# Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors in Europe in June 2026 ## Paul Forster - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Paul Forster is an early-stage investor in the tech sector. He previously worked at Indeed as a Senior Advisor. Paul attended INSEAD, where he earned an MBA. ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school. ## Jean-Baptiste Rudelle - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting Jean-Baptiste Rudelle is based out of Paris, Île-de-France, and is the Executive Chairman at The Galion Project and also a Board of Director at Lemrock. Jean-Baptiste previously served as the Founder and CEO at Criteo. ## Alex Macdonald - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech Alex Macdonald is the Co-Founder and CEO Sequel. He previously Co-Founded Velocity Black. He attended The University of Manchester. ## Jens Schumann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Jens Schumann, born on 6 June 1973, was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOTTO24 AG on 19 June 2020. Before that, since 2 May 2012, he was already Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is one of the two founders of today's ZEAL Network SE (former Tipp24 SE) and was Managing Director and a Management Board member of Tipp24SE from 1999 to 2009. Jens Schumann has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE since July 2011. From 1998 to the formation of Tipp24 SE, he worked as a business consultant at Icon Medialab AG. Schumann studied law at the University of Münster from 1993 to 1998 and finished his studies with the first State Exam. ## Will Martin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Stefan Ciecierski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Video, Software Stefan Ciecierski ## Will Brooks - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Volker Rofalski - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, E-Commerce Volker Rofalski is the founder of WebStock AG, which he sold to BAADER Bank in 1999 and TradeCross AG, which he sold to VEM Aktienbank in 2005. Since then, Volker was director of Equity Capital Markets and authorized officer of the VEM Aktienbank. Prior to this, he held several managing positions in diverse industries e.g. CFO at ELA Medical &Porges and Internet2000 AG. He studied business economics at the University of Augsburg. Volker is a member of the supervisory board of several listed and non-listed companies. ## Jaan Tallinn - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Jaan Tallinn is the Co-founder of Future of Life Institute. ## Tom Stafford - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Tom is a Co-Founder at DST Global, an internet-focused investment firm with a global focus. ## Indrek Prants - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Recruiting, Professional Services Indrek Prants - Co-Founder @ Elasteq do Brasil ## Gianpaolo Naef - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources Gianpaolo Naef is an individual investor. ## Emiliano Maria Cappuccitti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources Emiliano Maria Cappuccitti is an individual investor. ## Franck Le Ouay - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Banking Franck Le Ouay is a French engineer and entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Criteo in Paris, which became one of the global leaders in digital advertising. Today Criteo is listed on Nasdaq, has over 2000 employees worldwide and generates over €1B in annual revenue. Criteo is a big data powerhouse with billions of user events tracked and analyzedevery day.In 2015, Franck co-founded Honestica, a company dedicated to accelerate the digital revolution of Healthcare. ## Romain Niccoli - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet Romain Niccoli is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Pigment. ## Flavien Kulawik - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care Flavien Kulawik ## Simon Murphy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Consumer Goods, Events Simon Murphy Entrepreneur & Investor ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## Marius Ghenea - Type: Angel - Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech • Partner of Catalyst Romania VC Fund (part of 3TS Capital Partners) - http://catalystromania.ro/ • “Investor of the Year in Romania 2016 and 2017" award by CESA with Catalyst Romania Fund • Serial entrepreneur and business-angel with successful investments in SEE, ranks in fortune Romanian surveys Capital, Forbes. • Experienceas an start-up entrepreneur with Flamingo, from zero revenues and capital to a $50M company, the largest IT product distribution network in Romania, in 7 years. Setting-up a Flamingo International group structure with direct operations in 7 SEE countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Yugoslavia) and one fully-fledged subsidiary in Holland, 1999 – 2001. • Manager of team of 500+ people with Flamingo, employees from various countries (majority Romanian), cultures, backgrounds and contributing to the creation of one of the best teams in the IT business in the Balkan region • Experience in private equity and venture capital investments. Deal-leader on 6 (123ContactForm, VectorWatch, Marketizator Friends, Intelligent IT/SmartBill, Smartdreamers, Vola.ro) out of 10 investments of Catalyst Romania Fund. • Exit track-record: VectorWatch, sold to FitBit early 2017, PCGarage, bought by Naspers/Emag in 2016; VikingProfil, bought by Pruzsinski of Poland, 2008, Flanco, successful exit in 2006, Flamingo, successful IPO in 2004, etc. • Co-Founder VentureConnect (regional matchmaking platform for tech start-up entrepreneurs and early-stage investors); President Romanian Association for the Online Stores (ARMO) • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and New Business Ventures Professor, Maastricht School of Management EMBA program • Co-organizer Schoolforstartups Romania, the first SE European entrepreneurship school • Author of “Entrepreneurship”, the first Romanian book on entrepreneurship and TV dragon in the Romanian Dragons’ Den ## Stuart Marks - Type: Angel - Location: Hale, Cheshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Stuart Marks is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold four businesses over the past 25 years. They have spanned several sectors including CRM, location-based services and digital media. Every company applied innovation to challenge existing business models.Stuart has worked with a diverse and international customer-base includingSainsbury’s, British Airways, Unilever, Vodafone, BMW and various government agencies across the world. His previous company, ITIS Holdings plc, was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was Europe’s leading provider of real-time traffic information and connected car technology.The first company to commercialize crowdsourced data from GPS devices and mobile phone networks, Stuart sold the firm in 2011 to Washington-based INRIX before going on to establish L Marks to invest in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## Carlos Blanco - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Apps Carlos Blanco is the Chairman and CEO of Encomenda Capital Partners SGEIC. He previously worked at Hastee as a Partner. Carlos Blanco attended Pompeu Fabra University. ## Carsten Erdt - Type: Angel - Location: Viernheim, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS Carsten Erdt - Founder and Managing Director @ Erdt Group ## Alain Thibaut - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Freelance, Recruiting, Virtual Workforce Alain Thibaut ## Denis Fayolle - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds. ## Ignacio Lucea - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Recruiting