# Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in Europe in June 2026

## Lorenz Bogaert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Lorenz is co-founder and CEO Ghent-based start-up studio StarApps. He also co-founded early stage investment fund Pitchdrive. He previously created Netlog, Twoo (exit to Tinder), Realo (exit to Axel Springer), Delta (exit to eToro) and Rydoo (exit to Sodexo).

## Frederic Halley
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail

Frederic is an investor focusing on early-stage technology companies in Europe. Some of his area of interests include Retailtech, Saas, AI and traveltech. He has a long experience working with technology companies as an operator, an advisor or a Non-Executive Director (NED) / Board Member.

## Jared Schrieber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Hospitality, Information Technology

Jared Schrieber - Co-Founder & Board Member @ Numerator

## Nicolaj Nielsen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Nicolaj nielsen is an investor at IDUN audio. attended INSEAD MBA, General Management.

## Lord Rumi Verjee
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Hospitality, Restaurants

Lord Rumi Verjee is the Founder of Domino’s UK & The Rumi Foundation.

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.

## Michael Bristow
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Real Estate, SaaS, Software

Experienced business leader with a proven track record as CEO of CrowdProperty, where I delivered >20x revenue growth, 7-figure profitability whilst scaling up, and a leading market position. With 18 years strategy consulting experience, I specialise in defining clear and differentiated strategies, driving transformation and creating value incomplex environments for mid-cap to large-scale corporates and private equity owned businesses with experienced operator, investor, advisor and Board perspectives. Venture capital investor and advisor to HM Government on tackling constraints to SME business growth (99.9% of businesses in the UK supporting 27m jobs with £4.5tn of annual turnover).Key skills:
• Leadership • Strategy • Growth • Transformation • Value-creation • Consulting • Private Equity / Venture Capital • Capital Raising • Commercial Due Diligence • Board-Level Governance • Stakeholder ManagementToolkit:
• 18 years strategy/transformation/private equity consulting • 7 years transformational growth CEO • 6 years venture capital investment committee • Multiple Board positions (Executive & Non-Executive) • Broad sector experience to leverage • International perspective working in 18 countries and on many more • Multi-asset class investor • London Business School MBA • FT Non-Executive Director Diploma • Chartered Management Accountant • 1st Class Masters in Mechanical EngineeringAwards & Recognition:
• CrowdProperty has been widely recognised including in the ‘Sunday Times Hundred’ (Britain's fastest growing profitable businesses), Deloitte Fast 50 / Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (UK’s/EMEA’s fastest growing technology businesses), and the Financial Times FT1000 (fastest growing businesses in Europe) for 4 consecutive years; Selected for high-profile scaleup programmes including ‘TechNation Fintech 5.0’, ‘Silicon Valley comes to the UK Scaleup Club’ and a ‘WIRED Trailblazer’
• Personally recognised as a finalist in 'Tech Entrepreneur of the Year' in the Go:Tech Awards, finalist in ‘Inspirational Leader of the Year’ at the UK PropTech Awards, awarded 'Entrepreneur of the Year' and 'Business Person of the Year' by the Midlands Business Awards and featured in the Alternative Credit Investor Power 50 list 5 years in a row (top 10 in 2022)Other:
• Angel investing: London Business School E100 member; UKBAA member; 12+ years angel investing; 35+ investments
• Real estate investing: 20+ years building an extensive residential property portfolio across tenant segments
• Sport: ECB Cricket Foundation Coach, MCC Member; Active player

## Guzel Gumerova
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

Her profound experience in investment banking and transactions, CEE background, and competitive spirit make Guzel a versatile FinTech expert. As a Partner at Speedinvest, she brings in important expertise and unleashes the potential of promising tech startups. Back in 1997, she worked as an Assistant Director at CA IB Corporate Finance anddeveloped her knowledge of investment banking. In 2003, she joined Vienna Capital Partners (VCP), a leading independent corporate finance advisor in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

## Ricardo Schaefer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Real Estate

Ricardo Schaefer - Partner @ Target Global

## Vikal K
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Hospitality, Restaurants

Vikal Kapoor of New York, NY is a global executive, investor and futurist with a keen sense of the global forces and next-gen tech that unlock value for founders, investors and markets that yield socially positive consequences. He focuses on the confluence of strategy, sales and tech as applied to VC, PE and LP backed cos including success atProton Enterprises, Bloomberg, SevenTrain Ventures, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

## Andrew Weisz
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, Apps

Andrew Weisz - Partner @ Weisz Investments

## Tony Jamous
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile

Tony Jamous is the CEO and Co-Founder of Oyster. He previously worked at Nexmo as a President.Tony Jamous attended IMD.

