# Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Bryan Rosenblatt - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University. ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com. ## Joanne Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College. ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing Aman Gupta is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder and Director of boAt. Aman previously worked at HARMAN International as a Director of Sales. Aman Gupta attended the Indian School of Business. Aman Gupta has received the National Creator Award 2024. ## Namita Thapar - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Namita Thapar is an Executive Director at Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She previously worked as a senior manager at Abbott. She attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Arjun Vaidya - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College. ## Varun Alagh - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur. ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Abhishek Goyal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Fashion Abhishek Goyal is a Co-Founder at Tracxn. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. ## Vineeta Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics. She previously worked at Quetzal Verify Private Limited as Director. Vineeta attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she took a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she took a B.Tech in ElectricalEngineering. ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce Ramakant Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Livspace. He previously worked at Jungle Ventures as an Operating Partner. Ramakant attended the Indian School of Business, where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he completed a Bachelor of Technology (BTech). ## Andreas Mihalovits - Type: Angel - Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference. ## Revant Bhate - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail Revant Bhate is Chief Executive Officer at Mosaic Wellness. ## Mark Cuban - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Artificial Intelligence Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington. ## Kunal Bahl - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania. ## Nikhil Bhandarkar - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Health Care Nikhil Bhandarkar is the Founder of Panthera Peak Capital. ## David Tisch - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shopdirectly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014.In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program.David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City ## Jose Marin - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Retail Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford. ## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation. Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm. Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish. ## Rajesh Yabaji - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace Rajesh is known for his energy and resilience, and one can see this in his enthusiasm for marathons, and more in his passion for building the world’s largest trucking network. As the Co-Founder and CEO of BlackBuck, Rajesh is charged with constantly moving the company forward. From finance discussions to brainstorming on new product design tobusiness development planning, Rajesh keeps himself involved in all areas of the business. An IIT Kharagpur graduate, Rajesh was heading the Supply Chain division of ITC’s Leaf Tobacco business before starting BlackBuck. He is an inspiring leader who likes to bring out the best in people and help them achieve greater heights by pushing the bar higher. Speaking about pushing the bar higher, Rajesh has been a pole vaulter too. ## Andy Dunn - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Wellness, Health Care Andy Dunn is co-founder and CEO of Bonobos, an apparel brand renowned for exceptional fit, high energy and great customer experience. Launched in 2007, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand in the United States ever launched over the web. Previously, Dunn worked as a private equity analyst at Wind Point Partners and as a consultant at Bain& Company. He is a founding board member of education social enterprise Blue Engine and the founder of Red Swan Ventures, an angel investment firm. ## Simon Murdoch - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Finance Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits. ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster. ## Daniel Curran - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. ## Arthur Kosten - Type: Angel - Location: Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Apps, EdTech Arthur Kosten is a Co Founder @ Booking.com. ## Dimiter Tschawow - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet Dimiter Tschawow ## Rohit Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Rohit Bansal is based out of Gurgaon and is the Co-founder of AceVector. Rohit previously worked at FICCI as a Chair. Rohit Bansal attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Frederic Halley - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail Frederic is an investor focusing on early-stage technology companies in Europe. Some of his area of interests include Retailtech, Saas, AI and traveltech. He has a long experience working with technology companies as an operator, an advisor or a Non-Executive Director (NED) / Board Member. ## Güimar Vaca Sittic - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs. ## Giovanni Gardelli - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media. ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Oskar Hartmann - Type: Angel - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. ## Tom Singh - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Tom Singh OBE is the Founder of New Look, a leading UK entrepreneur and active private investor with family interests spanning: retail, technology, real estate, renewable energy sectors and private equity. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Board Member for New Look with over 900 stores worldwide which he founded in 1969.Inaddition to his responsibilities at New Look, Tom is a founding member of: the Social Investment Task Force, the Chairman of the UK Advisory Council for the British Asian Trust, and is a Trustee of the Pakhar Foundation. Tom is an active philanthropist and social investor and in recent years, has taken an increasing interest in the world of technology. ## Tom Williams - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Tom Williams ## Marcel Beemsterboer - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, 3D Printing Marcel Beemsterboer - Owner @ Zeeburg Ventures ## 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. ## Wayne Chang - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Wayne Chang is the Founder and CEO of Reasoner. He previously worked at Crashlytics as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Wayne Chang attended the University of Massachusetts. ## Ashish Kacholia - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Retail, Manufacturing, Health Care Ashish Kacholia is the founder and Director - Research at Lucky Investment Managers. ## Peyush Bansal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet Peyush Bansal is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and People Officer of Lenskart. He attended McGill University. ## Ritesh Agarwal - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Ritesh Agarwal is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of OYO and Anchor Board Member of the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association. ## Eduardo Ronzano - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Eduardo Ronzano is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kolet. He previously worked at The Bradery as a Pre-Seed Investor. Eduardo Ronzano attended ESCP Business School. ## Arjun Purkayastha - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail Arjun Purkayastha is a purpose driven leader with extensive global experience managing diverse businesses and multi-cultural teams at FTSE Top 10 and Fortune 100 companies - Reckitt and P&G. He has a strong track record of building outperforming teams, iconic brands & innovative business models across 60+ countries having lived & workedin the UK, Singapore, South Korea. ## Eduardo Castro Wright - Type: Angel - Location: Incline Village, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Software Eduardo Castro-Wright is a private investor. He was the former vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and president and CEO of Global e-Commerce and Global Sourcing. Prior to this, Eduardo was president and CEO of Walmart U.S., where he led the transformation of stores, improvements in the customer experience, and the development of a strongleadership team. Before joining Walmart, Eduardo was president and CEO of Honeywell Transportation and Power Systems Worldwide and prior to that he was President and CEO of Nabisco Asia-Pacific. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University. ## Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change. ## Brian Sugar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion Brian Sugar is the Managing Partner of Sugar Capital. He is a Founder at POPSUGAR. ## Gary Vaynerchuk - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College. ## Chris Sang - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer ## Jennifer Fleiss - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Consumer Jennifer Fleiss is the President and co-founder of Rent the Runway, the premier online destination for designer dress and accessory rentals. Jenny and her co-founder, Jennifer Hyman, have built the company to include a revolving roster of over 150 designer brands, 25,000 dresses, 120 employees, and over 2 million members. The company hasraised approximately $31 million in venture capital funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital, and Kleiner Perkins.In 2007, Jenny began at Harvard Business School where she met Jennifer Hyman. As sectionmates, the two women would meet frequently to discuss entrepreneurial ideas, one of which was Rent the Runway. Designed to solve the common “closet full of clothes but nothing to wear” problem, Jenn and Jenny launched Rent the Runway in November 2009. Prior to Harvard Business School, Jenny worked at Morgan Stanley in the Strategic Planning Group crafting long-term company strategy. She then moved on to Lehman Brothers’ Asset Management Group where she was responsible for analyzing business growth opportunities through acquisitions, international expansion, and new product strategies. Jenny received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 2005 graduating Cum Laude, and her Master’s of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 2009.