# Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Spain in October 2023

## Carlos Domingo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Social Media, Internet, Software

Carlos Domingo is the Founder & CEO at Securitize.

## Andreas Mihalovits
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps

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.

## Martin Sinner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Martin Sinner is the COO at 360dialog.

## Daniel Romy Marti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Events, Soccer, Lifestyle

Daniel Romy is the CSO and Co-Founder at Simplr - Life as a service.

## Iñaki Arrola
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Iñaki Arrola founded coches.com as entrepreneur in 2003. He invested as BA during some years and raised two funds. Vitamina K in 2011 and in 2016 K Fund.

## Albert Armengol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Apps, Software

Albert Armengol took up his MBA at Esade.

## Chris Bouwer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Photography

Chris Bouwer

## Vikal K
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Hospitality, Restaurants, E-Commerce

Vikal Kapoor of New York, NY is a global executive, investor and futurist with a keen sense of the global forces and next-gen tech that unlock value for founders, investors and markets that yield socially positive consequences. He focuses on the confluence of strategy, sales and tech as applied to VC, PE and LP backed cos including success atProton Enterprises, Bloomberg, SevenTrain Ventures, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

## Pere Mayol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Communities

Pere Mayol - co-Founder - co-CEO & COO @ Avatar Cognition

## Gustavo Burnier
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, mHealth, Wellness

Gustavo Burnier

## Yorai Linenberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, Software, Ticketing

Yorai Linenberg is the Founding Partner at UMT360.

## José Antonio Llorente
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services

José Antonio Llorente is a specialist in Corporate and Financial Communication. Over the course of a career spanning more than 30 years, he has provided consultancy services on numerous corporate transactions: mergers, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and stock market floatations. He is the author of El octavo sentido (The Eighth Sense),an essay about the relevance of communication in 21st century society.Mr. Llorente is one of the 15 People from the marketing and communications worlds to Watch in 2015, according to The Holmes Report’s editors. In 2014, he received the award to Outstanding Partner of the Year from the National Federation of Consultancy, Services and Office Associations (Spanish acronym: FENAC) in recognition of his professional and business career as leader of LLYC. Furthermore, he was the first Spanish professional to have received the SABRE Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement, a European award presented by The Holmes Report.Mr. Llorente worked at the multinational Burson-Marsteller for ten years, where he was Managing Director. He previously worked for five years in the Communications Department of the Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain (CEOE) and was also a journalist for the News Agency EFE.At present he is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society –the world’s leading professional association for senior public relations and corporate communications executives and educators- on the Board of Advisors of Human Age Institute – the largest Talent initiative put into place in Spain -, on the Board of Trustees of the Euroamérica Foundation and on the Steering Committee of the Spanish Association of Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies. He is also on the Advisory Board to SMEs of the Spanish Confederation of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and on the Steering Committee of the Agencies of Spain Association.

## Josep Casas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Pet, Coffee, Travel

Josep Casas Pérez is the CEO and co-founder at Europistachios

## Gerald Heydenreich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Film Production, E-Commerce Platforms

Gerald has been an entrepreneur since 1998 when he founded at the age of 25 the first European provider for b2b reverse online auction and sourcing events, Portum. With a trading volume of more than 12 Bn. USD and offices throughout Europe and the US Portum became one of Europe’s leading providers for internet-based sourcing and supplier managementsolutions. The company was sold in 2006 to CapGemini / IBX.In 2006 he cofounded with Gustavo Garcia Brusilovsky BuyVIP, a European leading private sales club offering luxury brands at reduced prices in time limited campaigns. When the company was sold in 2010 to Amazon it had more than 8 Mio. members, 350 employees and revenues in excess of 150 Mio. USD.In 2011 he founded Pippa&Jean a social selling community with the vision to support 100.000 women to start their own business.Since 2007, Gerald also has been an active investor in multiple companies via OmnisMundi, an incubator which he created jointly with Alain Falys.Wirtschaftswoche and Financial Times voted Gerald as one of the Top 100 German masterminds on e-business. He was given the Budding Entrepreneur Award by GrowthPlus for demonstrating outstanding entrepreneurial skills at a young age and was twice finalist in the competition “Entrepreneur of the year”.He truely believes in entrepreneurship as a way of living and more important as a means to make the world a better place.

