Raffaela Rein

Value creation for boards and funds in the AI era

Board director, operating partner and entrepreneur. Twenty years from BlackRock to founding and scaling two category leaders: an AI intelligence platform for boards and capital markets (BoardLens) and a tech-education platform (CareerFoundry), past $25M in revenue and 120 employees, with board seats including $10bn PE Mutares and Porsche.

Board Director Operating Partner Entrepreneur
As seen in
In the room with
Raffaela Rein on the Forbes EU cover
Forbes Top Women in Tech · 6-23
Meeting Barack Obama at the SAP CEO Summit
Meeting Barack Obama at the SAP CEO Summit
With Angela Merkel at the celebration of 100 years women's voting rights in Germany
With Angela Merkel at the celebration of 100 years women's voting rights in Germany
With Volkswagen & Porsche CEO Oliver Blume
With Volkswagen & Porsche CEO Oliver Blume
Track record
BlackRock BoardLens Mutares IU Group Porsche CareerFoundry The AI Leadership Edge
Work with me

Three ways to work together.

Board & non-executive

Board & NED roles

Board service across listed-company, PE and startup boards: audit-committee rigour, AI-adoption and risk governance, value creation, and management coaching for leadership teams.

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Operating partner

Value creation across portfolios

I work with funds on where AI actually moves the P&L: revenue acceleration, cost reduction, working-capital and operational efficiency, alongside board effectiveness, portfolio monitoring and value creation across their companies.

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Advisory

BoardLens Advisory

With my team, I build and run custom board and post-investment workflows for funds and boards, from a single-company audit to portfolio-wide processes.

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Selected experience

Operator, investor, director.

Two decades from capital markets to founding, scaling and governing companies.

BoardLens · Founder & CEO
AI intelligence for boards and portfolios; in use with funds managing ~$7B AUM.
Mutares SE · Supervisory Board
$10bn private equity listed in the German SDAX; audit committee.
Porsche AG · Sustainability Board
Advising the executive team on sustainability and digital transformation.
CareerFoundry · Founder & CEO
Built and scaled one of the leading online career schools past $25M in revenue.
BlackRock · Investment Strategist
Multi-asset solutions at the world's largest asset manager; CFA Level 2.
IU International University · Board of Advisors
Germany's largest university by enrolment with approximately 4,500 FTEs; backed by Oakley Capital.
German Startups Association · Extended Board
Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, the voice of Germany's startup ecosystem.
Forbes Top Women in Tech
Also named Capital 40 under 40 and most influential women in Tech and VC by EU-Startups.
Publicly announced: Mutares ↗ · Porsche ↗ · IU ↗ · BoardLens ↗
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Writing

The AI Leadership Edge

Where board and post-investment work is heading in the AI era. Followed by 14,000+ investors, directors and leaders. Ranked #34 in Business on Substack.

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Speaking & media

Keynotes on AI, boards and leadership

Keynotes and panels with global leaders on how AI is changing the boardroom. 41,000+ followers on LinkedIn and Substack. Available for select engagements.

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Contact

Let's talk.

For board, operating-partner and advisory enquiries.

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