Rafaella Fontes
InvestorVenture Partner at Fulcrum Venture
Brooklyn, New York
Writes $200K – $1M checks · typically $500K
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About
Rafaella Fontes is Director of Strategy and Operations at BackEngine, an AI software company that provides organizational knowledge integration to reduce errors and costs. She also serves as a venture partner at Fulcrum Venture Group, focusing on investments in energy resilience and industrial capacity technologies. Fontes holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and dual degrees in Economics and Sociology from Columbia University.
Experience
- BackEngineDirector of Strategy and Operationscurrent2025 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- PavilionExecutive Membercurrent2025 — present
- Fulcrum Venture GroupVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Global Women in VCMembercurrent2024 — present
- Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA)Defense & Space Tech Vertical Lead2025 — 2026
- SOUNDWavesInvestor2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- Latina Venture StudentsCo President2021 — 2024
- GoingVC PartnersInvestor2022 — 2024
- Supply Change CapitalInvestor2022 — 2023
- Supply Change CapitalVenture Capital Fellow2021 — 2022
- InSiteInSITE Venture Fellow2020 — 2021
- MIT Clean Energy PrizeEvent Director2020 — 2021
- Champagne BollingerU.S. Brand Director2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- Savio Soares SelectonsAccount Manager2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- Wolffer Estate VineyardDigital Marketing Manager2015 — 2016Sagaponack, NY
- Wolffer Estate VineyardLaboratory Assistant / Cellar Hand2015Long Island, NY
- National Executive Service CorpsSummer Analyst2014Greater New York City Area
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkPsychology Research Assistant2011 — 2013
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearch Associate2012
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkOrientation Leader2012
Skills & more
Project Management1Data Analysis
Languages English · French
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Colleagues at Fulcrum Venture
Andrew Bartholomew
Founder and Managing Partner at Fulcrum Venture
Brandon Bodor
Operating Partner at Fulcrum Venture
Brandon Karpf
Investor at Fulcrum Venture
Chris Miller
Advisor at Fulcrum Venture
Dave Horvath
Vice President at Disruptive
Frank X Dalton
General Partner at Fulcrum Venture
Fred Havemeyer
Investor at Fulcrum Venture
James S Douglass
General Partner at Fulcrum Venture
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rafaella Fontes?
- Rafaella Fontes is Director of Strategy and Operations at BackEngine, an AI software company that provides organizational knowledge integration to reduce errors and costs. She also serves as a venture partner at Fulcrum Venture Group, focusing on investments in energy resilience and industrial capacity technologies. Fontes holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and dual degrees in Economics and Sociology from Columbia University.
- Where does Rafaella Fontes work?
- Rafaella Fontes is Venture Partner at Fulcrum Venture.
- What check size does Rafaella Fontes write?
- Rafaella Fontes typically writes checks of $200K – $1M.
- Where did Rafaella Fontes go to school?
- Rafaella Fontes studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration - MBA); GoingVC (Cohort 10, Venture Capital); Columbia University (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics and Sociology).
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