Top 10 Travel Angel Investors in LATAM in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Travel startups based in Latam. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Travel companies from Latam. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Travel Angel Investors in LATAM in January 2026

Investor	Travel LATAM investments
Tim Draper	1
Martin Migoya	1
Francisco Alvarez-Demalde	1
Marcus Dantus	1
Edward Lando	1
Romero Rodrigues	1
Erhan Bilici	1
Michael Kleindl	1
Theresa Preston-Werner	1
Nadav Ben-Chanoch	1

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Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
EYWA — EYWA designs the best processes and products to boost the adoption of psychedelic medicine, harnessing the power of biosynthesis.
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Martin Migoya is a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Globant. He attended Universidad del CEMA.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Travel
Series B, Seed, Angel
Argentina, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ripio — Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. It offers a range of financial services for the emerging markets using blockchain technology to make a more accessible financial system. The company helps merchants process international transactions withcredit cards or bitcoins for a fraction of the cost as well as consumers buy bitcoins instantly with cash. It deals with clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.
SenseiNode — We drive the decentralization of the blockchain ecosystem in Latin America with a simple, scalable and secure node management platform.
Turismocity — Turismocity is a travel search engine for Latin America and other Spanish speaking countries. Turismocity searches in hundreds of travel websites including hotels, airlines and online travel agents.The company was founded in 2013 by the same founders as Descuentocity a website that is visited by more than 4.5 million visitors per month.Turismocity is focused on local markets in countries such as Brazil, México, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Perú and Spain.

Francisco Alvarez-Demalde is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Riverwood Capital. Francisco co-heads the Firm and has built the Riverwood Capital franchise and been involved in the scalability journey of several of Riverwood’s portfolio companies since its inception in 2008.Prior to establishing Riverwood Capital, Francisco was an investmentexecutive at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), where he focused on private equity investments in the technology industry and other sectors, and with Eton Park and Goldman Sachs & Co.During his career, Francisco has led investments in or been actively involved in the development, operations, and growth of several successful businesses across North America, Latin America, and other geographies. He earned a Licentiate (Honors) in Economics from San Andres University, Argentina including an exchange program at the Wharton School.Francisco is a Director of Globant (NYSE: GLOB), GoIntegro, Greenhouse, Shiphero, and VTEX (NYSE: VTEX), and an investor, Board Advisor and/or former Director of several other companies, including 99, Alog Data Centers do Brasil, Billtrust (Nasdaq: BTRS), CloudBlue, Dock, Industrious, Insider, LAVCA, Mandic, MotionPoint, Navent, Nium, Pixeon, RD Station, Sensedia, SecurityScorecard, Suma, Technisys, among others. He is also active in non-profit initiatives related to education and a Global Ambassador for Endeavor.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Series D
United States, Argentina, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

AgendaPro — AgendaPro is all-in-one web-based management platform for Aesthetic Clinics, Clinics, Salons, Barbershops, and, Spas in Latin America. The all-in-one platform allow our customers to manage online appointments, but also helps them with their cash management, inventory management , marketing campaigns, loyalty programs, and customer relationshipmanagement (CRM), so they can focus on giving the best service to their own customers.
Aument — Launch various pricing strategies such as AI-powered promotions, clearance pricing for excess products, and dynamic pricing to boost sales velocity.
Turismocity — Turismocity is a travel search engine for Latin America and other Spanish speaking countries. Turismocity searches in hundreds of travel websites including hotels, airlines and online travel agents.The company was founded in 2013 by the same founders as Descuentocity a website that is visited by more than 4.5 million visitors per month.Turismocity is focused on local markets in countries such as Brazil, México, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Perú and Spain.

Innovative thinker with broad-based expertise in operations, business development and sales. Built solid track record of success leading start-upsProven ability to quickly identify key business drivers and develop strategies to maximize opportunities.High-integrity, energetic, and renowned for ability to envision and create successful outcomesin complex situations. Broad start-up experience. Tenacious commitment to drive sales, profits and market share growth.

Investment focus

Travel, Biometrics, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed
Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

REFLY.ME — Refly is a marketplace that allows users to resale or to buy plane tickets at low prices.
Atexto — Atexto is the most powerful platform to improve speech recognition accuracy, fairness, and language support.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Swaive — Swaive operates a financial firm that invests in risk-free instruments. The organization allows you to park your money without risk.
Volta — Volta is a developer of software-as-a-service platform focusing on B2B commerce.
Hidden Studios — Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly. The company collaborated with prominent brands and creators, including Skydance, Snoop Dogg, and CaseOh, to deliver engaging gaming experiences. Hidden Studios maintains an active presence on YouTube, sharing content related to their Fortnite Creativeendeavors.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
Moneto — Moneto is a financial services application that automates and controls the receipt and management of sales in small businesses and insurance companies. Moneto was launched by Marcos Arruda, Carlos Arruda, and Paulo Silva Filho in 2013 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Galena — Established in 2020, Galena trains and develops young talented individuals for the jobs of the future.

Risk Management professional, experienced in Stress Testing and Capital Planning. Economist, Investment Analyst, Financial Consultant. Interested in FinTech.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Nada — Finance, Invest and Bank your real estate.
DigiBuild — DigiBuild develops a construction management software that utilizes blockchain technology. It captures transactions from all of the different systems being utilized on the project and puts them into a filterable, searchable, and comparable project timeline to remove the waste and fraud for better data insights and decision making that will stopbudget overages.
Upright — Meet Upright, the good for you go-to. Our first product is a category-defining high-protein, allergen-free Instant Oatmilk in three creamy, delicious flavors: original, vanilla, and chocolate. Each tasty cup of our oatmilk packs the same key nutrients as dairy, without the unwanted allergens or environmental impact.

Michael Kleindl is the Founder and Managing Partner of Collateral Good. He previously worked at Blue Horizon Ventures as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. Michael Kleindl attended EBS University of Business and Law.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
Spain, Mexico, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Reservamos — We are a multi-modal booking engine for travel based in Mexico. We cover over 90,000 routes and 3700 destinations. Reservamos is the best way to compare and book buses, flights, and ride sharing options anywhere in Mexico + US with one search.
Mediasmart — mediasmart Mobile is the first Spanish company focusing on the real time optimization of mobile advertising (both on smartphones and tablets) using its proprietary technology platform.mediasmart Mobile was one of the first movers into the mobile programmatic ecosystem, having launched in Jan 2012. It gives access to global mobile inventory -both in mobile apps and web - from more than twenty seven ad exchanges/SSPs, and it has successfully proven throughout the years that its algorithms can effectively manage big data to deliver results. A proven and scalable technology, currently handling more than 800,000 ad requests per second, mediasmart can be used directly by clients on a self-serve basis or via APIs, and it handles both RTB and programmatic direct buys.Mediasmart has offices in Madrid, London and Paris.
Giant Swarm — Implement and manage your Kubernetes infrastructure with Giant Swarm. We will guide you along the Kubernetes learning curve. Get your containers in production.

Theresa Preston-Werner is the Affiliate Director of a new Global Family Planning Project at Bixby Center for Population, Health, and Sustainability, U. C. Berkeley.