# Top 10 Medical Angel Investors in LATAM in June 2026 ## 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. ## Kees Koolen - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Travel, Software, E-Commerce Kees Koolen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Koolen Industries. Previously Kees was COO, CEO and Chairman of booking.com. Kees was advisor to Uber from 2012-2017 concerning international rollout. ## Mariano Garcia-Valino - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Mariano Garcia-Valino ## Paulo Veras - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, B2B, B2C Paulo Veras ## Demetrios Christofidis Jr - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, B2B Demetrios Christofidis is the Regional General Manager of Lime. ## Marcelo Claure - Type: Angel - Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software Marcelo Claure is the Partner and Co-Chair at Brightstar Capital Partners. Previously he served as the CEO of Sprint. He serves as the Group Vice Chairman of Shein. Marcelo Claure attended Bentley University. ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Mario Letelier - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest. ## Gilles Blanchard - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Medical, InsurTech Gilles Blanchard ## Ricardo Marino - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical Mr. Ricardo Villela Marino serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Latin America at Itaú Private Bank International. Mr. Marino serves as an Executive Vice President at Itau Unibanco S.A. He served as Senior Managing Director at Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2005 to August 2006. Mr. Marino served as Head of Itaú Unibanco'sOperations in Latin America at Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 2011. He served as the Managing Director of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2004 to April 2005. He served as Head of the Derivatives Dealing Desk (Headed the team responsible for the structuring and sale of derivative solutions to middle market companies, institutional investors and private individuals) of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from 2003 to 2004. He served as Head of Business Intelligence of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A., from 2002 to 2003 and was responsible for the mission to introduce radical and advanced technologies and methodologies. Mr. Marino served as a Consultant for World Bank, General Coordinator of Studies and Assessment at the Department of Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Project Manager for the Department Of Assessment of Social Programs of the Ministry of Welfare, Brazil, Supervisor of the controllership of Banco Itaú S.A., and Analyst of sectors and companies at Unibanco Asset Management. He served as a Manager of the emerging markets’ equities portfolio covering Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and South Africa as well as relations with governments, banks and directors of companies in each of these countries at Goldman Sachs Asset Management – London. He has been a Director of Banco Itau S.A since September 2006. He has been an Executive Director at Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. since November 2008. He serves as a Deputy Non-Executive Director of Elekeiroz SA. He serves as an Executive Director of Itau Unibanco S.A. He has been a Director of Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 23, 2008. He has been a Director of Itaúsa - Investimentos Itaú S.A since April 2011. He served as a Director of Itausa - Investimentos Itau S.A. since April 2011. He served as a Director of Banco BPI, S.A since April 27, 2011. He has been Chairman of the Federación Latino Americana de Bancos FELABAN since November 2008. Mr. Marino earned Master in Studies of Development, Economics and Philosophy from LSE - London School of Economics - and Political Sciences. Mr. Marino graduated from the Polytechnic School from the University of São Paulo. Mr. Marino has a Degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge in 2000, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with specialization in Financial Administration and Business Administration from the University of Company Management MIT Sloan, Cambridge (USA). Mr. Marino also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Escola Politécnica (USP). # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co