# Top 45 Finance Angel Investors in Brazil in May 2026

## Claire Diaz-Ortiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America.

## David Vélez
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nubank, a Brazilian financial technology company. Before founding Nubank in 2013, David was a Partner at Sequoia Capital in charge of the firm’s Latin American investments. Before Sequoia, David worked in investment banking and growth equity at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and General Atlantic. David has a BSin Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Daniel Undurraga
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech

Mr. Daniel Undurraga is Founder & CTO at Cornershop.

## Sebastian Mejia
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

Sebastian Mejia is the Co-Founder and President of Rappi. He previously worked as a Managing Director Business Development at Simpleshow. He attended Stanford University.

## Ariel Lambrecht
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Ariel Lambrecht

## Sergio Furio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Payments, SaaS

Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente

## Matias Woloski
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software

Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires.

## Sergio Fogel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital

Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery.

## Gerry Giacoman Colyer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Alvaro Taiar
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Accounting, Financial Services

Alvaro Taiar is an Angel Investor and Startup Mentor at GR8 Ventures.

## Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Software, Financial Services

Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva

## Carlos Garcia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Carlos Garcia is the Founder & CEO at PositivUS. He attended ESSCA Ecole de management during 2005.

## Eduardo Kupper
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

17+ years of experience in several industries and sectors, including entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Management consulting and Investment Banking. Founder @ Airborne Ventures, an Early Stage VC fund and Managing partner @ VIPe, a Financial institution focused on offering products and services through payroll for theunderserved/underbanked population.
Former Head of VC at Bradesco Venture Capital arm, responsible for 2 funds totaling R$ 800mm of invested capital and R$ 1,7billion AUM. Experienced VC investor with 50+ deals across several stages and industries over the last 6 years. Founded and co-founded several companies including Helpling, Remessa Online, Finpass, and MAR Ventures. Several successful exits including +1bi BRL sale and 1 Nasdaq IPO. Board member at several companies in different sector and stages.Professional with an extensive network and close relationships and co-investments with several VC funds and entrepreneurs. Wharton MBA | The Lauder Institute MA | UPenn Grad
Electrical engineer B.eng. | Unicamp - BrazilSpecialties: Finance, General Management, Strategy, capital structuring, Angel Investing, M&A, Fundraising, Business development, Tech start-ups (Healthtech, Marketplaces, Fintech, Edtech, Mobility) Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, FMCG, project management, Private equity, Investment Banking, Career advisory.

## Rodrigo Weigand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Software, Financial Services

Rodrigo Weigand

## Loreanne Garcia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Loreanne Garcia is a Co-Founder & Chief People Officer at Kavak. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Guilherme Bonifacio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Isabel Penzini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Isabel Penzini was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied Psychology and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and is certified in Portfolio Management from the Wharton School of Business. She worked in marketing and advertising technology at Visa for Latin America and most recently led the strategy for global dataproducts. She is the founder of OLA, whose mission is to enable Latin Americans to grow their wealth by investing, saving, and learning. In addition, she is a volunteer for INVEDIN Foundation, which provides children in Venezuela access to education.

## Francisco Santos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Banking, FinTech

Francisco Santos is the Head of Brand Experience at Wallbox. He attended Y Combinator.

## Federico Antoni
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Health Care

Federico is within the most notable figures and relevant early capital investors in Mexico’s ecosystem. He gained extensive experience at launching businesses in South America and exploiting the e-commerce space. He had senior management positions in large and complex organizations.Federico leverages his extensive international experience instrategic marketing, branding, international development, retail and e-commerce to be an engaged investor. Before founding ALLVP, he held marketing positions in companies such as Submarino, Televisa and L’Oréal and was CEO at Edoardos. In 2011, he co-founded Fondeadora, the largest crowdfunding platform in Latam and Numa México, Mexican leading seed accelerator program.Federico holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Paris Dauphine and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Since 2014, he is a Lecturer at the Stanford MBA and professor at ITAM. Federico is board member of AMEXCAP and President of AFICO, the Mexican Association of Crowdfunding Platforms. He was recently name co-President of the Entrepreneurship division of COMFEI, the Franco-Mexican Council for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

## Paulo Veras
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, B2B, B2C

Paulo Veras

## 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.

## Daniel Vogel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Daniel holds two degrees from Stanford (BA in Economics, BS in Computer Systems Engineering) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously he built Quantcast's Real Time Bidding system, which became the company's main revenue-generating product-line.

## Oriana Fuentes
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Oriana Fuentes is the Co-Founder and COO at Emptor. She is a former Specialty Finance (FIG) Banking at JP Morgan. She attended Syracuse University and Columbia University in the City of New York.

