Rachid Sefrioui

Managing Director Finaventures

  • Los Angeles CA

Anchor your Leadership. Motivate your Team. Boost your Entrepreneurship.

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Biography

Based in Paris and Los Angeles, Public Speaker Rachid Sefrioui delivers his talks in English or French.

Rachid Sefrioui is the Managing Director of Finaventures, a 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’s more than a chief evangelist – Rachid is a sought-after consultant 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.

Industry Expertise

Investment Management
VC and Private Equity
International Trade and Development
Information Technology and Services
Fund-Raising
Management Consulting
Financial Services
IT Services/Consulting
Corporate Leadership

Areas of Expertise

Venture Capital
Growth Capital
Fundraising
Entrepreneurship
Rollups
Merger Integration
Family Office
Startups
Innovation
Investment

Accomplishments

White-water rafting as a Team Building exercice

2010-06-09

Led a team of 32 executives from my 18 portfolio companies on a 3-day whitewater rafting trip to build team cohesiveness, trust, determination and leadership.
An incredible learning experience where being between life and death at any turn down the river brought out people's instincts and recognition.

Education

Case Western Reserve University

B.S.

Management; Operations Research

Testimonials

CEO

Sequoia Communications

"Rachid has one of the best strategic minds I have encountered, which is critical in his position. He has a rare ability to synthesize a wide range of information into a single strategic vision."

TEDx Organizer

http://www.tedxalsace.com/

TEDx Alsace

Rachid delivered a moving talk at TEDxAlsace. His topic, "Find Your Personal Anchor", deeply touched many of the entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs in the 350-member audience.

We were so pleased we are going to use Rachid again as a public speaker in our future events.”

Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity

Event Appearances

Featured Speaker: "Find the Anchor Within"

TEDx Alsace  Mulhouse, France

2011-11-30

Featured Speaker: "Fundraising for Entrepreneurs"

The Entrepreneur Forum  Paris, France

2011-03-14

Keynote Speaker: "Embracing the SaaS Migration"

2010 MED-IT Technology Conference & Tradeshow  Casablanca

2010-10-08

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Sample Talks

Founders: Find your Personal Anchor

View it on YouTube, and activate captions for English Subtitles : http://youtu.be/He_HLBhBICE

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$2500 to $10000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee
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