# Top 50 Payments Angel Investors in Mexico in June 2026 ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School. ## Antonia Eing - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Enterprise Software, B2B, Payments Antonia is a partner in Manutara Ventures, an early stage Venture Capital fund from Chile, focused on highly scalable tech ventures that want to expand across Latinamerica and the U.S. Previously, she worked as head of investment at Trigono S.A, where she oversaw the real estate and private equity division, and opened the Venture Capital verticalof the company. ## David Shim - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Brand Marketing, Apps, SaaS As CEO of Foursquare, David Shim is responsible for driving the company mission and vision as the world's most trusted and independent location technology platform.David joined Foursquare in June 2019 as president of the company. Prior to joining Foursquare, David was the Founder and CEO of Placed, the leader in ad to in-store attribution.Founded in 2011, Placed worked with 430+ partners enabling over 500 advertisers to measure media's impact on store visits. Placed was acquired by Snapchat in 2017 and Foursquare in 2019.David has also held leadership roles across product and operations at Farecast (acquired by Microsoft), WebTrends, Quantcast, and Snapchat. ## Sebastian Castro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Payments, Credit Cards, Enterprise Software Professional Goals:Develop exciting technologies, services, and products that bridges the gap between online experiences and the offline worldContinue to acquire a detailed understanding of technology and energy infrastructure global markets, particularly in Latin AmericaPromote greater investment in renewable and sustainable technologiesalong with traditional energy sources for profitable ventures, specifically as an intermediary between technical project specifications and its strategic implementation within the larger context of successful company operations ## Scott Sandell - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software Scott Sandell is Managing General Partner at NEA. A General Partner since 2000, and Co-Managing General Partner from 2015 - 2017, Scott served as head of the firm’s technology investing practice for 10 years and has led NEA’s China investing activities for over a decade. Since joining the firm in 1996, he has personally led investments inindustry-transforming companies like Bloom Energy, Data Domain, Fusion-io, Salesforce.com, Tableau Software, WebEx, and Workday. Scott is one of only four investors named to the Forbes Midas List every year since 2007, with 24 technology companies in his portfolio having successfully completed public offerings or mergers.Scott is currently a director of Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and a number of private companies including Automation Anywhere, Branch, Cloudflare, Coursera, Enigma, Expanse (fka Qadium), Hello Alfred, One Concern, Robinhood, Sentons, Transfix, and WaterBit. Other previous investments include Fusion-io (acquired by SanDisk), Neoteris (acquired by Juniper Networks), NetIQ (acquired by Attachmate Corporation), Playdom (acquired by Disney), and Spreadtrum Communications (acquired by Tsinghua Unigroup). ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, SaaS Sergio Furio is based out of São Paulo, São Paulo, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Sergio previously worked at Juntos Somos Mais as a Board Member. Sergio Furio attended the Esade. Sergio Furio has received the Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program certificate. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Internet 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. ## Martin Schrimpff - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS Martin currently works as the co-founder and CEO of Kocomo. He used to worked for PayU as founder and head of global sales. ## Andy Cohen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Payments, Credit Cards Andy Cohen is the Advisor and Angel Investor at Cohen Global LLC. He is an accomplished executive with 25 years of experience successfully growing businesses.Prior to joining Bill.com, he founded and sold Caring.com, the nation’s leading online destination for those caring for aging loved ones. Andy grew the company to a profitable venturegenerating $24 million in revenue with a team of 150 people. Before founding Caring.com, he held various sales and marketing leadership positions at SuccessFactors, Intuit, Instill, Peapod and SC Johnson Wax, where he grew businesses from start-up to tens of millions of dollars in revenue. He earned an M.B.A. in marketing from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and a B.A. in history from Stanford University. ## Howard Han - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: B2B, Payments, Credit Cards Howard Han ## Travis Foxhall - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, FinTech, Payments Travis Foxhall is based out of New York, New York, and is the Chief Financial Officer of Clara. Travis previously worked at Point72 Ventures as an Investment Vice President. Travis Foxhall attended Yale University. ## Scott Belsky - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Scott Belsky is currently a Partner at A24, where he leads technology and innovation projects. He previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products at Adobe. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Steve Salis - Type: Angel - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Restaurants, Retail, Software Steve Salis is the Chairman and CEO of SIZZLE Acquisition and founder and CEO of Salis Holdings. ## Bill Clerico - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Bill Clerico is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder & Managing Partner of Red Sky Summit. Bill previously worked at WePay as a founder & CEO. Bill Clerico attended Boston College. Bill Clerico has been awarded the Outstanding Customer Service Stevie Award. ## Manolo Atala - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Manolo has built several high-impact companies in the eCommerce ecosystem, as well as SaaS. Prior to FairPlay, Manolo was Partner & COO for Mountain Nazca, a Venture Capital Firm based in Mexico with focus on high-impact investments through Latin America & abroad. He was Co-founder of Pulpomatic, the first Fleet Management Technologycompany in Latin America and Europe. He served as Managing Director in Groupon México, which later took the operation of its subsidiary in Puerto Rico, remaining as Regional SVP – North Latam. He is an active angel investor in companies like Cornershop, Liftit, Justo, Kavak, Instafit, among others. ## Arash Ferdowsi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a TechCrunch50 finalist in 2008. ## Ryan Simonetti - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Retail Ryan Simonetti is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convene. He previously worked at Gramercy Capital Corp as a Vice President. Ryan attended Villanova University. ## Oliver Jung - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight. ## Brendan Dickinson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Brendan Dickinson is a General Partner at Canaan. