# Top 30 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in Mexico in June 2026

## Kevin Hale
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended

## Oso Trava
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Apps, Audio

Oso Trava

## Orbelin Pineda
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player. Part of the Mexican National Team.

## Elias Hernández
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player,

## Rafael Baca
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player.

## Travis Kelce
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Water, Sports

Travis Michael Kelce is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

## Nigel Eccles
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Blockchain, E-Commerce

Nigel Eccles, CEO and co-founder of Flick, an esports/gaming focused screen share application. Previously Nigel was the CEO and co-founder of FanDuel a fantasy sports application.

## Clement Benoit
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

Clement Benoit - Founder and CEO @ Fithouse

## Paul Sawaya
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Credit, Internet, Payments

Paul Sawaya was the Co-Founder of Human Interest.

## Pau Gasol
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports

Pau Gasol is an advisor, an investor and an activist in projects related to sports and well-being. He played professional basketball for 20 years in the NBA, on the Spanish National Team and in Spain’s ACB league. He is president of the Gasol Foundation, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission, and a UNICEF GlobalChampion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity.

## Kevin Durant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Sports, FinTech

Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets.  He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.

## César Azpilicueta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Soccer

César Azpilicueta Tanco is a professional footballer from Spain.

## Mercedes Bent
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Apps, Financial Services

Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Previously she served as an executive at a VR startup and a General Manager at General Assembly (acquired, 2018) where she oversaw a multi-million dollar business line. She has an MBA and a Masters in Education from Stanford University andan AB from Harvard University. She serves as a board member for the non-profit Birthright AFRICA and in her free time she enjoys off-roading in her Jeep. She is an African American of Bermudian, Grenadian, and Colombian heritage and was named a 40 under 40 for Tech Diversity.

## Miguel Layún
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player.

## Odell Beckham Jr.
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Financial Services

Odell Beckham Jr. is a wide receiver who plays for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

## Lorena Ochoa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Podcast

Lorena Ochoa

## Jorge Mazal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Podcast

Jorge Mazal, CPO at Duolingo.

## Neil Thanedar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Flint, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Apps

Neil Thanedar is the Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures and the Founder and Chairman of Labdoor and Air to All.Previously, Neil was the Founder and President of Avomeen Analytical Services, a chemical analysis and product development laboratory.He has also served as Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, StateRepresentative, and US Congress in Michigan.Neil graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration.

## Jose Shabot Cherem
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Credit, Internet, Payments

Jose Shabot Cherem

## Sam Altman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator from 2016 through 2019.
Sam Altman attended Stanford University.

## Cristiano Ronaldo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Post-IPO Secondary
- Focus: Sports, Gaming, Fashion

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, known as Cristiano Ronaldo or CR7, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain for the Portugal national team.

## Sebastian Mejia
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

Sebastian Mejia is the Co-Founder and President of Rappi. He previously worked as a Managing Director Business Development at Simpleshow. He attended Stanford University.

## Dylan Field
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Dylan Field is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chair of our Board of Directors of Figma. Dylan Field attended the Brown University.

## Iker Casillas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports

Iker Casillas is a co-founder of Café 19.

## José Daniel Guerrero
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player.

## Hugo Amsellem
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Hugo Amsellem is based out of Paris and is the GP and Founder of Intuition. Hugo previously worked at The Family as a Director. Hugo Amsellem attended San Francisco State University.

## Brayan Angulo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player.

## Avichal Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- 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.

## Alfonso De los Rios
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Apps, Audio

Alfonso De los Rios is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of Nowports.

## Nicolas Vikonis
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Soccer, Sports

Professional soccer player.

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