# Top 50 Machine Learning Angel Investors in Europe in June 2026 ## Will Brooks - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Will Martin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Taavet Hinrikus - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Taavet Hinrikus is based out of London, England and is the Partner of Plural Platform and Board Member of CoMind. Taavet previously worked at Wise as a Chairman and Co-founder. Taavet Hinrikus attended INSEAD. ## Chris Adelsbach - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures ## Bertrand Diard - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence A serial entrepreneur with deep international experience, Bertrand Diard is the co-founder of Syroco, the next generation innovation lab that looks at improving the systemic efficiency of energy and transportation industries. Before Syroco, Bertrand had co-founded and managed Talend, one of the most successful open source vendors in the world andone of the very few French companies traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and Influans, an ultrapersonalization marketing platform that was sold to Ogury in 2018. Bertrand is also a board member for BonitaSoft, CybelAngel, Hull.io, iBanFirst and The Galion Project and was the president of Tech In France for several years. He launched alongside Serena Capital, Serena Data Ventures, the first European fund dedicated to data and artificial intelligence, and invests as a Business Angel in innovative startups. ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## William Tunstall-Pedoe - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng is a British entrepreneur focused on world-changing products powered with Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge and London UK. He founded the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge), the AI platform acquired by Amazon and where William, the team and the technology developed byEvi was used to create Alexa. He left in 2016. William is an active angel investor with investments in more than 100 startups. He is a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab and a full member of Cambridge Angels. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu. ## Jeremy Yap - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Lorenz Bogaert - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 6 - 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). ## Luca Ascani - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017. ## Andreas Mihalovits - Type: Angel - Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Michael Brehm - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Finance, Education Michael Brehm is one of the biggest names in the German startup scene. Having sold companies to Google and eBay, taken one company public, and started an investment company (Redstone), Brehm has had the right instinct for future trends and has built multiple businesses to disrupt the status quo.During the early 2000s, he was Executive Directorand Investor at the social network startup VZ-Netzwerke, as well as co-founder of Rebate Networks, which became one of the two largest global e-commerce platforms, positioning Brehm as an expert at not only seeing but also driving a business, during significant global market transitions.One of his more recent ventures is i2x. Since 2017, Brehm has been the Founder and Managing Director of i2x, an artificial intelligence startup based in Berlin. Together with his team, Brehm is working on solving a problem that he repeatedly faced in his career: ensuring quality and delivering unprecedented customer satisfaction during every sales and service call. i2x helps companies deliver actionable insights from every customer phone call in real-time using its custom-developed voice recognition technology and AI algorithms. i2x automatically generates personalized coaching for the user that is tailored to both their speaking style and their business priorities to drive immediate results in sales and service conversations.After spending two years in stealth mode, i2x secured a €5 million seed round of financing in 2018. In 2019, i2x received €10 million as fresh capital in a Series A funding. The Berlin-based start-up is now entering additional markets and further innovating their speech analysis solution to optimize human communication and transform every customer-company relationship.Currently, Michael Brehm is back in his role as Founding Partner at Redstone, one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe. ## Christian Dahlen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, Information Technology 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. ## Patrick Pichette - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning Patrick Pichette is based out of London, England, and is the Partner of Inovia Capital and also Board Member of Cohere. Patrick Pichette previously worked at Twitter as a Board of Directors. Patrick Pichette attended the University of Oxford. ## Olivier Pomel - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Olivier Pomel is based out of New York, New York and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Datadog. Olivier previously worked at Wireless Generation as Vice President of Technology. Olivier Pomel attended the CentraleSupélec. ## Paolo Barberis - Type: Angel - Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Paolo Barberis is the Founder at Nana Bianca. ## Chris Schagen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS I help developer tech entrepreneurs beginning from crazy idea, through MVP stage, product market fit, go-to-market fit, up to go-to-market scaling. Also I help you get your first 1000 leads. Before, I was the CMO at Contentful and helped it grow from $0m to $50m in ARR, and before that founded 3 companies, including Wooga (exit to Playtika),Linklift, and Mundwerk.I obsess about being customer-centric and customer-driven in building your organization. And I am the curmodgeon who tells you things you need to (but probably don't want to) hear. ## Des Traynor - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Des is the Co-Founder of Intercom, the platform for all customer interaction needs from marketing to support to product development. Previously he worked as User Experience Lead at web app development agency Contrast, and he was a