# Top 30 Recruiting Angel Investors in LATAM in June 2026

## David Vélez
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Armínio Fraga
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Recruiting, SaaS, EdTech

Armínio Fraga

## Dan Rosensweig
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Internet, Software

Dan Rosensweig is the Executive Chairman of Chegg. He previously worked at Yahoo! as a Chief Operating Officer. Dan Rosensweig attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

## Kevin Efrusy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

## Felipe Villamarin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Recruiting

Felipe Villamarin is a Co-Founder at Rappi.

## Mario Ghio
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources

Mario Ghio is the Presidente of Instituto Alfa e Beto.

## Simmon Nam
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources

Simmon Nam

## Edward Lando
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.

## Arash Ferdowsi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Roger Dickey
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, E-Commerce

Roger Dickey is the Co-Founder & CEO of Made Renovation. He previously worked at Gigster as a Co-Founder & CEO. Roger Dickey attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

## Andres Barreto
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Andres Barreto is the Managing Director of Techstars. He previously worked at ENTER.CO as an Investor and Board Member. Andres Barreto attended the University of Florida.

## Caribou Honig
- Type: Angel
- Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech

Caribou Honig enjoys pursuing harebrained ideas and supporting the creation of new businesses. He is Chairman and co-founder of the InsureTech Connect conference, the largest event of its type bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation executives. He is also co-founder of the HR Transform conference focused on the impact oftechnology on the workplace, and insurAPI.io, a catalog of insurance-related APIs. He previously cofounded QED Investors, a boutique venture capital firm focused on data-driven companies. Caribou and his wife live in Richmond, Virginia with their two children and two occasionally annoying dogs.

## Romero Rodrigues
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care

Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid.

## Simon Borrero
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

## James Park
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS

James is our Co-founder and has served as our Chairman since May 2015, as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and as our President and CEO since September 2007. Previously, James served as a Director of Product Development at CNET Networks, as the President and a Co-founder of Wind-Up Labs, Inc. (an online photo-sharing companyacquired by CNET Networks in April 2005). He was also CTO and Co-Founder of Epesi Technologies, Inc., a software company. James attended Harvard College where he studied Computer Science. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder, President, and CEO.

## Deepak Chugani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, EdTech, Banking

Deepak Chugani

## Rodrigo Dantas
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services

Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country.

## Eduardo Mufarej
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
- Focus: EdTech, Biotechnology, Fuel

Eduardo Mufarej built his career in private equity and education as an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Tarpon Investimentos, one of Brazil’s largest independent investment managers. He served on several boards and was Chairman of Somos Educação and Omega Energia Renovável.
From 2014 until 2018 Eduardo led the largest k-12company in Latin America, Abril Educação, which he managed until the sale of the company to Kroton Educacional in October 2018.
After the sale, Eduardo created Renova, a project focused on selecting and training a new generation of leaders in Brazilian politics. Since its creation, the program has supported and trained over 2000 individuals in Brazil, helping to elect 176 of its students. This effort awarded Eduardo the prize Brazilian Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018.
In early 2020, Eduardo co-founded Galena, a company that supports and trains individuals for their first jobs. Eduardo is a member of the advisory board of the Wilson Institute, in Washington, DC, of the Yale University SOM Council of Global Advisors and a fellow at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.  He is the author of the book Jornada Improvável (Unlikely Journey, 2021).

## Renato Freitas
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Database

Renato Freitas

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Austen Allred
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Austen Allred co-founded Lambda School and serves as its CEO.

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nadav Ben-Chanoch

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

Ignacio Canals is a Founder of InstaGIS. He attended Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1994.

## Daniel L Gleizer
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Recruiting, Human Resources

Daniel L Gleizer

## Vikas Raj
- Type: Angel
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Education

Vikas Raj - Managing Director, Accion Venture Lab @ Accion Ventures

## Brian Requarth
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS

Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America.

## André Fauri
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Internet, Education

CEO & Founder at beepbeep mobilidade - Founder at LAIOB - Angel investor of startups in Brazil
and Silicon Valley - Mentor startups such as Biomimetic Solutions and Brazillab.
Finance extensive career in multinationals
Graduated in Economics and Accounting

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

Alan Rutledge

## Jeronimo Uribe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Software, Coworking

Jeronimo Uribe

## André Street
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Recruiting

André Street

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