# Top 50 ESports Angel Investors in May 2026

## Sam Enrico Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Web Apps, Fantasy Sports

Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr.
Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.

## Kevin Lin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games

Lin is the COO of Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. He was instrumental in the 2011 launch of the platform when he joined Justin.tv in 2008. His role included attracting the site’s largest broadcasters and building out the partnership team among other activities which have helped grow the Twitch brand.Currently more than 100 million gamers gather every month on Twitch to broadcast live video, watch and chat about gaming, making the platform an industry leader.

## Colin Carrier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Apps

Currently building new things @Oooh and @PinataFarms. Angel Investor. Venture Partner and Startup Advisor. Most recently at @Twitch I was leading a portfolio of incubation projects and corporate development.I like building companies and solving problems creatively. I've spent the better part of my career at three different live videostartups - two of which have been acquired for more than $1.2 billion combined. I've helped raise more than $100 million in fundraising from institutional and private investors. Back in the day, I learned how to PPT and XLS as a strategy consultant focused on media, entertainment and technology.

## Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

## Lance Priebe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network

Lance Priebe

## Shubhrendu Koche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, eSports

Shubhrendu Koche

## David Ng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment

David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame.

## Tom Varkey
- Type: Angel
- Location: Westfield, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, E-Learning, Education

Tom is a veteran in financial markets and is Principal at Stonehill Capital. Prior to this he has held positions with Lazard Asset Management & Fidelity Investments focusing on emerging markets and corporate debt.
Tom is an MBA from Harvard Business School & has a MA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University.

## Michael Ryan Dubin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Retail, eSports

Michael Dubin is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Dollar Shave Club, a monthly membership service that delivers fresh, stainless steel razor blades, and other personal grooming products to customers. Previously, he was the director of marketing and business development at Feed Company as well as a marketing associate at TIME Magazine.

## Chad Hurley
- Type: Angel
- Location: Burlingame, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Sports, Software

Chad Hurley is the Co-Founder and Chairman at Greenpark Sports and the Co-Founder of AVOS Systems. He earned his bachelor's degree in fine art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

## Calvin Ayre
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin

Calvin Ayre (born May 25, 1961, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada) is the founder of the Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand, which he developed and launched in 1994.Ayre received a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in General Sciences from the University of Waterloo in 1984. In 1989, Ayre earned an MBA in Management Finance from CityUniversity of Seattle.

## YuChiang Cheng
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: eSports, Video Games, Gaming

YuChiang Cheng is the Chief Product Officer of Zwift.
YuChiang graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College. He lives in Silicon Valley and, when not playing golf, you’ll find him restoring classic cars, playing hockey and wrestling his dogs.

## Daniel Tomov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Small and Medium Businesses

Daniel is founding partner at Eleven Accelerator Venture Fund and investing in some of the most promising and exciting tech startups in CEE. Daniel has been involved in startups since 2000 as early stage investor and funded (in some cases bootstrapping) entrepreneur in diverse domains ranging from software to mobile to consumer goods torenewable energy. He has been lucky to meet and befriend with some of the greatest tech entrepreneurs in our region.

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.

## Kushal Shah
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: eSports, Video, Gaming

Kushal Shah is a Senior Partner at Roland Berger's Dubai office and a Managing Partner for the Middle East. Prior to joining Roland Berger, he spent 12 years with a leading consultancy in London and Dubai. He studied Economics at Cambridge in the UK and he is a certified Chartered Accountant.

## Alex Rigopulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities

Alex Rigopulos Co-Founded Harmonix in 1995 with the mission of inventing new ways for non-musicians to experience the joy of making music. He was CEO until 2014. Now, as CCO, Alex is responsible for ensuring the creative excellence of all Harmonix products. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Alex studied computer music at the MIT Media Laboratory andmusic composition at MIT.

## Ivaylo Simov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Coffee, B2B

Ivaylo Simov devised eleven’s strategy. His notorious shyness can be overcome only with ample amounts of beer, preferably while skiing. He was previously a director in a private equity fund, but now wants to change the VC industry from the bottom up.

