Rafael Telahun
|Senior Vice President
Menlo Park
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Rafael focuses on investments in financial technology, information and tech-enabled services companies in North America.
Prior to TA
- CVC Capital Partners – Investment Director
- Zinc Platform, Inc. – Co-Founder and CEO
- Sun Capital Partners – Associate
- Citigroup – Analyst
Education
- Harvard Business School – MBA
- University of Maryland – BS, Computer Science
Favorite Activity
Outside of work, I spend time working with non-profits focused on workforce development, skills training and STEM education in urban schools. It’s been a joy to support those organizations that help Americans get onboarded into this new digital economy.