Top 10 Sports Angel Investors in Brazil in January 2026
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Sports startups based in Brazil. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sports companies from Brazil. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Sports Angel Investors in Brazil in January 2026
| Investor | Sports Brazil investments |
|---|---|
| Dr. Cornelius Boersch | 1 |
| André Zimmermann | 1 |
| Rodrigo Borges | 1 |
| Paulo Alexandre Lopes | 1 |
| Bruno Soares | 1 |
| Mauricio Feldman | 1 |
| Craig Earnshaw | 1 |
| Guilherme Bonifacio | 1 |
| Sergio Furio | 1 |
| Marcelo Sampaio | 1 |
Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
- TrueHome — TrueHome is a Mexican real estate company that aims to improve the real estate services in the country by providing the best selling experience for homeowners and taking care of the process from end to end. They offer their clients transparent processes about procedures and details that can be confusing, boring, and long. Their legal advisorsensure that the process is in order from documents and paperwork, to the contract and the credit process.TrueHome was founded in 2017 by Raúl Villarreal and is headquartered in Mexico City.
- Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
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).
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- Software, Video, Computer Vision
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Spain, Canada
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- DISS-CO — DISS-CO's Innovative GRC SaaS. Blockchain and AI for Easy Compliance, Risk Management and Efficient Workflows.
- Super Troupers — Traditional influencers platforms give them a fish for each campaign; we give them a fishing rod.
- Sherwa Online Services — JalaLive sajikan kumpulan fakta unik dan menarik seputar penyelenggaraan edisi pertama format 32 tim ini.
Rodrigo Borges is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at DOMO Invest.
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- Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Brazil, United States
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- eMasters — eMasters is software that organizes online matches of several highly competitive games. It was launched running in two highly popular titles: League of Legends and Dota 2. The tool is responsible for automatically organizing customizable matches in an external environment, providing an independent progression system and rewards in cash for players.
- MarketUP — MarketUP Brasil is an innovative startup that believes in the impact of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the entrepreneurial attitude towards the development of the economic scenario, since it is these companies that drive a good part of the country's economy. We believe in these entrepreneurs and offer a complete and freesolution for companies that want to grow and differentiate themselves in the market. We came up with the idea of facilitating the day-to-day business of the SME with a sales and management system capable of managing all the business processes in a simple and uncomplicated way. Our team is composed of experienced people, with relevant history in WEB business development and active participation in the evolution of the Brazilian internet. What was once only available to large companies, now it is within the reach of SMEs without having to pay anything for it. A revolutionary way to run a business. Our system has no use limit and no cost per license, installation, maintenance or paid versions! With tools that encompass purchasing and inventory management, sales, issuance of fiscal documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management.
- BovControl — BovControl started providing cloud-based data collection app for cattle management and livestock ranchers. Its apps provides reports, graphics, and analysis of cattle production, through multiple perspectives: processors, brands, ranchers, employees of the farms and technical consultants.Danilo Leao founded BovControl on July 1, 2013. It has itsheadquarters in Silicon Valley and Sao Paulo in Brazil.
Paulo Alexandre Lopes is the Managing Director at oddsgate. Paulo Alexandre Lopes attended IPAM.
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- SaaS, Boating, Gambling
- Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Portugal
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- ODDSGATE — With an open, API based platform and built in a modular way, allowing for stability, scalability, and flexibility. Our founding team with more than 15 years of experience in out-of-the-box solutions, or products like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), we are stepping into the Igaming industry with the goal to deliver a cutting edge and competitiveiGaming platform, focused on the regulated markets.
- Espadarte Group — Espadarte is working on a new product that will transform the Brazilian nautical market. It is founded in 2021 and the Yachts yard is based in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Bruno Soares is a Brazilian Tennis player and owns fund MadFish.
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- Fitness, Wellness
- Angel
- Brazil
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- Ease Labs International — Site Institucional da Ease Labs Group
Co-founder & CEO at Volanty
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Sports
- Seed, Angel
- Brazil, United States
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- Quansa — Changing the way workers access financial services.
- Sooper — Sooper | O APP da sua loja
- Rough Diamonds — Rough Diamonds is a platform which unites Web3 and the sports universe.
Craig Earnshaw - Board of Directors @ Screenie
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- News, EdTech, Sports
- Seed
- Brazil, United States
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- Nivati — Employee mental health programs for stress management. Increase morale, engagement, and wellbeing through on-demand therapy, massage, yoga, and more.
- Torcedores.com — Torcedores.com is a EdTech platform focused on producing high-quality digital sports content to millions of fans. The site was founded in Brazil, early 2014 and today has over 21,000 contributor writers, a 30 person team in Sao Paulo and reaches an audience of more than 30 million people multiplatform each month.
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.
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- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, United States
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- Klubi — Klubi is a fintech company that provides credit facilities in a simple, transparent, secure and truly digital experience.
- Civi — Civi App is a security application which provides access to real time security alerts and news information for avoiding risky situations.
- Mentora — Mentora is an AI platform developer offering personalized, AI-driven leadership development tailored to individual and organizational needs
Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente
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- Financial Services, Payments, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, United States
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.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Apps, Software
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States
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- Linker — Linker is a digital platform that refers to a variety of payment and financial services as digital banking.
- Cloud Humans — Cloud Humans is a platform that connects professionals to employers for outsourcing business.
- Trace Finance — Trace Finance enables secure and swift connections between businesses and their customers through payments and automatic transaction reconciliations on a large scale, promoting integrity and efficiency.
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