# Top 50 Payments Angel Investors in Germany in June 2026 ## Verena Pausder - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Learning, EdTech Verena Pausder ## Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia. ## Michael Hock - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Michael Hock is Partner and Head of Portfolio Management at Motive Ventures, based out of the Berlin office. Michael’s responsibility includes new venture investments, tracking of performance across portfolio companies, as well as value creation and exit strategies for the active portfolio.Prior to joining Motive, Michael co-foundedembedded/capital, a Berlin based early-stage financial technology investment firm, which was acquired by Motive Partners in February 2023, to form the early-stage arm of the Motive Partners platform.Since 2017, Michael was Managing Director at finleap and incharge of steering portfolio growth and professionalizing group operations. Michael led the exits of finleap portfolio companies including the majority acquisition of PAIR Finance by PollenStreet Capital and the sale of Penta to the European market leader Qonto. ## Diana zur Löwen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Financial Services, EdTech Diana zur Löwen ## Andre Schwammlein - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Rental, Solar Andre Schwammlein is the CEO of FlixBus DACH. Andre Schwammlein attended FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. ## Markus Ament - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide. He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate. Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain. ## Thomassin Emmanuel - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Catering, Internet Emmanuel Thomassin joined Delivery Hero in January 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Emmanuel is responsible for the financial activities of Delivery Hero, as well as the management of several internal departments.Before joining, he was the CFO at the Berlin-based incubator and Delivery Hero investor, Team Europe. Until late 2012 Emmanuel spent6 years as the CFO and executive board member of MetaDesign, the international corporate branding agency based in Berlin. In this role he was responsible for the HR, Legal, IT and Finance departments and managed the relationship to customers like FIFA, AstraZeneca or Voith.Emmanuel holds masters degrees from the French University and from the German Fachhochschule in Economics. ## Jonathan Weiner - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Jonathan Weiner is the Founder of HumanX. He previously worked at FastPay as a Board Member. Jonathan Weiner attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ## Ralph Muller - Type: Angel - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Apps Ralph Muller is the Ex-Deutsche Bank Board Member and Oxygen investor. ## Bruce Wallace - Type: Angel - Location: Benicia, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Bruce Wallace is the Strategic Advisor at Brex. ## Sekip Can Gokalp - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Banking Şekip Can Gökalp is the founding partner of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network. Gokalp's previous experience includes his time as a regional business development manager of Netlog and a part-time interactive marketing lecturer. He also contributes regularly to publications related to his field. ## Daniel Krauss - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Rental, Information Technology Daniel Krauss was born in 1983 in Neheim-Hüsten.He studied Economic Sciences at the FernUniversität Hagen. Daniel has generally worked in the IT area for Marquardt GmbH, IFS AB and Siemens AG. Before co-founding Flixbus in 2011, he was a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft for three years. Now Daniel is CIO of Flixbus, which was able toestablish Europe’s largest intercity bus network. ## Cristóbal Conde - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Cristobal is an active investor in early-stage companies, and a senior member of the Partnership for NYC’s FinTech incubator for software companies. His current investments include True Office, where he serves as executive chairman, Calastone, where he serves as chairman, Centripetal Networks, where he is a board member, and Digital Reasoning,where he is a board member. ## Heiko Hubertz - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Machine Learning Heiko Hubertz - Founder & CEO @ Oxolo ## Marc McCabe - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Big Data Marc McCabe is a Scout at Sequoia Capital and General Partner at Nomad Capital. Prior to this role, Marc was a Business Development Lead and before that, a Team Member of Business and Corporate Development. Previously, Marc was a Partner at SV Angel and an Online Media Associate at Google. ## Feliks Eyser - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Learning, Medical Feliks Eyser is the founding partner of JETPACK. ## Jochen Engert - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Rental, Travel Jochen Engert - Founder & CEO @ FlixBus ## Luca Ascani - Type: Angel - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017. ## Mario Götze - Type: Angel - Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Mario Götze is a professional footballer. ## Christian Reber - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Christian Reber​ is the founder and CEO of Pitch. The German entrepreneur previously founded the award-winning to-do app Wunderlist. After it was acquired by Microsoft in 2015, he spent two years as Microsoft's Entrepreneur in Residence. He is an active investor and advisor in a number of technology businesses, such as Lilium, Notion,Onefootball, Neufund, Freigeist and more. Prior to his career in business, Christian studied Mathematics and Computer Science as well as International Management in Berlin. Christian received the Forbes 30 under 30 award in 2014 and 2016. ## Dominik Richter - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Health Care Dominik Richter is the CEO and Founder at HelloFresh. In 2011, Richter, alongside co-founders Thomas Griesel and Jessica Nilsson, moved to Berlin to start a company together. After looking at different business models and industries, Richter said they quickly set their eyes on the grocery space. Dominik has passion for Entreprenuership, buildinggreat companies and the Internet.Sports guy (Soccer mostly)Great interest in trading, nutrition, fitness, health, politics and economics. ## Jens Lapinski - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Hospitality Jens is the CEO of Angel Invest Ventures. He is one of Europe's most active angel investors, making 10 - 20 investments per year. Jens lives in Berlin. ## Martin Enderle - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B - Focus: Big Data, Internet, Payments Martin Enderle is a Co-founder & Board member at allmyhomes. Martin previously worked at CEWE Stiftung and Co. KGaA as a Member of the Board of Trustees. He attended Leibniz Universität Hannover and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). ## Victor Jacobsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Financial Services Victor Jacobsson is an Independent Advisor to startups and Investors.As an entrepreneur victor co-founded Victor has a masters degree from the ## Guillaume "G" Cabane - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, SaaS Guillaume Cabane is CEO of Growth Ex Machina where he advises growth stage startups. Formerly, Guillaume