# Top 50 Payments Angel Investors in Germany in May 2026

## Verena Pausder
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Learning, Food Delivery

Verena Pausder

## Michael Hock
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Payments, Banking

Michael oversees all finance, tax, legal and regulatory topics as well as all people & organization activities at finleap. He is also responsible for the investment management.Michael has many years of experience in the corporate M&A and venture capital investment business. Previously, he held the roles of Managing Director and SeniorInvestment Manager at Holtzbrinck Digital and Digital Science for almost six years, where he was most recently responsible for global strategic investments in the Digital Science & Education segments. During this time he took over numerous board and advisory board positions at leading digital companies and was also interim CEO at myphotobook. At the beginning of his career, he gained experience in various positions at Siemens in corporate finance and investment in Munich and Boston, before assuming responsibility for the CFO division at VC boutique smac partners.Michael holds an Executive MBA from the Technical University of Munich as well as a Diploma in Business Administration from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Stuttgart.

## Diana zur Löwen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, EdTech

Diana zur Löwen

## Jonathan Weiner
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments

Jonathan Weiner - Venture Partner @ Oak HC/FT

## Raffael Johnen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Raffael Johnen is CEO and founding partner of auxmoney. Already during his business studies, Raffael Johnen founded his first startup company. He later worked for six years at Investmentbank Rothschild in Frankfurt in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Advisory areas, most recently as Vice President. Raffael Johnen is also the founder ofExcellion Capital, a successful company in corporate finance consulting and investment, based in London. As a writer, he made a name for himself when he wrote the chapter on leveraged buyouts in the "Praxishandbuch Unternehmensbewertung".

## Andre Schwammlein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Rental, Construction

Andre Schwammlein is the CEO of FlixBus DACH. Andre Schwammlein attended FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.

## Marc McCabe
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Big Data, FinTech

Marc McCabe is a Scout at Sequoia Capital and General Partner at Nomad Capital. Prior to this role, Marc was a Business Development Lead and before that, a Team Member of Business and Corporate Development.
Previously, Marc was a Partner at SV Angel and an Online Media Associate at Google.

## Luca Ascani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017.

## Cristóbal Conde
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Cristobal is an active investor in early-stage companies, and a senior member of the Partnership for NYC’s FinTech incubator for software companies. His current investments include True Office, where he serves as executive chairman, Calastone, where he serves as chairman, Centripetal Networks, where he is a board member, and Digital Reasoning,where he is a board member.

## Christian Reber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Apps

Christian Reber​ is the founder and CEO of Pitch. The German entrepreneur previously founded the award-winning to-do app Wunderlist. After it was acquired by Microsoft in 2015, he spent two years as Microsoft's Entrepreneur in Residence. He is an active investor and advisor in a number of technology businesses, such as Lilium, Notion,Onefootball, Neufund, Freigeist and more. Prior to his career in business, Christian studied Mathematics and Computer Science as well as International Management in Berlin. Christian received the Forbes 30 under 30 award in 2014 and 2016.

## Guillaume "G" Cabane
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, FinTech

Guillaume Cabane is CEO of Growth Ex Machina where he advises growth stage startups. Formerly, Guillaume held VP of Growth roles at Drift, Segment, and other successful startups where he helped these teams grow from ~50 to 300. Prior to these roles, Guillaume spent six years at Apple. Outside of work, Guillaume is husband of one, father of two,cheese-eater of many, and Pastafarian.

## Feliks Eyser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Learning, Internet

Feliks Eyser is the founding partner of JETPACK.

## Bruce Wallace
- Type: Angel
- Location: Benicia, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance

Bruce Wallace is the Strategic Advisor at Brex.

## Dominik Richter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Cloud Data Services, Health Care

Dominik Richter is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at HelloFresh. In 2011, Richter, alongside co-founders Thomas Griesel and Jessica Nilsson, moved to Berlin to start a company together. After looking at different business models and industries, Richter said they quickly set their eyes on the grocery space. Dominik has passion forEntreprenuership, building great companies and the Internet.Sports guy (Soccer mostly)Great interest in trading, nutrition, fitness, health, politics and economics.

