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Top angel investors in Latin America

Latin America’s angel scene is dominated by founders who exited and reinvested. The profiles below are the names that appear again and again across public top-angel lists — Latitud’s community rankings, Forbes and Bloomberg Línea coverage, Crunchbase data — presented here with what each is best known for.

Inclusion is editorial, based on public reporting; it is not a claim about anyone’s current portfolio or an endorsement of any investor.

Wences Casares

Argentina · Patagon · Lemon · Xapo

Often called one of Latin America’s original tech angels. After selling online broker Patagon to Santander in 2000, he founded Lemon and bitcoin custodian Xapo — and has been writing angel checks across the Americas for more than two decades.

Susana García Robles

Argentina · IDB Lab · Capria Latin America

A pioneer of institutional venture and angel investing in Latin America — she spent nearly two decades building the region’s early-stage ecosystem at the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund before co-founding Capria Latin America, backing fund managers and startups across the region.

Marcos Galperin

Argentina · MercadoLibre

Founder and long-time CEO of MercadoLibre, the region’s most valuable technology company. Beyond the company itself — whose alumni seeded much of the Argentine ecosystem — Galperin has personally backed early-stage ventures across LATAM.

Marta Cruz

Argentina · NXTP

Co-founder of NXTP, one of Latin America’s first venture platforms, and a longtime angel backer of founders across the region. Regularly cited among the most influential women in LATAM tech investing.

David Vélez

Colombia · Nubank

Co-founder and CEO of Nubank. A former Sequoia Capital partner who turned Brazilian banking upside down, Vélez has become one of the most-watched investors in the region, backing founders personally and through philanthropy-linked vehicles.

Cristina Junqueira

Brazil · Nubank

Co-founder of Nubank, the world’s largest digital bank by customers. Beyond building Nubank, Junqueira is an active angel investor in Brazilian fintech and consumer startups and a vocal advocate for more women in tech leadership.

Brian Requarth

Brazil / USA · VivaReal · Latitud

Co-founded VivaReal (later merged into Grupo ZAP and sold to OLX Brasil), then co-founded Latitud, the community and platform for LATAM founders. His book “Viva the Entrepreneur” and his angel portfolio have made him a fixture of the ecosystem.

Camila Farani

Brazil · G2 Capital · Shark Tank Brasil

One of Brazil’s most active angel investors, known nationally as a judge on Shark Tank Brasil. Founder of G2 Capital, she has backed dozens of early-stage Brazilian startups and is a prominent voice for angel investing in the country.

Sebastián Mejía

Colombia · Rappi

Co-founder of Rappi, Colombia’s super-app and one of the region’s defining startups. Mejía is among the most active founder-angels of the post-Rappi generation, frequently appearing in early rounds of LATAM startups.

Adriana Cisneros

Venezuela · Cisneros Group

CEO of the Cisneros Group, the Venezuelan-founded media and investment conglomerate. Through Cisneros Interactive and personal investments, she has backed technology and media startups across Latin America and the US Hispanic market.

The Lists & Networks

Where the ecosystem tracks its angels

Latitud

The community founded by Brian Requarth and Gina Gotthilf publishes recurring rankings of the most active angels in LATAM, voted by founders themselves — the closest thing the region has to a canonical top-angel list.

Anjos do Brasil

Brazil’s largest angel-investor organization, which tracks and publishes data on Brazilian angel activity and connects new angels with startups.

Angel Ventures

One of Mexico’s pioneering angel networks, running structured co-investment vehicles across the Pacific Alliance countries.

LAVCA

The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America — the authoritative data source for venture and angel activity across the region.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the most famous angel investor in Latin America?
There is no official ranking, but Wences Casares (Patagon, Xapo) is often cited as the region’s original tech angel, while Marcos Galperin (MercadoLibre) and David Vélez (Nubank) are the most globally recognized founder-investors. Among full-time active angels, names like Sebastián Mejía, Cristina Junqueira and Brian Requarth appear on nearly every list.
How were these angel investors selected?
Editorially, by cross-referencing public sources: founder-voted rankings such as Latitud’s, coverage in Forbes and Bloomberg Línea, and deal databases like Crunchbase. We favor people repeatedly described in public reporting as active angel investors in Latin American startups.
Can I contact these investors for funding?
This site does not broker introductions. Most of these investors source deals through their networks — communities like Latitud, accelerators such as Y Combinator and Platanus, and referrals from founders they have already backed. A warm introduction from a portfolio founder remains the most effective path.
Are there important women angel investors in Latin America?
Yes — and the share is growing. Susana García Robles (IDB Lab, Capria), Marta Cruz (NXTP), Cristina Junqueira (Nubank), Camila Farani (G2 Capital) and Adriana Cisneros (Cisneros Group) are among the names profiled above, and organizations like WeXchange (IDB Lab) and Mujeres Invirtiendo in Mexico work specifically to grow the number of women writing angel checks in the region.
Where can I find angel investor networks and groups in the region?
See our directory of angel investor networks in Latin America and the US for LATAM-wide, country-specific and cross-border groups, with links to each.