# Top 45 Health Care Angel Investors in Brazil in May 2026

## David Vélez
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Kees Koolen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Travel, Infrastructure

Kees Koolen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Koolen Industries. Previously Kees was COO, CEO and Chairman of booking.com. Kees was advisor to Uber from 2012-2017 concerning international rollout.

## Guilherme Bonifacio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Ricardo Bechara
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Health Care

Ricardo Bechara

## Hans Tung
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Hans Tung is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital.

## Sebastian Mejia
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Vivek Garipalli
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Machine Learning

Vivek Garipalli was the Co-Founder, CEO, and Board Member of Clover Health. He attended Emory University.

## Florian Otto
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Health Care, E-Commerce

Florian is Co-founder and CEO of Cedar, the leading patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and independent medical groups. Prior to founding Cedar, Florian was an executive at Zocdoc where he drove the commercial adoption of the platform by health systems. Previously, Florian founded a daily deal company in Brazil(ClubeUrbano) that was sold to Groupon. After the acquisition, he became CEO of Groupon Brazil. He has also worked at McKinsey & Company within their healthcare practice. Florian holds an M.D., D.D.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany.

## Mauricio Feldman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Sports

Co-founder & CEO at Volanty

## Claire Diaz-Ortiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Simon Borrero
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Information Technology

Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

## Marcelo Claure
- Type: Angel
- Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series C
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Cyber Security

Marcelo Claure is the Chairman of SHEIN Latin America of Shein. He previously worked at SoftBank Group International as a CEO. Marcelo Claure attended Bentley University.

## Ariel Lambrecht
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Ariel Lambrecht

## Demetrios Christofidis Jr
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, B2B

Demetrios Christofidis is the Regional General Manager of Lime.

## 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…

## Leonardo Teixeira
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Internet

I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor.

## Brian Requarth
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS

Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America.

## Thiago Alvarez
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Legal Tech

Founder and Co-CEO of GuiaBolso.com - personal finance website which acts as a virtual financial advisor for the Brazilian middle class, using advanced algorithms to help users restructure their debt and spending.Prior to GuiaBolso, was a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company with extensive experience developing growth, business andcorporate strategies in multiple industries in Brazil. Developed distinctive knowledge on financial services (especially insurance, payments and consumer loan). Also enjoyed a leadership position at UNESCO/Alfabetização Solidária and worked at Accenture.

## Sergio Furio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Rodrigo Dantas
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services

Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country.

## Alexandre Soncini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care

Alexandre Soncini

## Bruno Soares
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness

Bruno Soares is a Brazilian Tennis player and owns fund MadFish.

## Ryan McDonald
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Pet, Dental

Ryan McDonald is a Principal and Healthcare Investor at Norwest Venture Partners, an Investor at Elligo Health Research and Petabyte Technology, and a Board Member at Mindful Health Solutions and Kyo. Ryan attended Babson College.

## Carlos Boschetti
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Health Care, Outsourcing

Carlos Boschetti

## Armínio Fraga
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Recruiting, SaaS, EdTech

Armínio Fraga

## Pedro Carvalho
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Health Care

Pedro Carvalho is the Co-Founder at Cayena.

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

Mada Seghete

## Fabricio Bloisi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Internet

Movile's Founder & CEO, Fabricio Bloisi turned Movile from a startup in a garage in Brazil into a global player in mobile marketplaces. Currently, Movile has over 1600 employees, 15 offices – based in 6 different countries – and serves monthly more than 150 million mobile customers worldwide. Bloisi majored in Computer Science at theState University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and concluded a Master degree in Business Administration at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EAESP) – his thesis gathers High-Growth startups, Innovations and Strategy. Bloisi has also concluded the Executive Program for Growing Companies, Strategy, Finance, Leadership for companies in the growth phase at Stanford Graduate School of Business. His dream is to create a company that make's 1 billion lives better through Movile’s mobile businesses.

## Kevin Efrusy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

## Robbert Vorhoff
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series D, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Hospital

Robbert Vorhoff is a Managing Director and Global Head of General Atlantic’s Healthcare sector. He also serves on the firm’s Management and Investment Committees. Before joining the firm in 2003, Robb worked at Greenhill & Co., first in the mergers and acquisitions and restructuring advisory group, then in the private equity group, GreenhillCapital Partners.

## Eduardo Mufarej
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Genetics, Education

Eduardo Mufarej built his career in private equity and education as an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Tarpon Investimentos, one of Brazil’s largest independent investment managers. He served on several boards and was Chairman of Somos Educação and Omega Energia Renovável.
From 2014 until 2018 Eduardo led the largest k-12company in Latin America, Abril Educação, which he managed until the sale of the company to Kroton Educacional in October 2018.
After the sale, Eduardo created Renova, a project focused on selecting and training a new generation of leaders in Brazilian politics. Since its creation, the program has supported and trained over 2000 individuals in Brazil, helping to elect 176 of its students. This effort awarded Eduardo the prize Brazilian Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018.
In early 2020, Eduardo co-founded Galena, a company that supports and trains individuals for their first jobs. Eduardo is a member of the advisory board of the Wilson Institute, in Washington, DC, of the Yale University SOM Council of Global Advisors and a fellow at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.  He is the author of the book Jornada Improvável (Unlikely Journey, 2021).

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

Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.

## Thomaz Srougi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, Productivity Tools

Founder of
dr. consulta

## Ricardo Coelho Duarte
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, FinTech

Was involved in Mergers and Acquisitions market over the past few years.During the period from 2010 to 2013 participated in several transactions in different segments of the economy in the IGC Partners, a leading boutique M & A in Brazil. From 2012 to 2013, was responsible for the opening of the regional office of the IGC in Recife, withthe responsibility of developing the market of northeastern Brazil.He also worked at Finvest, structured transaction fund/special situations for the Brazilian market.He holds a degree in Economics from Insper (former Ibmec SP).

## Romero Rodrigues
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Health Care

Romero Rodrigues is Managing Partner of Headline. He was an Investor at Olist. He attended the University of Sao Paulo.

## Joaquim Palhares
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Training, Education

Joaquim Palhares is the Founder at Stealth Startup.
Joaquim is an entrepreneur and investor. He is also a Limited Partner at EquityRio, a venture capital seed fund based in Rio de Janeiro and backed by some of the best investors in Brazil. He is serial founder, active angel investor and advisor to startups. Joaquim graduated from the ESPM with abachelor's degree in Management and Marketing.

## 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

## Rodrigo Helcer
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Health Care, Outsourcing

Rodrigo Helcer is a co-founder and CEO of Stilingue.

## André Iaconelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology

André Iaconelli was the Co-Founder of Zaga. He currently serves as the Principal Flash Ventures.

## Marcos Salama
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Health Care, Real Estate

Marcos Salama is the Founder and CEO of Inventa. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Daniel Gold
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Genetics, Life Science, Biotechnology

Daniel Gold

## Kristin Farmer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care

Kristin Farmer

## José Carlos Semenzato
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device

José Carlos Semenzato is the Founder of SMZTO. He attended Faculdades Salesiano.

## Vitor Asseituno
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care

Vitor Asseituno

## Bruno Lagoeiro
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care

Bruno Lagoeiro

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