# Top 50 Life Science Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Jonathan Milner - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Having worked in the life sciences industry for over ten years as an academic researcher, Jonathan identified the market opportunity for supplying high quality antibodies to support protein interaction studies and, in 1998, founded Abcam with David Cleevely and Professor Tony Kouzarides. Jonathan is a Non-Executive Director of Horizon DiscoveryGroup plc, The Evolution Education Trust, GeoSpock Ltd and Sydicate Room Group Ltd. He is also Chairman of Axol Bioscience Ltd, PhoreMost Ltd, Repositive Limited, Definigen Limited and Cambridge Allergy Ltd. Jonathan holds an executive director position at Meltwind Limited, being a designated member of Meltwind Advisory LLP. Jonathan is an experienced entrepreneur and investor and is passionate about supporting UK life science and high-tech start-ups. He has provided considerable investment and support to over 30 companies and has assisted three AIM IPOs. ## Sahin Boydas - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Milad Alucozai - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Recognized by Business Insider in 2025 as “one of the top 100 early-stage investors,” Dr. Alucozai has experience translating exceptional science and technology into scalable commercial ventures. Alongside his experience as a founder and operator, he has actively invested in over 100 startups across North America and Europe. He has often been thefirst investor to back high-growth companies like Seqera Labs. Milad began his career as a neuroscientist at the intersection of bioengineering, computational biology, and machine learning, where he commercialized platforms designed to deliver promising medicines to patients more efficiently and safely. His focus as an investor has been to accelerate the journey of groundbreaking discoveries from the lab to the market, particularly in the life sciences sector and related computational fields.Milad is a co-founder and General Partner at Pamir Ventures, an early-stage venture firm that invests in technical pioneers developing B2B companies utilizing AI in antiquated industries. He is also a co-founder of Revalia Bio, which aims to establish a human-centric infrastructure for drug discovery and development. By using non-transplantable human organs donated for research, Revalia offers the scientific community unparalleled insights into patient biology, ultimately aiding in the creation of improved treatments and cures. Throughout his operating and investing career, Milad has played a crucial role in helping founders secure hundreds of millions in capital and facilitating over $1 billion in startup-pharma partnerships. His previous roles include supporting business development at Accenture, Absci, Bit Bio, Numerate, Mekonos, and AstraZeneca. Through Digitalis Commons, he was an Expert in Residence in support of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), where he aided the US government and ARPA-H mission to enable transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs, providing health solutions through $1.5 billion in non-dilutive investments. He was a National Science Foundation Scholar and Macklin Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Neuroscience from Purdue University’s Honors Program, earned a master’s in Immunology and Public Health as a George J. Mitchell Scholar, and holds a doctorate from the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Additionally, he completed a Visiting Scholar appointment at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. ## Jeff Dean - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. He joined Google in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technical foundations. He currently focuses on advancing AI and deep learning research across Google’s research teams.He co-founded and led the Google Brain team, helping drive innovations indeep learning for speech recognition, computer vision, natural language understanding, and a wide range of predictive applications. Over the years, he has co-designed and implemented several generations of Google's core systems, including its web search infrastructure, crawling and indexing pipelines, and advertising technologies such as AdSense for Content.He is also a key contributor to Google's distributed computing infrastructure, having co-designed and implemented systems like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, Protocol Buffers, LevelDB, and TensorFlow—one of the most widely used open-source machine learning platforms.Jeff Dean earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1996. He is a Fellow of the ACM, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences and the Mark Weiser Award. ## bumpkins profile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Nadav Rosenberg - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Software Nadav leads Taboola’s expansion and operations in Europe and Australia.Prior to joining Taboola, Nadav was a member of the founding team of Groupon UK & IR, taking part in building and managing Groupon’s business in the UK.Before joining Groupon, Nadav worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company in London.Nadav isbased in London and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France. ## Jude Gomila - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology Jude Gomila is currently CEO and Founder of the startup Golden. ## Stefano Bernardi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Stefano Bernardi is the Investment Director, Climate at Fondazione ENEA Tech. ## Esther Dyson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville ## Darian Shirazi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Darian Shirazi is the Managing Partner of Gradient. ## Ian Hogarth - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Ian Hogarth is based out of London, England, and is the Chairman of Phasecraft. Ian previously worked at Songkick as a Chairman. Ian Hogarth attended the University of Cambridge. ## Erik Peterson - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader. ## Balaji