# Top 50 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Spain in May 2026

## Tom Horsey
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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).

## Andreas Mihalovits
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Bernardo Hernandez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Apps, Delivery

Bernardo Hernandez is leading Spanish Business Angel. He graduated from ICADE, a top Business School in Madrid Spain in 1993. He has a Masters in Finance from Boston College and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
At the age of 29, after 5 years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the asset management industry with companieslike Fidelity and Putnam Investments, he started his first internet venture idealista.com, now the leading real estate online portal in Spain. Since then he has participated in other online start-ups as a Business Angel, like floresfrescas.com, planetaki.com, 11870.com or the leading social network in Spain, tuenti.com.His latest venture is StepOne.com, a company that helps Spanish businesses to get established in the US. He is also member of the board at Bodaclick.com, the first Spanish internet company to go public.Bernardo joined Google in 2005 and is currently Director of Product Management and Managing Director for Zagat. He is based in New York.

## Felix Ruiz Hernandez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Ride Sharing, Transportation, Mobile Apps

Félix Ruiz, founder of Tuenti and president of Jobandtalent. He has invested in startups Jobandtalent, Syltek, Vitcord, Fudeat, Glovo or Deporvillage. As a business angel does not follow any pattern, invest for the team. Bet on internationally scalable projects that do not depend on a single market. Personal investments are made as entertainmentwithout being involved in day to day. When it involves investors, it decides to be part of the company's operations, such as Jobandtalent. He is considered an architect and accelerator of companies, invests in the technology and restoration sectors. His two exits are Tuenti and Buytheface.

## 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.

## 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.

## Andy Appelbaum
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile

Andy Appelbaum is a Managing Partner at RiverPark Ventures. Andy previously worked at Co-Founder at Managing Partner as a AC Angel Fund. He attended New York University School of Law and Binghamton University.Andy is a career entrepreneur who has founded a portfolio of high growth businesses in industries ranging from Dry Cleaning to FoodDelivery to Energy. Andy began his career as an attorney for Latham & Watkins. He received his law degree from New York University School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Binghamton. Andy is also an active Angel Investor and a member of New York Angels.

## David Baratech
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1

David Baratech

## Sergi de Pablos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Restaurants, Mobile Payments

Sergi de Pablos - Co-founder @ Ulabox

## Álvaro Martínez Gallardo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing

Álvaro Martínez Gallardo

## Sergio Diez Fernandez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Logistics, Food Delivery

Sergio Diez Fernandez

## Alex Jankelevich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Franchise, E-Commerce, Restaurants

Alex Jankelevich is the Co-Founder & Ceo of Hunger Brands. He attended IESE Business School.

## 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)

## Victor Lobo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, Marketplace

CFRO at Rebellion Pay & Seed/Angel InvestorI have spent my whole career (10 years yet!) in banking and financial services sector in different positions, from risk to strategy. I have launched several products from scratch, but I am particularly proud of being strongly focused on client as the best strategy to stay ahead.When I am notworking, I love to spend time with my friends, doing any kind of sport (football, running, cycling…) and travel around the world. I love meeting new people and learning new things, so if you need to contact me do not hesitate to write me a DM or to my personal email: vlobomm@gmail.com ;) Main Specialties
•	Risk: portfolio management, default metrics, underwriting process, identification process, fraud, operational risk, collections, credit policies.
•	Data: Scorecard and risk models development and improvement, logistic regression, random forest, machine learning, SLQ, SAS, R, Power BI, Tableau, Good Data, Microstrategy.
•	Strategy & Business development: Customer journey, UX, strategic alliances & partnerships, online and direct channels.
•	Finance: Budgeting control, provisions, IFRS 9, MTP and LTP plans, P&L management, business case, business plan, forecasting and audit.

## Juan Casals
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Restaurants, Food Delivery

Juan Casals

## Javier Rubio
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Restaurants, Enterprise Applications

Javier was co-founder and Executive Chairman of Cluster Consulting, until its sale to Diamond Technology Partners in 2000 to create DiamondCluster, where he was the Chairman for Europe and Latin America up until 2003.He was also a co-founder, substantial investor and the Executive Chairman of Nauta Capital, a venture capital fund based inBarcelona with offices in Boston and London and investments in both Europe and the United States. For instance, he led the investment in Social Point, where he is also the Chairman.Javier holds a degree in Telecommunications from the University of Barcelona and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

## Marek Fodor
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Marek began his career working in consulting and banking before moving on to internet-related projects. Before joining Kantox he co-founded and was CTO at Atrapalo, largest independent online travel agency in Spain. He is an active business angel investor and mentor for technology startups. He is specialised in marketing and growth strategiHe has adual university education background in both computer science and in economics.