## John Vincent
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Marketing, Hospitality, Developer APIs

John Vincent is a Managing Partner and Co-founder at Revel Partners and was a Co-founder at EyeWonder. John attended Vanderbilt University.

## Jean-Romain Lhomme
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, Apps

Jean-Romain Lhomme - Investor / Chairman @ Comet Meetings

## Alexandre GRUX
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Events, Travel

Alexandre GRUX is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hyperlex and also working at Réseau Entreprendre Paris.
He was the Head of Research and Innovation at Kyriba Corporation and Co-Founder of Odyssey 38.
Mr. Grux graduated from Normal School Superior of Cachan with an MS in Numerical computations and mathematical optimization major.

## Paul Forster
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Paul Forster is an early-stage investor in the tech sector. He previously worked at Indeed as a Senior Advisor. Paul attended INSEAD, where he earned an MBA.

## Chris Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Digital Entertainment

Chris Lee is an investor at Facemoji. The Attended University of Nottingham.

## Andreas Mihalovits
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## Philipp Freise
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Hospitality, Artificial Intelligence

Philipp Freise is based out of London, England and is the Co-Head of European Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Philipp previously worked at Venturepark AG as a Co-Founder. Philipp Freise attended the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. Philipp Freise is received Young Global Leader and in 2014.

## Paco Gimena
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palma, Islas Baleares, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Marketing Automation

Paco Gimena is Co-Founder at Mola since November 2012. Paco is a Medical Doctor (Phisician), IESE MBA as professional drive, Managing Director of hotel chains in the past, and "internetero" as actual life project. Through Mola Paco is currently involved in supporting, financing and accelerating the following companies: Alquiler.com -Calzadoo.com - Bankimia.com - Destinity.com - Grupea.com - Salud.es - JobLinker.com - Zoco.com - Mola Gestion - Mola.fm - Mola Representations UK - - Playspace.com - Minics.com - PriceBets.com - BelleVip.com - Socities.com - ToTombola.com - PortBooker.com.

## Martin Sinner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Martin Sinner is the COO at 360dialog.

## Andy Leaver
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software

Andy Leaver is based out of London and is the CEO of Arqit. Andy previously worked at Board Member as a Panaseer. Andy Leaver attended the 
University of Manchester.

## Björn Lindberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Hospitality

Former CCO TradeDoubler and iZettle

## Michael Conyers
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Hospitality

Founder and former CEO Resdiary

## Jeremy Yap
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe.

## Nicolas Brumelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel Accommodations, Travel, Tourism

Nicolas Brumelot - Co-founder and President @ MisterFly

## Charles Petruccelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Charles Petruccelli

## Jordi Ber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palma De Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Hospitality, Real Estate

Jordi Ber is Founder & CEO at Scoolinary.

## Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce

Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is an Internet entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of French e-commerce pioneer PriceMinister. After he sold Priceminister to Japanese internet giant Rakuten in 2010 for $350m, he became Rakuten Europe COO. He left Rakuten in 2014 so as to concentrate on his investments and new project.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is agraduate of the famous HEC Paris business school, where he studied entrepreneurship. He launched his first company, Visualis SA (a consultancy for the distribution sector), while still studying at HEC, with a €10,000 student loan.  After graduating from HEC, Kosciusko-Morizet moved to the United States and became a manager in the marketing department of Finance Capital One, an internet-based credit card company. There he managed a team of 60 analysts, and specialised in the online credit and banking market.It was there that Kosciusko-Morizet saw a gap in the market. While websites existed in the United States linking buyers and sellers online, there was no equivalent site in France. He resigned from Finance Capital One and returned to France two weeks later to work on what would become PriceMinister with Pierre Krings, Olivier Mathiot, Nathalie Maurin and Justin Ziegler. In 2001 Priceminister launched and has grown into one of the largest and most successful e-commerce companies in France, currently employing around 200 passionate and dedicated staff.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is a former President of the ACSEL (Association of the Digital Economy) and of the ASIC (Association of Internet Community Services), and Chairman and main investor of the Strategic Committee of ISAI, the “French internet entrepreneurs fund”, that raised over $100m. In 2010 Kosciusko-Morizet published an autobiographical book which details the story of PriceMinister.

## Tao Tao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Hospitality, Information Technology, B2B

Tao Tao is based out of Berlin, Berlin and is the Co-Founder & COO of GetYourGuide. Tao Tao attended Tilburg University.