## Blake Van Leer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Financial Services

Experienced executive and entrepreneur with the proven ability to drive company growth with a North Star metric. Demonstrated ability to lead a team and process to meet revenue benchmarks. Extensive experience in growth strategies, revenue lift, team building, strategic acquisitions, business development, sales processes, customer retention, branddevelopment, product-market fit, data analytics, ROI, ecommerce and AI tool management.Blake’s love for technology and business began as a teenager with developing online video games, involving complex ecosystems, community building, fictional currency, economics and guerilla marketing. After college, he started his career with data analytics and project management for land development companies where he assisted with the siting, permitting, marketing and technology of numerous residential, commercial, heavy construction, solid waste and gas to energy projects. Blake also oversaw data analytics for population growth and trash production calculations.Today, Blake serves as EVP and GM at Proto AI, a AI company for practical real world applications He serves as Special Advisor to Kathy Ireland® ($3.1B annual revenue) providing strategic planning on high level topics, partnerships, acquisitions and technology endeavors. Blake is also the Co-Founder & Advisor of Padlist, Inc., a national real estate platform, and Padfinders, an apartment locator service in Washington, DC.Specialties: Growth & Revenue Strategies, Product or Vertical Launch, Product-Market Fit, Sales Processes, North Star Metrics, Brand Voice, Team Leadership, Brand Development, Blockchain, AI, Data Analytics and Virality.

## Ben Holmes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Internet

Ben is a Partner at Index Ventures, having joined the London office in 2002. Ben focuses on the software and internet sectors and has been actively involved with many of the firm's consumer and media investments. He currently sits on the boards of Astley Clarke, Grey Area Labs, iZettle, Just-Eat, King.com, Mind Candy, Notonthehighstreet,Rebtel, Secret Escapes, Shapeways, Stardoll and Twoo. He was previously a Director of Panther Express and Playfish (Electronic Arts).Prior to joining Index Ventures, he worked at the NewMedia Spark investment fund, before becoming Vice President at EO plc, a Spark portfolio company in the consumer financial services sector. Previously he spent four years at OC&C Strategy Consultants, advising firms in the retail and IT sectors.He has a Masters degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University.

## Strauss Zelnick
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Enterprise Software, FinTech, Health Care

Strauss Zelnick, a partner in ZelnickMedia since 2001, became Chairman of Take-Two in March 2007 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2011. Mr. Zelnick is currently Chairman of ITN Networks and serves on the boards of directors of Naylor LLC, Alloy, Inc. and Starwood Property Trust, Inc. In August 2013, Mr. Zelnick was elected Vice Chairman ofthe Entertainment Software Association, the interactive entertainment industry’s trade association. In 2014, Mr. Zelnick was elected Chairman of the Entertainment Software Association, the interactive entertainment industry’s trade association. Prior to forming ZelnickMedia, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment, a $4.7 billion music and entertainment company. Mr. Zelnick's appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment followed his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company's North American business unit from 1994 through 1998. Before joining BMG Entertainment, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Dynamics, a leading producer and distributor of interactive game software. Prior to that, he spent four years as President and Chief Operating Officer of 20th Century Fox, where he managed all aspects of the worldwide motion picture and distribution business. Previously, he spent three years at Vestron Inc. as a senior executive, and rose to become President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Zelnick also served as Vice President, International Television for Columbia Pictures. Mr. Zelnick holds an MBA and a JD from Harvard University and a BA from Wesleyan University. He is an associate member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, has served on the Board of Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America and is a Trustee Emeritus of Wesleyan University.

## Gabby Dizon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pasig, Rizal, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.

## David B. Kirk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Waimea, Hawaii, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Mobile, Music, Neuroscience

David Kirk is the President Of The Board Of Directors at Parker School Hawaii and was a Fellow at NVIDIA. He attended Caltech,

## Michael Dornbrook
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Health Care

Michael Dornbrook Member of the Board of Directors at Modulate.ai. He attended University of Chicago during 1981-1983.

## Avichal Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Financial Services

Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.

## Julien Lemoine
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Analytics

Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder of Algolia, Inc. and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder at Algolia SAS and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine defined the technology strategy of MASA Group (an international software editor of simulation software) and led the development of strategic R&Dproducts in indexing and natural languages processing at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes subsidiary) and Thales Group. He has extensive experience in architecture design and implementation from his leading work in Exalead and Thales.

## Kai Huang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cupertino, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Advertising

Kai Huang is the Senior Advisor of Grishin Robotics. He attended the University of California Berkeley.Kai is a Venture Partner at Idea Bulb Ventures. He is the co-founder and ex-CEO of RedOctane and the co-creator of the Guitar Hero video game franchise, acquired by Activision in June 2006. Kai was also co-founder and CEO of Adux Software, asoftware company developing solutions for the server appliance market. Prior to Adux Software, he was a consultant with Accenture, where he worked with Fortune 500 clients in the area of supply chain management. He is an active, serial angel investor. Kai holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

## John Maloney
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Education, Software, Video

Managing Partner @TerrapinBale, Former President @Tumblr, @Circa, Co-founder UrbanBaby, angel investor

## Aubrey Graham (Drake)
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: eSports, Shopping, Gaming

Aubrey Graham (Drake) is the Founder of OVO Sound.

