Rafael Vasconcellos

Entrepreneur, executive, consultant, angel investor and seeker. Graduated in Production Engineering from UFRJ (1998) with a master's degree in economics from FGV/RJ (2003) and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley (2008). Rafael has 14 years of experience as an executive in the financial market, working in product, commercial, modeling and risk management and innovation areas at Banco BBM, Unibanco and Itaú. In 2011, began his angel investment and startup development practice, with Neemu, an e-commerce technology company acquired by Linx in 2015, Taqe, an education and employability service focused on young Brazilians, Mahta, superfoods company and Phaneros, which seeks to research, develop and implement psychedelic-assisted therapy protocols. Since 2015 he has been managing partner of Livework, a global Service Design and Innovation consultancy, working with companies of all sizes and segments of the economy to improve the customer experience. He started his personal search more than 20 years ago and found in the Yoga system a central pillar of his path. He has been studying and practicing Meditation and Hatha Yoga since 2000. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Gran Misterio team, contributing to the organization and production of retreats and immersions in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Nepal and Tibet, for people in leadership positions and with high potential for impact as a strategy to accelerate the raising of the level of consciousness. collective. In 2021, he founded the Agni Chama group, which facilitates ceremonies and retreats, being responsible for designing and conducting the meetings.

Angel Investing, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Plant Medicine, Service Design