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Laurent Rains

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Managing Director, Alchemist Platform at Alchemist Accelerator

Richmond, California, United States

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241 people in our graph share verified history with Laurent — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Managing Director leading program operations, AI-driven systems, and international expansion, working with founders on enterprise sales, customer validation, and investor readiness.

Experience

  1. Alchemist AcceleratorManaging Directorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Alchemist AcceleratorDirector of Global Access2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Carbo CultureChief Of Staff2020 — 2021Woodside, California, United States
  4. GoogleSenior Program Manager Lead2019 — 2020Mountain View, California
  5. AutodeskFusion Chief of Staff2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. AutodeskManufacturing Project Manager2015 — 2016San Francisco
  7. MonkeylectricFounder - Director of Sales and Business Development2011 — 2015Berkeley, CA
  8. Lorem.ccDirector of Planning2010 — 2011São Paulo Area, Brazil
  9. PLIMXFounder / Product Manager & Business Development2009 — 2010São Paulo Area, Brazil
  10. Dominion EnterprisesEvangelist and Marketing Manager2007 — 2009Seattle
  11. Dominion EnterprisesRegional Sales Manager2006 — 2007Seattle, WA

Skills & more

Early Stage Investment1Fundraising3Program Management2Stakeholder ManagementStart-ups11Strategic PartnershipsProduct StrategyStart-up ConsultingBusiness StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Go-to-Market Strategy1Pitch Development1
+12 moreSales ProcessesObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)Project ManagementAgile Project ManagementManufacturingAdvisory BoardsMarketing StrategyProduction ManagementFundraising & Investor ReadinessTeam LeadershipStrategyPublic Speaking

Languages English · French · Portuguese · Spanish

From Laurent's professional profile.

Colleagues at Alchemist Accelerator

Adam Frankl
Expert Advisory Board — Partner at Alchemist Accelerator at 33N
Agni Karmazi
Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Alchemist Japan
Alex Miguel
Admissions & Partnerships at Alchemist Japan
Ally Hoang
Program Associate at Alchemist Japan
Ana Rita Silva
Program Assistant at Alchemist Japan
Andrew Scheuermann
Investor at Inception Studio Capital
Annika Lauer
Director of Operations at Alchemist Japan
Bethany Gardner
Bookkeeper & Payroll Specialist at Alchemist Japan

Frequently asked questions

Who is Laurent Rains?
Managing Director leading program operations, AI-driven systems, and international expansion, working with founders on enterprise sales, customer validation, and investor readiness.
Where does Laurent Rains work?
Laurent Rains is Managing Director, Alchemist Platform at Alchemist Accelerator.
Where did Laurent Rains go to school?
Laurent Rains studied at Bard College at Simon's Rock (BA, Political Science).

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Also attended Bard College at Simon's Rock10

Eric HuangPartner at Delos CapitalJessica MahCo-Founder & Executive Chair, InDinero at xfactor venturesNoah SavolainenAnalyst at Bain Capital Tech OpportunitiesYoungro LeeVenture Advisor at Mercury FundDerek WalkerManaging Director at Gallatin Point CapitalCarly PriceFounder at Liv Labs

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Shared employers

Also worked at Alchemist Accelerator108

Peter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture PartnersSahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesTony YangPortfolio Growth at Mucker CapitalKaren SheffieldFounder & Managing Partner at Pachamama VenturesLaurie MenoudInvestor at At One VenturesAndrew HongVenture Partner at Ff Venture Capital

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Also worked at Carbo Culture3

Fridtjof DetznerCo-Founder & General Partner at Planet A VenturesJaakko RauhalaFounder at Kapacity.ioChris CarstensCo-Founder at Carbo Culture

Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Also worked at Autodesk108

Aaron AthanasPeople Operations Associate at GreycroftAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesJesse DevitteCo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesAllen PregerPartner at Building Ventures

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