# Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in Brazil in June 2026 ## Dan Rumennik - Type: Angel - Location: Miami Beach, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Daniel Rumennik is Co-founder and General Partner at AirAngels. He Attended Harvard Business School. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Simon Borrero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Juscelino Martins - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Delivery Juscelino Martins ## Matias Muchnick - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Sustainability, B2C Matias Muchnick is the CEO and Founder at NotCo. ## Ricardo Bechara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Nutrition, Health Care Ricardo Bechara ## Renato Freitas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Database Renato Freitas ## Fernando Meirelles - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. ## Pedro Carvalho - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Nutrition, Health Care Pedro Carvalho is the Co-Founder at Cayena. ## Carlos Moura - Type: Angel - Location: Campinas, Goias, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Sales, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Angel investor and entrepreneur. ## Rodrigo Borges - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps Rodrigo Borges is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at DOMO Invest. ## Ronaldo Lemos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Food and Beverage Ronaldo Lemos is the founder of the Institute of Technology and Society. ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country. ## Renato Breia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Plant-Based Foods Renato Breia, CFP, is the founding partner at Nord Wealth. ## Nathalia Paulino - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Plant-Based Foods Nathalia Paulino is the Co-Founder of NAU Capital. She previously worked at BTG Pactual as a Wealth Management Banker. Nathalia Paulino attended Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa. ## Di Ferrero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Plant-Based Foods Di Ferrero is a singer who also became a brand ambassador for Sunrize. ## Christian Friedland - Type: Angel - Location: San Juan, NA - Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Jewelry Christian Friedland is an Entrepreneur / Investor, the original founder of Build.com, Inc. Founded originally as a graduate school project, Build.com grew into the nations leading online home improvement retailer without a store operation.Friedland received his BA in Political Science and completed the core graduate studies in ComputerScience at California State University, in Chico, CA. ## Abhi Ramesh - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fruit, Grocery, Food Delivery Abhi Ramesh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Misfits Market. ## 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. ## Hamish Shephard - Type: Angel - Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Fruit, FinTech, Finance Hamish Shephard is the Co-Founder of HelloFresh and Bridebook. ## Divesh Makan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Software Divesh Kanthylal Makan is the Founder of ICONIQ Capital, LLC. Makan also served at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Morgan Stanley. ## Hugo Barra - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Hugo Barra is the Co-Founder of /dev/agents. He previously worked at Detect as a CEO. Hugo Barra attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Marcello Gonçalves - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Marcello Gonçalves is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at DOMO Invest. ## Bernardo de Barros Franco - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: CRM, SMS, SaaS Bernardo de Barros Franco is a Serial entrepreneur and angel investor on the IT sector. Bernardo previously worked at u.sit as a Co-founder and CEO. He attended Harvard Business School. Ibmec, and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. ## Gregory Reider - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Delivery Gregory Reider is the Managing Partner at Volpe Capital. ## 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. ## Rafael Duton - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile. Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Meyer Malka - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnershipfocused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website.Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets.In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years.In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million.In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany.In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses. ## Alexandre Badolato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Snack Food, Subscription Service Alexandre Badolato ## Luis Vital - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Snack Food, Subscription Service Luis Vital ## Ralf Wenzel - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Delivery Ralf Wenzel is the Berlin- and New York-based founder and CEO of JOKR, the global platform for instant grocery and retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. Email Johrenk7@gmail.com Ralf has an almost 20-year track record of building companies up from scratch, bringing their products to consumers globally, and leading diverse teams. Prior tofounding JOKR, he built three companies, including foodpanda, one of the world's most successful food delivery businesses across 40 countries, which he later merged with Delivery Hero and led through an initial public offering. He also built Skrill, the first e-wallet and leading online payments company in Europe, and Tocororo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Ralf previously operated his businesses with a focus on emerging markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He has also served as Managing Partner at Softbank. Wenzel holds a degree in computer science from Berlin University. ## Bradley Horowitz - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Bradley Horowitz is an Advisor and Vice President of Product Management at Google. Most recently he helped create Area 120, Google's incubator for internally-sourced innovation. He's led a large number of products, programs and initiatives at Google - including Google for Startups, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Voice, blogger, and GoogleNews.Before joining Google in February 2008, Horowitz was Yahoo's vice president of Advanced Development where he drove the acquisitions of Flickr and MyBlogLog, launched the Brickhouse incubator and developed new products like Yahoo! Pipes. Additionally, he was responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which included overseeing the Yahoo Developer Network (YDN).Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy.Horowitz was a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. While at the Media Lab, he worked on a number of topics related to computer vision, graphics and image processing, which resulted in a patented new technique for the recovery of structure, motion and camera parameters from video sequences.Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. ## Patricia Moraes - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Enterprise Software, Mobile, Internet Patricia Moraes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Unbox Capital. She attended Columbia Business School. ## Patrick Sigrist - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - 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… ## Mario Augusto Sá - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence 26 years old entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO of CASH. We are building a future where every Gen Z has control over their financial life at NG.CASH. | Forbes Under 30Previously:- Co-Founded Trampolin, a Banking-as-a-Service startup. Exit to a NASDAQ-listed firm;- Co-Founded Neagle, one of Brazil’s Top 100 YouTube Channels (+8MM subscribers);- Co-Founded FanStar, a Talent Agency company focused on Gen Z digital influencers.I’m also an early Crypto-adopter and active Angel Investor.Made in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid. ## Andres Bilbao - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Andres Bilbao ## Lucas Lameiras - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Banking, Software Lucas Lameiras ## Kadu Cunha - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Media and Entertainment Kadu Cunha ## Ryan McDonald - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Health Care, Organic Food, Service Industry Ryan Aurelio McDonald is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the Principal of Summit Partners L.P. Ryan previously worked at Norwest Venture Partners. Ryan Aurelio McDonald attended the Babson College. ## Miquéias Barros da Silva - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Consulting Miquéias Barros da Silva ## Daniel Alvarez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Consulting Daniel Alvarez ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## Jonathan Neman - Type: Angel - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion Jonathan Neman is based out of Los Angeles, California, and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sweetgreen. Jonathan Neman attended Georgetown University. ## Alessio Alionco - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Sales Alessio Alionco is the Founder and CEO of Pipefy. He attended Universidade Federal do Paraná. ## Tiago Dalvi - Type: Angel - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Fruit, Grocery Tiago Dalvi is Founder & CEO of Olist. ## Ricardo Natale - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Sales, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Ricardo Natale ## Diego Libanio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery Diego Libanio - Founder & CEO @ Mercê do Bairro ## Cristian Keleti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Snack Food, Subscription Service Cristian Keleti # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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