## 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 InformÃ¡ticos, 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.

## Cliff Sirlin
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile

Cliff Sirlin is a career entrepreneur who has founded and operates a portfolio of high growth businesses. Cliff is also an active Angel Investor. Cliff received his law degree from New York University School of Law. While at NYU, Cliff also studied at the Stern School of Business. He earned his BA in History from Colgate University. Cliff’saccomplishments have been profiled by CNBC; Inc. Magazine; Success Magazine; and Crain’s Business.Cliff also is a frequent lecturer at the NYU Stern School of Business.

## Wolfgang Lehmacher
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Food and Beverage, Information Technology

Board member, executive adviser and business angel. Partner to corporates, asset owners and start-ups to accelerate growth and perpetuate technology enabled business transformation. Global thought leader and practitioner in supply chain and logistics, driving innovation, expansion and growth for decades and across continents.

## David Diaz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2C, Apps

With a bachelor in Physics and one in Business Administration, David brings both experience in creating and managing high demand websites, and in optimizing and supervising their operations.

## José Luis Cabañero
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Farming

José Luis Cabañero is the founder and CEO of Eatable Adventures.

## Bernat Ripoll
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Restaurants, Mobile Payments

An ex-snowboarder that competed in the World Snowboard Tour, Ripoll created Holded in a training trip to Austria as a side-project to manage his invoices. Holded offers a smart business platform for small and medium size enterprises. The Barcelona-based company has raised $25M.
Forbes 30 under 30 2020 on technology

## Eduardo Sanchez-Colorado
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, Apps, Mobile

Eduardo Sanchez-Colorado

## Alberto Bonhomme
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Restaurants, Mobile Payments

Alberto Bonhomme is the Director of Glovo Concepts of Glovo.

## Tomas Diago
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Legal

Tomas Diago - Founder & CEO @ Danel Capital

## Francesco Rubertis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care

Prior to co-founding Medicxi Ventures, Francesco was with Index Ventures for 18 years, having joined the firm in 1997 to launch its life sciences practice. While at Index life sciences, he spearheaded the creation and adoption of the asset-centric investment strategy and led the growth of the firm. At Medicxi he also oversees the firm’s operations.Francesco’s investments include CellZome (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline), Egalet (Nasdaq: EGLT), GenMab (Copenhagen: GEN.CO), GenSight Biologics, Micromet (acquired by Amgen), Minerva Neurosciences (Nasdaq: NERV), Molecular Partners (Swiss: MOLN.SW), PanGenetics (acquired by Abbott), Parallele Biosciences (acquired by Affymetrix, Nasdaq: AFFX), Profibrix (acquired by The Medicines Company), Versartis (Nasdaq: VSAR) and several others. Francesco received a BA in Genetics and Microbiology from the University of Pavia and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Geneva, and was then a postdoctoral scientist at the Whitehead Institute at MIT. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and serves on the main board of the University of Geneva.

## Jesus Monleon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce

Jesus Monleon is a serial entrepreneur and Internet enthusiast. Co-founded eMagister.com, SeedRocket and Offerum founder, a daily offers collective buying company.

## Iñaki Ecenarro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, B2C, Social Media

Iñaki Ecenarro joined Venture Partner All Iron Ventures. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Horacio Broggi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Franchise, E-Commerce, Restaurants

Horacio Broggi

## David Tomás
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

David Tomas is General Manager Cyberclick, group of companies specializing in online advertising and marketing, based in Barcelona, Madrid and Bogota, and awarded in December 2013 as Third Best Workplaces in Spain.He has over 15 years of experience in the online world. He is an engineer and completed a program of Entrepreneurship at MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2012 he was named one of the 20 most influential entrepreneurs in Spain, under 40 years, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 and IESE.From Cyberclick, has developed a range of online advertising campaigns: web advertising, email marketing, mobile marketing, coregistros, etc. The objective of this group of companies is to improve the conversion of client campaigns. Specialize in online lead generation through search marketing actions. Only generate quality leads, create and manage mobile campaigns, inbound and email marketing, optimizing the cost of finding customers through online advertising. And also generate databases through coregistros. Cyberclick currently works for both Spanish and international companies from different sectors: education, NGOs, distance selling, or B2B e-commerce, among others.Likewise, David Tomas is a member of the board of Adigital, Spanish Association of Digital Economy, and the Board of Entrepreneurs Organization and actively participates in Founders Institute and SeedRocket, reference initiative in Spain for entrepreneurs with technology-based projects. In the latter, he has mentored projects like Deporvillage, Habitissimo, Captio and Social & Loyal, among others. He has spoken at various events and teaches marketing and ICEMD EADA.

