# Top 50 Payments Angel Investors in Canada in June 2026

## Zaeem Shaukat Mirza
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Secondary Market, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Zaeem is a dynamic professional with a passion for launching, building, and managing global brands and companies. He has a proven track record of creating substantial revenue impact through precision marketing, demand generation, scaled customer acquisition, digital strategies, and e-commerce initiatives.With experience spanning over 90 countriesand 175 cities, Zaeem has honed his expertise in global marketing, marketing operations, growth marketing, user acquisition, digital transformation, e-commerce, online sales, customer relationship management, and demand generation at scale. He has had the privilege of working with industry-leading companies such as Rewaa, Dentsu iProspect, AmoebaCom, Qatar Airways, and Google, where he has driven scale and efficiency in global business and marketing operations.Zaeem has successfully managed diverse teams and portfolios across 24 languages, with marketing budgets exceeding $100 million, contributing to revenues in the billions. His commitment to social impact is evident through his consultancy work with various organizations in management, fundraising, and non-profit marketing.An alumnus of INSEAD, Singapore, where he graduated from the Marketing Academy, Zaeem aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in Marketing Technology. His academic credentials include being a University of Mumbai ranker, a mass communication graduate from St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai, IN), and a post-graduate in advertising management from MICA (IN).Zaeem is also a dedicated mentor and investor, driven by a desire to nurture entrepreneurs who are passionate about technology, product innovation, or social impact. His enthusiasm for continual learning sees him facilitating media and business school programs, conducting corporate workshops, and speaking at industry conferences on topics such as marketing strategy, e-commerce, brand management, and non-profit marketing.Outside of work, Zaeem enjoys slow traveling, reading, painting, exploring new business opportunities, and spending quality time with family and friends.

## Adegoke Olubusi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments

Goke is one of Africa's finest entrepreneurs at the forefront of technology disruptions across Africa. A Johns Hopkins University alumni and previously an engineer at eBay, PayPal and Goldman Sachs in the U.S., Goke has a penchant for solving tough problems. He served on the founding team of Africa's leading social network with 30m+ usersand received multiple honours/awards from Forbes, Chevron, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, etc.

## Dimeji Sofowora
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments

Dimeji Sofowora is a co-founder at  Helium Health.

## Arjun Sethi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Arjun Sethi is the Co-CEO	of Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. He attended the University of Maryland.

## Olugbenga Agboola
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

## Balaji Srinivasan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including anonline MOOC.

## Dan Park
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Finance

Dan Park is based out of Toronto, Ontario and is the Chief Executive Officer and Industry Advisory Council of Clutch. Previously, he served as the GM & Head of Uber Eats Canada at Uber. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Mo Larbi Bennis
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise

Mo Larbi Bennis

## Michael Katchen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, FinTech

Founder & CEO. Entrepreneur, passionate about transforming investment management.

## Anatoly Yakovenko
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones.

## Raj Gokal
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Raj leads operations, product, and finance. He has spent 10 years in product management and finance.He was a venture investor at General Catalyst, started the consumer medical device company Sano which attracted over $20m in investment, and led product management at Omada Health as it grew tenfold.

## Meltem Demirors
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, an investment firm that manages $750M in assets, and is a trusted partner to investors and entrepreneurs navigating the digital asset ecosystem. Meltem oversees the firm’s managed strategies group and its New York office, and leads corporate development as a board director. Previously, shewas part of the founding team of Digital Currency Group. She teaches at MIT and Oxford, and serves on the WEF Blockchain Council. Meltem leads CoinShares' venture strategy and is an active angel investor, having invested in over 150 companies in the digital currency ecosystem since 2015.

## Prosper Otemuyiwa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, CRM, Finance

Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University.

