About
Founder of Olive Capital and UPCOMINGVC®, active as an angel syndicate lead, community builder, startup mentor, and C-suite advisor in the zero-knowledge and confidentiality space. He hosts the Runway Series podcast and previously spent over 15 years in wealth management at HSBC and Indosuez, overseeing more than $2B in cross-asset portfolios as an investment director and committee member.
Experience
- Olive CapitalFounder | Investor - Venture Capitalcurrent2021 — present
- Vertices CapitalFounder | Outsourced CIOcurrent2025 — present
- SwissVCBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- La French Tech Suisse RomandeBoard Membercurrent2017 — present
- Runway Series (by Olive Capital)Host, writer about Venture Capitalcurrent2019 — present
- UPCOMINGVC® (by Olive Capital)Built the first-in-town educational program for aspiring VCscurrent2017 — present
- Crypto Valley AssociationCo-Head Working Group - Startup, Venture Capital2025 — 2026
- Mina FoundationAdvisor to the CEO - Digital Assets2024 — 2025
- NFT FactoryCo-Founder (non-executive) - Digital Assets2022 — 2025
- IMDAcademic Researcher - Venture Capital2023 — 2024
- SHL CapitalEuropean Scout - Venture Capital2021 — 2023
- Indosuez Wealth ManagementWealth Manager | Senior Investment Advisor, Equity Specialist, Direct Access Trader2016 — 2021
- SKEMA Business SchoolManaging Consultant - Venture Capital2018
- WFM & PartnersWealth Manager | Director of Investments / CIO, Member of the IC2015
- Quilvest (Switzerland) Ltd.Wealth Manager | Member of the IC (Geneva)2012 — 2014
- BNP Paribas in SwitzerlandCorporate & Investment Banker2011 — 2012
- HSBCWealth Manager | Investment Advisor2006 — 2011
- Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIBCorporate & Investment Banker | Equity Derivatives Structured Products Sales2005
Education
- SKEMA Business SchoolMSc Finance & Management
- Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)Corporate and Applied Finance & Petroleum Economics
- Lycée Montaigne BordeauxPreparatory Classes
Skills & more
Venture Capital4wealth management8Digital Assets2Community6Content StrategyProduct Launchcohort-based courseContent6Decentralized Applications (DApps)HTMLProgrammingNo-Code Development
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TestingNewslettersEmail MarketingCopywritingSocial MediaRegulatory RequirementsPresentation SkillsInterpersonal RelationshipsEconomicsPresentationsMarket UpdatesPrivate Equity- WE@IMD — IMD
- Series 86 — FINRA
- Founding Podcast Fellow - 1st cohort — ODF
- Substack Grow — Substack
- Digital Strategy Certification — CREA - OMNES Education
- VC Lab Fellow - 6th cohort for new venture capital fund managers — Founder Institute
- Maven Course Accelerator (MVN4) - 4th cohort — Maven
- Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) — Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
- Certified Chartered Market Technician (CMT) — CMT Association
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Raph Grieco work?
- Raph Grieco is Founder at Olive Capital.
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