## Markus Ament
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide.
He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate.
Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain.

## Thomassin Emmanuel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Catering, Internet

Emmanuel Thomassin joined Delivery Hero in January 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Emmanuel is responsible for the financial activities of Delivery Hero, as well as the management of several internal departments.Before joining, he was the CFO at the Berlin-based incubator and Delivery Hero investor, Team Europe. Until late 2012 Emmanuel spent6 years as the CFO and executive board member of MetaDesign, the international corporate branding agency based in Berlin. In this role he was responsible for the HR, Legal, IT and Finance departments and managed the relationship to customers like FIFA, AstraZeneca or Voith.Emmanuel holds masters degrees from the French University and from the German Fachhochschule in Economics.

## Daniel Krauss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Rental, Payments

Daniel Krauss was born in 1983 in Neheim-Hüsten.He studied Economic Sciences at the FernUniversität Hagen. Daniel has generally worked in the IT area for Marquardt GmbH, IFS AB and Siemens AG. Before co-founding Flixbus in 2011, he was a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft for three years. Now Daniel is CIO of Flixbus, which was able toestablish Europe’s largest intercity bus network.

## Jochen Engert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Rental, Travel

Jochen Engert - Founder & CEO @ FlixBus

## Jens Lapinski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Jens is the CEO of Angel Invest Ventures. He is one of Europe's most active angel investors, making 10 - 20 investments per year. Jens lives in Berlin.

## Sekip Can Gokalp
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Banking

Şekip Can Gökalp is the founding partner of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.
Gokalp's previous experience includes his time as a regional business development manager of Netlog and a part-time interactive marketing lecturer. He also contributes regularly to publications related to his field.

## Victor Jacobsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Payments, Financial Services

Victor Jacobsson is an Independent Advisor to startups and Investors.As an entrepreneur victor co-founded Victor has a masters degree from the

## Benedikt Franke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Shoes, Payments, Software

Benedikt Franke is the co-founder of Helpling.

## Nicholas Shekerdemian
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Music, Bitcoin, Software

Nicholas Shekerdemian is the co-founder and executive chairman at Headstart.

## Jens Hewald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Finance, Cryptocurrency

Jens Hewald is the Co-Founder of Soonami.io and UFOstart. He previously worked at Agrilution as an investor. Jens Hewald attended HTW Berlin.

## Mandeep Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Founder and former CEO at Trouva (backed by Index Ventures & exited to LON:MADE). He is now an Angel Investor & Advisor, and a Board Member at Amnesty International. He was previously an investor at BC Partners, one of Europe’s largest Private Equity funds, investors in Intelsat, Foxtons (where Mandeep was on the board), and Chewy. Prior tothat he was a strategy consultant at OC&C and graduated in Natural Sciences (Physics) from the University of Cambridge. He set up his first startup in his bedroom as a teenage coder.

## Peter Grosskopf
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Peter is Co-Founder and CTO at Unstoppable Finance GmbH a Berlin based company with the mission to empower people around the world to access, interact with and unlock financial opportunities of the decentralized economy. Before he was CTO and MD at Börse Stuttgart Digital Exchange, the first regulated digital asset exchange in Germany. Before hewas CTO and co-founder at solarisBank.Peter has a technology and entrepreneurial background. In 2008 he founded a software engineering consultancy out of university, grew it profitably to 27 employees. In 2014 he came to Berlin to join the company builder Hitfoxgroup and Finleap that focuses on fintech as CTO. Blockchain and decentralization fascinates him from the moment he got in touch at the end of 2016. Since then he has shaped the vision to bring decentralized finance to reality.I have a MSc in Information Systems from the University of Münster and I'm a former lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Münster and Data Science Summer School at University Saarland, and I'm a current lecturer at CAS Lucerne for Blockchain topics.I'm a frequent speaker at events and conferences. Here is a selection: EXEC.FINTECH 2017 / 2018, On Product Meetup, Codemotion 2016, GoTo Conference London 2016, Euroforum, Bitkom, Data Natives, Goto Conference Berlin 2018, Münchner Kreis, Frankfurt School, Crypto Assets Conference and various other Blockchain conferences and meetups.