held VP of Growth roles at Drift, Segment, and other successful startups where he helped these teams grow from ~50 to 300. Prior to these roles, Guillaume spent six years at Apple. Outside of work, Guillaume is husband of one, father of two,cheese-eater of many, and Pastafarian. ## Raffael Johnen - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Software Raffael Johnen is CEO and founding partner of auxmoney. Already during his business studies, Raffael Johnen founded his first startup company. He later worked for six years at Investmentbank Rothschild in Frankfurt in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Advisory areas, most recently as Vice President. Raffael Johnen is also the founder ofExcellion Capital, a successful company in corporate finance consulting and investment, based in London. As a writer, he made a name for himself when he wrote the chapter on leveraged buyouts in the "Praxishandbuch Unternehmensbewertung". ## Chris Murphy - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously worked at SaaStock and attended Dublin City University. ## Niklas Jansen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Niklas is the Co-founder of Blinkist, a bite-sized-learning service that condenses knowledge from great nonfiction into powerful little packs. At Blinkist he drives product strategy and ensures that their culture is flourishing. He’s passionate about learning, company culture, and breakfast. ## Jesse Walden - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Software Jesse Walden is the founder and general partner at variant. He attended McGill University. ## Sam Bankman-Fried - Type: Angel - Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services Sam Bankman-Fried is based out of Nassau, New Providence and is the CEO and Co-Founder of FTX. Sam previously worked at Alameda Research as a CEO. Sam Bankman-Fried attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## David Rosskamp - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Internet David Rosskamp is the founder and managing partner of Magnetic. Magnetic is a global technology investor backing transformative companies and technologies across venture phases. The firm funds companies and technologies from the earliest to their growth stages and works closely with entrepreneurs, from co-designing companies to growth financing.His investments include a larger group of successful global technology companies from a wide area of fields.Before Magnetic, he was a technology investor at Earlybird and built up Saatchi Art, the world's largest art platform, gallery and community. David holds an M.A. with distinction from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a Master of Law and Business from WHU School of Management and legal degrees (Staatsexamen, LL.B.) with distinction from Bucerius Law School and the University of Texas School of Law. ## Rolf Christof Dienst - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, SaaS At Wellington some of his investments include healthcare specialists PST, MediMedia and Medigene, a biotech company focussed on cancer and autoimmune diseases,which he co-invested in in 1998, before it was taken public at the top of the market in 2000.Rolf now focuses on Wellington's Technology and Life Science fundraising and investor relation activities and sits on the board of some portfolio companies.Prior to founding Wellington, Rolf was president of the Munich-based Matuschka Group, one of the first German investment banks, for 22 years. During the 1980s, he built long-lasting relationships with leading U.S. VC groups and investors, gaining an invaluable insight at how the American VC model could be adapted to Europe. In 1984 he co-founded TVM (Munich/Boston), one of Germany's first privately held VC firms.His entrepreneurial initiatives include the foundation of the LMU Entrepreneurship Centre at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, the largest university in Germany. The main objective of this organisation is to familiarise students and scientists with the concepts of self-employment and entrepreneurship.From April 2007 to April 2009 Rolf was Chairman of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK). He holds a law degree from the LMU Munich and has been a member of the Munich Bar since 1974. Rolf is married since 1976 and has five children. ## Maximilian Tayenthal - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland. ## Omid Ashtari - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Analytics Omid Ashtari has held operational roles at Google (business development, strategic partnerships), Foursquare (MD Europe), Citymapper (President), and Streetbees (COO). Currently he is an angel investor and advisor to early stag startups. He serves as the business advisor to the Mayor of London. He blogs on www.startuppragmatism.blog andwww.thefullspectrum.blog ## Navid Hadzaad - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Apps Navid Hadzaad is a founder of Zapp. ## Christian Stiebner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Christian Stiebner is an individual investor. ## Paul Forster - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Paul Forster ## Mirko Hüllemann - Type: Angel - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce Mirko Hüllemann - Supervisory Board @ Unzer ## Nico Rosberg - Type: Angel - Location: Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Transportation Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion. ## André M. Bajorat - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Andre Bajorat is the Head of Strategy Corporate Bank at Deutsche Bank. He attended the University of Cologne from 1994 to 1997. ## Dr. Rainer Zimmermann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital Dr. Rainer Zimmermann ## Mike Lee - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Fitness, Software, Wellness Mike Lee is Co-Founder of MyFitnessPal, the leading free resource helping people improve their health. Prior to founding MyFitnessPal, Mike co-founded NextC, a venture-funded startup focused on building online communities. During his 20 year tenure in the technology industry, Mike has held leadership positions at several other top start-upsin Silicon Valley, including Palm, Handspring, Beyond.com and Regis McKenna. Mike graduated summa cum laude from Princeton with a B.A. in Economics. ## Marc Steiner - Type: Angel - Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Grocery Marc Steiner is Senior Vice President of Plug and Play China at Plug and Play. He attended the University of California, Davis - School of Law. ## Luke de Oliveira - Type: Angel - Location: Stanford, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Open Source, Fraud Detection Luke de Oliveira ## Michael Herbst - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Payments, Software, Restaurants Michael Herbst ## Stefan Kalteis - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Travel, Tourism Stefan Kalteis ## Pat Cummins - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Fitness, Health Care Pat Cummins ## Marc Eckes - Type: Angel - Location: Berg, Sachsen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Advertising, Fraud Detection Marc Eckes ## Jeremy Hindle - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Credit, Events, Bitcoin @Forbes 30 under 30 2018, @YCombinator S17, Unannounced Project (hiring!), Co-Founder @headstart_io, Neuropsychologist, OE, Games (UemeU), ## Axel Wieandt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Axel Wieandt is the senior advisor at Jefferies.