## Micheal Hyatt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Michael Hyatt is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of BlueCat Networks and a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40™ Award.
 BlueCat is a four-time winner of “Deloitte’s Fast 50” and has received Gartner’s highest “Strong Positive” rating. Michael also co-founded Dyadem, a highly successful software company that was acquired by IHS (NYSE: IHS).Michael is a weekly business commentator on CBC Newsworld and has been featured on the cover of Canadian Business Magazine.
 He is also a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award and an active participant and lender for three special charities: Kiva.org, OneProsper and Future Possibilities for Kids.

## Anshul Ruparell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Anshul Ruparell is the Founder of Tourmalet Partners. He previously worked at Properly as a Co-Founder and CEO. Anshul Ruparell attended Columbia Business School.

## Kirk Simpson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Finance, Software, Sales

Kirk Simpson is the CEO of Confirm. He is a passionate team builder, innovator, and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience leading disruptive technology ventures.Before his current role at Confirm, Kirk co-founded Wave Financial Inc., a company dedicated to providing financial services and software solutions to small businesses.Under his leadership as CEO, Wave expanded significantly, achieving $100M in annual revenue and growing its team to 370 employees. This growth culminated in Wave’s acquisition by H&R Block for $537M in June 2019.In the same year, Kirk’s exceptional leadership was recognized when he was named Canada’s Most Admired CEO in the growth category by Waterstone Human Capital.Beyond his role at Confirm, Kirk actively contributes to the North American startup ecosystem as an angel investor and advisor.

## Ross Jones
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Jones began his career over 20 years ago in private equity. He worked at Bain & Co. and in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. before joining Berkshire Partners in 1993.Jones became a Managing Director of Berkshire in 2000 and has been a director of a number of companies in consumer products, retailing, manufacturingand business services.Jones earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

## James Lochrie
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

James Lochrie is an entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist and volunteer. He is the Co-founder of the global fintech company Wave. He is a Partner at Thin Air Labs, overseeing Thin Air Fund 1 and the Capital team. He has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs to help them scale their companies and #BuildWhatsNext.

## Tom Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Tom Williams

## William Mougayar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain

William Mougayar is a Toronto-based investor, researcher, blogger, and best-selling author of The Business Blockchain (Wiley, 2016). He is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market, working alongside startups, entrepreneurs, pioneers, leaders, innovators, creators, enterprise executives and practitioners.William is the generalpartner at Virtual Capital Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, and currently on the Board of Directors of OB1, the OpenBazaar open source protocol that is pioneering decentralized peer-to-peer commerce, a Board Advisor to the Ethereum Foundation, a member of OMERS Ventures Board of Advisors, an Advisory Board member to the Coin Center and Bloq. He blogs regularly about the present and future of blockchains at Startup Management.Previously, he held senior positions at Hewlett-Packard, Cognizant and Aberdeen Group, and he founded 3 startups, CYBERManagement, Eqentia, and Engagio.

## Mr. Block
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Mr. Block is an individual investor.

## Kevin Lin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

## Spencer Tucker
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Analytics

Spencer Tucker is the Chief Gaming Officer of Yuga Labs. He previously worked at Scopely as a President, Games. Spencer Tucker attended American InterContinental University.

## Ashwath Bhat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Cryptocurrency, Loyalty Programs

Chief Financial Officer at Fractal

## C Brian Fox
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Billing, FinTech, Financial Services

Brian Fox, CPA, MBA, is recognized as the creator of Electronic Confirmations and he received the first six patents granted on electronic audit confirmations. Brian is the President and Founder of Confirmation.com and former Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University.  He is also one of the founders and a Board member of Rivio.com, a joint-venturebetween the AICPA and Confirmation.com.
Brian was named one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting,” is a five-time winner of the accounting profession’s “Top 40 Under 40 CPA in America,” and was named as an Entrepreneur of the Year in Nashville.  He was also recognized as one of Nashville’s “40 Under 40” and as one of Nashville’s Emerging Leaders in its inaugural class.  Prior to Confirmation.com, Brian was in Dallas where he worked in audit for Ernst & Young LLP and in mergers and acquisitions for PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  Brian completed his MBA at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management with a dual concentration in Finance and Electronic Commerce and received a BBA in Accounting from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business.

