# Top 50 Health Care Angel Investors in Brazil in June 2026 ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Kees Koolen - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Travel, Software, E-Commerce Kees Koolen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Koolen Industries. Previously Kees was COO, CEO and Chairman of booking.com. Kees was advisor to Uber from 2012-2017 concerning international rollout. ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University. ## Paulo Chapchap - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Personal Health Paulo Chapchap is an individual investor. ## Vivek Garipalli - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Machine Learning Vivek Garipalli was the Co-Founder, CEO, and Board Member of Clover Health. He attended Emory University. ## 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. ## Florian Otto - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care Florian is Co-founder and CEO of Cedar, the leading patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and independent medical groups. Prior to founding Cedar, Florian was an executive at Zocdoc where he drove the commercial adoption of the platform by health systems. Previously, Florian founded a daily deal company in Brazil(ClubeUrbano) that was sold to Groupon. After the acquisition, he became CEO of Groupon Brazil. He has also worked at McKinsey & Company within their healthcare practice. Florian holds an M.D., D.D.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany. ## Mauricio Feldman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Sports, Software Co-founder & CEO at Volanty ## Igor Marchesini - Type: Angel - Location: Areia Branca, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Igor Marchesini - Global Head of Growth @ SumUp ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## 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. ## Ricardo Bechara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Nutrition, Health Care Ricardo Bechara ## Hans Tung - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Hans Tung is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital and also Board Member of Wispr Flow. Hans previously worked at Poshmark as a Board Member. Hans Tung attended the Stanford University. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Demetrios Christofidis Jr - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, B2B Demetrios Christofidis is the Regional General Manager of Lime. ## Sergio Zimerman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Wellness Sergio Zimerman is the founder of Petz. ## Tiago Dalvi - Type: Angel - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Fruit, Financial Services Tiago Dalvi is Founder & CEO of Olist. ## Parker Treacy - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Founder at Cobli. ## Ricardo Bottas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Personal Health, Health Insurance Ricardo Bottas is an individual investor. ## Rodrigo Freire - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Personal Health, Health Insurance Rodrigo Freire is an individual investor. ## André Iaconelli - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology André Iaconelli was the Co-Founder of Zaga. He currently serves as the Principal Flash Ventures. ## Kristin Farmer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care Kristin Farmer ## 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 ## Eduardo Mufarej - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Genetics, Education Eduardo Mufarej built his career in private equity and education as an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Tarpon Investimentos, one of Brazil’s largest independent investment managers. He served on several boards and was Chairman of Somos Educação and Omega Energia Renovável. From 2014 until 2018 Eduardo led the largest k-12company in Latin America, Abril Educação, which he managed until the sale of the company to Kroton Educacional in October 2018. After the sale, Eduardo created Renova, a project focused on selecting and training a new generation of leaders in Brazilian politics. Since its creation, the program has supported and trained over 2000 individuals in Brazil, helping to elect 176 of its students. This effort awarded Eduardo the prize Brazilian Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018. In early 2020, Eduardo co-founded Galena, a company that supports and trains individuals for their first jobs. Eduardo is a member of the advisory board of the Wilson Institute, in Washington, DC, of the Yale University SOM Council of Global Advisors and a fellow at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.  He is the author of the book Jornada Improvável (Unlikely Journey, 2021). ## Bruno Soares - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fitness, Wellness Bruno Soares is a Brazilian Tennis player and owns fund MadFish. ## Bruno Lagoeiro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care Bruno Lagoeiro ## Ryan McDonald - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series C - Focus: Pet, Finance, Payments Ryan McDonald is a Principal and Healthcare Investor at Norwest Venture Partners, an Investor at Elligo Health Research and Petabyte Technology, and a Board Member at Mindful Health Solutions and Kyo. Ryan attended Babson College. ## 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 ## Roger Lee - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Asset Management Roger Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Human Interest, a modern, paperless 401(k) provider with automated investment advice built in. Businesses of any size can set up a 401(k) plan entirely online in a matter of minutes, and ongoing administration is completely automated.Previously, Roger was the co-founder and president of Thunder, a startupthat automates and scales online advertising across devices, formats, and volume. Thunder works with over 100 media companies and agencies and has been used to design over 100,000 ads to date. The company was named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America and was described as "An Ad Engine to Put Mad Men Out of Business" by the New York Times. ## Daniel Gold - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Genetics, Life Science, Biotechnology Daniel Gold ## José Carlos Semenzato - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Private Equity - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical Device José Carlos Semenzato is the Founder of SMZTO. He attended Faculdades Salesiano. ## Thomaz Srougi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Internet, Productivity Tools Founder of dr. consulta ## Alexandre Soncini - Type: Angel - Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Alexandre Soncini ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Vitor Asseituno - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care Vitor Asseituno ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America. ## Mada Seghete - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Computer, Software Mada Seghete ## Leonardo Teixeira - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor. ## Marcelo Claure - Type: Angel - Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software Marcelo Claure is the Partner and Co-Chair at Brightstar Capital Partners. Previously he served as the CEO of Sprint. He serves as the Group Vice Chairman of Shein. Marcelo Claure attended Bentley University. ## 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. ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Software 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. ## 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… ## Benjamin Gleason - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Software Benjamin Gleason is the Founder and Angel Investor of Beta Ventures. He previously worked at Groupon Brasil as a Managing Director and CFO. Benjamin Gleason attended The Wharton School. ## Ricardo Marino - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical Mr. Ricardo Villela Marino serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Latin America at Itaú Private Bank International. Mr. Marino serves as an Executive Vice President at Itau Unibanco S.A. He served as Senior Managing Director at Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2005 to August 2006. Mr. Marino served as Head of Itaú Unibanco'sOperations in Latin America at Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 2011. He served as the Managing Director of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2004 to April 2005. He served as Head of the Derivatives Dealing Desk (Headed the team responsible for the structuring and sale of derivative solutions to middle market companies, institutional investors and private individuals) of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from 2003 to 2004. He served as Head of Business Intelligence of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A., from 2002 to 2003 and was responsible for the mission to introduce radical and advanced technologies and methodologies. Mr. Marino served as a Consultant for World Bank, General Coordinator of Studies and Assessment at the Department of Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Project Manager for the Department Of Assessment of Social Programs of the Ministry of Welfare, Brazil, Supervisor of the controllership of Banco Itaú S.A., and Analyst of sectors and companies at Unibanco Asset Management. He served as a Manager of the emerging markets’ equities portfolio covering Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and South Africa as well as relations with governments, banks and directors of companies in each of these countries at Goldman Sachs Asset Management – London. He has been a Director of Banco Itau S.A since September 2006. He has been an Executive Director at Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. since November 2008. He serves as a Deputy Non-Executive Director of Elekeiroz SA. He serves as an Executive Director of Itau Unibanco S.A. He has been a Director of Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 23, 2008. He has been a Director of Itaúsa - Investimentos Itaú S.A since April 2011. He served as a Director of Itausa - Investimentos Itau S.A. since April 2011. He served as a Director of Banco BPI, S.A since April 27, 2011. He has been Chairman of the Federación Latino Americana de Bancos FELABAN since November 2008. Mr. Marino earned Master in Studies of Development, Economics and Philosophy from LSE - London School of Economics - and Political Sciences. Mr. Marino graduated from the Polytechnic School from the University of São Paulo. Mr. Marino has a Degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge in 2000, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with specialization in Financial Administration and Business Administration from the University of Company Management MIT Sloan, Cambridge (USA). Mr. Marino also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Escola Politécnica (USP). ## Joaquim Palhares - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Training, Education Joaquim Palhares is the Founder at Stealth Startup. Joaquim is an entrepreneur and investor. He is also a Limited Partner at EquityRio, a venture capital seed fund based in Rio de Janeiro and backed by some of the best investors in Brazil. He is serial founder, active angel investor and advisor to startups. Joaquim graduated from the ESPM with abachelor's degree in Management and Marketing. ## Gabriel Braga - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Financial Services Gabriel Braga - Co-founder and CEO @ QuintoAndar ## Robbert Vorhoff - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series D, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Hospital Robbert Vorhoff is based out of New Orleans, Louisiana and is the Managing Director, Global Head of Healthcare Group of General Atlantic. Robbert previously worked at OneOncology as a Member Board Of Directors. Robbert attended the University of Virginia. ## 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. ## Thiago Alvarez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Legal Tech Founder and Co-CEO of GuiaBolso.com - personal finance website which acts as a virtual financial advisor for the Brazilian middle class, using advanced algorithms to help users restructure their debt and spending.Prior to GuiaBolso, was a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company with extensive experience developing growth, business andcorporate strategies in multiple industries in Brazil. Developed distinctive knowledge on financial services (especially insurance, payments and consumer loan). Also enjoyed a leadership position at UNESCO/Alfabetização Solidária and worked at Accenture. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co