# Top 40 Angel Investors in Brazil in May 2026 ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery. ## Daniel Undurraga - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Mr. Daniel Undurraga is Founder & CTO at Cornershop. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Payments, SaaS Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente ## Matias Woloski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires. ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Banking Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America. ## Carlos Garcia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Information Technology, E-Commerce Carlos Garcia is the Founder & CEO at PositivUS. He attended ESSCA Ecole de management during 2005. ## Paulo Silveira - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology CEO and founder at Caelum Alura ## Gerry Giacoman Colyer - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Loreanne Garcia - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Loreanne Garcia is a Co-Founder & Chief People Officer at Kavak. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Andrea Ponce - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Andrea Ponce ## Erica Fridman Stul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Erica Fridman Stul ## Oriana Fuentes - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Oriana Fuentes is the Co-Founder and COO at Emptor. She is a former Specialty Finance (FIG) Banking at JP Morgan. She attended Syracuse University and Columbia University in the City of New York. ## Mike Krieger - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Mike Krieger is the CTO and co-founder of Instagram, a global community that shares more than 70 million photos every day. As the head of engineering, Mike focuses on building products that bring out the creativity in all of us. A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Mike holds an MS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Prior to foundingInstagram, he worked at Meebo as a user experience designer and front-end engineer. ## ANA CASTRILLON - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Global marketing leader, trusted advisor, and innovator equipped with a highly creative mindset, entrepreneurial spirit, and over a decade of success, directing the development and end-to-end execution of dynamic integrated marketing and communications strategies. Extensive experience gained through hands-on roles within multibillion-dollartechnology organizations and mission-based startups. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish and ability to work seamlessly and effectively with international teams in LATAM, EMEA, and US markets. Track record of partnering with key stakeholders and decision-makers to create comprehensive marketing plans that increase awareness, generate demand, increase engagement, accelerate pipelines, and grow sales. Proven experience building and leading world-class cross-functional teams and building rapport with company executives and customers to drive forward the overall business and marketing strategy. ## Rodrigo Dantas - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country. ## Tania Zapata - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Tania I. Zapata is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Akily. He previously worked at Voice123 as a Board Member. He attended the City University of New York. ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Daniel Vogel - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Daniel holds two degrees from Stanford (BA in Economics, BS in Computer Systems Engineering) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously he built Quantcast's Real Time Bidding system, which became the company's main revenue-generating product-line. ## Benjamin Gleason - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Software Benjamin Gleason is the Founder and Angel Investor of Beta Ventures. He previously worked at Groupon Brasil as a Managing Director and CFO. Benjamin Gleason attended The Wharton School. ## Lolita Taub - Type: Angel - Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Beauty, B2B Lolita Taub is a General Partner and Founder of Ganas Ventures, a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an Enterprise Fund Investment Partner at Portfolia.Lolita is also a Co-Founder of the Startup-Investor Matching Tool, a scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and an LP at Operators Collective. Forbes and Inc Magazine have featuredher as a woman promoting investment in underestimated founders.She has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the IE Business School. Most importantly, she is a dog mom to the cutest Dachshund mix, Choco. ## Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Credit Partner at Hedosophia ## Oliver Jung - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight. ## Marcelo Sampaio - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Apps, Software There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world. ## Paulo Veras - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, B2B, B2C Paulo Veras ## Stelleo Tolda - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Stelleo Tolda is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MercadoLibre, Inc. since April 1, 2009. In addition, he served as Country Manager in Brazil between 1999 and 2010.In the latter role MercadoLibre has led to his current leadership position in e-commerce in the country.Before joining MercadoLibre, Tolda worked in the financial market, withcompanies such as Lehman Brothers, Inc. in the U.S. and Banco Pactual and Banco Icatu, Brazil.With an MBA in school business administration from Stanford University, in the United States, the executive is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution.Born in Brazil, Tolda speaks fluent English, Spanish and French as well as Portuguese. ## 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. ## Tanya Filer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Tanya Filer - Founder and CEO @ StateUp ## 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. ## Katie Shea - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Retail, Food and Beverage Katie Shea is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Divergent Capital and an Angel investor. Before that, she was the General Partner at K50 Ventures and Kairos. ## Kim Machlup - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Kim Machlup ## Ariel Arrieta - Type: Angel - Location: Argentina, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Blockchain Ariel Arrieta is a Venture Capital investor and serial entrepreneur, as he likes to present himself. He founded and founded several companies. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of NXTP Labs, one of the most active funds in the region and has invested in more than 200 technology companies throughout Latin America. He has worked in Internetcompanies since 1994 and several of the companies he founded were sold to Fox International Channels (News Corporation). He is a Kauffman Fellow (class 18) and Harvard Business School OPM (class 41). He collaborates with the NGOs Ecosistema Emprendedor, Junior Achievement, Endeavor and Ruta 40. He is also the author of the books "Aprender a Emprender" and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2013. and and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2018. ## Kallie Parchman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Kallie Parchman ## Chelsea Burns - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Chelsea Burns ## Jose Bonilla - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Jose Bonilla ## Melissa Toledo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Melissa Toledo ## Ana Paula González - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Ana Paula González ## Alex Torrenegra - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Alex Torrenegra ## Laura Fingal-Surma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Laura Fingal-Surma # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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