# Top 50 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in LATAM in October 2023

## Carlos Rodriguez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Carlos Rodriguez

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings

## Justin Mateen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on thetop 100 list of US Seed Investors. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.

## Edward Lando
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.

## Carlos Carrillo Alvarez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sensor, Software, Analytics

Carlos Carrillo Alvarez - CIO & Founder @ SmartMining

## Hugo Barra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Technology executive & investor

## Carlos Pacheco
- Type: Angel
- Location: Curityba, Parana, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Energy, Blockchain, Renewable Energy

Angel Investor
IBGC - Certified Board Member

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Wensceslao Casares
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile

Wences Casares is a technology entrepreneur with global business experience specializing in technology and financial ventures. He is an advocate of the Bitcoin revolution and he has said he believes that Bitcoin will be bigger than the internet.He is the founder and CEO of Xapo, a Bitcoin wallet startup based in Palo Alto, California. Xapo issaid to be the largest custodian of bitcoin in the world. Xapo has raised $40 million from leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms.

## Esteban Sosnik
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Esteban Sosnik is the current Managing Partner of Reach Capital. She previously worked at co.lab as a Founder and Executive Director. Esteban attended the University of Virginia.

## Juliano Dutra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Campinas, Goias, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, Human Resources

Juliano Dutra is the Partner & Head of Technology at bake startup studio and Co-Founder & Board Member at Gringo.

## Alexander Torrenegra
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce

Alexander Torrenegra is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Torre and a Co-Founder at Tribe Labs. He previously worked at Bunny Studio as the Co-founder and CEO. He attended Florida International University.

## Scott Belsky
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Scott Belsky joined Adobe as Chief Product Officer, Executive Vice President - Creative Cloud in 2017.Scott Belsky is an entrepreneur, author, and investor. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006, and served as CEO until Adobe acquired Behance in 2012. Millions of people use Behance to display their portfolios, as well as track and find top talent acrossthe creative industries. After Behance's acquisition, Scott served as Adobe's Vice President of Products, rebooting Adobe's mobile product strategy and leading Behance until 2016 when he became a full-time venture capitalist as a General Partner at Benchmark. Scott returned to his love for the creative world, and building products and teams full-time, as Chief Product Officer and EVP of Creative Cloud, at Adobe in late 2017. He continues to work with Benchmark as a Venture Partner, as well as several other early stage venture firms. Scott also manages a portfolio of over 150 private companies from his early investments and product advisory roles in companies including Pinterest, Uber, Carta, Flexport, Airtable, sweetgreen, and many others in the early stages.Scott is also the author of the bestselling books Making Ideas Happen and The Messy Middle (Portfolio Imprint, Penguin Books, April, 2010 and Oct 2018, respectively).Scott is also the founder of the 99U conference for leaders in the design world, and is an advocate for technology and community initiatives that empower creative people and help businesses leverage the creative potential of their people. In 2010, Scott was also included in Fast Company's list of "100 Most Creative People in Business."Prior to founding Behance, Scott helped grow the Pine Street Leadership Development Initiative at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Scott was especially focused on organizational improvement and strengthening relationships with clients. Scott serves on the Advisory Board of Cornell University's Entrepreneurship Program and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. He attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Scott and his family live in New York City and San Francisco.

## Juan Manuel Collado
- Type: Angel
- Location: Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software

Juan Manuel Collado - Co-Founder & Director @ Tapebicua group

## Florian Otto
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Health Care, E-Commerce

Florian is Co-founder and CEO of Cedar, the leading patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and independent medical groups. Prior to founding Cedar, Florian was an executive at Zocdoc where he drove the commercial adoption of the platform by health systems. Previously, Florian founded a daily deal company in Brazil(ClubeUrbano) that was sold to Groupon. After the acquisition, he became CEO of Groupon Brazil. He has also worked at McKinsey & Company within their healthcare practice. Florian holds an M.D., D.D.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany.

## Howie Liu
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

Howie Liu is the Co-founder and CEO of Airtable. He attended Duke University.

## Andrej Karpathy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Search Engine

Sr Director of a AI Tesla.