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Kevin Carter - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Retail, Wellness Kevin Carter is the Founder and General Partner of Night Capital. He previously worked at SV Angel as a General Partner. Kevin Carter attended Santa Clara University. ## Gokul Rajaram - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural. ## Federico Ranero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Rental Federico Ranero COO at Kavak ## Jose Vielma - Type: Angel - Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Banking, Mobile Payments, Financial Services Jose Vielma is the Chief Executive Officer at Genesis Capital Ventures. ## Emilie Choi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Emilie Choi is the President and Chief Operating Officer at Coinbase. She attended the Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School. ## Alejandro Galvez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Banking, Payments Angel investor ## Otto Graff Navarro - Type: Angel - Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: B2B, Retail, Bitcoin Otto Graff is a partner and chief financial officer at IGNIA. In this role, Otto oversees all of IGNIA’s financial matters, including debt financing, equity fundraising for portfolio companies, treasury operations, financial reporting to investors, tax planning and compliance.Prior to joining IGNIA, Otto worked as a Risk Manager for Vitro, one ofthe largest glass manufacturers in the world, where he was responsible for the implementation and management of hedged portfolios of financial derivatives to mitigate exposure to natural gas, exchange rate, and interest rate volatility.Previously, Otto worked in the Corporate Finance and Financial Reporting teams, where he structured debt and capital issuances, developed and implemented a financial information system and produced annual and quarterly reporting as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Mexican Stock Exchange.Otto also served as Vice President of the Energy Commission of the Nuevo Leon Chamber of Industrial Transformation (CAINTRA) from August 2007 to November 2008. He holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Tecnológico de Monterrey. ## Diego Serebrisky - Type: Angel - Location: San Miguel, Hidalgo, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Credit Mr. Serebrisky has been Managing Director at Alta Ventures Mexico. Prior to joining Alta Ventures, Diego collaborated with Advent International, a global private equity fund. He spent 12 years in their Mexico City office and then relocated to Bogota, Colombia, where he launched the office in 2011. While at Advent, Diego focused on the wholeinvestment process including new deals analysis, investment monitoring and divestments. He participated in more than 13 investments in different sectors including financial services, business services, pharmaceutical, retail and technology. Before Advent International, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Caracas, Venezuela, Johannesburg, South Africa and New York City providing strategy advice to large clients. Diego currently serves as a member of the Board of ColCapital, the Colombian Private Equity Association. He also served as a member of the Board of AMEXCAP, the Mexican Private Equity Association, where he was president during 2008 and 2009. Furthermore he collaborates as an Endeavor mentor and participates in the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystems in Colombia and Mexico. Mr. Serebrisky graduated with a degree in Computer Engineer, summa cum laude from Universidad Simon Bolivar at Caracas, Venezuela; he also holds an MBA from Sloan School of Management, MIT. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## David Rusenko - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet David Rusenko is the general manager of e-commerce at Square. He was the founder and CEO of Weebly. ## Karim Atiyeh - Type: Angel - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Karim Atiyeh is the Co-Founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest growing spend management platform and corporate card. Launched in 2020, Ramp gives Finance leaders an edge with powerful software that helps them save time and control spend before it happens. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold YCombinator-backed Paribus to CapitalOne in 2016. ## Patrick Wakeham - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Enterprise Software, Credit Patrick Wakeham has completed over 13 startup and growth related investments since 2011, in addition to being a founding member of a digital startup in New York. An active mentor for accelerator programs in Latin America such as 500 Startups, NXTP Labs, Founders Institute and NeXT, Patrick typically spends his time meeting entrepreneurs inArgentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Francisco Medina - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Payments Francisco Medina is the Chairman at Grupo Fame. ## Michael Levinthal - Type: Angel - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Social Media, Apps Michael Levinthal is the Managing Partner at Levinthal Capital and currently lives in Park City, Utah. ## Nicky Goulimis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Credit Cards, B2B Nicky Goulimis is the co-founder and COO of Nova Credit, the world’s cross-border consumer reporting agency. ## Julie McDermott - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace Early-Stage Tech Investor; Sustainability; Ex-Mortgage