# Top 50 Video Games Angel Investors in Europe in October 2023

## Sam Enrico Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Web Apps, Fantasy Sports

Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr.
Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.

## Paul Heydon
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps

30 years as a founder, operator, investor, and advisor. Previously Paul was a Co-Founder and General Partner at LVP. Paul has invested in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity (NYSE:U), Matchmade, Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), AppOnboard, FRVR,Starform, Gameclub, Coherence, Lucid Sight, Doppio Games, Capture, Flick, EvenPrime, Tellie & Litho and others. Previously, he was an investment banker at Avista Partners, Commerzbank Securities & ING Barings. He has both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada.

## David Helgason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology

David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.

## Rupert Loman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Digital Entertainment, Video Games, Media and Entertainment

Rupert Loman

## 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.

## Jonas Nordlander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle

Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.

## Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

## Henric Suuronen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Mobile Apps

Founding Partner of Play Ventures. He previously co-founded Nonstop Games which was acquired by King for US$32m+ earnout.Henric has over 16 years of experience building mobile games and studios around the world. Before co-founding Nonstop Games in Singapore, Henric was Product Management Director at Digital Chocolate (Helsinki and Barcelona) andHead of Studio at Wooga (Berlin). After King’s acquisition of Nonstop Games, Henric served as Senior Creative Director at King.Henric also has a successful portfolio of angel investments in gaming including Huuuge Games, Futureplay Games, Traplight Games, Matchmade, Omniata (acquired by King), DataTiger (acquired by Apple) and Astralis Group (IPO on Nasdaq). In total, his investments have raised >$125M of venture financing and made 5 exits + 1 IPO. Henric is based in Singapore and frequently travels to the main gaming hubs in Europe and the US. He holds double masters’ degrees in Computer Science and Business.

## Michael Benabou
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services

President at Financiere Saint James.

## Stefan Lindeberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Analytics

Stefan Lindeberg was the Venture Partner and Co-founder of Nordic Game Ventures. He attended Linköping University.

## Jacob Key
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Insurance

Jacob Key is co-founder and general partner of Luminar Ventures. Jacob has made close to 20 early stage investments in companies such as Challengermode, Gavagai, Unacast and Pacemaker - and made 3 successful exits to date in Sportamore, Vera&John and Vetzoo.

## Chris Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Digital Entertainment

Chris Lee is an investor at Facemoji. The Attended University of Nottingham.

## Livingstone Ian
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Android, Video Games, PC Games

Ian Livingstone CBE is one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry. He co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop in 1975, launching Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer in Europe.He co-authored The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson in 1982, writing 14 titles in the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series which has sold over18 million copies worldwide. He designed Eureka, the first computer game published by Domark in 1984. He joined the Domark board in 1992, overseeing a merger that created Eidos plc in 1995 where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002, and as Creative Director until 2006. At Eidos he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. He co-authored the influential Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review published by NESTA in 2011, recommending changes in ICT education policy. Following publication, he chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign, working with government to introduce the new Computing curriculum in schools in 2014. In the Wired 100 list for 2012, he was ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy. He was listed in the 2015 Debrett’s 500 of most influential people in UK.Roles (as of May 2016): Founder and Chairman of the Livingstone Foundation, Chairman of Playdemic, Chairman of Midoki, Chairman of Sumo-Digital, Chairman of PlayMob, Chairman of Antstream, Chairman of The Secret Police, Chairman of Flavourworks, Vice Chair of UKIE, Patron and Non-executive director of Creative Skillset, a Member of the Creative Industries Council, Non-executive director of Creative Industries Federation, Non-executive director of Creative England, Non-executive director of Young Rewired State, GamesAid Trustee, Advisory Board Member of GameCity, and Adviser to the British Council.

## Malin-Iulian Stefanescu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Marketing, Software, Internet

Business Angel, Entrepreneur, Father

## Anton Gauffin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Mobile Apps

Anton Gauffin is the Founder of Sumoing.

## Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Health Care

Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is an Internet entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of French e-commerce pioneer PriceMinister. After he sold Priceminister to Japanese internet giant Rakuten in 2010 for $350m, he became Rakuten Europe COO. He left Rakuten in 2014 so as to concentrate on his investments and new project.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is agraduate of the famous HEC Paris business school, where he studied entrepreneurship. He launched his first company, Visualis SA (a consultancy for the distribution sector), while still studying at HEC, with a €10,000 student loan. After graduating from HEC, Kosciusko-Morizet moved to the United States and became a manager in the marketing department of Finance Capital One, an internet-based credit card company. There he managed a team of 60 analysts, and specialised in the online credit and banking market.It was there that Kosciusko-Morizet saw a gap in the market. While websites existed in the United States linking buyers and sellers online, there was no equivalent site in France. He resigned from Finance Capital One and returned to France two weeks later to work on what would become PriceMinister with Pierre Krings, Olivier Mathiot, Nathalie Maurin and Justin Ziegler. In 2001 Priceminister launched and has grown into one of the largest and most successful e-commerce companies in France, currently employing around 200 passionate and dedicated staff.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is a former President of the ACSEL (Association of the Digital Economy) and of the ASIC (Association of Internet Community Services), and Chairman and main investor of the Strategic Committee of ISAI, the “French internet entrepreneurs fund”, that raised over $100m. In 2010 Kosciusko-Morizet published an autobiographical book which details the story of PriceMinister.

## Sebastien Borget
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.

## Craig Fletcher
- Type: Angel
- Location: Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, PC Games, Video Games

Craig Fletcher is the current CEO of Player1 Events. He previously worked at Liberal Democrats as a Parliamentary Candidate for Romsey and Southampton North. Craig Fletcher attended the University of Edinburgh.

## Juha Paananen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Video Games

Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Xavier Niel currently works as the Co-Founder & CEO for NJJ Capital. Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet,the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project.

## Holger Hübner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Audio

Holger Hübner

## Per Brilioth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Transportation

Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global

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

Kevin is the Co-Founder and GP of A* Capital & The Co-Founder & Chairman of Eventbrite (NYSE: EB)Prior A* Capital, Kevin was at Founders Fund. Previously Co-Founder and CEO of Eventbrite (NYSE: EB). Kevin was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company servicing more than 30 countriesworldwide. Xoom went public in 2012 and was acquired by PayPal in 2015. Kevin has served as an early-stage investor and advisor to successful start-ups including Airbnb, Lookout, PayPal, Pinterest, Skybox Imaging, Trulia, Uber, and Yammer.

## Julien Romanetto
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Internet

Jlien Romanettois the Co-Founder and Product at Arianee. Julien Romanetto attended Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)l.

## Albert Botet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Events, Computer, Video Games

Albert Botet is an individual investor.

## Sergey Kornikhin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Video Games

Sergey Kornikhin is a producer and actor, known for I Am Losing Weight (2018), Kak menya zovut (2014) and Samyy luchshiy den! (2015).

## Mats Carlsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Danderyd, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Mats Carlsson is the Chief Executive Officer of Pareto Securities.

## Johannis Hatt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Gaming

Johannis Hatt is one of the founders of Productsup.

## Charlie Songhurst
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.

## Rémi Tuyaerts
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Finance, Leisure, Hospitality

Technology Executive passionate about incentivising people using technology.

## 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.

## Klaas Kersting
- Type: Angel
- Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, E-Commerce

Klaas Kersting is a serial entrepreneur (Gameforge / flaregames / Phoenix Games) and Seed-/Early-stage investor in startups in games and e-commerce. He served and serves as board member and advisor to several of his investments.Most recently, in 2019, Klaas founded Phoenix Games, a company aiming to help game founders to achievemore - both financially as well as commercially. In 2008 Klaas Kersting was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year'. Gameforge was awarded 'Red Herring 100 Europe', and 'Technology Fast 50 Rising Stars'. Furthermore, he was selected 'Technology Pioneer 2009' by the World Economic Forum.

