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Talia Rafaeli

Investor

Partner at KOMPAS VC

Israel

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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

  1. KOMPAS VCPartnercurrent2021 — presentEurope
  2. Porsche VenturesInvestment Director2017 — 2021Stuttgart
  3. Deuce DiagnosticsCo-Founder, Board Director2017 — 2020
  4. StageOne VenturesVice President2014 — 2017
  5. Gemini Israel VenturesDirector2011 — 2014
  6. Barclays Investment BankAssociate Director, Capital Markets2008 — 2010New York, New York, United States
  7. Goldman SachsInvestment Banking Associate2004 — 2008Greater New York City Area
  8. AccentureSenior Consultant2002 — 2004Madrid Area, Spain
  9. Robertson StephensInvestment Banking Analyst2000 — 2002

Education

  1. Columbia Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
  2. Emory UniversityBA / BSc, Economics & Computer Science
  3. Universidad de SevillaEuropean History

Skills & more

Strategy46Management1Strategic Planning1Team Management1Investment Banking17Venture Capital62Valuation21Private Equity43Corporate Finance10Investments27Business Planning4Strategic Partnerships13
+12 moreMergersDue DiligenceCorporate DevelopmentFinancial ModelingM&A experienceBusiness StrategyEmerging MarketsCapital MarketsStart-upsHedge FundsLBOIPO

Languages English · French · Hebrew · Spanish

  • Value Creation through Effective Board Managenent — Harvard Business School
  • Series 63 — FINRA
  • Series 7 — FINRA

From Talia's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Columbia Business School577

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 571 more

Also attended Emory University105

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ryan HaysBoard Member at CincyTechJustin RobenyAssociate at Osage University PartnersZitong SuAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersGurbani SinghPrincipal - Investor Relations at Marlin Equity PartnersCole LundquistPrincipal at QED Investors

+ 99 more

Also attended Universidad de Sevilla26

Lauren DenshamPartner, Head of Portfolio Services & Impact at Energize VenturesBorja BreñaPartner at Nauta CapitalRachel PhilbinVice President at Long Ridge Equity PartnersCourtney SawatzkeEarly-stage Investor at Active PartnersCristina GarmendiaGeneral Partner at Ysios CapitalMaria LoughlinFormer SVP of Engineering at Toast at Underscore VC

+ 20 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Porsche Ventures2

Jake SimonAssociate at Fontinalis PartnersRobin NeffInvestment Manager at World Fund

Also worked at Gemini Israel Ventures13

Liat DoukhanOffice Operations Manager at Key1 CapitalShalom NahumCFO at TAU VenturesDrorInvestor at SENTINEL GLOBALDaniel CohenSenior Advisor at Viola VenturesGil DibnerPartner at Angular VenturesEran WagnerManaging Partner at i3 Partners

+ 7 more

Also worked at Barclays Investment Bank195

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundThomas RubensInvestor at DN CapitalKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalJohn McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at Oxx

+ 189 more

Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,237

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,231 more

Colleagues at KOMPAS VC

Andreas Strasser
Partner at KOMPAS VC
Andreas Winter-Extra
Partner at KOMPAS VC
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
Martin Pors Jepsen
Head of Strategic Value at KOMPAS VC

Network2

Alok Nandan
Managing Partner at First Rays Venture Partners
Andreas Strasser
Partner at KOMPAS VC

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