# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in Colombia in May 2026 ## Brian Requarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - 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. ## Simon Borrero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Sebastian Ruales - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Leonardo Borrero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Technology Leonardo Borrero ## Felipe Villamarin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Human Resources Felipe Villamarin is a Co-Founder at Rappi. ## Florian Hagenbuch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Huey Lin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Huey Lin is a Venture Partner with GGV Capital where she supports and advises the fund's portfolio companies. She also leads special projects at Terraformation whose mission is to catalyze global forest restoration to solve climate change. Prior to this, she was the President of Asia at Flexport, a modern freight forwarder and one of thefastest-growing companies in global trade. She led all activities for Flexport across Asia, the company’s most strategic market. She was responsible for the region’s overall strategy and P&L.Before her time at Flexport, Huey was the founding Chief Operating Officer at Affirm (NYSE: AFRM). Huey began her career at PayPal, where she spent 12 years in a variety of key leadership roles with increasing responsibilities in multiple geographies. ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Maria Echeverri Gomez - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Security Maria Echeverri Gomez is the Founder at Muni Tienda. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Martin Schrimpff - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS Martin currently works as the co-founder and CEO of Kocomo. He used to worked for PayU as founder and head of global sales. ## Alexander Torrenegra - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Kerry Wang - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Security, Developer Platform, Information Services Kerry Wang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Searchlight. She was a Course Assistant for From Play to Innovation at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school ). Kerry received a Hastorf Award for Outstanding Service in Human Biology and The Leader Award. Ms. Wang holds a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor'sdegree with distinction in Human Biology - Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Human Behavior at Stanford University. ## Angela Borrero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Security, Developer Platform, Information Services Angela Borrero is a Founder at Morado. ## Anna X. Wang - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Security, Developer Platform, Information Services Anna X. Wang is the Co-Founder and CTO of Searchlight. She is a former course assistant at Stanford University. Anna holds a master's degree in computer science. ## Dileep Thazhmon - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Grocery, Internet Dileep Thazhmon is the Co-Founder and CEO at Jeeves. ## 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. ## Brian Truong - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, B2B, Internet Brian Truong - Partner @ Graph Ventures ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings ## Tatiana Fontalvo - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Security, Developer Platform, Information Services Tatiana Fontalvo is a Co-Founder/CEO at BITSPORTS. ## 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. ## Valentina Valencia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Security, Developer Platform, Information Services Valentina Valencia is a CEO at Vaas. ## Alex Bouaziz - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Alex Bouaziz co-founded Deel in 2018 where he now currently serves as chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, Alex has helped build startups such as Sarona Ventures, Lifeslice, and Cryptofighters.Alex is an MIT alumnus holding a master's degree in civil and environmental engineering. He also holds a BSc in civil and environmentalengineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. ## Carlos Felipe Gutierrez - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Carlos Felipe Gutierrez Camacho is the Co-founder & Managing Partner at Simma Capital and INVX. ## JP Duque - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - 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 ## Sep Kamvar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Blockchain Sep Kamvar is a consulting professor of Computational Mathematics at Stanford University. His research focuses on social computing and information management. From 2003 to 2007, Sep was the engineering lead of personalization at Google. Prior to Google, he was co-founder and CEO of Kaltix, a personalized search company that was acquired byGoogle in 2003. Sep is the author of two books and over 40 technical publications and patents in the fields of search and social computing. He is on the technical advisory boards of several companies, including Etsy, NextBio, and SimplyHired. His artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the National Museum of Contempary Art in Athens. ## 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. ## 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. ## Carlos Rodriguez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Carlos Rodriguez ## Bootstrapped Debt Financing - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Bootstrapped Debt Financing ## Jenyfer Migdalia Arellano Delgado - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Logistics, Transportation, Freight Service Jenyfer Migdalia Arellano Delgado ## John Freddy Vega - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications Freddy Vega is the CEO and Founder of Platzi. ## Burak Buyukdemir - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Burak Buyukdemir is the founder at Etohum. ## Hadi Partovi - Type: Angel - Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software Hadi Partovi is an entrepreneur and investor, and CEO of the education non-profit Code.org. In 2013 Hadi and his twin brother Ali launched the education nonprofit Code.org which Hadi continues to lead full-time as CEO. Code.org has established computer science classes in 15% of US classrooms, created the most popular curriculum platform for K-12computer science, and launched the global Hour of Code movement that has reached over 100 million students.A computer science graduate of