# Top 15 Fashion Angel Investors in Spain in May 2026

## François Derbaix
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Francois Derbaix is Co-founder and Co-CEO of Indexa Capital and Co-founder and Director of Bewater Funds. He has also Co-founded Aplazame, Soysuper, Rentalia, and Toprural.

## Yago Arbeloa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Internet

Yago Arbeloa - President @ MIOGROUP

## Alejandro Betancourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Corporate Round
- Focus: Retail, Eyewear, Fashion

Alejandro Betancourt Lopez currently serves as director, controlling party and the largest shareholder for the O’Hara Administration Co., S.A., an international investment group. In addition, he also serves as president of Hawkers, a Spanish sunglasses company, as well as the director of Pacific Exploration & Production Corp., a Canadianpublicly held energy explorer and producer.Betancourt earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration at Suffolk University. He began his career at Guruceaga Group, an international trade, finance, real estate and agriculture company. He has extensive experience in the energy sector, having worked as the Latin American commercial manager and trader for London-based ICC-OEOC, an oil exploration and drilling technology company, and as a director of BGB Energy, an affiliate of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.He founded O’Hara Administration, a leading asset management company that has investments in industry leaders across several sectors. At Pacific Exploration & Production (formerly Pacific Rubiales Energy), he has overseen the company’s expansion into Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. At Hawkers, one of the world’s largest sunglasses companies, he has focused on brand expansion, fund-raising and strategic relationships. Betancourt also serves as a major shareholder for Banque de Dakar in Senegal, working to expand banking services throughout Africa. Betancourt’s philanthropic endeavors center on community involvement, with a focus on education, including the Carmen Salles School at Ciudad Bolivar and Universidad Simón Bolívar.---Alejandro Betancourt López actualmente es director, parte controladora y accionista mayoritario de O’Hara Administration Co. S.A., un grupo de inversión internacional. Además, es el presidente de Hawkers, una empresa española de lentes de sol, así como el director de Pacific Exploration & Production Corp., un explorador y productor de energía canadiense que cotiza en la bolsa.Betancourt obtuvo su licenciatura en Economía y Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Suffolk. Inició su carrera en Guruceaga Group, una empresa de comercio, finanzas, bienes raíces y agricultura. Tiene amplia experiencia en el sector de energía, ya que trabajó como gerente comercial y operador de América Latina en una empresa ubicada en Londres llamada ICC-OEOC, una empresa tecnología de exploración y perforación de petróleo, y como el director de BGB Energy, un afiliado de Kawasaki Heavy Industries.Fundó O’Hara Administration, una compañía líder en gestión de activos que cuenta con inversiones en líderes de la industria en varios sectores. En Pacific Exploration & Production (anteriormente llamada Pacific Rubiales Energy), supervisó la expansión de la empresa hacia México, Perú y Venezuela. En Hawkers, una de las compañías de lentes de sol más grandes del mundo, se enfocó en la expansión de la marca, recaudación de fondos y relaciones estratégicas. Betancourt es también el mayor accionista de Banque de Dakar en Senegal, trabajando para expandir los servicios de la banca hacia África. Los esfuerzos filantrópicos de Betancourt se centran en el compromiso con la comunidad, con un enfoque en la educación, incluyendo la Escuela Carmen Salles en Ciudad Bolívar y la Universidad Simón Bolívar.

## Eneko Knorr
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Lifestyle, Mobile

Eneko Knorr is the Managing Partner at Woonkly Labs. He attended IE Business School from 2006 to 2006.

## Iñaki Arrola
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Hesham Zreik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

