# Top 10 InsurTech Angel Investors in Brazil in May 2026

## Sebastian Ruales
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Information Services, FinTech, Financial Services

Sebastian is Co-Founder and CEO of Bia.Energy, company aiming to empower LatAm with cheap, sustainable and smart energy, through a consumer centric technology platform.He is founding team member of LatAm´s SuperApp Rappi -YC 16’, Sequoia, SoftBank, DST, T.RowePrice - Where he built from scratch and developed the Monetization model of the company,Business Development and New Businesses. He additionally served as an independent consultant to several StartUps in the region, advising on product and commercial strategy. He is advisor to 8VC, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Opera Ventures, and VP of MatterScale Ventures. He is also Speaker -Including TEDTalks. Prior to tech and VC, he had marketing and commercial strategy roles in the CPG industry, where he worked for L´Oreal, Quala and Johnson & Johnson.Sebastian has an MBA from Tulane University and an EP from Singularity University.

## 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.

## Santiago Suarez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, InsurTech

Co-founder and CEO

## Sachin Patel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: InsurTech, Cyber Security

Sachin Patel is a former Associate and Venture and Growth Investor of Y Combinator.

## Rodrigo Heilberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Secondary
- Focus: FinTech, Software, InsurTech

Rodrigo Heilberg - Founder @ HIX Capital

## Michael Vega Sanz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: InsurTech, Cyber Security

Michael Vega-Sanz is Co-Founder/President of Lula

## Álvaro Augusto Vidiga
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Auto Insurance

Alvaro Vidigal serves as CEO at Singulare.

## Gustavo Heilberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Credit, Banking, Billing

Rodrigo Heilberg is a Founder at Hix Capital.

## Simon Borrero
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Rafael Duton
- Type: Angel
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital

Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile.
Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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