Claurelle Rakipovic
Chief Executive Officer at Pipe · Executive at Pipe Technologies
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Claurelle Rakipovic is the Chief Executive Officer of Pipe, an embedded capital solution serving software platforms and their merchants across five countries, including Uber Restaurants, Housecall Pro, and Boulevard, where AI and machine learning are used across functions such as credit risk, fraud and compliance, funding, and engineering. She previously served as a General Manager at Amazon, building and running Amazon Lending and International Business Payments across the US, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and India, and later as VP of Product at Capital Group, where she established a product and engineering function and led the launch of research tools and investment funds. Born in South Africa and raised in Thailand, she began her career as an economics researcher in Canada and founded a martech company.
Chief Executive Officer at Pipe
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Pipe's investors · 35
1/1 CapitalMiami BeachAltos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checksAltra VentureNew York City · $500K – $25M checksAngel Collective Opportunity FundSan FranciscoAnthemis VentureNew York · $500K – $7M checksBeyond CapitalSan DiegoBlue Lion GlobalSouth San FranciscoChapter OneLos Angeles · $5K – $200K checksCross Culture VenturesEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFikaCulver City · $1M – $10M checksFin CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2026Fjor FoundersLos AngelesFounders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoGround Up VenturesNew York · $500K – $1.5M checksHubSpot VenturesCambridge · $500K – $5M checksInertia VenturesNew York · $2M checksJuniperoMiamiLevel One FundMiamiMaC Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks · since 2026Mad'a Investment CompanyRiyadh · $1.6M – $13M checksMantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checksRackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checksRaptor GroupMiami BeachReshapeNew York · $100K – $2M checksRizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checksRoosh VenturesKievRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksShrug CapitalSunnyvale · $100K – $3M checksTorch CapitalNew York · $750K – $1.5M checksTrust FundLos Angeles · $2K – $20K checksVeridical VenturesLos AngelesVillage GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checksWEEKENDMiami · $100K – $300K checksWorklife VenturesWalnut · $500K – $2M checks
Executive at Pipe Technologies
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Pipe Technologies's investors · 11
Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2020Fika VenturesCulver City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2020FIN VCSan Francisco · since 2021Greenspring AssociatesPortland · since 2026MaC Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks · since 2026Next47Palo Alto · since 2021SBI InvestmentTokyo · $2M – $227M checks · since 2021Seven Seven SixPalm Beach Gardens · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Sound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2021Tribe CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $75M checks · since 2020Uncorrelated VenturesLas Vegas · since 2020
Co-founders at Pipe Technologies
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Joshua P. MangelDirector
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Zain AllarakhiaDirector
Experience
- PipeChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PipeChief Product Officer2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- United StatesMaternity Leave2023 — 2024
- Capital GroupVP, Product - Investment Group Technology2020 — 2023Worldwide
- AmazonGM and Group Head of Product, Lending and Payments2017 — 2020London, United Kingdom
- AmazonSenior Manager, Amazon Lending UK2015 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- AmazonSenior Manager, Fulfillment By Amazon2014 — 2015London, United Kingdom
- BlackBerrySenior Business Manager, Chief Information Office, BlackBerry2009 — 2012Toronto, Canada Area
- Engage MediaCEO and Co-Founder2007 — 2009United States / Canada
- Institute for Competitiveness and ProsperityResearcher, Economic Policy2003 — 2007
Skills & more
ManagementCommunicationLong-term VisionLeadership9Revenue & Profit GrowthE-CommerceCommerceMobile Product DevelopmentProduct VisionProduct StrategyBusiness InsightsGrowth Strategies
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Executive StrategyP&L ManagementApplied Machine LearningProduct InnovationSoftware DevelopmentLeadership DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyFinancial ModelingMarket ResearchCapacity PlanningPortfolio ManagementLanguages German · Spanish
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- Who is Claurelle Rakipovic?
- Claurelle Rakipovic is the Chief Executive Officer of Pipe, an embedded capital solution serving software platforms and their merchants across five countries, including Uber Restaurants, Housecall Pro, and Boulevard, where AI and machine learning are used across functions such as credit risk, fraud and compliance, funding, and engineering. She previously served as a General Manager at Amazon, building and running Amazon Lending and International Business Payments across the US, UK, Germany, Japan, China, and India, and later as VP of Product at Capital Group, where she established a product and engineering function and led the launch of research tools and investment funds. Born in South Africa and raised in Thailand, she began her career as an economics researcher in Canada and founded a martech company.
- Where does Claurelle Rakipovic work?
- Claurelle Rakipovic is Chief Executive Officer at Pipe and Executive at Pipe Technologies.
- Where did Claurelle Rakipovic go to school?
- Claurelle Rakipovic studied at INSEAD (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship); University of Toronto (B.COMM, Finance and Economics); Bangkok Patana British International School (International Baccalaureate, GCSEs).
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