Raffaele Mauro

Raffaele holds an MPA from Harvard University, a Ph.D. from Bocconi and attended the Singularity University Graduate Studies Program at NASA Ames. 

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Raffaele is member of Kauffman Fellows, the "Young European Leaders 40 under 40" network, the Aspen Junior Fellows group and the Young Leaders group of the US-Italy Council. 

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He is also mentor at TechStars and Mentors4U, member of the executive committee at the Global Shapers Hub - Milano, a World Economic Forum community, and invested in high growth companies such as Multiply Labs (YC 2016) and Strive School (YC 2020). 

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Raffaele authored the books "Hacking Finance" and "Quantum Computing".

Raffaele Mauro

Partner at Primo Space, a deep tech venture capital fund focused on the space economy. Previously he was Managing Director at Endeavor Italy and supported high tech companies at Intesa San Paolo, United Ventures and P101. Raffaele holds an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School with concentration in international finance, a Ph.D. from Bocconi and attended the Singularity University at NASA Ames. Raffaele is a Kauffman Fellow, a Karman Fellow and was selected as a Young Leader at the US-Italy Council, the Aspen Junior Fellows group and the "Young European Leaders - 40under40". He is also a board member at several tech companies and a business angel. Raffaele is a published author at Harvard Business Review - Italy and wrote the books “Hacking Finance”, “Quantum Computing” and “I cancelli del cielo”.

A member of Class 22, Raffaele served his fellowship at Endeavor Italy. His mentor was Paola Bonomo, Stanford MBA, angel investor, and former Facebook Global Marketing Director Southern Europe.