Mark Kendall
Angel Investors play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Philadelphia Angel Investors. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Philadelphia Angel Investors
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Josh Kopelman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Josh Kopelman has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization. In 1992, while he was a stu…
David Blitzer
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David S. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director & Head of the Tactical Opportunities group. David Blitzer is based in New York, having establ…
Yakir Gola
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
As a freshman at Drexel University, Yakir Gola met co-founder Rafael Ilishayev on the first day of their Business 101 class, and the two wen…
Rudy Karsan
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Rudy Karsan is a technology entrepreneur and investor. Nothing excites him more than a great idea and a stellar team of executors who he can…
Bob Moore
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Bob Moore is Co-Founder and CEO of Crossbeam, a collaborative data platform that helps companies build more valuable partnerships by discove…
Daniel Folkman
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
SVP, Business at goPuff
Michael Rubin
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Renowned internet entrepreneur Michael Rubin is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Fanatics, the global leader for licensed sports mercha…
Chris Maguire
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chris Maguire graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2004. After graduation, Chris started doing additional local c…
Paul Melchiorre
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Paul Melchiorre joined Stripes as Operating Partner in 2019.
Dan Goldsmith
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
As a CEO, Senior Executive, Board Member, Advisor, and Investor, Dan has started and scaled world class businesses in the areas of Cloud/Saa…
Steve Barsh
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Steve Barsh is managing partner at Dreamit Ventures.
David J. Adelman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
As CEO of Campus Apartments, David J. Adelman is one of the nation’s leading experts on university-affiliated real estate development. Under…
Michael G. Rubin
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael G. Rubin has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of GSI Commerce® since July 1995 and as president since Oc…
Ahmir Khalib Thompson
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson, known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ?uestlove), is an American musician and music journalist. He is the dr…
Jake Stein
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jake Stein is the Co-Founder & CEO at Common Paper .
Stephen Gill
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Stephen Gill is a visionary technology entrepreneur and leader, whose passion for the digital marketing space inspired him to found Tiller i…
Josh Verne
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Josh Verne
Sashi Reddi
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sashi Reddi is a successful technology entrepreneur, business leader, and an active angel investor. Sashi runs a seed stage venture fund, SR…
Kartik Hosanagar
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kartik Hosanagar is a tenured Associate Professor of Internet Commerce at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Kartik is a …
David Magerman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
David Magerman is a co-founder and managing partner at Differential Ventures. Previously, he spent the entirety of his career at Renaissan…
Leonard Lodish
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Leonard Lodish – Operating Partner @ Lumia Capital
Lars Björk
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Lars Björk leads Qlik as CEO and is a member of the company’s board of directors. He oversaw the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in …
Steven M. Altschuler
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Steven M. Altschuler currently serves as Managing Director-Healthcare Ventures at Ziff Capital Partners and Chair, Board of Directors of Spa…
Rick Bullotta
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Rick is the CTO and co-founder of ThingWorx. Rick was previously CTO at Invensys Wonderware, a leading global provider of manufacturing …
Tom Kulzer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Tom Kulzer is a Founder & CEO at AWeber Communications.
Bob Bickel
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Founder at RunSignUp.
Alex Ott
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Alex Ott founded CrossContinentalVentures in 2002. He is a veteran in the enterprise software industry with operational and board level expe…
Jim Young
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jim Young co-founded HOTorNOT with James Hong in 2000, and is now an angel investor.
David Horowitz
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
David Horowitz – Founder and CEO @ Touchdown Ventures
Edward Sullivan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Edward Sullivan joined Trust Exchange as CEO and Founder in 201. Ed Sullivan is the visionary behind Aria Systems’ success since the company…
Michael C. Forman
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Craig Forman is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of FS Investments. Forman has been leading the firm since co-founding it in…
Sean Dowling
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Sean Dowling joined Osage full time as an Associate in 2011, after interning with Osage as a Summer Associate in 2010 while pursuing his MBA…
Andrew Kress
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Andrew is currently the CEO and founder of HealthVerity, a leader in developing and deploying novel technologies and tools focused on enhanc…
Jay Minkoff
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Co-Founder of HomeBuilder.com – Exited to HomeStore / Move Inc. Entrepreneur with a specialization in creating innovative marketing solutio…
Mitchell Blumenfeld
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mitch Blumenfeld joined Emzactive as Managing Director in 2011.
George Off
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
George W. Off is a former director of Checkpoint Systems, Inc., and previously served as the company’s chairman, president and CEO. Prior…
Carl Guarino
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Carl Guarino leads a seasoned management team in helping customers achieve substantial business improvements through a comprehensive procure…
Angela Duckworth
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
With 7.5 million TED Views of her ‘Grit’ talk, Angela Lee Duckworth needs no introduction to educators and leaders around the world. A consu…
Serguei Netessine
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Serguei Netessine is Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Operations, I…
Ira Lubert
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ira M. Lubert is Board of Trustees at National Constitution Center.
