# Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Jackson Moses - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, National Security, Military Jackson Moses is the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures. He previously worked at ThinkOrbital as an Advisor. Jackson attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he took a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a focus on Monetary Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on Game Theory. ## Mark Cuban - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington. ## Roman Smolevskiy - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Software, Artificial Intelligence Roman Smolevskiy is currently the co-founder at BuildTech VC. He was also the founder of Akvapoint. He attended the University of California. ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing Aman Gupta is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder and Director of boAt. Aman previously worked at HARMAN International as a Director of Sales. Aman Gupta attended the Indian School of Business. Aman Gupta has received the National Creator Award 2024. ## Paul Buchheit - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University. ## Ralf Dummel - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas. ## Namita Thapar - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Namita Thapar is an Executive Director at Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She previously worked as a senior manager at Abbott. She attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. ## 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. ## Christian Dahlen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Daren Cotter - Type: Angel - Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Daren was the Founder and CEO of InboxDollars, an online marketing company that connects consumers and advertisers in a way that benefits both. He founded the company as a Freshman in college in 2000 and bootstrapped the company to more than $25 million in annual revenues. InboxDollars was acquired by Prodege in 2019. Daren is active in the MNstart-up community as an investor, advisor and mentor. ## Dylan Taylor - Type: Angel - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication Dylan Taylor is based out of Denver, Colorado, and is the Chief Executive Office and Chairman at Voyager Technologies. Dylan Taylor attended University of Arizona. ## Kevin Moore - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce Ramakant Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Livspace. He previously worked at Jungle Ventures as an Operating Partner. Ramakant attended the Indian School of Business, where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he completed a Bachelor of Technology (BTech). ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College. ## Leonardo DiCaprio - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing Leonardo DiCaprio is based out of Los Angeles and is the Founder of Appian Way Productions. ## Sake Bosch - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering. ## Eduard Kucera - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Robotics Eduard Kucera is a Member of the Board of Directors at AVAST Software since February 2014. Eduard was the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors from the incorporation of AVAST Software a.s. in December 2006 until January 2014. Since 1991, Eduard was responsible for the activities of our predecessor entity, ALWIL Software partnership.From 1991 to 2009, Eduard also served as AVAST Chief Executive Officer, directing day-to-day operations that included the transition to a free software distribution model in 2002. Prior to co-founding AVAST, Eduard was a Computer Hardware Specialist at the Czech Computer Research Institute (VUMS). In 2009, Eduard was named Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year 2009" for the Czech Republic. Eduard holds a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences degree in experimental Physics from Charles University in Prague. ## Naval Ravikant - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList. He previously served as the CEO of AngelList. He attended Dartmouth College. ## Lauren DeLuca - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Lauren DeLuca is a Founder and Managing Partner of Motivate Venture Capital, a Chicago-based Pre-Seed and Seed investor.He co-founded a family of niche FinTech firms and was an active Angel investor. In 2012, he co-founded Sailfish Systems, a managed services and market data provider for trading firms, banks, and hedge funds. Sailfish merged withVictory Networks in 2013 to serve clients across the US and Europe. The combined business was ultimately sold to QuantHouse, a Paris-based trading technology provider, in 2017.He co-founded Oxford Intelligence Partners at the beginning of 2015, a boutique stock market-analytics firm. Clients included many Fortune 500 companies before a successful exit to Q4 Inc., a Toronto-based strategic acquirer serving 1000+ clients. His personal Angel portfolio spans a multitude of B2B/B2C verticals and contains over thirty early- and growth-stage businesses, including Chime, HomeChef, TradingView, Appcast, Popular Pays, DeskPass and PostProcess Technologies. He received my MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame where he graduated Cum Laude in 2001. ## Lakshmi Narayanan - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sports Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions. ## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment ## Jan Hammer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Taavet Hinrikus - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Pavel Baudis - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Hardware, Robotics, Logistics Pavel Baudis is the Co-Founder and a Member of the Board of Directors at AVAST Software. In 1988, Pavel wrote the original software program from which AVAST's current portfolio of security solutions has developed. Since 1991, Pavel has played a leading role in the development of AVAST's business with their predecessor entity, ALWILSoftware partnership. Prior to co-founding AVAST, Pavel was a Graphics Specialist at the Czech Computer Research Institute (VUMS). Pavel holds an M.Sc. degree in Information Technology from the Prague School of Chemical Engineering. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Nevzat Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Wei Guo - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited. ## Miroslav Trnka - Type: Angel - Location: San Diego, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Robotics, Logistics, 3D Technology Miroslav Trnka is the Co-Founder of ESET. Miroslav Trnka attended Slovak Technical University. ## Scott Belsky - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Scott Belsky is currently a Partner at A24, where he leads technology and innovation projects. He previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products at Adobe. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Nitesh Banta - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Nitesh Banta is the Co-Founder & CEO at B12. ## Vishal Rao - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Advisory CTO and Angel Investor ## Peyush Bansal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet Peyush Bansal is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and People Officer of Lenskart. He attended McGill University. ## Joanne Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College. ## Vel Kanniappan - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Payments, Software Vel Kanniappan is the Senior Vice President – Finance, responsible for all global finance functions at NIUM.Vel Kanniappan is with UiPath as Vice President – Global Business & Finance Operations, responsible for the Commercial finance organization for the Asia Pacific, and is also a vital member of the global finance organization.Vel joinedTekion in 2017 at a very early stage when the organization had 20 employees. Being the only qualified finance professional in the organization, he was responsible for managing the global finance and operations (Global Facilities, Procurement, IT Infrastructure, SOC Certifications, Payroll, Compliances, etc.) in addition to product design and management. He was responsible for conceptualizing and building the finance modules for Tekion’s product offering, including designing wireframes and UX. He was involved in three rounds of funding and actively interacted with the investors during the funding and periodical reporting, which included Index Ventures, Storm Ventures, Airbus Ventures, General Motors, BMW i Ventures, Alliance Ventures, and few car dealerships in the Bay Area. Vel joined EMC Corporation in 2002. In a career spanning 15 years with EMC and its group companies, which included 9 years at VMware, Vel managed the Controllership for the Asia Pacific and also managed the global finance organization, which included an end to end ownership for Procure to Pay, T&E, General Ledger Accounting, Global Payroll (Except US), Accounts Receivable (Collections targets of close to $ 3 B per quarter). Vel was also the first employee of EMC and VMware in India and was responsible for growing their operations to 10,000+ employees in India. Vel managed a global team, including a shared services team of 250+ professionals.By qualification, Vel is a Certified Public Accountant from Arizona State-USA, Certified Management Accountant-USA, Certified Internal Auditor-USA, Project Management Professional-USA,He is also a Chartered Accountant-India, Cost & Management Accountant-India, Company Secretary-India, Bachelor of Law-India, Bachelor of Commerce-India. ## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike. ## Josh Richards - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Finance, Internet Josh Richards is the Co-Founder and Advisor to VP of Talent at TalentX Entertainment. ## Paul Graham - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools Paul Graham is the Founder of Y Combinator. ## Sam Altman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Josh Buckley - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Josh Buckley is the CEO of Product Hunt. ## Anonymous - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology Anonymous ## Kris Gopalakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited. As Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry.On June 22, 2007, Kris took over from Nandan M. Nilekani as the CEO andManaging Director of Infosys Technologies Limited. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included customer services, technology, investments and acquisitions.Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S. Between 1987 and 1994, he headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, U.S.) as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) Southern Regional Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.Kris holds a master's degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. ## Ratan Tata - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Luigi Bajetti - Type: Angel - Location: Silicon Valley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Luigi Bajetti is the managing partner and founder of Lombardstreet Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.Luigi is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the tech and internet industries, with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in building and scaling startups.As a full-time investor since2013, he has been leveraging his experience and insights to identify and support the next generation of Silicon Valley founders. With a passion for backing game-changing technologies and a talent for spotting emerging trends, Luigi has a proven track record of success in identifying groundbreaking startups. He has invested almost always at the earliest possible stage of seed in 20+ US startups valued at over $30 billion combined, including 9 that have since become unicorns. ## Sten Tamkivi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Sten Tamkivi is the Chief Product Officer at Topia (formerly MOVE Guides). He was previously co-founder and CEO of Teleport (acquired by Topia), the place to scout for startup people. He co-founded the company as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz.Sten has been a tech entrepreneur since 1996. After founding a few companies in Estonia, he joined Skypeas an early executive, ran the original R&D office, and held several global product leadership roles for 8+ years.He has an MS in Management from Stanford GSB. ## Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, News, Software Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering. ## Bill Gates - Type: Angel - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series C, Series A, Series B - Focus: Energy, Biotechnology, Manufacturing Bill Gates is the Co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He attended Harvard University. ## Nathan Doctor - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Nathan Doctor is the Founder of Infinite Capital and Co-Founder of Qualified.io and Codewars.com. Infinite Capital is a crypto asset investment firm focused on crypto-native creators and community-led projects. The firm has invested early in many of the top 10 DeFi projects and top 50 cryptocurrencies. Nathan is also an active angel investoracross tech sectors.Qualified.io is a rapidly growing platform for assessing engineering skills, used by Apple, GE, Vimeo, and Zoom. The team also built the developer community, Codewars.com, where over 2 million engineers train their coding skills. ## Lior Ron - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Travel, Transportation, Consumer Electronics Lior Ron is senior director at Uber since it acquired Otto, which he co-founded along with Claire Delunsay and Don Burnette. Prior to this Lior worked as the product lead for Google's local efforts. He has spent the last 12 years innovating in the geo industry where he was the CTO of the Israeli Intelligence mapping and search unit,product manager at Yahoo, founder of a geo search startup and in the last 4 years part of the Google geo leadership team. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB, BSc and MS from the Technion – the Israeli institute for technology. He’s also involved in the emerging private space industry as an investor and advisor for few startups as well as product lead for Google's space products (sky, moon) ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 4 - 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.