Jose Andres
José Andrés is a world-renowned chef, restaurateur, and humanitarian best known for founding the José Andrés Group (40+ restaurants) and World Central Kitchen, the latter providing 400M+ meals globally. As an angel investor, he’s made at least two documented startup investments.
Kurt Bilafer
Kurt Bilafer is an accomplished fintech and SaaS executive turned angel investor. He currently serves as COO and Board Director at Trade Ledgerâ„¢, a lending-as-a-service platform, and was General Partner at Stage 2 Capital. Active in Techstars and Launch networks, he’s made over 100 angel investments since 2015.
Brian Perrott
Brian Perrott is an angel investor and entrepreneur. He is a Managing Partner at CR Capital (a venture fund) and co-founded BluePallet in the chemical industry in 2020 (raised $9 M Series A). He frequently leads workshops on angel investing and actively contributes to the investor community.
Konstantin Mehl
Konstantin Mehl is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He founded and served as CEO of Foodora (a global food-delivery service sold to Delivery Hero in 2015 after scaling to 500 employees and 5,000 drivers) and later co-founded Kaia Health (digital therapeutics for chronic disease, over $125M in funding). He actively invests in 20+ tech […]
Harry Shum
Dr. Harry H.Y. Shum is a renowned computer scientist and former Executive Vice President of AI & Research at Microsoft, where he led Bing, Cortana, XiaoIce, and Microsoft Research initiatives. After 23 years at Microsoft, he transitioned to academia as an Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University and took on several angel investments and board/chair roles.
Justin Smith
Justin Smith is Managing Partner at Recharge Capital and founder of Chaos Ventures. He brings deep expertise from financial services, healthcare, fintech infrastructure, and digital asset investing. With a background at Tusk Ventures and Providence Equity and an MBA from Columbia Business School, he excels in due diligence, GTM strategy, and enterprise scaling.
Jeffrey Wald
Jeff Wald is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and active angel investor. He founded WorkMarket (acquired by ADP in 2018 after raising $100 M), Spinback (acquired by Salesforce), and Sonero (acquired by MediaFly in 2022). His latest venture, Boomerang Intelligence, focuses on employee lifecycle management. Jeff began his career in finance, including roles at […]
Wenda Millard
Wenda Harris Millard is a veteran media and digital advertising leader. She has served as Co‑CEO & President at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Chief Sales Officer at Yahoo! (revenue growth from $700M to $6B), and EVP at DoubleClick—scaling it to over $500M revenue. Currently, she’s Vice Chairman of MediaLink, a strategic advisory firm in media, marketing, and […]
Leif Abraham
Leif Abraham is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Public.com, a social investing platform democratizing fractional stock, ETF, crypto, and bond investing. He previously co-founded AND.CO (acquired by Fiverr) and co-created Pay with a Tweet (acquired by HanseVentures), and served as a Partner at Prehype. He built early creative roles at R/GA, CPCB, and Jung von Matt […]