# Top 25 Consumer Angel Investors in Mexico in May 2026

## Manolo Atala
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software

Manolo has built several high-impact companies in the eCommerce ecosystem, as well as SaaS. Prior to FairPlay, Manolo was Partner & COO for Mountain Nazca, a Venture Capital Firm based in Mexico with focus on high-impact investments through Latin America & abroad. He was Co-founder of Pulpomatic, the first Fleet Management Technologycompany in Latin America and Europe. He served as Managing Director in Groupon México, which later took the operation of its subsidiary in Puerto Rico, remaining as Regional SVP – North Latam. He is an active angel investor in companies like Cornershop, Liftit, Justo, Kavak, Instafit, among others.

## Dimiter Tschawow
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet

Dimiter Tschawow

## Guilherme Bonifacio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services

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.

## William Callahan, CFA
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series D
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology

Founder, tech advisor, angel and venture investor, background in finance and fintech (CFA, CFP, & RLP holder)

## Arielle Zuckerberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Analytics, Productivity Tools, Gaming

Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch)

## Alfred Chuang
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Alfred Chuang is the General Partner of Race Capital, a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital fund.
Previously, Mr. Chuang was a founder of BEA Systems Inc., a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure middleware products.
Alfred graduated from the University of San Francisco and UC Davis.

## Fabrice Grinda
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

## Lolita Taub
- Type: Angel
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Beauty, B2B

Lolita Taub is a General Partner and Founder of Ganas Ventures, a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an Enterprise Fund Investment Partner at Portfolia.Lolita is also a Co-Founder of the Startup-Investor Matching Tool, a scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and an LP at Operators Collective. Forbes and Inc Magazine have featuredher as a woman promoting investment in underestimated founders.She has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the IE Business School. Most importantly, she is a dog mom to the cutest Dachshund mix, Choco.

## Leonid Gluzman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Beauty, Consumer, Wellness

Leonid Gluzman

## Emanuel Pleitez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Restaurants

Emanuel is a founding partner of East Los Capital, a technology-enabled private equity firm. Prior to East Los Capital, he invested at Sunstone Partners focusing on cloud, enterprise IT, cybersecurity, edtech, fintech, healthcare IT, internet, and marketing services. Before Sunstone, he was a Commissioner for Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions.Emanuel's early career experiences include stints at McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs. Emanuel’s public sector experiences include serving in the U.S. Army and as Special Assistant to Chairman Paul Volcker for President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. A Los Angeles native, he holds a B.A. from Stanford University.Current investments of East Los Capital team: 66Degrees (66degrees.com), BeTheBeast (bethebeast.com), Breadware (breadware.com), Bump by Ownors (usebump.com), Caylent (caylent.com), DiDi (didiglobal.com), dotstudioPRO (dotstudiopro.com), Everyset (everyset.com), Fernish (fernish.com), Finix (finix.com), FLYR (flyrlabs.com), Functional Finance (functionalfi.com), Glitzi (glitzi.com.mx), Lorals (mylorals.com) Lynx Biosciences (lynx.bio), MagicLinks (magiclinks.com), myLAB Box (mylabbox.com), Nadine West (nadinewest.com), Nevados Engineering (nevados.co), Orca Inventory (orcainventory.com), Ordermark (ordermark.com), RealKey (realkey.com), Repurpose (repurpose.com), Revry (revry.tv), Rosalind Bio (rosalind.bio), Sabio (sabio.la), Signalwire (signalwire.com), Synctera (synctera.com), Tampon Tribe (tampontribe.com), Tradewell (tradewell.app), TRM Labs (trmlabs.com), ZenHub (zenhub.com)Team exited investments: Basepaws (Zoetis acq), Capillary Biomedical (Tandem Diabetes Care acq), IKizmet (ClubReady acq), Passfolio (SproutFi acq), Pasturebird (Perdue Farms acq)

## Prasanna Srikhanta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Security, Software, Analytics

Prasanna Srikhanta

## Justin Mateen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Tushar Ahluwalia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, InsurTech

Tushar Ahluwalia is the Co-Founder and CEO at Razor Group.

## 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

## Sung Ho Choi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, FinTech

Sung Ho C. is the Managing Director at Fubo Gaming. He attended University of Chicago.