Ignacio Lucea - Co-Founder @ Mintted ## Steve Perry - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Video, Software Steve is an Economist by training with a Ph.D. in econometrics. After 3 years at the TSB Bank, ultimately as Group Economist, Steve joined Visa Europe where he held several Executive positions: Head of Strategy, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Digital Officer and finally, Founder & CEO Visa Europe Collab (Visa’sInnovation Centre). Steve is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive Director & Chairman, particularly in fintech and Data Analytics. ## Loic Le Meur - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Mobile, Hardware Loic Le Meur - Founder & CEO @ Leade.rs ## Philipp Pausder - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Recruiting Philipp Pausder is the Co-Founder and MD of Thermondo. Prior to Thermondo, Philipp founded Clean Venture, a boutique M&A advisory firm for distributed energy deals. Clean Venture advised on deals across 4 continents with a total value greater than $1 billion. Before starting his own firm, Philipp worked for Applied Value, a Stockholm-basedstrategy and investment firm. Philipp was recognized as “Global Champion of Sustainable Innovation 2007” by Thunderbird University, USA for his development of business models for emerging markets. Philipp started his career as a global marketing manager at adidas AG launching innovation concepts to a global market place. He holds an MBA in Finance with highest distinction from IE Business School, Madrid and an MA in Business and Mass Communication from FU Berlin. ## Jimmy Braimah - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Recruiting Jimmy Braimah ## Maximilian Viessmann - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Battery Max Viessmann is Co-CEO and Member of the Board of the ‘Viessmann Group’ as well as CEO of VC/O.As the Co-CEO he continues to drive the Group’s digital evolution.Through VC/O the Group is making people’s life easier particularly in private and commercial housing aka the prop tech space. Through the Munich-based venture capital fund‘Vito Ventures’ and Berlin-based company builder ‘WATTx’ the team is providing a node for highly passionate entrepreneurs in the deep tech space.Prior to joining the family business, Max has been an early-stage investor and a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in the Munich and Shanghai offices.He has spent a lot of time living abroad particularly in the US, China and Japan. ## Gonzalo Manrique - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Recruiting, Information Technology Gonzalo Manrique is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at IronHack. ## Carsten Thoma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Carsten co-founded hybris in 1997. He is responsible for global operations, marketing and corporate planning of the company. After successfully driving the hybris North America market entry Carsten led the team that managed the acquisition of iCongo in August 2011. His relentless pursuit for talent has resulted in a highly motivated and passionateworkforce and unique corporate culture as that is at the center of the company’s success. He began his career at Hewlett Packard, where his ideas for a standardized and flexible e-commerce software were the starting point for what would become hybris. Carsten studied law and also holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration ## Chris Bruce - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Human Resources Chris was a benefit consultant when he co-founded Thomsons. His role spans every aspect of the business, from engaging with clients to the development of DarwinTM software. This means he is in close contact with HR and benefit specialists globally, understanding the changing benefit landscape. ## Massimo Pagnetti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Online Portals, Human Resources Massimo Pagnetti is an individual investor. ## Frank Freund - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Frank Freund is CFO & founder at SavingGlobal. ## Peter Preston - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Video, Software Peter Preston ## Michael Whitfield - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Human Resources Michael Whitfield - Chairman @ hundo.careers ## Mandeep Singh - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Mandeep Singh is an Angel investor at multiple firms. He previously was the founding CEO at Trouva. Mandeep Singh studied Physics at the University of Cambridge. ## Sir Terry Leahy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Sir Terry Leahy joined Cheshunt, England-based Tesco in 1979 and held marketing positions at the retailer before becoming commercial director of fresh foods in 1986 and a member of the board in 1990. Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco plc in March 1997.Leahy received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New YearHonours. He was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader (2005 and 2006) by Management Today, recognized by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC as European Business Leader of the Year (2005), and named European Businessman of the Year by Fortune (2004). A Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.Leahy is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council.In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine, and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times.Sir Terry Leahy retired from Tesco in March 2011. ## Thierry Petit - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to: • Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic). Today Showroomprive.com is: • A team of 500 employees • A community of 20 million members in Europe • A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development: Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi Health : Feeli, Lifen, May, Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot, Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor, FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE. More info : http://www.made-for-all.com ## 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. ## Keith MacDonald - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Video, Software Keith MacDonald ## Harry Serra - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Recruiting, Human Resources Harry Serra ## Thomas Bachem - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Education Thomas Bachem “Tom” is a passionate entrepreneur, investor and founder of several startups and initiatives, including sevenload, Lebenslauf.com and the German Startups Association. Being an avid coder and designer since his early youth, he is currently building his dream university CODE and serves as Germany’s youngest university chancellor. ## Mathis Buchi - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources, Mechanical Engineering Originally from Switzerland. Lived 7 years in Hong Kong and Korea. Co-Founder at Smallpdf - the online PDF software. Grew Smallpdf from 0 to 9 million users without marketing dollars. Loves solving big problems with technology that no one is looking at. Now focusing on changing how people do their tax declaration with Taxfix.de - the first mobiletax software. ## Oliver Hehl - Type: Angel - Location: Walldorf, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Banking, Financial Services, Apps Oliver Hehl ## Rajan Navani - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Art, Coffee, Mobile Rajan Navani - CEO & Founder @ JetSynthesys ## Joakim Karske - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Recruiting, Professional Services Joakim Karske # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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