## Jeff Horing
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at Insight Venture Partners since 1995. Under his leadership Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and internet businesses, currently investing from a $2.56 billion fund. Jeff's areas of focus include mobile,online gaming, data, infrastructure and internet software. Jeff is a former member of the board of directors of Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird Co.), CTSpace (acquired by Sword Group), Beechwood Data Systems (acquired by Cap Gemini), Greenfield Online (IPO, later acquired by Microsoft), Hitwise (acquired by Experian Group Ltd), IAG Research (acquired by The Nielsen Company), ProMira Software (acquired by Manugistics), Shutterstock (IPO), SLP Infoware (acquired by Gemplus), Solarwinds Inc. (IPO NYSE: SWI), and Xchange (IPO acquired by Amdocs).Jeff is an investor or currently serves on the board of directors of AirWatch (mobile device management), Anaqua (IP asset management), GFI Software (cloud-based services), Jagex Ltd (online gaming), Nexon (online gaming), Datacore Software (storage virtualization), New Relic (application performance management), Teamviewer (remote desktop collaboration), WIX (free DIY flash-based websites), Whitney University System (distance learning technology), and Zumba (global fitness and lifestyle brand).Prior to founding Insight, Jeff was a key member of the technology investing team at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Capital Markets group.Jeff holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa. Jeff is a regular speaker at Wharton as part of the Distinguished Guest speaker series.

## Gokul Rajaram
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Gokul Rajaram is the Product and Business Helper at Doordash and currently in Pinterest and Coinbase as board member.

## Juvenilton Bezerra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CRM, Software, Machine Learning

Juvenilton Bezerra

## Luciano Nicora
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software

Luciano Nicora - Founder @ Asarcob

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

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

## Pedro Arnt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2B

Pedro Arnt is the current Co-Chief Executive Officer of dLocal. He previously worked at MercadoLibre as a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Pedro Arnt attended the University of Oxford.

## GT Family
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics

GT Family

## José Marcello Mascarenhas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Property Management, Artificial Intelligence

José Marcello Mascarenhas

## Steffen Vollert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Analytics, E-Commerce

Steffen Vollert

## Helio Waszyk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, AgTech

Multicultural senior executive with 40 years experience built internationally with responsibilities in strategic and operational functionsManaged P&L at country and regional leves in markets/regions of high growth relevance (India, South East Asia)Strategic responsibility for Global Food business with development & implementationof strategies, Innovation pipelines , Brands guardianship & communication, capital expenditure and Talent managementShaped and implemented the Global Nestle R&D and PTC new set-up being today the blueprint to the present operationsProfound exposure on Corporate Governance through Board membershipsRecently has joined IMD Business School as Executive-in-Residence becoming active working with its faculties and programsMulticultural life exposure by living in Brazil USA, France, Switzerland, Israel, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore

## Cristina Campero Peredo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Cristina Campero Peredo is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PROSPERiA. She previously worked at McKinsey and Company as an Associate. Cristina Campero Peredo attended the University of Cambridge.

## Sean Behr
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Retail, Logistics

Sean Behr is CEO of Fountain - the leader in high-volume hourly hiring. Previously, Sean was Co-Founder and CEO of STRATIM and Zirx (acquired by KAR Global), the intelligent logistics platform for mobility companies. Sean also served in leadership roles at Adap.tv (acquired by AOL) and Shopping.com (acquired by Ebay).Sean holds a B.A. in historyand political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

## Robert Stavis
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Rob Stavis is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

## Andres Bilbao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Andres Bilbao

## Francisco Coronel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Call Center, Virtual Assistant

Francisco Coronel

## Nayarah Ribeiro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, Software, Machine Learning

Advogada e Angel em empresas de Early Stage.

## Miguel Ángel Peña
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Miguel Ángel Peña

## Leonardo Borrero
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Technology

Leonardo Borrero

## Geoffrey KALISH
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Mr. Kalish is a Partner at Aquiline Capital Partners.
Previously, Mr. Kalish was also the Founder and Managing Director at Venturion Capital. He has served on the boards of numerous financial services companies in Europe and the US.
He holds a history degree from Columbia and a masters degree in public policy from Harvard.

## William Hockey
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

William Hockey is the Co-CEO of Column. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.

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

Alan Rutledge

## Sarah Meyohas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence

Sarah Meyohas

## Cileneu jose peres nunes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, SaaS, Software

Cileneu jose peres nunes

## José Augusto Schincariol
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Audio, Video

José Augusto Schincariol

## Tomás Peña
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, FinTech, Insurance

Tomas Pena joined The Yield Lab as Managing Director in 2017.

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

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO.

## JP Duque
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Big Data

Latam-focused Angel Investor (pre-seed to series A). Experience in VC, investment banking (M&A), private equity, angel and impact investing

## Sergio Fogel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital

Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery.

## MARCELO BARATELLA
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: B2B, Big Data, Internet

MENTOR

## Markos Achar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Big Data

Markos Achar

## Aleksan Buyuk Kurt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Employment

Mentor & Advisor, Startup Investor, Professor (Confirmed!), Trying to add value to entrepreneurs in Argentina.

## Chris Re
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Life Science

Chris Re

## Igor Cruz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CRM, Software, Machine Learning

Angel investor with experience in the retail, finance, and technology fields.

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