Srinivasan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including anonline MOOC. ## Andrew Keys - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Finance, Blockchain Andrew Keys is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Andrew Keys. He previously worked for ConsenSys as a Head of Global Business Development. Andrew Keys attended Loyola University Maryland. ## Andrew Nutter - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Andrew Nutter is a Co-Founder at Gama. He attended Stanford University. ## Bradley Horowitz - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Kevin Moore - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates. ## Mei Z. - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Mei is an early stage investor focused on AI. Mei studied at MIT and the MIT Media Lab ## Chris Gibson - Type: Angel - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science Chris Gibson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Recursion (Recursion Pharmaceuticals). He previously worked at Cure HHT as a Member Board of Directors. Chris Gibson attended the University of Utah. ## Mati Staniszewski - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Mati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder of ElevenLabs. ## Ankit Jain - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Hospital Ankit Jain is the Founder and CEO of Infinitus Systems. ## Annie Vereecken - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Hospital Annie Vereecken ## Carsten Maschmeyer - Type: Angel - Location: Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and financial investor. He was born on May 8, 1959 in Bremen and grew up in Hildesheim. After his graduation in 1978 Maschmeyer completed military service before he began to study medicine in Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked part-time in sales of investment advice to it in 1982completely dedicated financial advice. More about Carsten Masch Meyers consultant. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer to AWD financial group, which was successfully launched on the stock market in 2000 and rise to the MDAX and expanded in 11 countries. Was sold in 2007 Carsten Maschmeyer all his shares in the company at the insurance group Swiss Life, who renamed the AWD in AWD Holding. Maschmeyer has today different occupational focuses, inter alia, as entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His experience Carsten Maschmeyer a sought-after speaker on the subject of success. Motivated by the desire expressed by many listeners to learn more about his secret of success, Carsten Maschmeyer published in the spring of 2012 his book "Self Made - performance live richly". In it he describes the basis of his own exciting path and the celebrities strategies for professional, financial and personal success. ## Ed Parkinson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Life Science Ed Parkinson ## Patrick Collison - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Patrick Collison is a CEO of Stripe. ## Sauli Törmälä - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Life Science, Biotechnology Sauli Törmälä is the Board Member, CFO at Promilless Oy. He attended University of Oulu. ## Nico Wittenborn - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Apps, Wellness Nico Wittenborn is an Investor at Adjacent. ## Robert Kopple - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Life Science Robert Kopple ## Albert Wenger - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Internet Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduatedfrom Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT. ## Nicholas Edwards - Type: Angel - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Life Science Nick serves as the Chairman of Prescient’s Board of Directors. He holds a degree in physiological sciences from The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, and completed his training in clinical medicine (BM, BCh) at Green College (now Green Templeton College), University of Oxford. Nick practiced in the areas of cardiology and general surgerybefore joining Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture), eventually becoming the global leader of Accenture’s pharmaceutical R&D business during his 18-year tenure. In 2005, he founded Kinapse to provide consulting and outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry. Nick served as Kinapse’s Chairman until the company was sold to HgCapital in early 2016. ## Luc Vauterin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Life Science, Data Integration, Data Visualization Luc Vauterin - Board Member @ ONTOFORCE ## Avichal Garg - Type: Angel - Location: Stanford, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - 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. ## Sam Altman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University. ## Jan Hammer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device Jan Hammer is the partner at Index and the Board observer of Harmonic. Jan attended Oxford University. ## Sujay Jaswa - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Sujay Jaswa is founder and managing partner at WndrCo, a holding company that invests in and acquires consumer technology businesses. He serves as Chairman of Aura, Twingate, VPN Super, and is a Director of The Infatuation. Board member of Vy Global Growth (Nasdaq: VYGG). Advisor at Seven1 Sports & Entertainment Agency. He is also a lecturerat the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He formerly served as business founder, vice president of business, and CFO of Dropbox from 2010 to 2015. At Dropbox, Sujay created and led the global business and finance organization. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. ## Brian S. Cohen - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Considered one of the fathers of science & technology strategic communications - founded Technology Solutions, Inc. in 1983. Client list read like a who's who list of startup technology companies in computing, communication, software, education, and entertainment. Maintained a strategic communications partnership with Sony & IBMCorporation (10 years). Received the Gold CIPRA award in 1998 for the IBM Deep Blue/Gary Kasparov Chess Match. In 1996, TSI was recognized as the #1 fastest growing agency in the United States. Sold the company to The McCann Erickson World Group in 1997 and became the Vice Chairman. Created Focus Technology, an organization that provided qualitative research and instituted the RPM model of integrated strategic communications providing ultra-competitive technology clients the ability to quickly discover and leverage their key strengths as well as mitigate their destructive weaknesses.Brian was a pioneer in the founding of a number of the first computing publications including Computer Systems News and InformationWeek magazine. Now serves as Chairman of the New York Angels. He is very devoted to the New York City startup community.Developed the AIMS (Applied Internet Media Studies) Program, a senior/graduate level college semester program where students will be rigorously trained to use the internet professionally.Frequent speaker on strategic communication, entrepreneurism and early startup investing. Now writing a book for McGraw Hill - a new organizational product launch model.Received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, holds a Masters Degree in Science Communications from Boston University's School of Communications. ## Michael Novogratz - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Michael E. Novogratz is based out of New York, New York, and is the Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital. Michael previously served at Partner and President of Fortress Investment Group. Michael E. Novogratz attended Princeton University. ## Leena Niemistö - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, E-Commerce Leena Niemistö ## Michael Chambers - Type: Angel - Location: Fargo, North Dakota, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science Michael Chambers is the Co-Founder at Agathos Biologics.Michael’s vision and leadership of Aldevron has resulted in several milestones including the 2004 acquisition of Genovac Antibody Technology of Freiburg, Germany; the 2009 expansion of protein production in Madison, Wisconsin; private equity transactions by TA Associates in 2017 and EQT in2020; and the purchase of Aldevron by Danaher for $9.6 billion in 2021. Michael is committed to ethical pharmaceutical development and his leadership will enable Agathos to create new paradigms in biotechnology to achieve these goals. Michael received Bachelor of Science degrees in biotechnology, chemistry, and microbiology from North Dakota State University. ## Mark Evans - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Mark is currently a Founding Partner and LP and Investment Committee member at Kindred Capital, a European Seed-Stage Venture fund, based in London. He was a General Partner at Balderton Capital/ Benchmark Europe from 2002 through 2015, and an EIR at Benchmark Capital in 1999/2000.He spent the prior 15 years @ Goldman Sachs, where hewas a General Partner and Management Committee member. He studied Economics at both University of Oxford and Queen's University in Canada. ## Nat Turner - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical Nat Turner is based out of New York, New York, and is the CEO and Chairman of Collectors. Nat previously worked at OneOncology as a board member. Nat Turner attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. ## Holger Hübner - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Audio Holger Hübner ## Damien Lane - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Health Care Damien Lane has spent the last 20 years investing in private companies, both in Private Equity where he was a partner with Electra Partners, then at Octopus Ventures where he was a senior member of the investment team. Having made a number of angel investments, Damien co-founded Episode 1 with Simon and Adrian in 2012. While at Episode 1,Damien has led investments in Carwow, Scurri, Touch Surgery, Attest and Zipcube and loves working with early stage teams of entrepreneurs; helping them develop their early stage startup into a fast growth enterprises capable of raising more funding from later stage investors. When he is not trying to help businesses to implement an optimal approach to growth, Damien can mostly be found running around Hampstead Heath or the Coastal paths of Great Britain. Having trained obsessively to run a 2:52 Marathon in 2015, he is now trying to dip below 2:50, in the spirit of continuous improvement. Damien has an MBA from Cambridge University and a Masters degree in PE from Oxford University. ## Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change. ## Elad Gil - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Patrick Yang - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Patrick Yang, General Partner at Amity Ventures, has led the firm’s investments in CaptivateIQ, Evisort, Flick, MoQuality, TruePill, and Vowel. He sits on the boards of Evisort and MoQuality. His primary areas of investment focus include AI, consumer, logistics, mobility, and software. Patrick co-founded Amity Ventures with CJ Reim in 2017 afterthe two worked together at Highland Capital Partners.Prior to Amity, Patrick was a Vice President at Highland, where he sourced the firm’s investment in nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle startup acquired by Delphi one year later for $450M. Patrick is from the Bay Area and holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Engineering Leadership from University of California, Berkeley.Pat currently serves on the board of Advancing Women in Product, a non-profit that empowers women to enter and succeed in product management roles. In his free time, he enjoys hiking and eating in the San Francisco area, and attending sporting events—especially Warriors, 49ers, and Giants games. ## Ryan Bethencourt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## James Hong - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet James Hong ## Peter Harris - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Life Science, Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics Peter Harris # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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