# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Brazil in June 2026 ## Leonardo Teixeira - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor. ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce 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. ## Paulo Silveira - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology CEO and founder at Caelum Alura ## Marcelo Sampaio - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Apps, Software There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world. ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Internet, Software Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Founder & Managing Partner @ Flame Ventures ## Rei Carvalho - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Sales Automation, SaaS Rei Carvalho is a computer scientist and stands out as the visionary founder and CEO of Emailage , a world-leading online fraud prevention company acquired by RELX/Lexis in March 2020. Rei's entrepreneurial journey further includes the founding of Wealth Inc (wealth.com) in 2020. With a track record as a serial entrepreneur, Rei nowchannels his expertise and passion as an investor through Bela Juju Ventures, his esteemed VC arm. Through Bela Juju Ventures, Rei offers invaluable insights, resources, and unwavering support to founders and fellow investors alike, driving innovation and success in the startup ecosystem. ## Diego Gomes - Type: Angel - Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Entrepreneur, angel investor and SaaS expert. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara ## Mauricio Feldman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Sports, Software Co-founder & CEO at Volanty ## Mario Letelier - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest. ## Patrick Sigrist - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Born with an entrepreneurial spirit, devoted the past 15 years to Food Delivery services and O2O logistics. Founder of iFood and CEO of DiskCook for over a decade, was also a partner founder at a couple of other successful startups. Actively involved in his businesses, has a very successful founder, CEO, advisor, angel investor and M&A trackrecord during the last 2 decades. After making a great exit from iFood and many other companies, is currently in a sabbatical year living in Palo Alto, USA, seeking refreshment at the best startup atmosphere place on earth… ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, FinTech Guilherme is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor that deeply believes entrepreneurship is fundamental to make the world in a better place to live in. Co-founded iFood, one of the first Latin American unicorns, and now is developing Mercê do Bairro with the big dream to transform traditional groceries retailers in a strong virtual retail chain. ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Joao Kepler Braga - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Joao Kepler Braga is a partner at Bossa Nova Investimentos. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Kees Koolen - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Travel, Software, E-Commerce Kees Koolen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Koolen Industries. Previously Kees was COO, CEO and Chairman of booking.com. Kees was advisor to Uber from 2012-2017 concerning international rollout. ## Lucas Lameiras - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Banking, Software Lucas Lameiras ## Travis Foxhall - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Mario Augusto Sá - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence 26 years old entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO of CASH. We are building a future where every Gen Z has control over their financial life at NG.CASH. | Forbes Under 30Previously:- Co-Founded Trampolin, a Banking-as-a-Service startup. Exit to a NASDAQ-listed firm;- Co-Founded Neagle, one of Brazil’s Top 100 YouTube Channels (+8MM subscribers);- Co-Founded FanStar, a Talent Agency company focused on Gen Z digital influencers.I’m also an early Crypto-adopter and active Angel Investor.Made in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Yves Nogueira - Type: Angel - Location: Recife, Bahia, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Computer, Internet Yves Nogueira ## Guilherme Stocco Filho - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, Web Design, Web Development Guga Stocco has more than 20 years of experience in building up digital business and leading corporate transformation.He is responsible for carrying out successful projects concerning digital banking (Banco Original); startup investments (Domo Invest); mobile and e-commerce (Buscapé); internet platforms (Microsoft); and advertising (TeRespondo).Nowadays, he is a member of the Management Board at Falconi Holdings, Totvs, Vinci Partners and Banco Original. He is also the co-founder of Futurum.Capital and founder of FPass. As a speaker, he delivers talks about Tendencies and Innovation, and spoke in more than 120 events in Brazil, LATAM, Canada, the United States, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. His education background includes a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado – FAAP (1997); an MBA in Management from Insper (2010); a post-graduation degree in Marketing Management from FAAP (2007); and a Marketing Certificate from Berkeley, University of California (1996).Main contributions: Managing digital businesses; innovative viewpoint towards technology; entrepreneurship-driven attitude. ## Hans Tung - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Hans Tung is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital and also Board Member of Wispr Flow. Hans previously worked at Poshmark as a Board Member. Hans Tung attended the Stanford University. ## Eduardo Kupper - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software 17+ years of experience in several industries and sectors, including entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Management consulting, and Investment Banking. Founder @ Airborne Ventures, an early-stage VC fund. Former Head of VC at Bradesco Venture Capital arm, responsible for 2 funds totaling R$ 800mm of invested capital and R$ 1,7billion AUM.Experienced VC investor with 50+ deals across several stages and industries over the last 6 years. Founded and co-founded several companies including Helpling, Remessa Online, Finpass, and MAR Ventures. Several successful exits including +1bi BRL sale and 1 Nasdaq IPO. Board member at several companies in different sectors and stages.Professional with an extensive network, close relationships, and co-investments with