## Marco Valta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 12 years experience in the tech/web industry.
As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso, Relativity, Monthly.

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

Jason Pate is the Head of Corporate Strategy and Development at Plaid

## Christophe Maire
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem.

## Florian Leibert
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Florian Leibert is the General Partner at 468 Capital. Since 2013, he has served as CEO of Mesosphere, Inc., an Internet start-up based on the open-source software Apache Mesos, which his best friend from high school wrote. His daily responsibilities include creating high-level software structures and managing the firm's finances, recruiting,business operations, and product support. Among his other achievements at Mesosphere, he created Marathon, a scheduler that operates on top of the Mesos software. Florian Leibert also acquired nearly $50 million in funding for the firm from prominent investors like venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz. Concurrent with his role at Mesosphere, Flo Leibert serves as an investor with Taptalk and Driftt.Prior to founding Mesosphere, Flo Leibert held software engineering positions at prominent internet sites, including Airbnb, Twitter, Ning, and Adknowledge. At age 16, he co-founded online marketplace Knaup Multimedia in Germany.

## Marc Steiner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce

Marc Steiner is Senior Vice President of Plug and Play China at Plug and Play. He attended the University of California, Davis - School of Law.

## Mirko Hüllemann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce

Mirko Hüllemann - Supervisory Board @ Unzer

## Adriaan Mol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Computer

Adriaan Mol is the Founder of Mollie and Co-founder of MessageBird.

## Karl-Heinz Flother
- Type: Angel
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, CRM, SaaS

Karl-Heinz Flother - Member of the Advisory Board @ Favendo

## Martin Enderle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Big Data, Internet, Payments

Martin Enderle is a Co-founder & Board member at allmyhomes. Martin previously worked at CEWE Stiftung and Co. KGaA as a Member of the Board of Trustees. He attended Leibniz Universität Hannover and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

## Jeremy Hindle
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Credit, Events, Bitcoin

@Forbes 30 under 30 2018,
@YCombinator S17,
Unannounced Project (hiring!),
Co-Founder @headstart_io,
Neuropsychologist,
OE,
Games (UemeU),

## Paul Forster
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Paul Forster

## Nico Rosberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Logistics, Manufacturing

Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.

## Niklas Jansen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care

Niklas is the Co-founder of Blinkist, a bite-sized-learning service that condenses knowledge from great nonfiction into powerful little packs. At Blinkist he drives product strategy and ensures that their culture is flourishing. He’s passionate about learning, company culture, and breakfast.

## Ben Stephenson
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Bitcoin, FinTech

Ben Stephenson is a Managing Director & Head of Specialist Client Solutions at Lloyds Banking Group.

## Christian Vollmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Christian Vollmann is the Chairman Of The Board at nebenan.de.

## Reid Hoffman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet

Reid Hoffman is a Partner at Greylock and a Co-founder and Board Member at Inflection.AI. He was a Chairman and CEO at Linkedin. Reid attended the University of Oxford and Stanford University.

## Axel Wieandt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance

Axel Wieandt is the senior advisor at Jefferies.

## Philipp Treuner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Blockchain

Philipp Treuner

## Jonas Tebbe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Co-Founder and CPO at re:cap, Co-Founder LIQID and &do. Part-time nerd, fintech, design and ux aficionado.

## Ilkka Paananen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.

## Sam Bankman-Fried
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Financial Services

Sam is the Founder of Bankman-Fried. He is also the CEO of the said firm.

## Robin Matzke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Robin Matzke is the Academic Advisor at Deutscher Bundestag. Attended Humboldt University of Berlin.

## Jesse Walden
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Bitcoin

Jesse Walden is the founder and general partner at variant. He attended McGill University.

## Paul Becker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Paul Becker - Co-Founder and CEO @ re:cap

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