# Top 30 Wellness Angel Investors in Mexico in May 2026

## Kevin Hale
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings

## Jeff Danley
- Type: Angel
- Location: Provo, Utah, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Peak Capital, a real estate private equity firm in Utah.
Co-Founder at Peak Ventures (now Album Ventures), a seed-stage VC fund in Utah. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in Accounting and a Minor in Economics from Brigham Young University. He received his Masters of BusinessAdministration Degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he was recognized as an Edward Tuck Scholar with Distinction. Jeff is a member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization).

## Nick Telson
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Nick Telson is the Co-Founder at Trumpet.

## Prasanna Srikhanta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Security, Software, Analytics

Prasanna Srikhanta

## Jorge Mazal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Podcast

Jorge Mazal, CPO at Duolingo.

## Lorena Ochoa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Podcast

Lorena Ochoa

## 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.

## Avichal Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Financial Services

Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.

## Christian Aguirre
- Type: Angel
- Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Christian Aguirre - Investment Team Member @ Dalus Capital

## Luis Roberto Marinelli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Training

Luis is a highly analytical and goal-driven professional, focused on finding simple and innovative solutions to complex problems.With a strong background in Corporate Finance, Data Analytics and Business Strategy, Luis worked in the Financial Services Industry for more than 10 years in which he served in key positions such as CFO in GrupoGuatePrenda/Maxiefectivo (GPMX) and Head of Corporate Risk in BAM (Grupo Bancolombia), two of the most important lending institutions in the region. During his time in GPMX, Luis led a complex turnaround for a Corporation with more than 50 companies in 4 countries, resulting on an EBITDA growth of 250%+. Subsequently, he had a key role on the sale of the company to EZCORP (NASDAQ: EZPW).After some time pursuing new adventures, Luis co-founded Vana, a high-growth FinTech with the mission of providing access to financial services to the unbanked and underbanked population in LATAM. Luis holds a CPA and Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship from Universidad Francisco Marroquín and completed his Executive Master in Business Analytics from ESADE. He also holds a Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst certification (FMVA®) from the Corporate Finance Institute and multiple certifications on Data Science, Data Analytics and Data Visualization.

## Nina Khosla
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Beauty, Consumer, Wellness

Nina Khosla

## Leonid Gluzman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Beauty, Consumer, Wellness

Leonid Gluzman

## Oso Trava
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Audio, Podcast

Oso Trava

## Mercedes Bent
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Apps, Financial Services

Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Previously she served as an executive at a VR startup and a General Manager at General Assembly (acquired, 2018) where she oversaw a multi-million dollar business line. She has an MBA and a Masters in Education from Stanford University andan AB from Harvard University. She serves as a board member for the non-profit Birthright AFRICA and in her free time she enjoys off-roading in her Jeep. She is an African American of Bermudian, Grenadian, and Colombian heritage and was named a 40 under 40 for Tech Diversity.

## Sung Ho Choi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, FinTech

Sung Ho C. is the Managing Director at Fubo Gaming. He attended University of Chicago.

## Eric Rea
- Type: Angel
- Location: Provo, Utah, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Enterprise Software, FinTech, Productivity Tools

Eric Rea is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Podium.

## Alejandro Galvez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Banking, Payments

Angel investor

## Jason Evans
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Communities

Jason Evans is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at OXIO.

## Nicolas Girard
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Communities

CEO / Founder @ OXIO -
3rd time entrepreneur -
Innovator in Mobile Communication -
Past life as network security experts for gov agencies. Top Secret Security Clearance

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Neil Thanedar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Flint, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Apps

Neil Thanedar is the Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures and the Founder and Chairman of Labdoor and Air to All.Previously, Neil was the Founder and President of Avomeen Analytical Services, a chemical analysis and product development laboratory.He has also served as Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, StateRepresentative, and US Congress in Michigan.Neil graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration.

## Mike Shoemaker
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Freelance

Michael Shoemaker is the chief operating officer of Roofstock.
He previously worked as the Director, Global Ridesharing Product Operations at Uber.

## Roger Laughlin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Banking, Payments, Real Estate

Roger Laughlin - Founder & COO @ Kavak

## Alfonso De los Rios
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Apps, Audio

Alfonso De los Rios is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of Nowports.

## 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.

## Sam Altman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam was previously the Chairman of Y Combinator, a leading silicon valley startup accelerator.

## Emanuel Pleitez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Restaurants

Emanuel is a founding partner of East Los Capital, a technology-enabled private equity firm. Prior to East Los Capital, he invested at Sunstone Partners focusing on cloud, enterprise IT, cybersecurity, edtech, fintech, healthcare IT, internet, and marketing services. Before Sunstone, he was a Commissioner for Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions.Emanuel's early career experiences include stints at McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs. Emanuel’s public sector experiences include serving in the U.S. Army and as Special Assistant to Chairman Paul Volcker for President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. A Los Angeles native, he holds a B.A. from Stanford University.Current investments of East Los Capital team: 66Degrees (66degrees.com), BeTheBeast (bethebeast.com), Breadware (breadware.com), Bump by Ownors (usebump.com), Caylent (caylent.com), DiDi (didiglobal.com), dotstudioPRO (dotstudiopro.com), Everyset (everyset.com), Fernish (fernish.com), Finix (finix.com), FLYR (flyrlabs.com), Functional Finance (functionalfi.com), Glitzi (glitzi.com.mx), Lorals (mylorals.com) Lynx Biosciences (lynx.bio), MagicLinks (magiclinks.com), myLAB Box (mylabbox.com), Nadine West (nadinewest.com), Nevados Engineering (nevados.co), Orca Inventory (orcainventory.com), Ordermark (ordermark.com), RealKey (realkey.com), Repurpose (repurpose.com), Revry (revry.tv), Rosalind Bio (rosalind.bio), Sabio (sabio.la), Signalwire (signalwire.com), Synctera (synctera.com), Tampon Tribe (tampontribe.com), Tradewell (tradewell.app), TRM Labs (trmlabs.com), ZenHub (zenhub.com)Team exited investments: Basepaws (Zoetis acq), Capillary Biomedical (Tandem Diabetes Care acq), IKizmet (ClubReady acq), Passfolio (SproutFi acq), Pasturebird (Perdue Farms acq)

## Dylan Field
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Dylan Field is the CEO and Co-founder of Figma, a design and prototyping platform for teams who build products together. With the support of the Thiel Fellowship, Dylan dropped out of Brown University to start Figma with his TA Evan Wallace (who became Figma’s CTO). They built Figma on the web in the hopes of tearing down the walls around thesiloed design process. Dylan champions open, accessible design and believes such tooling must evolve for a cloud-based, collaborative world. He tweets @zoink

## Jesse Damstra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care, Developer Platform

Jesse Damstra is a General Manager of Philips Mexico.

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