## Gregory Milken
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Video Games, eSports, Gaming

Gregory Milken is Managing Director at March Capital Partners, where he focuses on investments in digital media, gaming and esports. Gregory has led March Capital’s investments in broadcasting solution Genvid Technologies, game mastery platform Dojo Madness, and game developers nWay and Wavedash. Gregory has over 15 years of entrepreneuriall and operational experience. He was the co-founder and COO of AltEgo, a cloud-based technology and gaming company. Prior to his work in technology, he worked in strategy and operations for Knowledge Universe Education, new business development at Warner Bros. in Hong Kong and London, and at Twentieth Century Fox.Gregory received his M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a M.A. in international policy studies from Stanford University. He also received a B.A. in international relations and Asian studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

## Todd McSweeney
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, eSports, Consumer

Todd McSweeney

## Paul Bricault
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software

Paul Bricault is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Amplify.LA. and a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners. He was a Board of Directors at Livefyre. He attended the University of Southern California and Western University.

## Charles N. Martin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Enterprise Software, Events, Sports

Charlie has been praised as one of the most successful serial CEOs in hospital management. His successes include building de novo hospitals, acquiring and improving for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals and leading sustained periods of rapid growth in revenues, earnings, EPS and shareholder value as Chairman and CEO of numerous hospitalcompanies. His additional experience as an entrepreneur and investor in diverse healthcare sectors include ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, and cancer centers, among others.Charlie served as Chairman and CEO of Vanguard Health Systems since the company's inception in 1997. Under his leadership, Vanguard grew to become a Fortune 500 company. Vanguard was acquired by Blackstone Group in 2004 for approximately $1.75 billion. Prior to forming Vanguard, he served as Chairman, President and CEO of OrNda HealthCorp. Under his leadership, OrNda grew from revenue of $450 million to $3 billion in four years to become the nation's third-largest investor-owned hospital management company. His career includes serving as President, Director and COO of HealthTrust Inc., as well as Executive Vice President and Director of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and COO and Director of General Care Corp.Charlie has served on numerous Boards of Directors, including 10 healthcare companies. He previously served on the board of Council Capital portfolio company NotifyMD. He received a BS from Southern Adventist University.

## Kevin Durant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.

## Philip A. Cutler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Education, Sports, eSports

Philip Cutler is the founder and CEO of PAPER (f. 2014). PAPER is the leading Educational Support System (ESS) implemented by school districts to improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness. Cutler is a teacher turned entrepreneur with a passion for educational equity, and education.Prior to PAPER, Cutler had founded several successfulbusinesses including national in-home tutoring service Laurus Educational Services (f. 2009) and Montreal's first lifestyle summer camp, Laurus Summer Camp (f. 2012), where he is remains Chairman. In 2013, at 25 years of age, he became the youngest ever elected City Councillor in Westmount, Quebec. He continues to sit on Westmount's council and is the city's Commissioner of Infrastructure and Innovation.Cutler holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from McGill University in Montreal where he played linebacker for the McGill Redmen Football team & represented the Faculty of Education on McGill University's Senate. He has also been very active philanthropic initiatives related to Alzheimer's Disease as well as the McGill University Health Center and the Jewish General Hospital.

## Khalid AlTawil
- Type: Angel
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, eSports, Rental

Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company.

## Loren Roosendaal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: eSports, Blockchain, Online Games

Loren Roosendaal is the Founder and Chairman of Knowingo.

## Roger Ehrenberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Advertising, FinTech, Software

Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.

## Gady Nemirovsky
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Social Media, Software

Nemirovsky has more than 20 years of experience, including 10 years as founder and CEO of Sonnet Financial and Adzaar. Prior to Sonnet, Nemirovsky held senior positions at AlterEgo Networks and C*ATS Software, and began his career as an institutional funds manager at J.P. Morgan Investment Management. Gady serves as director or advisor on severalcorporate boards, including Grayboxx.com, Kinfo.com, Glyphiti.com, and TransAria. Gady holds a BS Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a BS Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

