# Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Robert DeMaio - Type: Angel - Location: Incline Village, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 43 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Software, Health Care Robert DeMaio is the founder, CEO, and controlling and majority shareholder of Phinge® Corporation. He is an inventor with over 30 granted patents, including software (Such as App-Less technologies and hardware verification) and patents for modular hardware and devices. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 32 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Wei Guo - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 29 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited. ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 29 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School. ## Tim Draper - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 28 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 27 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## Scott Banister - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 27 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan. ## Daniel Curran - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 25 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. ## Naval Ravikant - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 24 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList. He previously served as the CEO of AngelList. He attended Dartmouth College. ## Wayne Chang - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 24 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Wayne Chang is the Founder and CEO of Reasoner. He previously worked at Crashlytics as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Wayne Chang attended the University of Massachusetts. ## Dylan Taylor - Type: Angel - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 23 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication Dylan Taylor is based out of Denver, Colorado, and is the Chief Executive Office and Chairman at Voyager Technologies. Dylan Taylor attended University of Arizona. ## Kevin Mahaffey - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 23 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Kevin Patrick Mahaffey is the Founder of Lookout and SNR. He is also the Executive Chairman of Stork Club and an Investor. ## Lachy Groom - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Lachy Groom is the Co-Founder of Physical Intelligence. He previously worked at Stripe as the Head of Stripe Issuing. ## Sahin Boydas - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Sahin Boydas is the PEF Chapter Lead of PEF Community. He previously worked at RemoteTeam.com as CEO and Founder. Sahin Boydas attended Koç University, where he took a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, and Bahcesehir University, where he took a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship. ## Scott Belsky - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Scott Belsky is currently a Partner at A24, where he leads technology and innovation projects. He previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products at Adobe. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 21 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school. ## Mark Cuban - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington. ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Pre-Seed, 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. ## Paul Buchheit - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University. ## Mark Pincus - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, FinTech, Software Mark Pincus is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder of Playful.AI. Mark previously worked at Tribe.net as a CEO and Co-Founder. Mark Pincus attended Harvard Business School. ## Marc Benioff - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Marc Benioff is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Salesforce. Marc previously worked at Oracle as a Vice President. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California. Marc Benioff has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. ## Chris Sang - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer ## Jackson Moses - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, National Security, Military Jackson Moses is the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures. He previously worked at ThinkOrbital as an Advisor. Jackson attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he took a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a focus on Monetary Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on Game Theory. ## Will Herman - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area. ## Sunmeet Jolly - Type: Angel - Location: San Jose, California, United States - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Managing Partner @ Jolly VC, LLCFounder and Patent holder - GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 44 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars inconsulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data. ## Bryan Rosenblatt - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University. ## Auren Hoffman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, Mobile CEO, NQB8, Chm, SafeGraph. GP, Flex Capital. Fmr CEO of LiveRamp. Follow @auren ## Shervin Pishevar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop. ## Esther Dyson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville ## Cyan Banister - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Social Media Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber,Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer. ## Justin Kan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University. ## Jeff Seibert - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Jeff Seibert is the Co-Founder of CEO of Digits. He previously worked at Pix.wine as a Board Member. Jeff Seibert attended Stanford University. ## David Tisch - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shopdirectly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014.In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program.David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City ## Greg Castle - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality An entrepreneur and corporate marketer turned VC, with an interest in early-stage, disruptive technology. Over 100 seed stage investments including Oculus, Flexport, Rec Room, Anduril, Flock Safety, OssoVR and Mux. ## Alexis Ohanian - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, Blockchain Alexis Ohanian is the President and Founder of 776 Foundation. He previously worked at reddit as an Executive Chair and Board Member. Alexis Ohanian attended the University of Virginia. ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Gokul Rajaram - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural. ## Jaan Tallinn - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute. ## Avichal Garg - Type: Angel - Location: Stanford, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Internet Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects. ## Arash Ferdowsi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a TechCrunch50 finalist in 2008. ## Jeffrey Schox - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Software Jeff Schox is the founder of Schox Patent Group, a boutique patent firm focused on startups, and the founding partner at Schox Venture Capital, which invests $100-500K in clients of Schox Patent Group. Jeff is also the founding partner at Trucks Venture Capital, which invests $1-2M in startups that are building the future of transportation. Jeffhas made 100+ angel investments in startups, including Twilio (first investor, IPO), Cruise (acquired), Ambient (first investor), Celsee (acquired), eero (acquired), Helium, Luminous (first investor), Molekule (acquired), NeuMoDx (acquired), Omada, Vicarious (acquired), and Zendrive (first investor). ## Jude Gomila - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology Jude Gomila is currently CEO and Founder of the startup Golden. ## Kevin Lin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University. ## Elad Gil - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Elad Gil is the Co-Founder of Color Genomics. He previously worked at Twitter as a Vice President. Elad Gil attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Arjun Sethi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Arjun Sethi is the Co-CEO of Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. He attended the University of Maryland. ## bumpkins profile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Robotics blah - teh software was teh busted and they didn't want to fix it or hire someone to fix it, odd folks, these. ## Vishal Rao - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Advisory CTO and Angel Investor ## Christian Dahlen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Christian Dahlen is a business angel. He provides expert capital and venture advice to B2B SW startups in Silicon Valley and in Germany. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. Christian was a VP at SAP and held various roles in business strategy and operations. Prior to SAP, he was theGeneral Manager for the Internet and phone business of Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest cable operator. He joined KDG from Excite@Home, and before that was with McKinsey & Co. ## Peter Thiel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Peter Thiel Is the Managing Partner of The Founders Fund. He previously worked at Stanford Law School as a Visitor. Peter Thiel attended Stanford University.