# Top 30 Proptech Angel Investors in Colombia in October 2023 ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School. ## Daniela Izquierdo - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, FinTech Daniela Izquierdo is the co-founder of Foodology. ## Spencer Rascoff - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Real Estate, Software, Internet Spencer Rascoff is the Co-Founder and the Chairman of Board at Pacaso. ## Florian Hagenbuch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Mobile Apps Florian Hagenbuch is the Founder and President of Loft. He previously worked at Silver Lake Partners as an Analyst. Florian Hagenbuch attended The Wharton School. ## Daniel Correa - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Shipping, Software Daniel Correa ## Brian Truong - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, B2B, Internet Brian Truong - Partner @ Graph Ventures ## Alexander Torrenegra - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce Alexander Torrenegra is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Torre and a Co-Founder at Tribe Labs. He previously worked at Bunny Studio as the Co-founder and CEO. He attended Florida International University. ## Kevin Moore - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates. ## Manolo Atala - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Julio Vasconcellos - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B Julio Vasconcellos is a Managing Partner at Atlantico. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Javier Diaz Evans - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS Javier Diaz Evans is a Chief Revenue Officer at A3Sec. He attended Innovation Experience Israel. ## Leonardo Borrero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Technology Leonardo Borrero ## Jonathan Wasserstrum - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Software, FinTech Jonathan graduated from Columbia Business School in May 2012. Prior to business school, Jonathan worked in the International Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle where he advised foreign and domestic clients on more than $3 billion worth of transactions globally. ## Sebastian Ruales - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Julian Alvarez - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Shipping, Software Julian Alvarez is the Founder and CEO of Logixboard. Julian Alvarez attended Carnegie Mellon University. ## Ali Rampurwala - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency 15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder. ## Eric Reiner - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Eric is a Founding Partner of Vine Ventures based in NYC. Prior to Vine, Eric was a Founding Partner at Sinai Ventures. Previously, Eric has been an investor with Israel's largest venture capital firm, Pitango, as well as Insight Venture Partners, a $16 billion software and internet investor based in New York City. As an operator, Eric servedas Head of Corporate Development at Dynamic Yield, leading strategic partnerships, channel sales, and fundraising. Most recently, he worked as Head of Strategy at Newell Brands, a $16 billion consumer products conglomerate, within the XO division, focusing on IoT and digital innovation. ## Fernando Olloqui - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Procurement, Construction Fernando Olloqui is the Co-Founder and CEO of Licify. ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Alan Rutledge ## José Fernando Velez - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Apps, Logistics, E-Commerce Vélez studied economics and completed a Masters degree in Computer Science, graduating first in his class. He attended the ECLA programme for Latin American entrepreneurs at the Columbia Business School in New York, with an emphasis on operations and operational excellence. He is one of the founders of Pagosonline – a payments company originallyfrom Colombia, which was later acquired by Naspers and became part of PayU. In 2011, he was selected as an Endeavour Entrepreneur and in 2012 won the MIT’s TR35 Award – a token of recognition for young and innovative entrepreneurs. ## Juliane Butty - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Shipping, Software Juliane Butty ## 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. ## JP Duque - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Big Data Latam-focused Angel Investor (pre-seed to series A). Experience in VC, investment banking (M&A), private equity, angel and impact investing ## James Kraus - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Shipping, Software James Kraus ## Daniel Bilbao - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 Daniel Bilbao - Co-founder & CEO @ Truora ## Fabian Gomez Gutierrez - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, B2B, Beauty Founder & CEO of Frubana. Former Rappi Expansion Leader. Former McKinsey consultant. ## Cyril Berdugo - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, FinTech, Software Cyril Berdugo is the founder of Landis, the company he founded to fulfill the mission of helping Americans reach homeownership. He is a graduate of Emory University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. ## Pablo Garfinkel - Type: Angel - Location: Concepcion Del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, B2B Pablo is a serial entrepreneur and an active entrepreneurial investor who has been involved in VC since 1994 as a GP. Based in Uruguay, he invests mainly throughout Latam. He has been an active participant in Aconcagua Ventures since 2007, Tokai Ventures since 2009, NXTPLabs since 2012, Harvard Angels Alumni of Brazil since 2014, Alianza delPacífico since 2015 and other local AI Clubs. He has ample experience working in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, among other markets, where he also has investments in the Entertainment Industry. Pablo used to work in Import-Export trading with Far and Near East. He has been a judge at Harvard B School and Google Cloud Challenge Competitions as well as a speaker at various events such as ACA Summit in DC, BS at Technion, Israel; Harvard Business School Alumni, Pablo is also a Board Member at Endeavor, the Amcham, and Founder of Fundación Dar a Luz. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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