# Top 50 Marketplace Angel Investors in Brazil in June 2026 ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America. ## Marcelo Sampaio - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Apps, Software There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world. ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, FinTech Guilherme is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor that deeply believes entrepreneurship is fundamental to make the world in a better place to live in. Co-founded iFood, one of the first Latin American unicorns, and now is developing Mercê do Bairro with the big dream to transform traditional groceries retailers in a strong virtual retail chain. ## Mauricio Feldman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Sports, Software Co-founder & CEO at Volanty ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University. ## Rei Carvalho - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Sales Automation, SaaS Rei Carvalho is a computer scientist and stands out as the visionary founder and CEO of Emailage , a world-leading online fraud prevention company acquired by RELX/Lexis in March 2020. Rei's entrepreneurial journey further includes the founding of Wealth Inc (wealth.com) in 2020. With a track record as a serial entrepreneur, Rei nowchannels his expertise and passion as an investor through Bela Juju Ventures, his esteemed VC arm. Through Bela Juju Ventures, Rei offers invaluable insights, resources, and unwavering support to founders and fellow investors alike, driving innovation and success in the startup ecosystem. ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com. ## Julio Vasconcellos - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, FinTech Julio Vasconcellos is the Managing Partner of Atlantico. He previously worked at Prefer as a CEO. Julio Vasconcellos attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid. ## Hans Tung - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Hans Tung is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital and also Board Member of Wispr Flow. Hans previously worked at Poshmark as a Board Member. Hans Tung attended the Stanford University. ## Patrick Sigrist - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Born with an entrepreneurial spirit, devoted the past 15 years to Food Delivery services and O2O logistics. Founder of iFood and CEO of DiskCook for over a decade, was also a partner founder at a couple of other successful startups. Actively involved in his businesses, has a very successful founder, CEO, advisor, angel investor and M&A trackrecord during the last 2 decades. After making a great exit from iFood and many other companies, is currently in a sabbatical year living in Palo Alto, USA, seeking refreshment at the best startup atmosphere place on earth… ## Oskar Hartmann - Type: Angel - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. ## Florian Hagenbuch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Mobile Apps Florian Hagenbuch is the Founder and President of Loft. He previously worked at Silver Lake Partners as an Analyst. Florian Hagenbuch attended The Wharton School. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nu Colombia. He previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Partner. David Vélez attended Stanford University. ## Daniel Curran - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. ## In Hsieh - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace In Hsieh is the Co-Founder at OOOOO. ## Juscelino Martins - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Delivery Juscelino Martins ## Jose Marin - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford. ## Claude Ricci - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps Claude Ricci ## Errol Damelin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Errol Damelin is the Founder, CEO, chairman, or original investor and backer of over 75 digital and tech companies around the world, including in the US, the UK, most of Europe, Israel, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Nigeria. He concentrates his efforts on SaaS, fintech, crypto, marketplaces and data analytics as well as on health andwellness. He is also a technologist and has three granted patents to his name with another four pending.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010. ## Mate Pencz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, B2B, Apps Mate is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of GE32 Capital. In addition, he is a Founder and Co-CEO of Brazil's premier real estate marketplace Loft, which has raised more than $90M since its inception in July 2018. Previously, he co-founded Printi, a leading e-commerce platform for customized materials & services with operations in Braziland the United States. Printi has raised more than $70M in capital from financial and strategic investors including Cimpress (Nasdaq:CMPR). Mate is also a Co-Founder and Investment Partner at Canary, Brazil's foremost seed-stage technology investment firm. Before moving to Brazil, he worked at eminent financial firms such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs after receiving a degree in economics from Harvard University. In 2015, Mate and his co-founder Florian were listed on Forbes' prestigious 30 under 30 list. ## Cácio Packer - Type: Angel - Location: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Apps, Fashion Cácio Packer ## Eduardo Steiner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Fashion, Lifestyle Eduardo Steiner is Regional CFO at Publicis Worldwide. ## Paulo Piccini - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Marketplace, Retail, E-Commerce Paulo Piccini - Founder, CEO @ Ananke ## Kai Schoppen - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, B2B, Retail Founder & CEO Infracommerce Internet entrepreneur and business angel in Brazil ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country. ## Carlos Garcia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, E-Commerce, Marketplace Carlos Garcia is the Founder & CEO at PositivUS. He attended ESSCA Ecole de management during 2005. ## Thorsten Schroeder - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Children, Electronics, Life Science Thorsten Schroeder ## Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Internet, Software Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Founder & Managing Partner @ Flame Ventures ## Fabio Cristilli - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Marketplace, Business Travel, Sharing Economy Fabio Cristilli ## Rafael Duton - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile. Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Mario Letelier - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Apps Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest. ## Wensceslao Casares - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce Wences Casares is a technology entrepreneur with global business experience specializing in technology and financial ventures. He is an advocate of the Bitcoin revolution and he has said he believes that Bitcoin will be bigger than the internet.He is the founder and CEO of Xapo, a Bitcoin wallet startup based in Palo Alto, California. Xapo issaid to be the largest custodian of bitcoin in the world. Xapo has raised $40 million from leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. ## Leonardo Teixeira - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor. ## Guilherme Weege - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Rental, E-Commerce Guilherme Weege - Board Member @ Infracommerce ## Florian Otto - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care Florian is Co-founder and CEO of Cedar, the leading patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and independent medical groups. Prior to founding Cedar, Florian was an executive at Zocdoc where he drove the commercial adoption of the platform by health systems. Previously, Florian founded a daily deal company in Brazil(ClubeUrbano) that was sold to Groupon. After the acquisition, he became CEO of Groupon Brazil. He has also worked at McKinsey & Company within their healthcare practice. Florian holds an M.D., D.D.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany. ## Peter Fernandez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: B2B, Mobile, Fashion Peter Fernandez ## João Ventura - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Analytics, Advertising, B2B João Ventura is the founder of Sling Capital. ## Darian Shirazi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Darian Shirazi is the Managing Partner of Gradient. ## Ian McNish - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, CAD, Mobile Ian McNish - Mentor @ StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) ## Pierpaolo Barbieri - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Pierpaolo is founder and CEO at Ualá and Executive Director at Greenmantle, a macroeconomic and geopolitical consulting firm and senior associate at the Applied History Center of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was also Chief Strategist of the Brevan Howard Argentina Fund. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pierpaolo studied atHarvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude and his senior honors thesis was awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes ’19 prize. He was elected Lt. Charles Henry Fiske III Harvard-Cambridge scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MPhil in Economic and Social History and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. His first book, Hitler’s Shadow Empire: The Nazis and the Spanish Civil War, was published by Harvard University Press in the USA and UK, Penguin Random House in Spain and Latin America, Mondadori in Italy, and Citic in China. Pierpaolo’s journalism has been featured in The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, and the New Republic. He used to write regularly for El País. Before Greenmantle, Pierpaolo worked for Goldman Sachs, Soros Fund Management, and Bridgewater Associates. ## Gabriel Braga - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Financial Services Gabriel Braga - Co-founder and CEO @ QuintoAndar ## Marco Poli - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, B2B, SaaS Marco Poli ## Jeff Holmes - Type: Angel - Location: South Lake Tahoe, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace Founder and C.E.O. of Calibrus, Inc. Calibrus provides third party verification ( T.P.V.) services to the telecommunication and financial services industies ( CrowdFunding). ## Yaron Samid - Type: Angel - Location: Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS Yaron Samid is an Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, investor, and startup community builder. Yaron is the founder of TechAviv, the 3K-member global Israeli startup founders club, and is the managing partner of TechAviv Founder Partners, a pre-seed venture fund, backed and powered by over 100 of the world’s most successful company builders.Previously, Yaron was the founder and CEO at BillGuard (Acq. by Prosper), founder & CPO at Pando (Acq. by Microsoft), and a founding board director at CloudLock (Acq. by Cisco) and Pond5.Yaron lives in Tel Aviv with his family and is a regular guest lecturer at Stanford and Columbia Business School. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland. ## Paul Bragiel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Gaming 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. ## Güimar Vaca Sittic - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs. ## Adam Silverschotz - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Mobile Apps, Apps, Video Adam joined TCV in 2018 and focuses on global internet and software investments across public and private markets. Adam’s current investments include ByteDance.Prior to TCV, Adam was based in Hong Kong as a Managing Director at Coatue Management, a global investment manager focused on public and private technology companies. At Coatue, Adaminvested in the global internet and software sectors for the firm’s long/short hedge fund and growth equity funds.Adam began his career at Apollo Global Management in New York as a real estate private equity associate. ## Diego Gomes - Type: Angel - Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Entrepreneur, angel investor and SaaS expert.