Francesco Corea
InvestorInvestor at Greycroft
Los Angeles, California
Writes $100K – $50M checks · typically $5M
About
Francesco Corea is a Kauffman Fellow with over a decade of venture capital experience, previously holding positions at Greycroft and Balderton Capital. He combines background in academic complexity science with investments in early-stage companies and funds across development tools, machine learning operations, deep technology, healthcare, longevity, and climate sectors. Corea teaches as a guest lecturer at multiple institutions including Harvard, London Business School, and Oxford.
Experience
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow (KF 31)current2026 — present
- London Business SchoolTeachingcurrent2026 — present
- Owl VenturesFractional Head of Tech, Data, and AI2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Nova School of Business and EconomicsAdjunct Assistant Professor2025Lisbon, Portugal
- ASU Center for Science and the ImaginationFellow - Project Centrifuge2025Tempe, Arizona, United States
- Kleiner PerkinsFractional Head of Data2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Apis PartnersFractional Head of Data2025London Area, United Kingdom
- GreycroftDirector of Data Science2022 — 2024Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Balderton CapitalHead of Data and Research2019 — 2022London Area, United Kingdom
- Meeshkan Machine LearningBoard Member2018 — 2019Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- Anthemis GroupInvestment Fellow2015 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
Education
- UCLAVisiting Scholar, Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Università Ca' Foscari VeneziaPost-Doc, Artificial Intelligence
- Luiss Guido Carli UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics
- Nova School of Business and EconomicsMaster's degree, Finance
- Luiss Guido Carli UniversityMaster's degree, Economics
Skills & more
AI AgentsEarly-Stage StartupsAcademic AdvisingUniversity LecturingGuest LecturingHigher EducationClimateBoard of DirectorsBoard LevelVenture FinancingMathematicsArtificial Intelligence (AI)
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EconomicsEconometricsStart-upsData ScienceCorporate FinanceDerivativesRResearchData AnalysisVenture CapitalPythonMatlabLanguages English · Italian · Spanish
- Advanced Excel Financial Modelling — Full Stack Modeller
- CFA Candidate Level III — CFA Institute
- S2DS 2014 London — Pivigo
From Francesco's professional profile.
Colleagues at Greycroft
Aaron Athanas
People Operations Associate at Greycroft
Adam Boutin
Partner at Greycroft
Addie Ewald
Investor at Greycroft
Alaina Hartley
Principal at Greycroft
Alex Constantinople
Chief Marketing Officer at Greycroft
Allison Beck
Head of Events & Foundation at Greycroft
Andrew Scott
Senior Finance Manager at Greycroft
Andrew Ying
Investor at Greycroft
Network5
Adam Boutin
Partner at Greycroft
Alaina Hartley
Principal at Greycroft
Brentt Baltimore
Principal at Greycroft
Brian Bustamante-Nicholson
Partner at Greycroft
Bryan Subijano
Principal at Greycroft
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Francesco Corea work?
- Francesco Corea is Investor at Greycroft.
- What check size does Francesco Corea write?
- Francesco Corea typically writes checks of $100K – $50M.
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