# Top 25 Gaming Angel Investors in Mexico in October 2023

## Manolo Atala
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Nigel Eccles
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Blockchain, E-Commerce

Nigel Eccles, CEO and co-founder of Flick, an esports/gaming focused screen share application. Previously Nigel was the CEO and co-founder of FanDuel a fantasy sports application.

## Ryan Simonetti
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Ryan Simonetti is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convene. He previously worked at Gramercy Capital Corp as a Vice President. Ryan attended Villanova University.

## Travis Kelce
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Water, Sports

Travis Michael Kelce is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

## Kevin Carter
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Retail

Kevin Carter is a General Partner at SV Angel. He joined the firm upon launch in 2009. At SV Angel, Kevin originated investments in Snapchat, Pinterest, and GroupMe (acquired by Skype), and works particularly close with Sunrise, Inbox, FlightCar, FarmLogs and Optimizely. He was included in Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 in 2012 and 2013. Heis also on the Engineering Advisory Board at Santa Clara University (EAB). Prior to SV Angel, he worked in the Private Equity Group at Silicon Valley Bank. At SVB he was a part of the Entrepreneur Services and Venture Capital Relationship Management Groups and helped with diligence and cross platform relationship efforts. Before SVB, Kevin worked at Affinity Circles, Inc. where he performed sales and client account management. Kevin graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Finance. While at SCU, he worked closely with the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and was awarded "Outstanding Student Entrepreneur".

## Alan Rutledge
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Alan Rutledge

## Steve Salis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Restaurants, Retail

Steve Salis is the Chairman and CEO of SIZZLE Acquisition and founder and CEO of Salis Holdings.

## Geoffrey KALISH
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Mr. Kalish is a Partner at Aquiline Capital Partners.
Previously, Mr. Kalish was also the Founder and Managing Director at Venturion Capital. He has served on the boards of numerous financial services companies in Europe and the US.
He holds a history degree from Columbia and a masters degree in public policy from Harvard.

## Edward Lando
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.

## Francisco Medina
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Payments

Francisco Medina is the Chairman at Grupo Fame.

## Jeff Horing
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at Insight Venture Partners since 1995. Under his leadership Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and internet businesses, currently investing from a $2.56 billion fund. Jeff's areas of focus include mobile,online gaming, data, infrastructure and internet software. Jeff is a former member of the board of directors of Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird Co.), CTSpace (acquired by Sword Group), Beechwood Data Systems (acquired by Cap Gemini), Greenfield Online (IPO, later acquired by Microsoft), Hitwise (acquired by Experian Group Ltd), IAG Research (acquired by The Nielsen Company), ProMira Software (acquired by Manugistics), Shutterstock (IPO), SLP Infoware (acquired by Gemplus), Solarwinds Inc. (IPO NYSE: SWI), and Xchange (IPO acquired by Amdocs).Jeff is an investor or currently serves on the board of directors of AirWatch (mobile device management), Anaqua (IP asset management), GFI Software (cloud-based services), Jagex Ltd (online gaming), Nexon (online gaming), Datacore Software (storage virtualization), New Relic (application performance management), Teamviewer (remote desktop collaboration), WIX (free DIY flash-based websites), Whitney University System (distance learning technology), and Zumba (global fitness and lifestyle brand).Prior to founding Insight, Jeff was a key member of the technology investing team at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Capital Markets group.Jeff holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa. Jeff is a regular speaker at Wharton as part of the Distinguished Guest speaker series.

## Mark Gormley
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity, Secondary Market
- Focus: Service Industry, Insurance, AgTech

Mark K. Gormley is a Partner at Lee Equity Partners. Prior to joining Lee Equity in 2006, Mr. Gormley was a Partner at Capital Z Financial Services Partners (“CZFS”), a leading financial services private equity firm, where he played a leading role in the operations and investment activities of the $1.85 billion fund. Mr. Gormley co-founded CZFS in1998 and shared responsibility for the oversight of all of the firm's investment and monitoring activities. Prior to founding CZFS, Mr. Gormley served as a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), specializing in the insurance and asset management industries. While at DLJ, Mr. Gormley worked on corporate finance and merger and acquisition assignments, as well as on principal related activities on behalf of DLJ Merchant Banking. Prior to joining DLJ in 1989, he was a founding member of the Insurance Group at Merrill Lynch in 1985. Mr. Gormley serves or has served as a director of numerous public and private companies, including The Edelman Financial Group, Skopos Financial Group, Captive Resources, Carlile Bancshares, PDR Network, MidCap Financial, Universal American, Permanent General, NewStar Financial, British Marine Holdings, Catlin Group, Bank Handlowy, Ceska Sporitelna, NACOLAH among others. Mr. Gormley received a B.S.B.A. cum laude in Finance and Economics from the University of Denver and an M.B.A. from New York University.

## Robert Stavis
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Rob Stavis is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

## Odell Beckham Jr.
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Financial Services, Banking

Odell Beckham Jr. is a wide receiver who plays for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

## 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.

## Sophia Collier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sausalito, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Delivery

Sophia Collier is a Principal at Point Reyes Management, LLC.

## 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.

## Kevin Durant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## 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.

## Kyle Lui
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Software, E-Commerce

Kyle Lui has 2 current jobs as General Partner at Bling Capital and Investor at Chia Network. Additionally, Kyle Lui has had 6 past jobs including Series B Investor at Amber Group. He attended Harvard Business School and the University of California, Berkeley.

## 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.

## Bob Goodman
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Robert Goodman is a general partner at Goodman served as a director at he joined Bessemer Venture Partners. He has also worked at Goodman holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from 

## César Azpilicueta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Soccer

César Azpilicueta Tanco is a professional footballer from Spain.

## Iker Casillas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports

Iker Casillas is a co-founder of Café 19.

## Angel Losada
- Type: Angel
- Location: Naucalpan, Mexico, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Payments

Angel Alverde Losada is the Chief Executive Officer at Gigante Grupo Inmobiliario. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, a subsidiary of Grupo Gigante, S.A.B. de C.V. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Masters degree in Finance and Marketing From JL Kellog Graduate School ofManagement.

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