Mark Kendall
Angel Investors play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Connecticut 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 Connecticut Angel Investors
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Barry Sternlicht
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Barry Sternlicht is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group, the private investment firm he formed in 1991 focused on g…
Ray Dalio
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ray Dalio is the Founder, Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater Associates. He started Bridgewater out of his two-bedroom …
Ken Cron
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ken Cron is the Chief Executive Officer of Structured Portfolio Management, LLC (SPM), which is a specialist fixed income manager focused on…
Roger Farah
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Roger N. Farah is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director of Tory Burch LLC (lifestyle brand), a position he has held since September 2014. …
Steven A. Cohen
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Steven A. Cohen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Point72 Asset Management, L.P. He founded S.A.C. Capital Advisors, L.P. in 19…
Ratmir Timashev
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ratmir Timashev possesses a rare combination of proven business savvy, forward-looking technical knowledge and market vision. Ratmir brings …
Ursula Burns
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ursula Burns is a Senior Advisor at Teneo Holdings. She is also Chairman of the Board at VEON, and director of Uber, American Express, Exxon…
Keith Melnick
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Keith Melnick – CEO @ The Zebra
Pen King
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Pen King – Co Founder and Partner @ Innovating Capital
Sam Palmisano
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Palmisano was promoted to CEO in March 2002 and named chairman effective January 1, 2003, succeeding the retiring Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. aft…
Steve Hafner
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Steve Hafner is the CEO at KAYAK, Opentable.
Marie Rocha
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Marie Rocha – Co-founder/Managing Director @ Realist Ventures
Zac Zeitlin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Zac has been an active investor in an exciting group of impact-minded, early stage companies, with a focus on food, health and wellness, edu…
Larry N. Feinberg
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Larry Neil Feinberg serves as the President at Oracle Investment Management, Inc. Feinberg founded the firm in 1993. He is a Managing Partne…
Bandel Carano
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bandel Carano, Managing Partner, joined Oak Investment Partners in 1985 and became a General Partner in 1987. Bandel’s investment focus is o…
Paul Tudor Jones II
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mr. Paul Tudor Jones II is the Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Tudor Investment Corporation and Founder since 1980. He has opera…
Austin McChord
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Austin McChord is the founder and chief executive officer of Datto, a provider of backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutio…
Gary Loveman
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Gary Loveman joined Caesars Entertainment Corporation as Chief Operating Officer in 1998, after serving as an associate professor at the Har…
Thomas Mangas
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Tom Mangas is a strategic and finance grounded leader with an exceptional record turning around and driving global growth in underperforming…
Ryan Spoon
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ryan Spoon joined [ESPN](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/espn) as Senior Vice President, Product Development in July 2012. In this r…
Chloe Steinberg
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Chloe Steinberg is a partner at Sapphire Sport, where she focuses on investing in early-stage companies shaping the future of consumption. …
Jay Galluzzo
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jay Galluzzo is a Managing Director with over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, executive and investor. Since joining North Castle…
Jon Rubinstein
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jon Rubinstein is a senior VP and general manager at Hewlett-Packard, following its 2010 acquisition of Palm, where he was CEO. Rubinstein l…
Stephen Mandel
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Stephen Mandel is Managing Director at Lone Pine Capital, LLC
Stuart Subotnick
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Stuart Subotnick, also known as Stu, serves as Managing Director of Kluge & Co. Mr. Subotnick served as the Chief Executive Officer and Pres…
Thibauld Favre
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Thibauld Favre is a co-founder and CEO at Fairmint.
Ray Iglesias
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ray Iglesias is the executive chairman of Ubiquity. He has deep leadership experience, having previously held key roles in several successfu…
Mitch Barns
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mitch Barns is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Appointed in January 2014, Mitch leads the efforts of Nielsen…
Bret Laporte
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bret Laporte
Konrad Kruger
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
CEO of SwiftConnect | Chairperson of Covercy | Managing Partner of Five Mile Capital | Former Group CEO Investment & Corporate Bank at NatWe…
Seth Weinstein
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Seth Weinstein is a Managing Member at ZAX LLC.