## Eudald Domènech
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Real Time, Consumer Electronics

Eudald Domènech is the Founder & CEO of TVUP Media. He previously worked at CBM Consulting as a CEO. Eudald Domènech attended IESE Business School.

## Cristobal Viedma
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Lifestyle, Health Care

Viedma Cristobal is the Software Engineer: Head of platform at Viki Inc.

## Marc Costa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Marc Costa - Dtor. General / CEO @ TATAY

## Laura Gonzalez-Estefani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Health Care

Before founding and becoming the CEO of TheVentureCity, Laura spent 8+ years at Facebook. First three years she worked as Country Manager for Spain & Portugal, becoming the 1st employee in country reporting to the HQ Growth team. She moved to Silicon Valley to lead the Growth, Mobile & Partnerships team for LATAM, leading the Internet.org& connectivity initiatives. After 4 years, she moved to Miami to lead among other strategic projects, the strategy of Facebook in Cuba, the less connected country in the world. Prior to Facebook, Laura has management roles at eBay, Siemens and Ogilvy Group. Back in 2000 she co-founded Esplaya.com, the first international beach tourism digital platform.

## Tom Horsey
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Information Technology, Education

Tom Horsey is co-founder of the Crazy4Media group, a group of digital marketing companies, several of which he has been a founder, and of the startup association the Connected Mobility Hub, Tom invests mainly in digital marketing and mobility companies with a special focus on Andalusian companies. He has done exit with The Mobile Life and QAShops, and currently has in his portfolio several successful startups such as Open Webinars, Mission Box / Mox, Workkola, Wuolah, Fheel, Ciclogreen, Checkealos and Levelbots / Güelcom. In spite of its English origin Tom Horsey is based between Seville (Spain) and St Julians (Malta).

## Alfonso Villanueva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Real Estate


Biography:
Currently...
* Business Angel
* PayPal Executive
* Board Member Europ-Assistance
* Founder Peranakan S.L.
Formerly...
* McKinsey Director (Senior Partner)
* Chief innovation Officer (SingTel)
* Chairman Innoventures (JV SoftBank / SingTel)

## Carlos Blanco
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Carlos Blanco is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Profe.com, Chairman and Co-Founder of PropTEX, and Co-founder of Casum. He is a former Co-founder at Verone. He attendedCarlos Blanco is a serial entrepreneur who specializes in multimedia, telecommunications, and project management. He has founded a number of companies which includeServiFutbol.com, New- Info, Diser 2000, OACE Servicios Informáticos, Insap Consulting, Grupo ITnet, First Tuesday, Akamon Entertainment, Conector Startup Accelerator, and more. Blanco also works as a mentor, speaker, lecturer, and moderator at various institutions and events.Blanco holds master’s degrees from the University of Navarra, the University of Pompeu Fabra, and the University of Autònoma de Barcelona.

## Oscar Fuente
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS

Oscar Fuente is the founder and CEO of the IEBS Business School.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## Evaristo Babé
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Lifestyle

Evaristo Babé - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pulpo (formerly Pulpomatic)

## George Anson
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Big Data, Sustainability, Impact Investing

Managing Director at HarbourVest Partners.

## Patrick Sader
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Secondary Market
- Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS

Patrick focuses his investments in companies across Europe.
His prior experiences include Argan Capital – Director, Terra Firma Capital Partners – Senior Associate, Merrill Lynch – M&A Financial Institutions Group.

## Rafael Rodriguez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Rafael Rodriguez

## Poonam Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Lifestyle, Health Care

Poonam Sharma (a “health veteran” at Oscar Health).

## Marc Borrell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Marc Borrell is the Founder of Bemobile. He previously worked at Garage51 Entertainment as a Founder Partner. Marc Borrell attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Alex Díaz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Alex Díaz is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Nuclio Venture Builder. He attended UPC.

## Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services

Jaime del Pozo Espinosa de los Monteros is CEO / Founder @ Smash.

## Albert Botet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Computer, Video Games

Albert Botet is an individual investor.

## Mathieu Carenzo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Funerals, InsurTech, Legal Tech

I am a seasoned entrepreneur and dynamic Business Angel with current investments in scale-ups such as Glovo or Bizaway and promising start-ups such as Trioteca, Daysk, Vasquiat and many others. I keep a portfolio of 10/12 start-up investment at any given moment.I focus my investments in (but not limited to) SAAS and Marketplaces with B2B andB2B2C business model.I currently teach in the MBA and the GEMBA of IESE Business School and have extensive experience teaching programs in 3 different languages (English, Spanish and French) and 4 continents.

## Tim Hart
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Real Estate, Reservations

Tim Hart

## Jeffrey Del Papa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Travel, Finance

Jeffrey Del Papa is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Equality Asset Management & he attended Harvard Business School in 2006.

## Ignacio de Villa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Ignacio de Villa

## Dolores Marti Sirvent
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, Toys, Internet

Dra. Ma Dolores Marti Sirvent is a dermatologist with over 30 years of experience.

## Roland Zeller
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Travel

Roland Zeller

## Rene De Jong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Events

René is an independent adviser and businessman working with Equiteq in Spain in the consulting and IT services sectors. He draws on his extensive business career and personal experience of major corporate transactions to guide owners through growth and M&A. 

## Florian Bressand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Web Apps, Communities, Marketplace

Florian joined Mirakl‘s executive team as Chief Operating Officer in 2017. He oversees and organizes ongoing operations, actively supports Sales and Customer success teams, and takes an active part in all strategic decisions. Florian joined Mirakl after 13 years at McKinsey, where he served players in retail and services in over 25 countries.Florian graduated from HEC and holds an Msc in management CEMS.

## Leandro Sigman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Delivery

Leandro Sigman

## Alberto Gutiérrez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Sales, Rental

He is currently CEO and cofounder Viva Aqua Service Spain, leader of mineral water service to companies and households has more than 80,000 customers, 14 branches and employs more than 400 people company. Alberto has extensive experience in business development in Spain and is an expert in strategy, development of sales and distribution channels.Alberto is a graduate of Santa Clara University in Business Administration and has completed the Stanford Business School EPGC and executive negotiation program at Harvard Business School.

## Guillaume Houzé
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Art, Web Apps, Communities

Guillaume Houzé Directeur de l’Image et de la Communication, Membre du Directoire chez Groupe Galeries Lafayette

## Aryeh Mergi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B

Aryeh Mergi is an and entrepreneur and an angel investor. In his background Aryeh was a co-founder of M-Systems, XtremIO and several other companies Aryeh received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (with honors) from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel in 1988.

## Antonio F. Faría Soto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Lifestyle, Personal Development, Professional Services

Antonio F. Faría-Soto was chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Doral Bank, the main operating subsidiary of Doral Financial Corporation, a publicly traded company, and president of Doral Money, a subsidiary of Doral Bank, from 2005 to 2006. He is the chairman of the Board’s Investment and Finance Committee and a member of the AuditCommittee and the Executive Committee. From 2003 to 2004, he was president of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and served as an ex-officio member of the boards of directors of several government entities dedicated to the economic development of Puerto Rico. From 2002 to 2003, he served as president of the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico and from 2001 to 2002 he was Commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico. Before serving as Commissioner, he worked for over 20 years in various senior positions within the commercial and investment banking industries, with responsibilities that covered countries in Central and South America.

## Dr. Holger Sprengel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Soccer, Lifestyle

Dr. Holger Sprengel

## Jean-Marc Armitano
- Type: Angel
- Location: Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Web Apps, Communities, Marketplace

Jean-Marc Armitano

## Marcelo Macchi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Marcelo Macchi

## Maria Cartagena
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Maria Cartagena

## Antonio Lechuga
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Lifestyle

Antonio Lechuga

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