Co-Founder of popular social networking search engine Bigulo. ## Bhavik Bajaj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech Bhavik Bajaj ## Inaki Berenguer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Inaki Berenguer is the President and Co-founder at iPronics Programmable Photonics. ## Jonathan Milner - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Serge Chiaramonte - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology Serge Chiaramonte ## Lothar Stein - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Information Technology, Energy, Railroad Lothar Stein - Mentor @ SINN Power ## Franck Le Ouay - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Banking Franck Le Ouay is a French engineer and entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Criteo in Paris, which became one of the global leaders in digital advertising. Today Criteo is listed on Nasdaq, has over 2000 employees worldwide and generates over €1B in annual revenue. Criteo is a big data powerhouse with billions of user events tracked and analyzedevery day.In 2015, Franck co-founded Honestica, a company dedicated to accelerate the digital revolution of Healthcare. ## Toon Coppens - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Sales Automation Toon Coppens (Belgium, 1981), graduated as a Master of Science in Informatics at the University of Ghent.In june 2000, during his first year at university, he successfully launched the first Belgian social networking site, which later became Redbox.be.He is the co-founder of Massive Media, the social media company behind the successfuldigital brands Netlog.com and Twoo.com. Massive Media enables members to meet nearby people instantly. Today, Over 80 million people have joined our sites on web and mobile.Toon lives in Ghent (Belgium) and London (UK), loves snowboarding and used to deejay and play volleyball a lot.>> Toon's personal Netlog (dutch)>> Twoo.com (dutch) ## Jens Schumann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Jens Schumann, born on 6 June 1973, was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOTTO24 AG on 19 June 2020. Before that, since 2 May 2012, he was already Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is one of the two founders of today's ZEAL Network SE (former Tipp24 SE) and was Managing Director and a Management Board member of Tipp24SE from 1999 to 2009. Jens Schumann has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE since July 2011. From 1998 to the formation of Tipp24 SE, he worked as a business consultant at Icon Medialab AG. Schumann studied law at the University of Münster from 1993 to 1998 and finished his studies with the first State Exam. ## Cyril Vermeulen - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Cyril Vermeulen is a French web entrepreneur and angel investor. He co-founded the auFeminin.com Group, #1 women property online worldwide and was in charge of Business Development until the company was acquired by German media group Axel Springer. He was also in charge of SmartAdServer, the auFeminin adserving subsidiary, a european leader ofthe adserving technologies.Cyril has invested in a large number of start-ups in Europe and the US. ## Nicolas Berggruen - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Nicolas Berggruen is the Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute. He attended New York University. ## Julien Chaumond - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Julien Chaumond is the Co-founder at Hugging Face. ## Ryan Petersen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. He holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia University. ## Thomas Glocer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Analytics Tom Glocer joined BlueVoyant as Executive Chairman and Founder in 2017. ## Zehan Wang - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Financial Services Former CTO Magic Pony Technologies - acquired by Twitter in 2016. ## Martin Henk - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Martin Henk is the Co-founder of Pipedrive. ## Nicolas Peters - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Nicolas is co-CTO and brings several years of industrial experience in software engineering to the company. Before joining Signavio he worked for SAP India and Sensomi. Nicolas holds an MSc in IT Systems Engineering. ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Hans-Olov Blom - Type: Angel - Location: Gävle, Gavleborgs Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS Hans-Olov Blom ## Nick Gatfield - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, TV, Apps Nick Gatfield - Co-Founder @ Synchronized ## Kim Nis Neuhauss - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity - Focus: Video, Finance, Shipping Kim Nis Neuhauss is a CEO and Founder at alfatier. Kim previously worked at Bright Skies - a Rackspace Technology Company as a General Manager and Founder. ## Chris Mairs - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Chris Mairs - Venture Partner @ Entrepreneurs First ## Charles Morgan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Medical, Robotics, Software Charles Morgan ## Charles Gorintin - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Charles Gorintin the Co-Founder and CTO of alan. He previously worked at Twitter as a Data Scientist. Charles Gorintin attended the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. ## Fredrik Mansson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle Fredrik Mansson - Investor @ Propel Capital ## Schnidar Harald - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: mHealth, Software, Biopharma Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Scientist and Inventor ## Hermann Hauser - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Hermann Hauser is the Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners. He previously worked at IXI as a Founder. Hermann Hauser attended the University of Vienna. ## 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 ## Peder Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Biotechnology, Machine Learning Peder Nielsen - Member of the Global Advisors Network @ Global Bio Fund ## Guillaume Lestrade - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, SaaS Guillaume Lestrade is the co-founder of Meero and Leeto. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.