## Johannes Reck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Hospitality

Johannes Reck is based out of Berlin, Berlin and is the Co-founder & CEO of GetYourGuide. Johannes Reck attended ETH Zurich.

## Justin Reizes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Belin, Brandenburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Credit, Rental, FinTech

Justin Reizes

## Daniel Pindur
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Rental, Organic, Software

Daniel Pindur is based out of Zurich and is the Managing Partner of CVC Capital Partners. Daniel previously worked at Goldman Sachs as a Analyst. Daniel Pindur attended the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

## Nikolaus Hahne
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Pet, Internet, Software

Nikolaus Hahne

## Brad Bao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Brad Bao is a Co-Founder and Chairman at Lime (formerly LimeBike), the global leader in micromobility. 
Prior to Lime, he cofounded Kinzon Capital, a cross-border fund that investing in early-stage technology companies in both US and China, focusing on mobile and internet-related investments. 
Prior to that, Brad established Tencent'sinternational footprint, led its internationalization over the course of 8 years, served as GM for Tencent America, and VP-BD for Tencent Games. Brad holds MBA degree from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

## Rupert Loman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Digital Entertainment, Video Games, Media and Entertainment

Rupert Loman

## Matthias Hilpert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital

## Gareth Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology

Gareth Williams co-founded Skyscanner Limited in 2001 and has been its CEO through to 2018.  Chairman to Jan 2020. We spent $6m of primary capital raised through to $1.8bn sale to Trip.com.  Now ‘funemployed’ and learning.

## Lorenzo Franzi
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, B2C

Lorenzo is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ZipJet. ZipJet is an urban pick-up & delivery service for laundry & dry cleaning in London and Berlin. Previously, Lorenzo worked with McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Prior to McKinsey, he worked with Voice.ee a micro polling start up. Lorenzo started-off his professional career at JPMorgan in London. Lorenzo holds an MBA from INSEAD and Msc in Finance from the University of Maastricht.

## Paul McKenna
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Hospitality

Paul McKenna

## Richard Ng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Recruiting, Hospitality, Staffing Agency

Richard Ng is a co-founder and CTO of Greenworkx.

## Laurent Dassault
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Cyber Security, Professional Services

Born July 7, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Laurent Dassault is the son of Serge Dassault (1925). Married to Martine de Souza Lambrey Dassault in 2002. He Has two sounds, Julien and Adrien, from His previous wedding with Martine Raych.After 13 years in banking, Laurent Dassault in 1991 joined the group founded by his grandfather Marcel Dassault. AtDassault Investissements, he handles indirect compensation involved in military aeronautical contracts.He has also developed—and increased the value of—the firm’s investments in the arts and vineyards. Profoundly forward-looking and business oriented, Laurent Dassault enjoys creating, innovating and building. He is also deeply involved in many charitable and humanitarian organizations.Laurent Dassault today sits on some 30 boards involved principally in the financial, industrial and artistic sectors.

## Javier Gutiérrez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Hospitality, Restaurants

Javier Gutiérrez (Grupo Dani García)

## Richard Flint
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Events, Mobile, Ticketing

Richard Flint

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

## Wim Derkinderen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Wim Derkinderen is the Founder, Director, and Board member of FixForm.

## Tim Parsons
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Recruiting, Hospitality, Staffing Agency

Tim Parsons is the CFO at Wagestream.

## Rodolphe Besserve
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Hospitality, Business Travel, Travel Accommodations

Rodolphe Besserve

## Anthony Danon
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Construction, Artificial Intelligence

Anthony caught the entrepreneurial bug while working at a Fintech startup in the Enterprise SaaS cashflow management space. He joined Anthemis in June 2014, where he collected a range of experiences in his first year – from M&A in the payments space to innovation consulting for banks and portfolio support in the VC environment. During thefollowing years at Anthemis, Anthony focused on sourcing, evaluating and executing seed and series A fintech investments, primarily in European companies such as TrueLayer and Tide. Anthony supported startups in areas ranging from milestone planning and strategy, to business development and follow-on capital support. He isalso an active part of Seedcamp’s Investment Forum and a mentor to some of their portfolio companies.

## Phil Quist
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Hotel, Travel, Content

Phil Quist is currently working at Creative Artists Agency and is the Founder of PQ Selects. He is also an Investor at Connect Ventures and a Board Member at Forbes. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Phil attended Southern Methodist University.

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