Rachel Castro
InvestorPartner at Emmeline Ventures
Los Angeles, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Rachel Castro is Senior Vice President of Business Banking Partnerships & Channel Growth at U.S. Bank, where she develops banking, software, and payments product strategy for small businesses. Previously, she spent six years at The Boston Consulting Group's corporate incubation arm, where she launched and scaled new ventures leveraging corporate assets. She is a Limited Partner at Emmeline Ventures.
Experience
- Emmeline VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2022 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- U.S. BankSVP Business Banking Partnerships and Channel Growthcurrent2025 — present
- U.S. BankSVP, Business Banking Go-to-Market and Strategy leader2023 — 2025
- U.S. BankSVP, Digital Merchant Acquisition2023
- U.S. BankSVP, SMB Fintech Strategy2022 — 2023
- U.S. BankHead of Strategy, Small Business & talech, Chief of Staff to CEO2021 — 2022
- ChiefFounding member, Los Angeles Chapter2021 — 2025
- BCG Digital VenturesSenior Product Manager at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2015 — 2021
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Senior Product Manager2015 — 2021
- Burnish CreativeFounding Board Member2014 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
- Virtual Dental Care, Inc.Board Advisor2021
- McMaster-CarrOperational Management Program2009 — 2015Santa Fe Springs CA
- The Walt Disney CompanyHealth & Beauty Category Intern2009
- Spencer StuartAssistant Associate2008 — 2009Los Angeles CA
- SonanceMarketing Intern2005
- The Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityCommunications Intern2004
Skills & more
Operational ExcellenceTeam ManagementLeadership18Strategy12Strategic Planning13Management17Design ThinkingGo-to-Market StrategySearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Search Engine Marketing (SEM)Planning Budgeting & ForecastingExecutive Management
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Start-up ConsultingTalent StrategyInnovation ConsultingBusiness Model InnovationDigital InnovationCustomer RetentionProfitability ImprovementContinuous ImprovementBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementStart-upsProduct DevelopmentLanguages Chinese
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) — Scrum Alliance
From Rachel's professional profile.
Colleagues at Emmeline Ventures
Azin Radsan van Alebeek
Co-Founder & General Partner at Emmeline Ventures
Gary Fraser
Advisor at Emmeline Ventures
Hayal Koc
Investor at Emmeline Ventures
Kaitlyn Tregenza
Advisor at Emmeline Ventures
La Keisha Landrum Pierre
Co-Founder & General Partner at Emmeline Ventures
Mary Zoumas
Investor at Emmeline Ventures
Naseem Sayani
Co-Founder, EMMELINE VENTURES at Emmeline Ventures
Senofer Mendoza
General Partner / Founder at Mendoza Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rachel Castro?
- Rachel Castro is Senior Vice President of Business Banking Partnerships & Channel Growth at U.S. Bank, where she develops banking, software, and payments product strategy for small businesses. Previously, she spent six years at The Boston Consulting Group's corporate incubation arm, where she launched and scaled new ventures leveraging corporate assets. She is a Limited Partner at Emmeline Ventures.
- Where does Rachel Castro work?
- Rachel Castro is Partner at Emmeline Ventures.
- What check size does Rachel Castro write?
- Rachel Castro typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Rachel Castro go to school?
- Rachel Castro studied at University of California, Los Angeles (B.A, Chinese Language); ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking; Wharton Executive Education.
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Shared employers
Also worked at U.S. Bank64
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