## Nolan Bushnell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, eSports

Nolan Bushnell is a technology pioneer, entrepreneur and scientist. Often cited as the father of the video game industry, he is best known as the founder of Atari Corporation and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater. Nolan Bushnell is passionate about enhancing and improving the educational process by integrating the latest in brain science, andtruly enjoys motivating and inspiring others with his views on entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and education.Over the past four decades, Bushnell has been a prolific entrepreneur, founding numerous companies, including: Catalyst Technologies, the first technology incubator; Etak, the first car navigation system whose mapping is still the basis for car navigation systems today; Androbot, a personal robotics company; and ByVideo, the first online ordering system, which allowed customers to order and pay for product from kiosks. Additionally, he has consulted for numerous corporations, including IBM, Cisco Systems and US Digital Communications.Currently, Nolan Bushnell is devoting his talents to fixing education with his new company, Brainrush. His beta software is teaching academic subjects at over 10 times the speed in classrooms with over 90% retention. He uses video game metrics to addict learners to academic subjects.His Anti Aging games project helps seniors to avoid many of the problems of mental aging through game exercises that maintain mental flexibility and problem solving. He was most recently featured in the New Yorker magazine for this effort. Over the years, Bushnell has garnered many accolades and distinctions. He was named ASI 1997 Man of the Year, inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame, inducted into the Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame and named one of Newsweek’s “50 Men That Changed America.” He is also highlighted as one of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial icons in “The Revolutionaries” display at the renowned Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.In March of 2009, Bushnell was honored with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship Award (BAFTA) the highest accolade the Academy bestows, for his outstanding creative contribution to the Video Games Industry. He was similarly honored with a LARA award from the German Academy of Entertainment. Currently a biopic about Bushnell, tentatively titled Atari, is in pre-production. The story was acquired by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company and is set to star DiCaprio as Nolan Bushnell.Bushnell has created many business cultural innovations that have become the norm, including unique business planning sessions, flat egalitarian management organizations, casual work attire, play/work environments, creativity as a competitive weapon, and the innovator’s bonus. All can be traced to their first use at Atari and Chuck E. Cheese and later instilled at Apple and other Silicon Valley corporations.Bushnell received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, where he is a Distinguished Fellow and also attended Stanford University Graduate School.

## Jacob Key
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance

Jacob Key is co-founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Jacob has made close to 20 early stage investments in companies such as Challengermode, Gavagai, Unacast and Pacemaker - and made 3 successful exits to date in Sportamore, Vera&John and Vetzoo.

## Andrew Bogut
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: Sports, eSports, Gaming

Andrew Bogut

## George Miller
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Sports, eSports

George Miller

## Denzel Ward
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: eSports, Video Games, News

Denzel Ward is the Business Development Representative S2 at AT&T. Denzel attended Syracuse University.

## Steven Kaplan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, eSports, Software

Mr. Kaplan is a Principal and the former head of Oaktree’s Global Principal Group. He joined Oaktree in 1995, having previously served as a managing director of TCW and portfolio manager in the TCW Special Credits Group. Prior to joining TCW in 1993, Mr. Kaplan was a Partner with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and responsible for thatfirm’s East Coast bankruptcy and workout practice. During his career as an attorney, Mr. Kaplan specialized in transactions involving the purchase and sale of companies undergoing financial restructurings. He presently serves on the boards of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC; Regal Entertainment Group, AdvancePierre Foods and Townsquare Media, Inc. Mr. Kaplan previously served on the boards of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.; Genco Shipping and Trading Ltd. and General Maritime Corporation. In addition, he currently serves on the boards of several private companies and nonprofit organizations, including the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation and the New York University School of Law Foundation. Mr. Kaplan graduated with a B.S. degree in political science summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

## Donato Gonzalez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, eSports

Donato Gonzalez is the president at Société Générale Group.

## Jaynti Kanani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet

Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon

## Christian Edler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech

Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale. If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.

## Chris Sang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer, Venture Advisor, Global Investor

## Valeri Petrov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Sports

Valeri is primarily in charge with investment opportunities in Bulgaria and the Western Balkans. Prior to that, he was Partner at Bancroft Private and, before joining Bancroft, he was Investment Director with Global Finance, running the company’s activities in Bulgaria. Valeri led and co-led many transactions in various countries acrossSouth-Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey among others). Prior to moving to the Private Equity industry, Valeri ran Orgachim, the largest paints & coating company in Bulgaria (backed by private equity funds, including RAEF) as CEO, where he completed a successful turnaround. Valeri also worked for the Royal Dutch/Shell, and held various positions within the organization. Valeri holds an MSc in Engineering from the Technical University of Sofia. He also attended Management Academy in London and ETP on Business Management in Delaware University, Sofia branch.

## Richard Melmon
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Sports, eSports

Richard Melmon is the Co-founder and an Emeritus Partner at Bullpen Capital. He previously worked at Regis McKenna Inc as a Partner. Richard Melmon attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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