About
Talia Rafaeli is a Partner at KOMPAS VC, where she manages the Barcelona office and oversees investments in Israel, the Iberian Peninsula, and jointly the US. She began her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital in New York and London covering retail and technology, and later worked as an IT infrastructure consultant at Accenture in Madrid and Tel Aviv. Prior to KOMPAS VC, she led deep-tech investments for Porsche Ventures across mobility, software architecture, and automotive technologies, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a dual bachelor's degree in economics and computer science from Emory University.
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Invests in
Deep TechMobility & Transportation
Experience
- KOMPAS VCPartnercurrent2021 — presentEurope
- Porsche VenturesInvestment Director2017 — 2021Stuttgart
- Deuce DiagnosticsCo-Founder, Board Director2017 — 2020
- StageOne VenturesVice President2014 — 2017
- Gemini Israel VenturesDirector2011 — 2014
- Barclays Investment BankAssociate Director, Capital Markets2008 — 2010New York, New York, United States
- Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Associate2004 — 2008Greater New York City Area
- AccentureSenior Consultant2002 — 2004Madrid Area, Spain
- Robertson StephensInvestment Banking Analyst2000 — 2002
Skills & more
Strategy46Management1Strategic Planning1Team Management1Investment Banking17Venture Capital62Valuation21Private Equity43Corporate Finance10Investments27Business Planning4Strategic Partnerships13
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MergersDue DiligenceCorporate DevelopmentFinancial ModelingM&A experienceBusiness StrategyEmerging MarketsCapital MarketsStart-upsHedge FundsLBOIPOLanguages English · French · Hebrew · Spanish
- Value Creation through Effective Board Managenent — Harvard Business School
- Series 63 — FINRA
- Series 7 — FINRA
From Talia's professional profile.
Colleagues at KOMPAS VC
Andreas Strasser
Partner at KOMPAS VC
Andreas Winter-Extra
Partner at KOMPAS VC
Anil Hansjee
General Partner at Fabric Ventures
Hayley Smith
Chief of Staff at KOMPAS VC
Ilena Mece
Principal at KOMPAS VC
Jack Cruise
Analyst at KOMPAS VC
John Miller
Analyst at KOMPAS VC
Marette Vorster
Executive Assistant at KOMPAS VC
Network2
Investors connected to Talia in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Talia Rafaeli?
- Talia Rafaeli is a Partner at KOMPAS VC, where she manages the Barcelona office and oversees investments in Israel, the Iberian Peninsula, and jointly the US. She began her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital in New York and London covering retail and technology, and later worked as an IT infrastructure consultant at Accenture in Madrid and Tel Aviv. Prior to KOMPAS VC, she led deep-tech investments for Porsche Ventures across mobility, software architecture, and automotive technologies, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a dual bachelor's degree in economics and computer science from Emory University.
- Where does Talia Rafaeli work?
- Talia Rafaeli is Partner at KOMPAS VC.
- What does Talia Rafaeli invest in?
- Talia Rafaeli invests in Deep Tech, Mobility & Transportation.
- What check size does Talia Rafaeli write?
- Talia Rafaeli typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Talia Rafaeli go to school?
- Talia Rafaeli studied at Columbia Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Emory University (BA / BSc, Economics & Computer Science); Universidad de Sevilla (European History).
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