# Top 30 Sports Angel Investors in Spain in May 2026

## Albert Armengol
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Apps, Software

Albert Armengol took up his MBA at Esade.

## Andreas Mihalovits
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps

Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.

## Daniel Romy Marti
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Events, Soccer, Lifestyle

Daniel Romy is the CSO and Co-Founder at Simplr - Life as a service.

## Jaynti Kanani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet

Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon

## Hugo Borges de Sousa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: eSports

Hugo Borges de Sousa

## Joaquín Cuenca Abela
- Type: Angel
- Location: Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, eSports

Joaquin Cuenca Abela is Chief Executive Officer at Freepik Company. he attended Paris-Sud University (Paris XI) from 1998 to 2001.

## Keith Willey
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Media and Entertainment, Gaming

Keith is an associate professor of strategic and international management and entrepreneurship at London Business School as well as a senior lecturer at University College London. He also holds various non-executive directorships and advisory roles. His career has spanned academia, consulting, investing and hands-on operational roles withinindustry and the venture capital world.

## Gerard Sangrà
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, E-Commerce, E-Commerce Platforms

Gerard Sangrà

## Rudy Fernández
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Sports

Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## Javier Rubio
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Restaurants, Enterprise Applications

Javier was co-founder and Executive Chairman of Cluster Consulting, until its sale to Diamond Technology Partners in 2000 to create DiamondCluster, where he was the Chairman for Europe and Latin America up until 2003.He was also a co-founder, substantial investor and the Executive Chairman of Nauta Capital, a venture capital fund based inBarcelona with offices in Boston and London and investments in both Europe and the United States. For instance, he led the investment in Social Point, where he is also the Chairman.Javier holds a degree in Telecommunications from the University of Barcelona and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

## Luis Martin Cabiedes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Music

Luis Martín Cabiedes is part of Cabiedes & Partners, a company specialized in investments in early-stage technology startups and, usually, in Spain. Previously, he studied Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid and was CEO of Europa Press for twelve years. Among its investment startups include Printcolor, Bubok, Blablacar, Uvinum,Credimarket, Talmix, Tiendeo, Deporvillage, Deskidea, Kantox, Modalia, Derecho.com, Weareknitters, Clinicpoin, Smadex, Funidelia, Reclamator, Chicfy, Traventia, Aprendum, Zacatrus, Cocunat , Socialcar, Suop, Dietox, Postpone, Advise, startupxplore, ovipac, Labellessiette, Gocater, Livetobe, Tiko, Tripsum, Besepa, Wetaca, Tviso, Regalador, Kuaderno, Tripuniq, Laagam, Celebrents, Tomabida, BePretty, Sevensenders, Baluwo and Rentuos .

## Andrè Ramalho
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ibiúna, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Sports

André Ramalho Silva is a Brazilian football player.

## Eneko Knorr
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Lifestyle, Mobile

Eneko Knorr is the Managing Partner at Woonkly Labs. He attended IE Business School from 2006 to 2006.

## John Nahm
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Mobile, Fitness

John Nahm is responsible for overall business strategy and execution at Phonevite.Formerly a Sr. Product Manager and Business Development Manager at Dialpad (Silicon Valley's leading VoIP company and brand, acquired by Yahoo!), John led the successful launch of Dialpad's award-winning Premium Services. In the past, John was also a VP ofCorporate Banking at US Bancorp. His experience includes international development work with the United Nations and business consulting with Deloitte as well. John grew up in the Canary Islands of Spain before moving to the US. He studied Economics (B.A.) and International Finance (M.I.A) at Columbia University.

## Pau Gasol
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports

Pau Gasol is an advisor, an investor and an activist in projects related to sports and well-being. He played professional basketball for 20 years in the NBA, on the Spanish National Team and in Spain’s ACB league. He is president of the Gasol Foundation, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission, and a UNICEF GlobalChampion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity.

## Albert Ribera
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Sports, E-Commerce

After graduating with a degree in Educational sciences, I worked for three e-learning. While there, I learned a great deal both on a personal and professional level. Eventually opportunity knocked and offered me the chance to advance my career by moving to an Internet company, Emagister (grupo intercom). After I worked at Trovit, I'mSEO/SEM and product manager. I'm partner at Trovit. From October 2011 I'm the CEO and Founder of Link To Media. This company specializes in creating and monetizing content on a wide range of topics covered by its network of experts. Link To Media’s network currently receives over one million monthly users to its two web sites www.uncomo.com and www.uncome.it. Link To Meedia focuses on creating long-lived internet content (focusing on video content) that would likely generate revenue over a long period of time. We are focus on spanish, italian and brasilian markets. Link To Media’s platform uses proprietary technology to analyze trends on social networks and search engines and create optimized content accordingly. The company also offers competitively priced content creation services for companies looking to improve their online presence and user engagement.SpecialtiesSEO, SEM, SMO, Prototyping (tools & methods), usability, manage (e-learning & Internet projects), management team (3 - 30 persons).

## Hugo Arevalo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Fashion, Apps

Hugo Arévalo is co-founder of Buytheface , Bright & Sharp , and Albau Ventures . In addition, he has invested in: Jobandtalent , Cabify , Ontruck and Deporvillage : and has led the 50M € round of Hawkers . One of its criteria is the qualification of management. Lately, it is focused on investing in marketplace, fintech and ecommerce, althoughit is open to any sector. Among his exits, Tuenti and Buytheface stand out .

## Inigo Juantegui
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care, Travel

Inigo Juantegui is Co-Founder at La Nevera Roja.

## Stefan H. Lauer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Events, Soccer, Travel

Stefan H. Lauer

## Rene De Jong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Events

René is an independent adviser and businessman working with Equiteq in Spain in the consulting and IT services sectors. He draws on his extensive business career and personal experience of major corporate transactions to guide owners through growth and M&A. 

## Dr. Holger Sprengel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Soccer, Lifestyle

Dr. Holger Sprengel

## Victor Lobo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, Marketplace

CFRO at Rebellion Pay & Seed/Angel InvestorI have spent my whole career (10 years yet!) in banking and financial services sector in different positions, from risk to strategy. I have launched several products from scratch, but I am particularly proud of being strongly focused on client as the best strategy to stay ahead.When I am notworking, I love to spend time with my friends, doing any kind of sport (football, running, cycling…) and travel around the world. I love meeting new people and learning new things, so if you need to contact me do not hesitate to write me a DM or to my personal email: vlobomm@gmail.com ;) Main Specialties
•	Risk: portfolio management, default metrics, underwriting process, identification process, fraud, operational risk, collections, credit policies.
•	Data: Scorecard and risk models development and improvement, logistic regression, random forest, machine learning, SLQ, SAS, R, Power BI, Tableau, Good Data, Microstrategy.
•	Strategy & Business development: Customer journey, UX, strategic alliances & partnerships, online and direct channels.
•	Finance: Budgeting control, provisions, IFRS 9, MTP and LTP plans, P&L management, business case, business plan, forecasting and audit.

## Fernando Negro
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Travel, Boating, Leisure

Fernando Negro

## Donato Gonzalez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, eSports

Donato Gonzalez is the president at Société Générale Group.

## Gabriel Prat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Travel, Boating, Leisure

Gabriel Prat - CTO @ Underbike

## Jeroen Merchiers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Beauty, Fitness, CleanTech

Jeroen Merchiers

## Rafael Avilés Uruñuela
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, eSports, Internet

Rafael Avilés Uruñuela

## Mario Bruggemann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Wellness

Mario Bruggemann is the founder and managing director of Acierto.com.

## Jack Juandó
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, E-Commerce, E-Commerce Platforms

Jack Juandó

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