## Javi Fondevila
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Restaurants, Mobile Payments

Javi Fondevila - Co-Founder, Co-CEO @ Holded

## Ruben Ferreiro
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services

Ruben Ferreiro - President & CEO @ VIKO GROUP

## Rafael Rodriguez Julian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Logistics, Food Delivery

Rafael Rodriguez Julian

## Andrè Ramalho
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ibiúna, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Sports

André Ramalho Silva is a Brazilian football player.

## 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 .

## Albert Armengol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Apps, Software

Albert Armengol took up his MBA at Esade.

## Nicolas Luca de Tena
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seville, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Delivery, Employment, Hospitality

Nicolas Luca de Tena is the founder and CEO of Next Chance Group.

## German Loewe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, Apps, Mobile

German Loewe - CEO @ Wakoopa

## Jordi Miro Bruix
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Grocery

Jordi Miro Bruix is the CTO at The Hotels Network. Jordi also serves Teltoo as an advisory board member.

## Alvaro Garcia de Oteyza
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2C, Apps, Mobile

Alvaro Garcia de Oteyza

## Fabian Gosselin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Organic Food

Fabian Gosselin

## Michael Kleindl
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet

Michael Kleindl (53) is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Collateral Good Ventures, a Swiss-based climate-first Venture Capital platform. Collateral Good seeks to transform the existing food, food waste, fashion, packaging and building systems towards a sustainable future through technological innovations and partnering with best-in-classentrepreneurial teams. Doing Collateral Good is the essence of what we do.Michael has been a successful entrepreneur and venture capital investor for many years. His track record includes 2 IPOs, and numerous exits of invested startups to prestigious buyers such RTL (Antena 3), Amazon, Axel Springer AG, Deutsche Post DHL, Just Eat, Pernod Ricard, Michelin and Unified Post Group, amongst others. In addition, he has been serving as a board member of various public companies.Michael holds a university degree in Business Administration from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, (Germany) and completed a 2-year management-training program in one of Germany´s most prominent public banking institutions. He is married to a wonderful woman and has four kids. He lives in Zürich, Switzerland and enjoys all kinds of outdoor sports.Co-founder and CEO of AdLINK Internet Media AG, which he took public in 2000, being the youngest CEO of any German IPO and public company at the time.As a Business Angel investor or a VC investor with Seaya Ventures, Michael has successfully invested in and exited companies such as Zanox.de AG to Axel Springer AG, Europe’s largest media company; United MailSolutions AG to Experian Ltd, one of the world’s largest marketing services company; Buy VIP S.L. to Amazon Inc., the world largest ecommerce company; Adcloud GmbH to Deutsche Post DHL Group, Germany’s largest corporate company; Smartclip to Adconion Media Group, a globally leading digital marketing company; first Sindelantal Spain and afterwards Sindelantal Mexico to Just Eat Inc., Bodeboca to Pernor Ricard and Crossinx to Unifiedpost Group amongst others.Currently active as a partner at KOMM Investment and Collateral Good Ventures, two Zurich based VC firms that invest globally in sustainability, mainly in food tech and sustainable materials.His current Tech portfolio includes leading companies in digital marketing, deep tech and fintech.

## Bootstrapped Debt Financing
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Bootstrapped Debt Financing

## Rudy Fernández
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Sports

Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player.

## Wes Schwalje
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

## Rat Gasol
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, PC Games, Software

Rat Gasol

## Cosmin Manea
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Big Data, Restaurants, Food Delivery

Cosmin Manea

## Pau Gasol
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports

Pau Gasol is an advisor, an investor and an activist in projects related to sports and well-being. He played professional basketball for 20 years in the NBA, on the Spanish National Team and in Spain’s ACB league. He is president of the Gasol Foundation, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission, and a UNICEF GlobalChampion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity.

## Pedro Larumbe Gorraitz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Search Engine, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Pedro Larumbe Gorraitz is the CEO of El 38 de Larumbe.

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