several VC funds and entrepreneurs. Wharton MBA | The Lauder Institute MA | UPenn Grad Electrical engineer B.eng. | Unicamp - BrazilSpecialties: Finance, General Management, Strategy, capital structuring, Angel Investing, M&A, Fundraising, Business Development, Tech start-ups (Healthtech, Marketplaces, Fintech, Edtech, Mobility) Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, FMCG, project management, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Career advisory. ## Alessio Alionco - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Sales Alessio Silva Alionco is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder & CEO of Pipefy. Alessio previously worked at Acessozero as a Founder, CEO. Alessio Silva Alionco attended the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Américo Pereira Filho - Type: Angel - Location: Recife, Bahia, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Logistics, Computer Américo Pereira Filho ## Julio Vasconcellos - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, FinTech Julio Vasconcellos is the Managing Partner of Atlantico. He previously worked at Prefer as a CEO. Julio Vasconcellos attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Parker Treacy - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Founder at Cobli. ## Bernardo de Barros Franco - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: CRM, SMS, SaaS Bernardo de Barros Franco is a Serial entrepreneur and angel investor on the IT sector. Bernardo previously worked at u.sit as a Co-founder and CEO. He attended Harvard Business School. Ibmec, and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. ## Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva - Type: Angel - Location: Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Software, Financial Services Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva ## Arash Ferdowsi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services 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. ## Jose Marin - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet 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. ## Milton Seligman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: SaaS, Grocery, Big Data Milton Seligman ## Rodrigo Weigand - Type: Angel - Location: Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Software, Financial Services Rodrigo Weigand ## Paulo Veras - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, B2B, B2C Paulo Veras ## Alec Oxenford - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology Alec Oxenford is a Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company. Alec previously worked at OLX & letgo as a Co-Founder. He is an experienced founder and CEO at various companies. He attended Harvard Business School. He took business administration at UC and mastered at Harvard Business School. ## Demetrios Christofidis Jr - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, B2B Demetrios Christofidis is the Regional General Manager of Lime. ## Pedro Mariani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Government Pedro Mariani ## Salomão Teixeira Filho - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Marketing Automation, Software, Marketing Salomão Teixeira Filho ## João Ventura - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Analytics, Advertising, B2B João Ventura is the founder of Sling Capital. ## Adalmiro Baptista Junior - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Credit, FinTech Adalmiro Baptista Junior ## André Zimmermann - Type: Angel - Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Video, Sports André holds a degree in Business Administration of the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo (Brazil) and a GMP at CEDEP/INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France). He has more than 22 years experience within the communication industry, having worked for advertising and media agencies in Brazil and in Spain. After having worked at Havas for 12years, where at the end he accumulated the roles of MD at Havas Digital Brazil and MD at Z+, he became an entrepreneur in 2013 and has since then helped building NetCos (influencer marketing), Adglow (social media advertising), Smartclip Brazil, (video distribution platform), Blasting News Brazil (social journalism), Kiddo (customer experience), Oliver Latam (in house agencies), Audioria (podcast production and distribution) and Corebiz Spain (omnichannel agency). Since 2014 also acting as an angel investor at seed and early stage ventures for companies such as iSPORTiSTiCS (artificial intelligence for sports), Sherwa (gaming network), Donamaid (cleaning services marketplace), Mimo (live commerce), Chilligum Creatives (dynamic creatives), Super Troupers (influencer powered commerce solution) and also through Wow Accelerator. André was also a professor for two years at the Master in Digital Marketing of the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid (Spain) and a VP and board member at the Interactive Advertising Bureau Brazil. In 2014 André was ranked second in the Top 50 Innovators of Marketing and Communication in Brazil list, published by Proxxima (Meio&Mensagem Group). ## 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. ## Meyer Malka - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnershipfocused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website.Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets.In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years.In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million.In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany.In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses. ## Lee Fixel - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Lee Fixel is the Founder and Managing Partner of Addition. He attended Washington University in St. Louis. ## Nicolas Gautier - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: MOOC, EdTech, Mobile Nic is the founder of EDUKO and ran the group as CEO from 2015 until late 2018 before becoming group chairman. Nic is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has built and invested in numerous businesses across many sectors and continents. Nic is the father of two young boys. ## Florian Hagenbuch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Mobile Apps Florian Hagenbuch is the Founder and President of Loft. He previously worked at Silver Lake Partners as an Analyst. Florian Hagenbuch attended The Wharton School. ## Hugo Barra - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Hugo Barra is the Co-Founder of /dev/agents. He previously worked at Detect as a CEO. Hugo Barra attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.