Hesham has been ranked #39 out of top 50 investors (Forbes 2018) based on investment and successful exits. Hesham has invested in +100 startups. He has co-founded more than 40 startups. He has a passion for building innovative start-ups around the principle of developing simple solutions to challenging problems. He is multilingual and can speak,read and write Arabic, English, French. He has also some good knowledge in German and Spanish.
Hesham is a founder and CEO of FasterCapital. FasterCapital is an online incubator who has border-less reach. Hesham has already co-founded (as a technical cofounder) and invested as an angel investor in more than 40 startups and has helped expand FasterCapital to have more than 1000 regional partners, a network of 1000 mentors, +500 offices worldwide and more than 400 startups. Hesham has invested and helped improve and refine the product in each of the 40 incubated startups.
During his work at FasterCapital, Hesham has co-founded:
- co-founded Edunoor.com: online learning platform with social components.
- invested in Dooet.com: a discovery and search engine for mobile applications and other content.
- invested in Letuscloud.com: Bridging the gap between enterprises and virualization
- invested in abcmob.com: Mobile business application. 18 sectors already covered.
- invested in Mobayle.com: an instant AppStore creator and customizer
- invested in Meody.com: Cross platform messenger with focus on enterprises and operators.
- invested in TVlize.com: a platform for social and engaging TV
- He also cofounded and invested in Nakkeb.com, BeamGift.com, PickTaxi.com, MobAdv.com, Bazarmaker.com, puttag.com, fulhost.com, Entablet.com, PinProfile.com, mp3ready.com, BookThatbook.com Newsanalyse.com, B2Butterfly.com and many more. He is also a mentor for more than 50 companies. Hesham started his first company ZGroup Mobile in 2002 with less than $20/month and grow it to reach a valuation of $2.5-$3.25 million in 2005 by Public company Incagold plc (it would have been the first company in MENA region to be acquired by a public company). ZGroup Mobile is a developer and publisher of mobile content (mobile games, mobile apps, mobile music, mobile videos) and services. He has been ranked 7th in Baccalaureate tests among 200,000th participants. He has completed his engineering degree at HIAST then he has done an MBA at Edinburgh business school and a Master in computer information science at AABFS.

## César Oteiza
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fashion, Shopping, E-Commerce

César Oteiza - COO @ idealista

## Bashar Hamood
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps

Bashar Hamood is a result oriented professional with versatile experience across diverse organizational domains. He is well versed in the development of marketing strategies, branding, direct marketing, new products/brands launches, analysis, reporting, and positioning.He is an entrepreneur and self-starter with expansive experience in brandawareness and development, community outreach.Bashar is a versatile business manager with proven competencies in optimizing team dynamics uniting diverse agenda to common goal and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results.He has a strong analytical mind with rigorous study for each case and the output of each variation for each parameter.Bashar loves to take risk and new challenges.

## John Borchers
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Security, Pharmaceutical

John Borchers is General Partner of Crescendo Ventures. Borchers joined Crescendo Ventures in 1997 and has played a leading role in developing the firm’s international presence. After spending nearly three years working in Crescendo’s London office, in 2003 he relocated to Palo Alto, where he focuses on investment opportunities in the enterpriseinfrastructure market. Borchers currently serves on the Board of Directors of Credant Technologies, Dust Networks, SealedMedia, StoneFly Networks and Transitive Corporation.Prior to joining Crescendo Ventures, Borchers worked in the data warehousing and predictive analytics fields where he held various operational roles including a two-year posting to Sydney, Australia, where he opened the first Asia Pacific office for a U.S.-based data warehousing firm. Borchers holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from the University of Richmond.

## Hugo Arevalo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Fashion, Apps

Hugo Arévalo is co-founder of Buytheface , Bright & Sharp , and Albau Ventures . In addition, he has invested in: Jobandtalent , Cabify , Ontruck and Deporvillage : and has led the 50M € round of Hawkers . One of its criteria is the qualification of management. Lately, it is focused on investing in marketplace, fintech and ecommerce, althoughit is open to any sector. Among his exits, Tuenti and Buytheface stand out .

## Roeland Boonstoppel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Shoes, Fashion, E-Commerce

Roeland Boonstoppel - Owner @ Amber Venture Partners

## Jeff Hinck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Cloud Computing

Jeff has been an entrepreneur, executive, and venture capitalist for over 25 years. Jeff co-founded Rally Ventures in 2012 with Charles Beeler. He has founded or co-founded numerous companies and has had the good fortune to have been surrounded by brilliant co-founders and executives. Jeff had a successful run as a software CEO early in his careerand realized his competitive advantage was in a boardroom and as an investor rather than as an executive.Jeff serves on the boards of Crowdstreet, Foodsby, Gutcheck, JustiFi, Krista Software, Parallax, Total Expert, and Yardstik, and has twice served as President of the MVCA. Jeff received his JD from Harvard Law School and his BA from Northwestern University. He began his professional career at McKinsey & Company.

## Pilar Nestar Garcia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pozuelo De Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Jewelry

Pilar Nestar Garcia is the CEO and founder of Invitadisima.

## Felix Ruiz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Retail, Eyewear, Fashion

Felix Ruiz

## Pere Mayol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Communities

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

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