native financial operating system designed to replace the fragmented stack of bookkeeping, billing, payroll, and financial reporting tools used by modern companies. Built as one unified system from day one, LedgerBee automates financial workflows, eliminates manual data entry, and delivers real-time insights through itsintelligent finance engine, Unico.The platform serves SaaS companies, scaleups, and accounting firms that need a single source of truth across their financial operations. LedgerBee offers automated bookkeeping, subscription billing, vendor payments, receipt and invoice scanning, and upcoming modules for payroll and expense management.Headquartered in Denmark, LedgerBee emphasizes European data governance, scalability, and a product-first approach. Its mission is to help companies spend less time fixing numbers- and more time using them to make better decisions.
Nishiyama Tomoyoshi - Chairman and CEO @ DINING INNOVATION
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- Industry: Apps, Beauty, Franchise
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $420k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LivCo — LivCo is a support service company that offers HR, life support, real estate rental brokerage, and media platform solutions for foreigners.
- Nailie — Nailie is an app that lets you connect to a nail specialists just for you.
- FoodTech Capital — FoodTech Capital is a SaaS application platform designed for centralized food order management.
Bob Stein joined KSS Fuels in October 2004 after three years as founder member of KSS Fuels’ Advisory Board. Prior to his appointment Bob consulted to the retail and convenience store industries. His experience includes eighteen years at Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc., where he held the post of Chairman, President and CEO, successfully applyinghis leadership experience in retail operations, marketing and finance.
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- Stage:Seed
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Noahs — Noahs is a food company that offers gourmet fast-food franchises, multi-regional restaurant operations, and smart kitchen services.
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