Harvard University, Hadi began his career during the browser wars in the 1990s, when he was Microsoft’s Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer. In a second stint at Microsoft, he was General Manager of the MSN portal, delivering its first year of profit. As an entrepreneur, Hadi was on the founding teams of Tellme Networks and iLike, which were acquired by Microsoft and MySpace, respectively. Hadi has served as an early advisor to numerous startups including Facebook and Dropbox, and as a tech investor his portfolio also includes airbnb, Uber, Zappos, IndieGogo, Change.org, and others. Aside from his investments, Hadi also serves as a Director on the boards of TASER International and Convoy. ## Matias Muchnick - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Sustainability, B2C Matias Muchnick is the CEO and Founder at NotCo. ## Pierpaolo Barbieri - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Pierpaolo is founder and CEO at Ualá and Executive Director at Greenmantle, a macroeconomic and geopolitical consulting firm and senior associate at the Applied History Center of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was also Chief Strategist of the Brevan Howard Argentina Fund. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pierpaolo studied atHarvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude and his senior honors thesis was awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes ’19 prize. He was elected Lt. Charles Henry Fiske III Harvard-Cambridge scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MPhil in Economic and Social History and a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. His first book, Hitler’s Shadow Empire: The Nazis and the Spanish Civil War, was published by Harvard University Press in the USA and UK, Penguin Random House in Spain and Latin America, Mondadori in Italy, and Citic in China. Pierpaolo’s journalism has been featured in The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, and the New Republic. He used to write regularly for El País. Before Greenmantle, Pierpaolo worked for Goldman Sachs, Soros Fund Management, and Bridgewater Associates. ## Hans Tung - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Hans Tung is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital. ## James Kraus - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Shipping, Software James Kraus ## Brynne Rojas - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, Communities Brynne McNulty Rojas is a Co-Founder and CEO at Habi. ## 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. ## Gerry Giacoman Colyer - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Business strategist and product guy oriented towards growth and finance. At my core, I'm a liberal arts grad who thought about going into public service, but then fell in love with the potential for technology-driven companies to make our lives better. ## Sergio Romo - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Marketplace Sergio Romo is a Managing Partner at Investomex. He attended Universite Jean Moulin (Lyon III) from 2008 to 2009. ## Emlyn Scott - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Emlyn is a successful founder and investor with personal investments in fast growing tech companies like Kami, A.Kin, MealMe, Segna, and EnsuredIt. Managing Partner at CP Ventures and the founder of OpenMarkets Group, Australia's second-largest retail broker. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s secondlargest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Masters Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI), and Bachelor of Economics (BEc). ## Adalberto Flores - Type: Angel - Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Logistics, E-Commerce Adalberto the CEO of Kueski, the fastest micro-lending service for Latin America. He is a seasoned executive with experience in the financial and software industries in both the USA and Latin America. Before Kueski, Adalberto started, grew and managed all operations of Ooyala Mexico, the largest International division of Ooyala, Inc. Adalbertoopened two offices which grew to 29 employees in two different cities, encompassing software engineers, technical support, data science, sales, marketing, account management, HR, G&A, etc. Prior to Ooyala, Adalberto was the Cofounder and CEO of Inviko, a business referral engine. At Inviko, he was in charge of the fundraising, general management, sales and marketing, public relations and talent acquisition. While at Inviko, the company received several national and international awards including 1st place at the Mexico Intel Entrepreneurship Challenge. Adalberto has worked for, collaborated with and consulted on engineering, business, finance and strategy for 20+ companies & institutions in China, Brazil, the USA and Mexico. He can speak, read and write Chinese-Mandarin, Portuguese, English and Spanish. He has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Systems Engineering from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM). Adalberto was awarded Mexico’s University Student of the Year for Finance by Ernst & Young and CNN-Expansion. He was also awarded the top prize in the E100 Mexico West Entrepreneurship Recognition (2012) and named the most outstanding Industrial & Systems Engineer alumni from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Guadalajara, 2012. He was part of the initial founding team of SumaValley.mx, one of the largest entrepreneurial organizations in Mexico and has been a invited in several events including TEDx Zapopan. ## Sebastian Delgado - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, FinTech Sebastian Delgado Cofounder at Fei Protocol ## Enrique Villamarin Lafaurie - Type: Angel - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Beauty, FinTech Enrique Villamarin Lafaurie is the Co-Founder and CEO at TUL. ## Gokul Rajaram - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Gokul Rajaram is the Product and Business Helper at Doordash and currently in Pinterest and Coinbase as board member. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Lev Ekster - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Lifestyle Lev Ekster is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Bowlero Corporation . Lev Ekster attended New York Law School. ## 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. ## Kevin Alvarez Fung - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Intellectual Property Passionate about designing delightful product experiences. Cofounder@Mural, Product@Digits, General Partner@Predictive VC. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co