Rachid Sefrioui

Rachid Sefrioui is the Managing Director of Finaventures, a Los Angeles venture capital firm he founded in 1999. In the last 20 years, he has backed over 30 startups and growth companies that collectively grew sales to over $450 million, among which he was the Founding CEO of an 18-company integration to create a Regional Technology leader. He's earned his stripes early in his career by working for McKinsey & Co and for financial houses such as Bowco Investment and Wafatrust Credit Agricole Indosuez. He earned a degree in management & operations research from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Rachid is the charismatic face of Finaventures. He travels the world as a Public Speaker to spread the word about Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Anchoring at conferences and motivation seminars. But he is more than a chief evangelist, Rachid is a sought-after advisor as the big picture guy with a detail-oriented mind, turning laser-like focus to solve complex strategic and operational problems. He has the skills, knowledge, and experience to back up the message. In the little spare time he has, Rachid moderates his blogs about his random thoughts, and hits one-down-the-fairway at golf courses in visiting cities with his local buddies.