David Peterson
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David Peterson
Marty Isaac
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Marty Isaac – Advisor @ Slidejoy
Venetia Kontogouris
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Venetia Kontogouris has been associated with Trident Capital since 1995. She joined Trident Capital in 1999 as a Managing Director. Prior to…
Don Kendall
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Don Kendall – Co-Founder & Chairman @ Social Venture Partners
Chris Mayle
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chris Mayle is the Founding Partner & Executive Vice President, Operations at Advanced Grow Labs.
Patrick LaVecchia
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Patrick LaVecchia is the CEO of Oasis Pro Markets/Oasis Pro, Inc.
John Owen
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John Owen
Chiney Ogwumike
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chinenye “Chiney” Ogwumike is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women’s National Basketball …
Alain Benzaken
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
During his career, Alain Benzaken has been involved in some of the most successful startups on the East Coast. Prior to joining Decisyon in …
Ian Smith
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ian Smith
Robert Voreyer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Robert Voreyer – Managing Director @ Spencer Holt Advisors, LLC
Steven Bean
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Steven Bean is a Principal at Claris Real Estate Advisors.
Jacob Herschler
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jacob Herschler – Owner @ Sound Sailing Charters
Marc Gare
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Marc Gare is a Founder at Advanced Grow Labs.
Thomas Zipp
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Thomas Zipp is an experienced investor, corporate executive, and board member with a strong background in accounting and finance. His extens…
Vincent J. Dowling
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Vincent J. (VJ) Dowling currently works as Managing Partner at Dowling & Partners.
Paul Keblish
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Paul has over 20 years of financial services experience in investment banking, consulting and securities operations. Through approximately 1…
Julie Roehm
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Julie Roehm – Marketing @ Speak With Me
Shawn Nelson
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Shawn Nelson founded Lovesac in 1998 and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board of Dire…
Robert Braun
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Established in 2009, by Robert Braun, RateMAX has quickly become one of the leading aggregators of wholesale and retail VoIP traffic.RateMAX…
Kevin Kinyon
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Kevin Kinyon
Nicholas Christakis
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is a social scientist and physician who conducts research in the areas of biosocial science, network scie…
Carolyn Wall
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Carolyn Wall – President @ Narrowstep
Michael Nicastro
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Nicastro – CEO and Board of Directors @ Continuity
Zeke Emanuel
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Zeke Emanuel – Venture Partner @ Oak HC/FT
Jon Canarick
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jon Canarick serves as a Managing Director at North Castle Partners.
Drew Marcus
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Drew Marcus – Managing Partner @ Sugarloaf Rock Capital
Dan Donovan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Dan Donovan
Patrick Sweeny
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Private Equity
Patrick Sweeny
Porter Collins
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Porter Collins is a Portfolio Manager at Seawolf Capital.
Fay Vincent
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Francis T. Vincent, Jr. was elected baseball’s eighth Commissioner in a unanimous vote of major league owners on September 13, 1989. Vincent…
Tom Brophy
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Tom Brophy
Joseph Tranfo
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joseph Tranfo – Founder and Managing Principal @ Benedict Capital
Patrick Weil
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Patrick Weil is a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a senior research fellow at the French National Research Center at the Pa…
Meera Kapur
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Meera Kapur – Vice President of Finance & Resource Mangement @ Kadenze
Brian Higgins
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Brian joined Clarity in November of 2007. Under Brian’s direction, the Clarity application platform was designed from the bottom up to be ea…
Barry Kaplan
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Barry Kaplan
Joel Douglas
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Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Prior to Loon, Mr. Douglas was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Engineered Carbon Solutions (ECS) – a company that commercialized a hybrid …
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