## Daniel Curran
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.

## Hanif Joshaghani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Hanif is a serial entrepreneur who has raised $150M USD across the 4 companies he has founded and invested in over a dozen startups.

## Scott Lake
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Communities

Scott Lake is a startup entrepreneur, tech investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the cofounder of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), then later as founder of Source Metrics.Currently, Scott is a general partner at Hello Ventures, where he leverages all the learning from his entrepreneurial journeys to invest in and advise early-stage techcompanies.Scott also plays an active role with his wife Jess as philanthropic funders of diverse social and public health causes.In his past lives, he has been a bike messenger, a university lecturer, a driver at NATO, and a political science PhD.

## Andrew Macdonald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Accounting, Wine And Spirits

Andrew Macdonald - Senior Vice President, Mobility and Business Operations @ Uber

## Rachid Ajaja
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Software

Rachid Ajaja is the CEO and Co-Founder of AllianceBlock.

## Lisa Shields
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy

Lisa Shields is FI.SPAN’s founder and CEO. FI.SPAN is Lisa’s second financial technology startup - she also founded and led Hyperwallet Systems Inc for 15 years; today it is recognized as a leading global payments processor for business to consumer mass payouts. She is a member of the Canadian FinPay Committee, was named the EY RegionalEntrepreneur Of The Year in 2015 and received a Women in Payments Innovation Award in 2016.A firm believer in inclusive commerce, Lisa is always looking for new ways to unite ecosystem participants for the benefit of end users. She also has a personal interest in the underbanked and speaks frequently and passionately on the importance of low-cost, compliant payments.

## N. Murray Edwards
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Finance

Mr. Norman Murray Edwards is the Owner of 1189591 Alberta, Ltd. Mr. Edwards is a co-Owner of Calgary Flames Limited Partnership. He served as President of Edco Financial Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Rio Alto Exploration Ltd. Mr. Edwards has extensive experience in the financial industry, as a lawyer and as director of numerous public and privatecompanies. He served as a Partner of Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer in Calgary. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Magellan Aerospace Corp., Ensign Energy Services Inc. and Ensign Drilling, Inc. He has been the Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Limited since April 2, 2012. He served as Chairman of Penn West Energy Trust (formerly, Penn West Petroleum Ltd.) until May 27, 2005. Mr. Edwards served as Vice-Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Limited until April 2, 2012. He served as a Vice Chairman of Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer in Calgary. He serves as a Director of Calgary Flames Limited Partnership. He has been a Director of Ensign Energy Services Inc. since October 1989. Mr. Edwards serves as a Director of Calgary Flames Limited Partnership. He has been a Director of Magellan Aerospace Corporation since 1995 and Canadian Natural Resources Limited since September 1988. Mr. Edwards serves as a Director of Ensign Resources Service Group Inc. and Penn West Petroleum Ltd. Mr. Edwards serves as a Director OF C.D. Howe Institute. Mr. Edwards served as a Director of Business Development Bank of Canada since March 31, 1998. He served as a Director of Penn West Energy Trust from September 23, 1992 to May 27, 2005. Mr. Edwards is a Member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and Banff Centre, the Canada West Foundation and the C.D. Howe Institute. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree (Great Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelors of Laws degree (Honours) from the University of Toronto.

## Alex Tapscott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Alex Tapscott is a globally recognized thought-leader, speaker and writer focused on the impact of emerging technologies on business, society and government. Alex is the co-author (with Don Tapscott) of the critically acclaimed #1 Globe and Mail Non-fiction best-seller, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing MoneyBusiness and the World. His writing has been featured in TIME, Fortune, Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and dozens of other publications. In 2014, Alex published the seminal white paper “A Bitcoin Governance Network.” Prior to writing Blockchain Revolution, Alex worked for 7 years in Canadian and U.S. Capital Markets – raising hundreds of millions of dollars in critical growth capital.

