# Top 5 Legal Angel Investors in Brazil in August 2026

## Paul Bragiel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Gaming, SaaS

Paul Bragiel is the Managing Partner of Bragiel Brothers. He previously worked at the United Republic of Tanzania as an Advisor. Paul Bragiel attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

## Victor Lazarte
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Banking, Software, Financial Services

Victor Lazarte is based out of San Mateo, California and he served as General Partner.

## Rafael Santos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Venture Capital, Legal, Legal Tech

______________________________SUMMARY: AI Agents Engineering, Systems Design, Tech Leadership:★ DirtAI, MIT Educator (Generative AI & AI Agents, Data Leadership, Marketplaces)★ FCJ Startup Ecosystem (320+ Startups) Investor and AdvisorPast: CPO @ MC1, Product Leader @ Creditas, Founded 4 startups (ARR>$2M, Team>50,Funding>$2M)I am an AI-first Tech Engineer, CTO, and advisor with 25+ years of experience scaling startups and SaaS products. As a founder of 4 startups and Product & Tech leader of 2 scale-ups, I’ve developed digital solutions across IoT, Consumer Behavior, ERP for SMBs, IP Telephony, Used Car and Real Estate Platforms, on B2B and B2C models.______________________________WHAT DRIVES ME:Passionate about using AI and emerging technologies to solve complex challenges and build scalable products. Experienced in team building, managing large engineering teams (100 people), aligning product vision with business goals.______________________________HIGHLIGHTS:★ AI & Emerging TechLeading AI-driven projects since 2016 with expertise in LLMs (Frameworks, Agents, RAG), delivered solutions like foot-traffic analysis, WiFi fingerprinting and LLM-based solutions★ Entrepreneurial and Product LeadershipFounded 4 startups, scaling 10+ SaaS products from zero to $200k/month in early stages, and up to $1M/month in scale-ups. Today acting as Strategy/Tech Advisor and Fractional CPTO for startups★ Engineering Leadership25y leading engineering teams, hands-on creating and launching 10+ digital products (SaaS and Services) from scratch, scaling teams from 0 to 100★ Educator @ MIT Professional EducationTeaching Generative AI, Data Leadership and Marketplace★ Technical ExpertiseHands-on with strong technical background in system architecture and platform scaling- Distributed systems: Microservices, Kubernetes, API, Queue Management, AWS, Docker, Terraform- Languages: Typescript/Javascript, C/C++, Golang, PHP, Java, Assembly, Basic, Perl, Shell Script- Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Fastify, FastAPI- Frontend: React, Vue- Gen AI: Agents, LLMs, RAG, Computer Vision, Python- Data Engineering: Airflow, Spark, Queue Management- IoT: Embedded systems, OTA updates, real-time data processing______________________________NOTABLE PRODUCTS:★ Foot-traffic Analysis: AI-driven insights, boosting foot traffic and optimizing store placements (Consumer Behavior, Traffic Flow, Store Expansion Planning, Rent Negotiation, Store Closure Strategy)★ IoT Platform: Managed 1,200+ IoT devices globally, processing 20M+ requests/hour★ Climate Footprint Monitoring: Advanced monitoring of forest cover and carbon accounting★ VoIP and Gatekeeper in 2003 - first 2 VoIP providers in Brazil

## Joao Costa
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, IT Management, Legal

Joao Costa is a co-founder and serves as chief technology and product officer at Kovi. Prior Kovi, Joao was a Product Director at DiDi Chuxing, Head of Driver's Product at 99, and a VP of product at Beleza on the Web. He was also a former senior product manager at I Passed Direct and has served more than 4 years in Chaordic. In 2010, Joaoco-founded Rudra, where he served as Chief Product Officer until 2011.Joao holds an MSc in design management and a BA in graphic design from Barddal University of Applied Arts.

## Alexandre Dubugras
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Computer, Consulting

Alexandre Dubugras is a Co-Founder and CEO at Alude.

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