## Gerry Giacoman Colyer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Business strategist and product guy oriented towards growth and finance. At my core, I'm a liberal arts grad who thought about going into public service, but then fell in love with the potential for technology-driven companies to make our lives better.

## Pierpaolo Barbieri
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

Pierpaolo is founder and CEO at Ualá and Executive Director at Greenmantle, a macroeconomic and geopolitical consulting firm and senior associate at the Applied History Center of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was also Chief Strategist of the Brevan Howard Argentina Fund. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pierpaolo studied atHarvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude and his senior honors thesis was awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes ’19 prize. He was elected Lt. Charles Henry Fiske III Harvard-Cambridge scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MPhil in Economic and Social History and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. His first book, Hitler’s Shadow Empire: The Nazis and the Spanish Civil War, was published by Harvard University Press in the USA and UK, Penguin Random House in Spain and Latin America, Mondadori in Italy, and Citic in China. Pierpaolo’s journalism has been featured in The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, and the New Republic. He used to write regularly for El País. Before Greenmantle, Pierpaolo worked for Goldman Sachs, Soros Fund Management, and Bridgewater Associates.

## Nina Khosla
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Beauty, Consumer, Wellness

Nina Khosla

## David Geisen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology

David leads as VP Marketplace the country operation of Mercado Libre Mexico, the largest e-commerce and fintech company in Latin America and Mexico.
Besides his role at Mercado Libre, David is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in various tech companies in Europe, Latin America and the US. With his ample experience in e-commerce and scalingup businesses, he also serves as advisor and mentor to many entrepreneurs both nationally and internationally. David co-founded and led the Mexican E-Commerce Chamber (AMVO) and initiated the largest Mexican annual online sales event: Hot Sale. Currently, he is actively involved as a member of the association’s supervisory board, representing the interests of 400+ e-tailers in Mexico. Before initiating AMVO, David co-founded and was the CEO of two Mexican e-commerce Startups, clickOnero and Dafiti. David started his career at Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division in London. Prior to joining Mercado Libre, he developed the omnichannel strategy for Europe’s largest consumer electronics retailer, Media Markt, for the Iberian market (Spain & Portugal). David invests as Limited Partner in VC funds in the US, Europe and Mexico. He also participates as an investment committee member at two venture capital funds: Latin Leap and Angel Ventures Pacific Alliance Fund II.

## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation.
Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm.
Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

## Federico Casas Alatriste
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Beauty, Mobile

Federico Casas Alatriste - Partner @ 0BS

## Jose de la Luz Lopez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Marketplace

Jose de la Luz Lopez is the Founder and CEO of delt.ai. He attended Y Combinator.

## Helena Polyblank
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Beauty, Consumer, Wellness

Helena Polyblank is the Co-Founder & CPO Mendel from 2021.

## Ricardo Weder
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School.

## Adalberto Flores
- Type: Angel
- Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Logistics, E-Commerce

Adalberto the CEO of Kueski, the fastest micro-lending service for Latin America. He is a seasoned executive with experience in the financial and software industries in both the USA and Latin America. Before Kueski, Adalberto started, grew and managed all operations of Ooyala Mexico, the largest International division of Ooyala, Inc. Adalbertoopened two offices which grew to 29 employees in two different cities, encompassing software engineers, technical support, data science, sales, marketing, account management, HR, G&A, etc. Prior to Ooyala, Adalberto was the Cofounder and CEO of Inviko, a business referral engine. At Inviko, he was in charge of the fundraising, general management, sales and marketing, public relations and talent acquisition. While at Inviko, the company received several national and international awards including 1st place at the Mexico Intel Entrepreneurship Challenge. Adalberto has worked for, collaborated with and consulted on engineering, business, finance and strategy for 20+ companies & institutions in China, Brazil, the USA and Mexico. He can speak, read and write Chinese-Mandarin, Portuguese, English and Spanish. He has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Systems Engineering from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM). Adalberto was awarded Mexico’s University Student of the Year for Finance by Ernst & Young and CNN-Expansion. He was also awarded the top prize in the E100 Mexico West Entrepreneurship Recognition (2012) and named the most outstanding Industrial & Systems Engineer alumni from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Guadalajara, 2012. He was part of the initial founding team of SumaValley.mx, one of the largest entrepreneurial organizations in Mexico and has been a invited in several events including TEDx Zapopan.

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