## Karel Vuong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Karel is the Co-Founder of Treasure, a community-driven gaming ecosystem building the next gaming and entertainment powerhouse. Since launching in September 2021, Treasure has become home to over 15+ games and hundreds of thousands of players to emerge as one the leading web3 gaming ecosystems. Some of Treasure's games include: The Beacon,Kaiju Cards, Mighty Action Heroes, Zeeverse, Kuroro Beasts, and Knights of the Ether.Karel was previously a Senior Associate and Chief of Staff at Sagard and Portage wearing many hats and working closely with Paul Desmarais III on special projects and across communications, investor relations, fundraising, operations, and more. Before Sagard, was the first employee at Diagram to launch a $30M venture builder and served as a founding member of initial two portfolio companies, Dialogue (IPO - TSX:CARE; later acquired by Sun Life) and Collage (acquired by People Corporation).Started career in product management and software engineering at various startups and tech companies in Toronto, Waterloo, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

## Dare Okoudjou
- Type: Angel
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Credit

Dare Okoudjou is the Founder and CEO of MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African Fintech company, operating the largest digital payments hub on the continent. The MFS Hub is connected to 170 million mobile wallets in Sub-Saharan Africa offering unparalleled reach into the growing African middle class. The company allows merchants, banks, mobile operatorsand money transfer companies to take advantage of the unique ubiquity of mobile wallets as a safe, convenient, and cost-effective transaction channel. MFS Africa works in close partnership with players across the ecosystem to bring simple and secure mobile financial services to un- and under-banked customers. MFS Africa was recently named by the international business magazine Fast Company as one of Africa’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies. Prior to founding MFS, Dare worked at MTN Group, where he developed its mobile payment strategy and led its implementation across the company’s operations in 21 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East. He began his career as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Paris. He has an MSc in Telecom Engineering from ENST-Paris and an MBA from INSEAD.

## Roham Gharegozlou
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas

## Jevon MacDonald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Predictive Analytics, Enterprise Software

Jevon MacDonald is the Co-Founder at StartupNorth.

## Kyle Daley
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Payments, InsurTech, Insurance

Kyle Daley - Product and Founding Team Member @ Chime

## Larry Sukernik
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software

Larry Sukernik is a Co-Founder at Reverie. He attended Rutgers Business School.

## Hart Lambur
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Hart Lambur is the Co-Founder, CEO & Board Member of umaproject.

## Kevin Sandhu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Kevin Sandhu is the Co-Founder and CEO at Otter (www.otter.ca).

## DCF GOD
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

DCF GOD

## Spada ₿oom
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Spada₿oom is an individual investor.

## Vijay Ratnaparke
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cryptocurrency

Vijay Ratnaparke is a CIO at Robert Bosch GmbH.

## Andrew Izyumov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Andrey Izyumov

## Alan Rutledge
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Alan Rutledge

## Samvit Ramadurgam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berkeley, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Financial Services

Samvit went through the Y Combinator program and started his first venture-backed company when he was nineteen years old. Prior to starting Equidate, Samvit co-founded Streem, a cloud storage company which was acquired by Box in 2014. Samvit is an active angel investor and frequently invests in startups through S2 Capital, where he serves asfounding partner. His previous work spans numerous startups,most recently including Asana where he built out distributed systems infrastructure and Livemagic where he developed audio fingerprinting algorithms. In a previous life, he conducted research on high temperature superconductivity at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Samvit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

## Robert Aron Zawiasa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Robert Aron Zawiasa

## Marc Alloul
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Analytics, Gaming, FinTech

Marc Alloul is the Co-Founder & President of Budgeto. He previously worked at Breathe Life as an Investor & Advisor. Marc Alloul attended Telecom Paris.

## Raouf Ben-Har
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Enterprise Software, B2B, E-Learning

Raouf Ben-Har is the Co-founder at Andalusia Labs.