## Tom Blomfield
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Tom Blomfield is the CEO of Monzo, a new kind of bank, designed for smartphones. Tom previously founded GoCardless, a fintech startup that has gone on to raise $25m. In 2013, he was nominated as one of the Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 30 by the European Commission. He gives talks regularly about the future of banking and fintech.

## Laura Fingal-Surma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Laura Fingal-Surma

## Tanya Filer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Tanya Filer - Founder and CEO @ StateUp

## Kallie Parchman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Kallie Parchman

## Erica Fridman Stul
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Erica Fridman Stul

## Alex Torrenegra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Alex Torrenegra

## Patrick Sigrist
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, EdTech

Born with an entrepreneurial spirit, devoted the past 15 years to Food Delivery services and O2O logistics. Founder of iFood and CEO of DiskCook for over a decade, was also a partner founder at a couple of other successful startups. Actively involved in his businesses, has a very successful founder, CEO, advisor, angel investor and M&A trackrecord during the last 2 decades. After making a great exit from iFood and many other companies, is currently in a sabbatical year living in Palo Alto, USA, seeking refreshment at the best startup atmosphere place on earth…

## André Mortari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Consulting, Credit, Finance

André Mortari is member of the Brazilian Board and responsible for all eBusinesses for MetLife’s Latin America operation with also an important role in Digital Transformation for the company in the region.With international and multicultural experience in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and other countries in LatAm and extensive experience inDigital and deep knowledge in Marketing, André was the Head of Marketing & Performance for Netshoes, a Brazilian fashion and sports e-retailer, former founder of Carrefour e-commerce and member of the company's strategic transformation committees. He also had worked at Walmart.com and for many advertising agencies with a relevant role.Besides his executive career, André also has an entrepreneur background as a co-founder of many companies and nowadays acting as an Angel Investor & Advisor for few startups in different industries.André is graduated in Social Communication from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) with a MBA in Business Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) both in São Paulo. In addition to his studies in Brazil, André completed an Executive Education in Disruptive Strategy at Harvard Business School.He is a great enthusiast about Digital Transformation, People & Culture, Innovation, Technology and Sharing Economy, having developed many relevant skills to act on these challenges.

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

Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.

## ANA CASTRILLON
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Global marketing leader, trusted advisor, and innovator equipped with a highly creative mindset, entrepreneurial spirit, and over a decade of success, directing the development and end-to-end execution of dynamic integrated marketing and communications strategies. Extensive experience gained through hands-on roles within multibillion-dollartechnology organizations and mission-based startups. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish and ability to work seamlessly and effectively with international teams in LATAM, EMEA, and US markets. Track record of partnering with key stakeholders and decision-makers to create comprehensive marketing plans that increase awareness, generate demand, increase engagement, accelerate pipelines, and grow sales. Proven experience building and leading world-class cross-functional teams and building rapport with company executives and customers to drive forward the overall business and marketing strategy.

## Melissa Toledo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Melissa Toledo

## Mauricio Feldman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Sports

Co-founder & CEO at Volanty

## Kim Machlup
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Kim Machlup

## Mada Seghete
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Computer, Software

Mada Seghete

## Andrea Ponce
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Andrea Ponce

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

Angela Strange is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she focuses on investments in financial services including insurance, real estate & increasing inclusivity. She is currently a board observer for the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Branch, Earnin, HealthIQ, Mayvenn, PeerStreet, and Point. Angela joined the firmin 2014.Prior to joining a16z, Angela was a product manager at Google where she launched and grew Chrome for Android and Chrome for iOS into two of Google's most successful mobile products. Previously, she was the director of product management and business development at Ruba.com (acquired by Google) and a senior associate partner at Bay Partners where she focused on the consumer internet sector. Prior to that, Angela was a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting in Toronto.Angela is a proud Canadian and served as co-chair of the C100, a non-profit that bridges Canadian entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley, and on the Canadian Finance Minister Morneau's Economic Growth Council. Angela has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Queen's University, in Canada, and an MBA from Stanford. Angela is a world-class athlete and spent two years training professionally as a runner; she has won several marathons and achieved a seventh place national ranking in Canada.

## Jose Bonilla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Jose Bonilla

## Ana Paula González
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Ana Paula González

## Chelsea Burns
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services

Chelsea Burns

## Donatas Dailide
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Sustainability, Cloud Infrastructure

Donatas Dailide - Chairman and CEO @ DOJUS group

## Dhaval Chadha
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Social, Finance, Payments

CEO at @Justos • Formerly CEO @Vivo (acquired) • Head of Latam @ClassPass • @Harvard University

## Paulo Silveira
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology

CEO and founder at Caelum Alura

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