## Ben Wynne-Simmons
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, Casual Games

An investor, engineer and entrepreneur.Ben is a Managing Director at Coral Reef. He works with and invests in tech entrepreneurs, startups and growth companies. He also works on a number of social impact and art projects such as TradeRelief, Root Matter and Exhibition Collective. Prior to this Ben held investment director roles at 3i Group plcand Barclays Private Equity where he managed investments, exits and sat on the board of 10 companies. In 2008 Ben helped set up and now manages TradeRelief - a charity investing in social enterprises in developing countries.Ben holds a 1st class Masters in Engineering Science from Oxford University, an Investment Management Certificate from the CFA, and obtained a Chartered Accountancy qualification from ICAS

## Flaviu Simihaian
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Rehabilitation

Flaviu Simihaian is the co-founder and CEO of Troy Medicare, the first pharmacy-powered, AI-driven Medicare Advantage plan. Flaviu also co-founded and is the chairman of Amplicare (previously iMedicare), a web-based SaaS platform that 7,000 pharmacies use to manage and grow their business.

## Jérôme Le Feuvre
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Gaming

Jerome Le Feuvre is the Head of Development and Operations for Europe at Bytedance.

## Lucas Cranach
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Health Care

Lucas von Cranach is like a Football. He was a supporter of 1. FC Cologne long before he was set to become an entrepreneur in the football industry. It all started in the early days of the smartphone when Lucas realized that there was no service providing fans with live scores and results. He started out with a simple SMS-service delivering livescores to the fans’ pockets. Only a few years later this service has turned into one of the most successful football-apps around the globe connecting more than 20 million fans.

## Jonas Siljemark
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Jonas Siljemark is the CEO of Warner Music Scandinavia.

## Markus Ament
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Mario Götze
- Type: Angel
- Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

## Michael Wieser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Computer, Video Games

Michael Wieser studied law in Vienna and Singapore. He co-founded two start-ups (IT provider / energy storage) and also gained experience in private equity. Michael has been investing as a business angel for 10 years and is now a partner at Helvetia’s VC fund.

## Alex Rigby
- Type: Angel
- Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Gaming, PC Games

Alex is focused on making sure the company produces the best-looking, most fun and highly innovative social entertainment apps in the world.

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders.

## Tom Horsey
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Information Technology, Education

Tom Horsey is co-founder of the Crazy4Media group, a group of digital marketing companies, several of which he has been a founder, and of the startup association the Connected Mobility Hub, Tom invests mainly in digital marketing and mobility companies with a special focus on Andalusian companies. He has done exit with The Mobile Life and QAShops, and currently has in his portfolio several successful startups such as Open Webinars, Mission Box / Mox, Workkola, Wuolah, Fheel, Ciclogreen, Checkealos and Levelbots / Güelcom. In spite of its English origin Tom Horsey is based between Seville (Spain) and St Julians (Malta).

## Martin Jeremy Evans
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: iOS, Gaming, Mobile

Martin Jeremy Evans

## Karl Sandstedt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: eSports, Internet, PC Games

Karl Sandstedt is the Head of Devices and Services at Google.

## Jens Lapinski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Antoine Lebel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software

Antoine Lebel

## Peter Söderberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software

Peter Söderberg

## Avi Meir
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Mobile

Avi Meir is the Co-Founder & CEO of TravelPerk, a
ground-breaking business travel platform offering
companies of any size a one-stop-shop to book &
manage all their travel in one place. TravelPerk is one
and one of the fastest-growing tech startups in Europe
and raised $14m from some of the world's leading
investors including SparkCapital, famous for Twitter,
Trello and Slack• Prior to founding TravelPerk, Avi was Co-Founder of
Hotel Ninjas, which was acquired by Booking.com in
2014, and VP Product at Budgetplaces.com, which
was acquired by Palamon in 2011• Avi is started writing code when he was 12 years old,
holds an MBA from IESE, and is a frequent speaker
about travel technology in industry events• He lived in three countries and speaks English,
French, Spanish, Hebrew and Klingon

## Heliodoro Pedro Romero de Diego
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: iOS, Gaming, Mobile

Heliodoro Pedro Romero de Diego

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