Peter Fader
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Peter S. Fader is the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His expertis…
Mikal C Harden
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mikal C Harden
Neville Taraporewalla
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Former Executive [email protected]@[email protected]@The Times of India Group.
Tobias Harris
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Tobias Harris is a professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Malcolm Jenkins
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Malcolm Jenkins is an American football safety for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college footbal…
Ravi Chaturvedi
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ravi Chaturvedi – Lecturer – Organizational Dynamics Program @ University of Pennsylvania
Vinod Jose
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Vinod Jose – Founder @ Konglo Ventures
Rob Schimek
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Rob Schimek – CEO @ bolttech
Martin Lautman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Martin R. Lautman serves as the Managing Partner at Marketing Channels, Inc.Lautman serves as the Managing Director at GfK ARBOR, LLC. He is…
Joseph DePaulo
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joined Sallie Mae in 2009, serving as CFO and CMO Co-founded and served as CEO of Credit One Financial Services, a consumer finance co. Prev…
Osagie O. Imasogie
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Osagie Imasogie has over 30 years of experience in the fields of law, finance, business management, healthcare, and the pharmaceutical indus…
Scott Tarte
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Scott Tarte – Chief Executive Officer @ Sparks Marketing Group
Matthew Ramer
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Matthew Ramer is a Principal of Financial Advisor, AIF at MOR Wealth Management, LLC.
Ronald Rock
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ron Rock brings three decades of experience as a bridge builder between new technology strategies and legacy enterprises. He was most recent…
Bob Hall
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bob Hall – Chairman @ Vera Bradley
Dave Girgenti
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Dave Girgenti is the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of Magnum Integrated Marketing.
Guido Morelli
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Guido Morelli – CEO/Founder @ Wonder International Inc.
Raymond Walheim
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Raymond Walheim
Tim McLaughlin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
With nearly two decades of experience in strategic relationship management and the design & usability industry, Tim started Intuitive Compan…
Sean McDade
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sean is an entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of PeopleMetrics, a market research consultancy, located in Center City, Philadelphia. In…
Bob Moul
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bob is a veteran technology CEO with more than 38 years of experience working with a broad range of commercial, government, academic, and no…
Thomas Wittman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Thomas Wittman
Joe Jesuele
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Co-Founder at HomeJab
Bruce Toll
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bruce Toll
Ruth Tal-Singer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
I am internationally recognized as an innovative, patient-focused and highly analytical healthcare leader and clinical scientist with extens…
Jonathan Brassington
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jonathan A. Brassington is the CEO and a Founding Partner of LiquidHub, where he manages Consulting Operations, Finance, and Personnel Devel…
Andrew Ari Clibanoff
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Andrew Ari Clibanoff
Peter Silvester
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Peter Silvester
Brigitte Cooperman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
COO, Snipes USA
Dion Waiters
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Dion Waiters is a professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers in NBA.
Jim Brady
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jim Brady is CEO @ Stomping Ground Inc.
John Candeto
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
John Candeto
Rob Weber
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rob Weber is Product Line Director at Microchip Technology.
Joe Zakrzewski
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Zakrzewski is currently a business leader at Onxeo. He has over 25 years of experience as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry, servi…
Brian Antar
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Brian co-founded hearo.fm while at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a violinist, writer, and entrepreneur. Brian manages legal affairs,…
Ezra Cohen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ezra Cohen – Owner @ LucidCircus
Michael Kearns
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Kearns – Professor @ University of Pennsylvania
Michael Phelan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Phelan is a venture partner at [Osage Venture Partners](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/osage-ventures#/entity). He also ser…
Pat Croce
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Pasquale “Pat” Croce is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality.
Christopher Comstock
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Christopher Comstock, known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He first gained international rec…
Peter Hotz
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Peter Hotz – Board Director @ Dorsata
Rob Nestor
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rob Nestor
Ram Mohan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ram Mohan is Chief Operating Officer of Afilias Limited. Ram oversees key strategic, management and technology choices for the company in su…
Eric Schleien
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Debt, Private Equity
Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals including board members of public companies as well as several Fortune 500 C…
Robert Toll
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Robert I. Toll is Executive Chairman of Toll Brothers, Inc., the leading builder of luxury homes. Toll Brothers, founded in 1967, develops r…
Edward Harvey
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Private investor in early-stage companies. Senior Advisor, Dominus Capital.
Jill Scott
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jill Scott
Ed Brownley
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Ed Brownley
Alfred Bader
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Alfred Bader established the Aldrich Chemical Company, later the Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, as one of the world’s leading suppliers of resea…
Tariq Trotter
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Tariq Trotter
John Fox
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John Fox is the Community Manager at Comcast.
Sam McKeel
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sam McKeel – operating head @ Philly
Torsten Geers
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Experienced corporate development and M&A professional and Fortune 100 senior corporate executive with extensive industry experience in educ…
Herb Lotman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Herb Lotman – Founder and Chairman @ Keystone Foods
Laura Lauder
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Laura Lauder is Board of Trustees at National Constitution Center.
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