Backed Securities Trader, Columbia MBA, 50 countries. ## Anthony Pompliano - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain Anthony Pompliano currently works as an Entrepreneur and Investor for Pomp Investments. He previously worked at Morgan Creek Digital Assets as a Co-Founder and Partner. Anthony Pompliano attended Bucknell University. ## Sean Harper - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Enterprise Software, FinTech, Software Sean is a several-time entrepreneur based in Chicago. He was behind TSS-Radio and FeeFighters.He studied Computer Science and Economics at the University of Chicago and got his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.Outside of his startup activities he has worked at Longworth Venture Partners and the Boston ConsultingGroup. ## Jay Adelson - Type: Angel - Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Consumer Electronics, News Jay Adelson is based out of Detroit, Michigan and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Scorbit. Jay previously worked at Opsmatic as a Chairman. Jay Adelson attended the Boston University. Jay Adelson has received TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" Award. ## Karl Mehta - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Email, Messaging, Apps Karl Mehta is based out of Miami, Florida, and is the Chairman of the Board of Zetagig. Karl previously worked at EdCast as a Founder and CEO. Karl Mehta attended the University of Mumbai. ## Zac Bookman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Zac is the CEO of OpenGov, the "GovTech" cloud software leader. OpenGov has raised $200 million in capital from Andreessen Horowitz and other venture funds and powers more than 1000 cities, counties, and state agencies across the United States. Before co-founding OpenGov, Zac served as Advisor to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster on theAnti‑Corruption Task Force at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. He previously practiced trial litigation at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, and served as law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Zac studied corruption in Mexico as a Fulbright Fellow and has taught American Government at San Quentin Prison. He holds a JD from the Yale Law School, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and graduated valedictorian from the University of Maryland. Zac serves on the board of and as advisor to various technology companies and funds, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the YPO. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and San Francisco and Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 under 40. ## Arjun Sethi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Arjun Sethi is the Co-CEO of Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. He attended the University of Maryland. ## Oso Trava - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Audio, Credit Oso Trava ## Chris Thomas - Type: Angel - Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Automotive Chris Thomas is a co-founder and partner of Assembly Ventures.Prior to Assembly Ventures he co-founded the Detroit Mobility Lab and the Michigan Mobility Institute. Previous to this, Chris co-founded Fontinalis Partners and for over a decade worked to build it into one of the premier investment firms in next-generation mobility. While atFontinalis he served as a Board Member for nuTonomy (acquired by Aptiv in October 2017) and Karamba Security, and as a Board Observer at ParkMe (acquired by INRIX in September 2015), Parkmobile (acquired by BMW in January 2018), Life360 (IPO in May 2019), Ouster and SmartKargo. Prior to Fontinalis Chris served in the U.S. Army as a Communications Officer in the U.S. and Iraq. Before joining the military, Chris worked as an Investment Banker at UBS within its Technology and Energy groups in San Francisco and New York. Additionally, Chris acts as a Senior Advisor to the COMMIT Foundation and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100 expert panel. He is also a Co-Owner of Buddy's Pizza, the birthplace of original Detroit-style pizza, and an avid angel investor. Chris has previously advised a number of mobility startups around the globe; served as the Chairman of Read to a Child, a national children’s literacy and mentoring nonprofit in the United States; and acted as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Personal Transportation Systems. Chris earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Yale School of Management. While at Yale he served on the Honor Committee and graduated with distinction in former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s seminar on Faith and Globalization. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Economics and International Relations from Michigan State University. Chris is a resident of the City of Detroit where he lives with his wife and sons. He is a staunch advocate of connected communities, early childhood literacy, and the doctrine of the strenuous life. ## Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia. ## 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. ## Angel Losada - Type: Angel - Location: Naucalpan, Mexico, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Payments Angel Alverde Losada is the Chief Executive Officer at Gigante Grupo Inmobiliario. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, a subsidiary of Grupo Gigante, S.A.B. de C.V. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Masters degree in Finance and Marketing From JL Kellog Graduate School ofManagement. ## Marc Sacal - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Mobile Payments Marc Sacal is the COO at Arcus. Marc Sacal is CEO at Astropay. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the IBD and attended Tufts University. ## Andrew Vigneault - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Andrew is a successful entrepreneur as well as investor and advisor to more than 100 early-stage startups across enterprise SaaS and fintech. He founded and served as CEO of ClearGraph (acquired by Tableau (NYSE: DATA)). Andrew is a top .5% contributor to Stanford StartX (2k+ entrepreneurs). Earlier in his career, he served multiple roles inventure and investment banking, and holds a B.S. in Finance, summa cum laude, from the Gabelli School of Business. # 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